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How do Tower Shields work in 3.5e? This seems to imply they can be used to give immunity to attacks - so long as you don't attack - and to AoOs at will. Or at least until the shield is destroyed (Hardness 5 HP 20, can't be done with piercing weapons). Tower shield were complicated in 3e, but...

I have no detailed knowledge of the contents of the books, aside from what is on the linked website. I have read the introduction, table of contents, and first chapter, which are available in pdf. I'm very impressed. It's very well written. It goes into a lot of detail on economic and social...

There are loads of d20 class books on the market. I'm thinking of getting some of them, as are some of my players. Which are the best, for each class? There are lot of reviews in the database, but not much comparative stuff.

There's one think I'd like to add to this talk of "doing worlds right". The writers guidelines force authors to include everything. They don't have the option of not including sorcerers or dwarves or whatever. This puts a serious limitation of keeping as close as possible to the feel of previous...

I bought the 30th anniversary issue of Dragon recently, mostly because of nostalgia. The history of D&D article was nice; but I was shocked that there was almost nothing worth using in my game in the rest of the magazine. What happened? There seemed like an awful lot of padding, and even when...

I think Dannyalcatraz has it. The idea is to figure out a clear set of guidelines, so that the PC knows the limits within which he has to operate. He should have a pretty clear idea of where the line is which - if he crosses it - he'll lose his paladinhood. It's a problem (maybe even unfair) if...

Has there been any confirmation that the "sequel" continues the storyline from the first film? They could just be taking the brand name and doing a second movie based on it (like Starship Trooper 2).

Joshua Dyal; I like the look of the . I don't think that have ever been done really well on film, but the CG effects are good. I suppose much depends on your personal preference for the look, but I think the effects are better than was the case in or .

I'd like some advice. My position's similar to Cordo's. I've picked up Garden's of the Moon and have read the first section. I'm finding it a bit strange; it's ultra-high fantasy and there's a total lack of info-dumps to tell you what's going on. This is refreshing in a way, but I'm finding it...

I think this is a fantastic idea. It balances the "random" element of die rolling with the "balance" that is the benefit of point buy. It balances stats across the party by definition, and because of the 24 scores you generate the law of large numbers is going to stop the party as a whole being...

I think from the writer's perspective, that given the film's title, the movie has to have (1) a dungeon and (2) a dragon, in order to meet expectations. If you're a screenwriter who hasn't a great amount of familiarity with fantasy, the "villain has a magic artifact which controls a dragon"...

Kai Lord; Posting the poll like this is a really cool idea. As far as I can see with 42 votes the ranking is overwhelmingly F>R>T. FotR beats RotK and tTT, RotK beats tTT, and tTT beats nothing. F>T (35/7) R>T (34/8) F>R (28/14) The "best film" is on the left of the greater than sign, and...

Speaking from the UK: the monarchs function is largely ceremonial. They do have powers and privileges (public money relating to their upkeep, and tax exemption), but there's no question that parliament is in charge. Politics goes on much the same as it does in the US. There is a continuing...

The film has a $15,000,000 budget (anyone know how much that can get you?) and an IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728/ Ah, the old "dragon control" routine... it's neat that they decided upon a black dragon though.

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I'm surprised no-one has mentioned a more recent change. In 3e orcs were porcine, now in 3.5e they're lupine.

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Hmmm. I think II is the best. Just for the supervillians and the supervillian fight. That still has to rate as one of the best comic book fights ever put on screen (perhaps a idea for a later poll?). Superman I: lots of it is well done, and it is one of the most well done origin stories ever...

We've had Star Wars, Indiana Jones & Lord of the Rings polls. I thought I'd add this one.

Just to chime in with the above posters, there are plenty of mythic characters who are doomed to walk the earth forever in return for their blasphemies. The program conflates these with the person who wielded the Spear of Destiny (on a side note: how does he know the spear will slay him?). On a...