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Letallia casting Gate. This should be interesting.

Of course you can. I played both original, 1e and 2e and never used miniatures for any of them. Non of them had any element of tactical movement so a grid was completely unnecessary. Miniatures were for little more than an aid to visualising the game. I have played a lot of 3e and 3.5...

I will add one more. I fear that the art will suck. Some of what I have seen has been great but there are some real bloopers (the Efreeti in particular).

This is my main concern. No-one in my group came to rpg's with a wargaming background and we dont and never have used miniatures or a grid. I would like there to be a more abstract alternative to the very detailed tactical movement element but I dont think there will be. I have seen Mearls...

Really, because mechanically they look like paper patches over gaping cracks. The flavour is great, the implementation is poor.

While it may enjoy its new outlook that doesnt wipe its memory of how it got there. And how it got there is by being forced to repeatedly wear a cursed magic item designed to rewrite your personality until you succumb to the effects. If that isnt torture I am not sure what is.

As already mentioned while they may be happy with their alignment it doesnt automatically change their opinion of the person. If I had been forced into some sort of mystical awakening and insight by being repetedly tortured by a cursed magical item I may remain less than pleased with the...

Why would it be unbalancing? There is no indication after the Helm works that the Efreeti is forced to continue to serve the character. If anything I would imagine that they are even more appalled at the treatment by the original PC and would do anything in their power to seek revenge. Just...

Except that you have no idea how they are actually implemented so any whining is completely premature. *notes the reference to retraining feats* *waits for the inevitable 4e is becoming a MMORPG with its respeccing whine to begin*

I am curious about how you manage a party with such a wide variety of levels. I know that things get very wonky when you hit epic but you have a 10 level difference there for some of the characters.

So he has been returned to how Greenwood originally used him apparently, as a crotchety old sage who would occasionally give out advice about what was going on. The real difficulty with Elminster wss his presentation in the novels as a deux ex machinae, both by Greenwood and others. See for...

I never suggested that they were. Even if you look at Ed's core areas and his novels there is nothing in them that even suggests a Rennaissance feel outside of perhaps Waterdeep. Cormyr - more Arthurian than anything else Shadowdale - not even close The North - PoL, small cities surrounded by...

I keep seeing this and have no idea where its coming from. I have played in and bought FR material since 1e and have yet to see anything I would describe as Renaissance outside of Waterdeep. It has always felt like a high fantasy world (just go back and read Greenwoods first realms books) with...

This thread contains some great info, thanks very much for your additions Sep. It has however solidified two things very clearly for me: 1. The sheer complexity of high level opponents in 3.5e and therefore the likely time having to deal with stats and numbers rather than motivations and...

I just finished rereading the whole SH from the start. I had forgotten hust how good the writing is and how rich and complex the world you have created feels. Now I just want to know how things turn out in the end.

I no longer have something to read first thing when I come into work. I feel lost. Good work LB, excellent stuff.

I believe he is correct. The Istari were Maiar (I'm not certain of the spelling), effectively demigods who lived in the West in the light of the Valar. I believe it is addressed in the Silmarillion.

What does this have to dp with creating interesting, complex characters with compelling motivations who generate conflict, drama and enjoyment in the context of a group game? Really, no edition of D&D has "promoted" the roleplaying aspect as its mechanics tend to focus arbitrating the action...

The sundering of a Staff of the Magi! This isnt the firday cliffhanger??? What can we expect tonight?

I'm guessing at the following sequence: Varo re-opens the Gate and summons Solar. Solar Mass Heals party/True Ressurects Dar Orcus kills Solar Party pwn Orcus in the face. Also, whats Letallia doing during all this?