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Joker. Vader was a cool badass, but when you get down to it he's just a hitman. He is, fundamentally, understandable; "order in the galaxy by whatever means" really comes down to "I will make people do what I want them to do, by force if necessary". He can be reasoned with. He can be...

Mmmm psychosis... erm. And sure there were. However, many of the enemies were melee types, and they got pureed before moving in to engage. We could have rewritten the entire thing, but that's kind of what "broken in this case" means - that either the broken thing or the "in this case" needs to...

I don't believe there is a published ability or feat. We ended up making one called "Crush Skull of Enemy With Butt End of Spear" (a feat) that allows you to use the butt end of spear as a light mace. It's similar to spiked armor/gauntlet use (or quickdraw, for that matter). RAW, though, you're...

I'm not sure "broken" applies. How about "the prepublished modules were unable to cope" instead - we're running the Shackled City. Half-ogre with a reach weapon. 20' reach, _owie_. The modules really expect you to have 5', maybe 10' reach... and nobody could get near him. Oh, and did I mention...

Aaand it's down to the wire. The Joker takes Hannibal in an ingenious death trap when Hannibal makes the critical mistake of trying to understand the fundamentally chaotic. Winner: the Joker. And Darth tries to choke off Moriarty's monologue, only to discover it was actually a minion _dressed_...

Hannibal vs. Wile E.: Hannibal Man, you're tough. Hannibal, only because he (as Anthony Hopkins) had more style. I love Wile E. to bits, but Hannibal could do the "guy next door" _scary_ evil. Darth Vader vs. Palpatine: Palpatine If you'd asked this right after RotJ, it would have been Darth...

It looks great from here. I think we'll skip the scale bar; quite frankly, it's unclear in my head and if it's there the PCs will just ask questions :) Thank you again. I need to give you credit on the script as well; what should I use? "Maps by True North Cartography (http...)"?

Kewl! And don't worry about time... game's next weekend. Though I do want to wow the people who are checking things over for me.

Hammer, I say _hammer_ that server! Yeehaw! ... wow, it is slow.

And *that* is why Harry Potter is taking off. Much like the Da Vinci Whatevers, actually... The books are a fun read, they're geared towards kids, and they're accessible. The media has been pushing the books, getting the word out. Sure, the first hit was a "fad" as much as _anything_ that gets...

Geographical names... that requires creativity :) EDIT: Actually, I just had a very cool idea. How hard would it be to make two maps with different names? The backplot is that a group from a "parallel world" is invading -- same terrain, _very_ different background. I'd been wondering how to get...

Umm... wow. That's just perfect. How do you _do_ that? And the most important question, can you sign (or otherwise label) it? And how do you want to be credited? It's the least (and, unfortunately, most) I can do.

That's fine. The setup is basically a set of encounters that the PCs have to go through, and time is "kinda funny" (as in the system developers didn't really think about it...). Okay, if you're playing in Behind Enemy Lines and managed to see this thread, stop looking :) Maybe the above will...

So here's the story. I'm running a live-action game next weekend in which a small team of players slip out of a besieged city and make their way northwards with a message asking for help. It's a classic plot, and should be a fun game. The PCs will have a map of the area with a likely route laid...

The Southern Wisconsin chapter of the IFGS (linky: chapter and national) is running Behind Enemy Lines, a game for 6 person novice teams. The IFGS is a live-action, "foam swords and sorcery" gaming system where players get to actually swing weapons, pick locks, and cast spells instead of rolling...

1. Hannibal. Definitely Hannibal. Especially if played by Anthony Hopkins. HAL was... misunderstood.... but Hannibal had *class*. 2. Dracula. "Greatest tactician of his time". Would have been Darth before he became a whiny teenager... 3. Oooh, tough one. I'll abstain; I still think they would...

Well, my g3 ibook disagrees, but that's not the point. Anything that was running OS9 isn't going to be happy with OSX in all likelihood. You can't find a friend with an old copy of 98SE? Actually, 2k wasn't that much worse. Hrm. This, of course, is a general problem with PDF files (or...

It was both fixed and nerfed. The new feat matches others much better (+4 to a special-case roll seems to be the baseline). Being able to auto-declare 1/day was core to a huge number of broken combinations. I also, personally, don't like X/day abilities, especially 1/day ones. Power Critical...

Yeah... given that you basically give up everything Rogue-ish except for sneak attack, I'm going to keep the feinting at every attack. It's not even a sure thing - remember that the feintee gets their BAB to the Sense Motive roll, which does a good job on blocking the Bluff. Nothing on the...

I'm very excited about the Player's Guide to Eberron. The ECS has too much information mixed in, and not enough about a lot of things players want. Five Nations was _great_ ("a day in the life of..."), but had a tight focus. Here's hopin' As for Dungeon, the adventures are short. However, the...