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  1. MerakSpielman

    When "Roleplaying" rears its ugly head...

    Players should not take it personally when another player's character does something. Likewise, nobody's character should react to another person's character because of anything going on between the players. I expect my players to keep player knowledge and PC knowledge separate. I approve of...
  2. MerakSpielman

    Dry Erase Dilemma

    Paint thinner works. There's no grid or anything drawn on the board, is there? 'Cause paint thinner will get rid of that too.
  3. MerakSpielman

    Why no index is new WotC books? *Update: Received "official" answer... kinda...*

    It takes a lot of time to make a good index. You can make a computer list every page every single word appears on, but that kind of index is useless. An actual person has to go through each word of each page and make a decision whether the index should refer to that word. And then you have to...
  4. MerakSpielman

    Cure Minor on self when disabled

    I would like to ask the "casting cure spell results in 1hp loss" crowd if they actually enforce this in their games. When people cast a healing spell from 0 hp do you actually insist they subtract 1 hp from the total healing they've rolled?
  5. MerakSpielman

    [META]Alright! Take it outside!

    OK, who the **** hijacked (contact)'s account?
  6. MerakSpielman

    Piratecat's Updated Story Hour! (update 4/03 and 4/06)

    Hey PC, I'm not much of an artist, but I can draw a decent map. Do you have any vague scribbles you've used for prevous battles that you'd like converted into a decent-looking map?
  7. MerakSpielman

    Iron Bands of Bilarro and Coup de Grace?

    It makes none of these statements. You are interpreting based on what makes sense to you. All it says is that you are immobile. "Immobile" means you cannot move. "Move," in D&D, means exiting one 5' square and entering another one. I see no indication anywhere in the item description that...
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    Iron Bands of Bilarro and Coup de Grace?

    Wait, now that I re-read the description of the item, it doesn't say you can't attack or cast spells. It just says you are held immobile, which means you can't move. Movement in D&D is very well-defined.
  9. MerakSpielman

    Omniscient Gods annoy me. (Long)

    Assuming the "servents" are the PCs, this is a whole campaign right here.
  10. MerakSpielman

    Iron Bands of Bilarro and Coup de Grace?

    Does it count as helpless if you're still capable of casting as many stilled or quickened spells as you want, or do you have to be out of spells before you count as helpless?
  11. MerakSpielman

    Why do prestige classes have prerequisites?

    There are some IMC that are tied to organizations, but most of those are for NPCs. I have no problem with a PC multiclassing into a PrC without joining any sort of organization. PrCs, if designed properly, aren't any more powerful than their regular class. Perhaps the powers of the PrC better...
  12. MerakSpielman

    [META]Alright! Take it outside!

    Aw, you're no fun anymore. :p
  13. MerakSpielman

    [META]Alright! Take it outside!

    What morons!
  14. MerakSpielman

    [META]Alright! Take it outside!

    One of the fun things about tDA is that people get called out for what they are. If, for the sake of example, you're a complete moron, the nice people here aren't allowed to inform you of the fact, and you might live your life in ignorance and denial. Spend a few days at tDA and all your happy...
  15. MerakSpielman

    Lycanthrope

    I presume your character doesn't know anything's wrong.
  16. MerakSpielman

    Help! My players are driving the plot!

    My first thought was: Your players are driving the plot? Good for them! To give my take on your questions: 1) It was a fluke... kind of. 2) The borders between the planes are weakening. Outsiders are able to slip through occasionally. Likewise, people are going missing, slipping through...
  17. MerakSpielman

    Why do prestige classes have prerequisites?

    What I don't get is the somewhat arbitrary decision that levels in a character class aren't allowed to be prerequisites, but having a paticular race is. And then people get around the character class bit by requiring the character to possess a particular class ability that is only possessed by...
  18. MerakSpielman

    how does a culture recover from an apocalyptic event?

    In a D&D world you'd have some continuity because some races live so damn long. 90% of the elves die? You still have hundreds of them around for centuries who can pass on elven lore from before the apocalypse. Just a random thought.
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    Piratecat's Updated Story Hour! (update 4/03 and 4/06)

    I want somebody to draw a picture of Mara riding the giant brain.
  20. MerakSpielman

    Fuzzy Knights in London, Baby!

    One of my good friends is a huge fan, Mossfoot, though she never goes to any message boards. In fact, I managed to find a Benjamin Bunny doll almost exactly like the one you use in the strips and it was hailed by her as the best Christmas present ever.
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