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I forgot about the term "min-maxing". Isn't a min-maxer simply just an optimizer? I was thinking about these terms recently when I was thinking back about how I was trying to powergame a PC last year in a new game where the DM encouraged powergaming. I had never done it before, and I don't...

I have always thought of "optimizing" and "powergaming" as two different things: Optimizing to me always meant using the rules legitimately and somewhat straight forward to make the best build ever. Powergaming to me always meant using the rules any way you can to achieve the best build ever...

I'm not so sure that these issues are DM related issues any more than just being a "bad player" issue. Most of those examples reflect a guy that is simply a bad player and he could have easily never DMed a game in his life. Being an experienced DM or not is really not an excuse or a reason for...

Here is the order of conversions I think might be the most beneficial for me: Kyton Chainless Kyton Lesser 3 Shrunken creatures (don't really need conversions since I can just apply the stat adjustments we come up with for the Kamerel Mage) Phlegamor's Servant Nightmare Rat The "Nupperibo,"...

The adventure made it seem like the Kamerel were shrinking the monsters, not really the mirrors. But maybe giving the mirror that ability will keep things simpler. It also said the monsters need to be at least 2 feet in size & 50 lbs max. Tiny creatures are around 2.5 feet in size. So I figured...

One other point I wanted to bring up is about the "Plane of Reflection". Technically, there is a Plane of Mirrors which is a demiplane that exists on the Ethereal Plane. I think it originated from the Greyhawk setting. I would say that this is where the Kamerel fled to rather than making it...

I can work out the skill list. Can you confirm what you mean by "Skills: 12 - 2@6"? Since we're doing the Kamerel from Tale 7, we might as well finish off the rest of the Tale by doing Kyton (chainless) & the Kyton, Lesser. Speaking of the rest of Tale 7 creatures; I see a slight problem with...

So what sort of thing can I do at the moment that would help you guys out on this project? What specific area would you like me to focus on and write up so you can critique? I'm about to start running this adventure and there are still quite a few monsters to convert. Eight months later and we...

What about using the True Neutral alignment system as part of the reason that makes Kamerel magic different from normal magic? Their magic could be pulled from the alignment of the Outlands itself. The Kamerel could have figured out how to "borrow" from the magic that the Outlands "steals" and...

I'm always poking around here to see if I could be of any use. You guys know much more about this stuff than I do and I think anything I try to contribute will be shot down due to my inexperience at monster creation. But I will give my input whenever I think it might be useful. I just recently...

The only thing is that a summoned monster can't use it's own summon ability. It is only summoned for 1 hour, and can't use it's own summon ability for 1 hour, so it has no time to use its summon ability. Also, a summoned creature cannot act on it's own free will in a way that goes against what...

Is there any creature from D&D that has the traits of all four elements (Air, Earth, Fire, & Water)?

A bit of fluff to add to this because it is often overlooked in place of pure mechanical rules: Creatures hate to be summoned. Especially fiendish ones. Fiends don't use their summoning ability willy-nilly. They only use it in desperation, or if they are sure that they can deal with the...

I don't want to paint these myself. I have a couple hundred that need painting and many of them are big. I haven't painted minis before, but I am artistic and I do like to paint. I'm sure I'd really enjoy painting minis. I just don't have the time to do it and I don't want to spend the time to...

Would you classify a player as a Backseat DM if he doesn't tell you what to do necessarily, but he questions your every move? Even if it is simply questioning what or why your NPCs did what they did in a metagaming sense? I'm kind of dealing with that right now with a player new to D&D. I know...

Am I the only one that rules the Dodge feat as giving a +1 dodge bonus vs everything at all times rather than choosing the opponent? Other house rules I've adopted: Not only does -Con score equal your death, but the % chance to stabilize is also your Con score rather than 10% chance. If you...

Eh, don't take it to heart. I happened to agree with your posts and found nothing wrong with what you said or how you said it. I've been posting here for years and the first thing you need to know is that if you want to participate in this community, you have to walk on egg shells. Someone...

When a person DMs, they can't possibly think of every situation and cater to the players exactly the way they expect to be catered to. My point is, it's very likely that it never even crossed your DMs mind that this 188th encounter is different all of a sudden and that he needs to warn you guys...

By metagaming, I'm referring to the fact that you assumed that because the DM didn't throw an overpowering encounter at you in the past 4 years, that this encounter would be a fair fight. You keep blaming this TPK on the fact that you were used to the DMs style. That's what I'm referring to and...

What about on the flip side? Where the PCs do everything they can to avoid a wimpy NPC or to battle it with extreme caution because they thought it was going to be a lot tougher than it was? I'm guilty of that as a player. This one scenario was so bad that all we had to do was hit it one more...