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There are several ways to look at power. Point buy is one, the point modifer mentioned above is another. A third is Total Stats. An 'average' PC would have a 12 in every stat. That is roughly the same as 24 point buy. And a +6 total modifier, and a stat total of 72. A hero PC would have...

My take on the fixed price of items is that in the D&D world(s), gold is valuable not because it looks pretty or because someone decided to use a gold standard. It is valuable because it has innate value to spellcasters & artificers. A magic item requires X amount of gold based on spell level...

Once you have 5 ranks in a skill, it is always a class skill Languages can have up to 5 ranks, 3 is basic fluency (sp?), each rank gives you a +5 on a roll to understand someone (trained only, DC:10 for basic stuff, 15 for fast talking/complex topics) Bards and others who have language as a...

Puerto Rico is a great one. Vinci is one I haven't seen mentioned - rise and fall and rise of empires across europe - solid fun game. Twilight Imperium is a great Sci-fi wargame, similiar in genre to Axis&Allies. And there is a fantasy version, Battlemist which is also fun. Iron Dragon is fun...

Watch firefly, Pay attention to river. The character of river is a super intelligent girl, she learns everything very easily, but cannot relate or communicate well with other characters because she thinks so differently (and is so messed up, but that's another story). Also read The Man of His...

Incredibly crippling is fairly accurate. I started with a weekly newspaper in my campaign - a fairly large stable (for the moment) empire, with fairly high magic. After the first 4 issues, there was an interruption, as the newspaper reported on some things the Empire didn't want publiized...

I was actually in an amensia game - it worked fairly well. The DM had us choose our 1st level (with feats and skill points) and give him two memories, things we still knew from the past. This allowed us some control over the characters - family, tutors, enemies, something. Each level we could...

Ah, splendid, splendid. Now I can read about the adventures of some friends on the far coast. :) Tsk, spyscribe, you should have mentioned this story hour during the wedding. An entertaining read, especially since I know some of those involved. :D Keep up the good work - Justice Demands It!

Splitting every single pile of loot evenly is nigh impossible. What do you do if the value of gold and magic item's gp value isn't evenly divisible, sell the items for gold so you have equal shares? Splitting loot evenly over the course of several piles (several dungeons, several adventures...

How about Languages? This is something that really needs help. Language should be seperate from other skills, and it is something that you make rolls on - how well do you understand it? But how to make those rolls simple, yet logical? Possability: You can have up to 5 ranks in a language. 5...

I'm in as an alternate, if you please! :) Assuming the first 8 are claim, as they seem to be! Iron DM is very cool!

Ah, we can but dream. Dream of a smoke-free day, when the companies that make *bleach!* cigs and *doubleickybleach!* cigars will fold and fade away, their lies and greed nothing more than HARMLESS smoke on the wind. But then again, having mild asthma, cigs make it hard to breath and cigars are...

Needless to say, if someone from my Magian Empire campaign sees this thread - go away! All will become clear by Sunday! :D All right, so I've got this cool setup in my game, where the party has found a 'place of power' and will be deciding what to do with it - ie, which diety to consecrate it...

And as a follow-up - how portable is it? Example: I'm running a non SL campaign, but have started to lay the ground work for a city of necromancer/death & undeath happy folks to exist in the world. How much effort would be required to move hollowfaust to a non-SL world? Compared to making a...

A robe of Eyes could be nifty. Uncanny dodge, +10 spot and search. Heck - robe of the archmagi. :) Or - Headband of Int +4, belt of con +4 - two items each under 50k - +2 to DC of all saves, 2 extra spells per day, and 18 hit points. Probably what I'd do. Nothing to abusive that might...

There was a discussion of this over on the Scarred Lands board. Some quick errate made the spell slightly less obscene. Spell as written: Target an arrow or bolt, target deals an additional d8+1/level, max 10d8 +10, of electrical damage. Assuming it hits. Duration: Permenant. No xp cost, nor...

What's a Pirate's favorite kind of socks? Arrrrr-gyles! And a Pirate's favorite animal? Why the arrrr-madillo of course!

Horray for Bargle and The Master of the Nomads! Ah, now that is classic! 3e really needs someone like Bargle - A villian who exists, is encountered, and most likely makes their escape to be used again at the DM disgression. Although, for the record, I rolled a 19 on my save, and slew Bargle...

Instant death affects? I don't like 'em. No way. Problem is two-fold: One: Cheesey. Either killing the BCIC or a player without making it Interesting. Two: The player of said dead character now gets to sit and watch the rest of the fight. Boo-ring. Not fun. Not only do they have...

The strangest dream I recall was one back in college. It was unique in that there was *nothing* human in the dream. The point of view was distinctly non-human. Difficult to explain - but the attitude, the train of thoughts, the ideas of what could, should and would be done, and how, were not...