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- Aid. Always perform Aid Another. It's very easy, you will most likely succeed in that very easy roll and there is no harm in that. This is of course assuming that your DM is not a house rule monster. For instance, if everybody aids the 1st-level ranger in survival rolls, you'll be living of...

Well I start with D&D. For it seems a bit odd that only half-orcs, half-orcs, half-ogres and very few half-breeds are in the core rules. I'm not talking about 3rd party material. For some reason orc/ogre-hybrids are well thought out, but otherwise I'm left with several questions. Deep...

First of all I'd like to say that I'm not including Vandria Gilmadrith to my game. So what do Lawful elves worship? Lawful Good Elves only have options to worship non-elven deities or Ehlonna? I'm trying to build an Elven monastery that dedicate themselves to Elven lore, but what should they...

It's no biggie, but I was just wondering that why there aren't any elite-bred horses or riding dogs in D&D 3.5? Of course this is easy to solve with variety of options, but what would be the best way? 1. Add one more hit dice. But mounts don't advance by RAW... 2. Give elite array abilities 3...

Because it seems that your group has tendency for financial ruin, at least as long you have this dwarf with you. However as consolation I must tell you, that there has never been a group in the history of D&D that can drive themselves to a financial ruin more readily than my current group. I...

If you have problems in your life, do you find RPGs as a way to ease your mind or are you able to roleplay only when you're happy and feeling 100%? I've noticed that one of my players forgets and skips sessions if she's feeling sad. It seems that she has lot of stress in her life (brother was...

In my opinion we need Custom Class as a base class. No matter what the edition of D&D, we will always have guys who want to create home-brew classes. And this is really fine, how can we expect all the base classes to cover all possible campaign worlds? There's almost one per DM, I guess. I...

I hope this is OT, but if we want to about pricing in D&D please check the following trap: Doorknob Smeared with Contact Poison Also while your at it, please calculate how long does the crafting (smearing the poison on the doorknob) take. Please carry on.

Before I concede to the "one-dive-then-stand-up 'n fight"-point given in previous posts (which is a very viable option!) let me try again: First round: Dive (hippogriff moves 50 ft and descends 10 ft). Claw attack => double damage. At the end of the round hippogriff is 5 ft above the target in...

This thread is about understanding how non-magical flying works in D&D 3.5. Precisely this is about the challenges of 3D-movement in D&D 3.5. I don't know about you guys, but I'm very bad with maths and physics. I really suck. I'm sure many people here have easy time with 3D-movement, but I...

I have a slight dilemma with weather in my Greyhawk game. I don't like this text, because it leaves everything pretty open. So what are your chances of getting struck by a lightning? This guideline above makes it sound really nasty (60 lightning bolts per hour) but on the other hand it gives...

I've always been a fan on nonsuperpowered low-level superheroes and villains. Punisher and Batman were always my favourites, as were the villains that opposed them. One problem that I always felt with these sort of characters was almost nonexistant effort to create a strong background to...

What are some of the obscure or easy to forget rules in RPGs? I'll start with three from D&D 3.5. Jump :: d20srd.org If you don't have ranks in Jump, you end up on your backside quite easily. Being prone is bad business. Types & Subtypes :: d20srd.org Horse :: d20srd.org Goods And Services ...

There's nothing wrong with resurrections, but generally dying should be penalized to simply encourage dying. Of course the word "penalty" always sounds harsh in a collaborative, fun game but if dying means nothing then the game gets much less exciting. In my D&D 3.5-game I was trying offer my...

Just a small note to whomever protested against the fact that I used the word "gender". I just didn't want to use the word "sex" in the thread title. Please forgive me. Carry on.

Long story short: Cheating someone is too difficult in D&D. Now a bit longer version: Why I don't like it: So if you're pretending to be someone you're not, you're going to get caught with a fairly good chance no matter what magic or clever ploy you use. Why I don't like it: In D&D it's...

I've always liked Runequest a lot and played it several times. The system is divine, except for the magic-system... When I started to play Runequest, there were guys that had played it for almost 10 years, and they still couldn't understand how magic worked. They used to have a DM who knew, but...

Situation in my game is this: Players are being targeted by an unknown master assassin. They have received a clear and horrifying warning that one of them is get assassinated very soon. Players are pumped up and ready to face the challenge. So this is not an unfair no-warning-TPK, just a strong...

Oskar Dirlewanger was not only criminally insane but also - seemingly - had no fear of death, was exceedingly bloodthirsty and there was no killing him: He was wounded over 10 times. There were lot of tough guys in WW2, lot of brave moments, but to be wounded 10+ times and live is just... That's...

I note that people have the impression that bonuses and penalties due to gender would somehow degrade women. Not necessarily. For instance IF I'd give bonuses and penalties for genders, I'd like to give +2 Strength for men and +2 Wisdom (or something similar) for women. These would just reflect...