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Amazing Hey there. Just when I finished reading the story hour and thought I couldn't wring any more enjoyment from the Tales of Wyre until the next installment, I see there is a whole host of background info in the Rogues Gallery. All I have to say is wow. I was wondering if somewhere in...

They are a +2 bonus and only deal extra damage on a crit, whereas there is always a +1 version that deals 1D6 on EVERY hit. This seems to me a no brainer, and perhaps a typo?

Suggestions for Banishing Titans? I know they don't like lawful things, but I'm having trouble coming up with a pile of things I can include in my Banishment that would be effective against Titans.

Good luck making the transition! I have been running a high level (20ish) campaign for a little while now. The main PC is a sorceror so I know how you feel. Shapechange was his first spell and Pit Fiend was the form he had been dreaming about for many levels previous. It took a bit of...

Skill point reduction with permanent INT loss makes sense to me, even though it is totally a house rule. A Dr. who suffers brain damage and gets reduced to an effective IQ of 60 is probably not going to have the skills to continue practicing medicine. Not that characters can't their hands on a...

Yea I guess its not that jarring. But from many of the item save DC's out there, if your stuff needs a save I can't think of too many offhand that are going to survive.

Again I am not sure why a temporary boost to INT should result in a permanent bonus to the character. The abuse you mentioned of your characters passing the hat is a natural result of that interpretation. Skills are not just some fact of the moment like gear or combat bonuses, they are what...

I guess my point is the saving throw of the item has pretty much nothing to do with the material its made out of. 9th level spell scroll and a suit of armor if you prefer that analogy.

If you interpret Illusions and especially glamours to be merely holograms then I feel you are giving the entire school a big shaft. If proving your illusion wall is fake was as easy as sticking your sword thru it, you wouldn't need a will save, you'd just tell your DM thats what your doing and...

The INT item does boost your skills, those that require INT as a modifier. While your wearing it you get the same relative bonus as you do for wearing any other stat boosting item. But skills themselves are a permanent feature on your guy. Your way, what does happen then when the hat comes...

So a wand, a potion, and a suit of armor all have the same saving throw if they were made by a caster of the same level? It seems like this system needs some work. Items seem terribly fragile.

I let my characters get skill points for INT only if it is permanent. In fact I let them get points retroactively for it. However temporary bonuses and bonuses from items don't allow more skill points ever in my campaign. Its easy on the paperwork and makes sense to me.

Ok, what bonus to a saving throw does an item get? Say a nightwalker disarms me and attempts to crush my sword. It says make a DC 34 STR check for the item. Where to I get the STR of an item?

I have played quite a few of them in my day. And I must say if you haven't run the original Ravenloft, you should. The campaign world they came out with later was pretty goofy imho, but thats mostly because once you lay it all out in black and white it loses it mystery and the fear of the...

Ok, Symbols have always seemed vague to me. You place them on an object to protect but at what point does it go off? Is there any way to have them be detected and disarmed w/o them going off? Also, can they be cast AT someone to immediately bring their power to bear? Basically if I guard...

I've also never liked Psionics. They just never seemed to fit in a fantasy campaign. I mean, where in mythology or outside DND fanbooks did they come to seem like something that should be added? My thoughts are that one day they made a mind flayer, and felt obligated to have its powers...

Ditto the above, stay well.

It seems to me that the FR landscape if rife with the forces you need to tear the world apart. There are Epic level forces in just about every town and region. My only wonder is that they havent' torn eachother and the world apart long ago. Get Thay, the Zhents, and the Drow on the warpath at...

Sub races are there for those people who can't get enough of a good thing. They need it itemized, categorized, and spelled out till all the magic is gone. Its a confusion of variety with originality. Moss gnomes and deep lime dwarves make baby jeebus cry.