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  1. Obergnom

    Mook rules?

    I am looking for good Mook/Minion houserules for 3.5. You know, the kind of rules that removes the bookkeeping (even at 10th level some characters manage not to do so much damage a low level creature like an oger dies with a single hit) and allows me to use them "en masse" without a resolution...
  2. Obergnom

    City of Brass: Author Playtest Notes

    Great Story... I just ordered CoB :)
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    David Noonan's historical perspective on 3.0 (Update: Part III posted)

    What really concerns me, after knowing all of that, they are still using pregenerated characters for the 4E playtest? Why? Having the playtesters make their own chars would be a saver way to find the unbalanced class options.
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    D&D 4E Excited by 4E fluff, bored by FR changes

    well, doh! ... sorry, I'm not a native speaker.
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    Design and Development: Cosmology

    I love it! While I myself now the Great Wheel in and out, I never liked using it much, because I never had any players who really knew it. This cosmology is much simpler, I think more players will know how it works (Or it would take me about 10min or one good handout to make them know it) while...
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    D&D 4E Excited by 4E fluff, bored by FR changes

    Well, to me the FR changes (atm) seem like... okay, the setting I regularly played for the last 10 years has ended. Actually, yeah, the Paizo setting seems nice, but it has a lot of (good) unconventional fluff. I expect the Necromancer Setting to be very traditional (in a D&D sense) so it...
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    D&D 4E Excited by 4E fluff, bored by FR changes

    Well, the titel pretty much sums up my current feeling about the story changes that will come with the new game. The changes to core fluff seem to be exciting, as if they would build a new D&D core world, strongly resembling the old one but not the same (I do not mean Greyhawk with Core World...
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    Should I allow this magic item (e.g. Is it broken)?

    Hmm, I do not own the module, but this items seems to fit its idea perfectly. Fast and fun dungeon crawl, no worries about resting and stuff. (Have they but in something similar for arcane casters?) To preserve that, what about changing it to a charged item, that can be used x days instead of...
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    D&D 4E FR 4E SPOILER - Grand Histoy of the Realms info

    Which says all kind of things about Elminster. :lol:
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    D&D 4E FR 4E SPOILER - Grand Histoy of the Realms info

    Hmm, maybe it is either this or be gone? ie. become the "new" Greyhawk? But think about it, it is still the Realms, 10 years from "now"... that means, no real effect upon your running campaign. And actually, it might make the realms a better place to play in. Maybe, I don't know. I hope they use...
  11. Obergnom

    Bored with knowing what will happen next

    I would not go down that path... it's the shortest route to DM burn out, imo. Give your players tools to work with your campaign. In my game we also have a "With an Action Point you may break every rule, if I allow it, and I will mostly allow it"-Houserule... weird things are happening since we...
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    Bored with knowing what will happen next

    Well, as I am at that point about once every two month, here is some advice: Challenging the characters by encounters is no longer fun because you know what your players are able to do and can built the encounters just right? They are neither over nor under challenged? Try to add some...
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    D&D 4E FR 4E SPOILER - Grand Histoy of the Realms info

    Hmm, well, being a Realms Fan, I think I will just wait for the finished product to see if they put a bnuch of new and cool story lines for me to play into that world. In the end, that is what matters to me. btw. an imprisoned god is something I really like... if he is given a way to be a force...
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    Carefully Introducing encounter based spell management into D&D 3.x

    The rejuvenation method (regain spell right after casting) would be kind of balanced with a +6 level mod. Kind of, as it would be just as balanced as Percistent Spell is, which is not allowed in my games. In a way it makes blast as much fun as buffing :-) ... but it would be only available at...
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    Carefully Introducing encounter based spell management into D&D 3.x

    I thought about it for some time, here is an idea I just had (We only use spontaneous caster in my group): Restoring Magic Prerequisite: None Benefit: If you free your mind for one minute (you may only engage in light activity, not casting spells or using spell-trigger or spell-completion...
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    Carefully Introducing encounter based spell management into D&D 3.x

    Great idea Mustrum! I like using meta magic to introduce per encounter and continuous effects more than reserve feats, but I see a small problem... spells like divine favor at lower levels(using a 3rd Level Slot) or haste at mid levels (using a 5th level slot) become quasi permanent. Thus, a...
  17. Obergnom

    Help! - Final Session before break - Need some ideas!!!

    Tomorrow I will run the last session of my current campaign before a 3-4 month break because of time limitations. This is the Setup: All of eastern Cormyr is ruled by an army of allied fire- and frost giants. With them are some Drow, who helped them (And created the alliance) In the session...
  18. Obergnom

    Abstract Gear Handling

    I once used a system somewhat like that in an Arcana Evolved game. I created a system where every character had an amount of ritual points and was able to spend those in rituals costing a small amount of gold to improve his gear or enhance certain items closely connected to him. In essence it...
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    What adventures should I run next?

    Hmm, Demonweb Pits: The Harrowing by Monte Cook. Dungeon Mag #84. It's for 3.0 and Level 15, but should be easy to scale and convert with all those demons available today. It works like this: Go into the Demonweb and rescue an elven cleric. The players search the demon web and stumble into a...
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