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I, too, must step in to defend Blur. This arguably the best defensive 2nd level spell out there. It adds concealment, 20% miss chance. Folks who are comparing it to Mage armor or shield are missing the point. Consider a 5th level sorcerer with this spell. He can use it on himself, and...

#26: When you realize that Wierd Pete is your DM.... 'The demerit system is now active!'

Surrendur, indeed, is rare. I started my current campaign by saying 'sometimes you will face things I do not expect you to defeat - sometimes you may have to run, etc.' I think they took that a bit to close to heart - as they are now afraid to confront/attack NPCs because 'they are too high...

Haven't played - but I wonder if it is related to the Hawk and Fisher series by Simon Green? Basically they are two tough honest no nonsense cops in a very corrupt city, Haven, in a medieval, magical, world. Entertaining books - basically six novellas with the same characters and some overlap...

Hmm, 40 point buy. Yummy Monk. Some good advice - but I'd arrange stats slightly differently. You need to focus on two things, young grasshopper: Hitting thy foes, and not getting hit thyself. As an elf, thou art more nimble than most beings. Use this. Focus on this. Max out thy dex...

When the players get involved in a long, heated argument, in character, about how to deal with something, I sit back and bask in the glow a well done job. Think about. The players are involved enough in Your world, in Your plot, and care enough about it be able to argue for that long! You...

Danke Umbran. I hoped that if I mentioned them, someone would post the correct info. :)

I've done both - and run both! The Intercon's on the East coast of the US - in Boston and New Jersey - are a great place to be exposed to all of the options and varieties of games, styles, and rules. Intercon C - in March, in Chelmsford Mass, is the next one. I don't have a handy link, but...

#661 - Introduce a recurring NPC, who has a distinctive, and annoying, accent. A very bad french, elvis, etc. #662 - Make the PCs rely on this NPC for vital information / life-saving deeds #663 - Have the NPC be a Southern Baptist Style Preacher. By the POWER of *god or goddess here* BE-A...

Multi-classing? I like it. :) What I have done with over half of my 3e PCs is to take 1 level of something, then a main class. If you do it immediately, it makes sense, and you can work it into your background. The rogue who decided to join the monk order, the fighter who is trying to leave...

The game I'm running we have 5 players, all 3rd level. Halfling Bard Half-orc Rogue Human Monk Human fighter Human cleric1/wizard 2 A fairly balanced group - makes it slightly easier to GM. :) Another game that ended: Human Shugenja 6 Dwarf barbarian1/Savant6...

Interesting fight. If I recall correctly, Web gives an additional concealment factor for each 5 feet. So, if there was 20 feet of web between the wizard and his target, that would be 9/10s, more or less an arrow slit of narrow opening. Interesting - hadn't thought of this, but I don't really...

CRs are fairly good. Two main problems, however: Problem one, mentioned by others - Gaze attacks, paralysis, etc. A little bad luck, and the entire party is wiped out. Or the only people in the party who can fix the problem are wiped out. Too be used with extreme care. Problem Two: High...

No D20 stuff for me - yet - mainly because I have yet to muster the discipline necessary to put something significant down on paper, and submit it. Lots of ideas - and maybe I'll write up a scenario I'm preparing for my current campaign and send it to DireKobold. :) I did write and run a LARP...

So if the images spread out, do foes get AOO on them? Oh, ick bad, unneccesarry complications! So maybe they start out in the same 5ft spot and can spread by 5ft each round? Complex, ugly - but do-able if you really wanted. And so, after two of three rounds, if you still have images...

#629 - (because I doubled posted, I must come up with another....) Again with the background music. Start the battle music as the party is shopping. Just sit back and grin. Don't ask them to roll for init, just wait. Counting slowly to six. Then start asking for saving throws. Count to...

#628 - Using background music, After a mighty battle, when the evil uber-bad guy is nigh defeated stop the cool battle music. He cries out something about 'no, I can not fail, I must live!' Then start the music again, only this time instead of battle music a little song whose refrain is 'Once...

In a recent battle, I was faced with just this situation. Three giants (size=large) rats vs. three PCs. After the second round, one rat was totally focused on the one PC it had successfully hit twice in a row. It followed the retreating PC to keep biting, taking an AOO. Another one kept...

# 620 - Let the low level PCs find a box. A simple carved box, made of bone. Maker's mark on the bottom. Not magical. When they finally get around to selling or appraising it, have the good shopkeeper faint. Then offer to help them auction it off, suggest the starting price should be...

Just a note as for the posted monk - His BAB is actually 7/4 - using the improved iterative attacks monks get. Or 5/5/2 with flurry. If he used weapon finesse instead of focus, it would increase by another 1 - focus gives his a +1, dex 16 = +3 vs str 13 = +1. For equipment did you really...