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Well, to be perfectly honest...that kind of is a DM's job. Basically. HOWEVER.... But, and here's the kicker, I've found that if I think rule that is "unfavourable" to what the Player envisioned... the Player tends to either continuously complain (which results in "Dude, it's been a thing...

Hiya! Yes, that takes more time than combat often enough. My reply was in regards to a few folks who seem to be confused as to how long a combat can take, I guess. You can run a dozen combats in a 4 hour session if the session primarily consists of said combats. If we are talking "half hour or...

Hiya! I think the problem some folks are having understanding how a 5 hour session can get through, say 10 combat encounters boils down to two, 'simple' things: "RAW versus RAI", and "battlemaps". I very much take the large scoop of RAI and slather it in "Just make it up and keep playing"...

Hiya! What makes you think combats are "cakewalk fights"? Mine certainly aren't! Over the 5 or 6 years we were playing it, the HIGHEST level that any PC got to... 7th level Barbarian. After that, a pair (?) of 5th's, handful of 4ths, then just 1st to 3rd. So obviously my fights aren't...

Hiya! “Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.” — Belgicia Howell ^_^ Paul L. Ming

"We've got a blind date with destiny...and it looks like she's ordered the lobster" - The Shoveler "When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack" - The Sphinx "No point in steering now" - Doug McKenzie "Ow! Take off you hoser!" -...

Hiya! This question doesn't make any sense in an RPG if you ask me. An RPG is not a video game, or a board game, card game, or any other sort of game where there are "set events that happen at specific times in specific orders and in specific numbers". So the question of "how many combat...

Hiya! "No". I already voiced my concerns when the announcement first went out (and still have some of the singing around my eyebrows and beard... ;) ). As for the "live DM'ing part". I'd be fired half way through the first session! Not for being a "Bad DM"...but for saying "badwrongthings" or...

Hiya! Demon: "Well then...maybe if you wanted a time limit or set date you should have specified that before signing in blood, huh?" ;) Yea, if someone was to sell their soul to a devil/demon/whathaveyou in D&D, you'd think the seller would ask for some serious Life Insurance Policy or...

Hiya! Talk to the DM and work something out. Simple. But, that said, "I'm a really good musician...so, naturally, I figured I'd join an adventuring group and head off into dungeons, ruins and dark forests infested with all manner of horrible monsters that want to kill me. I mean, I sold my...

Hiya! BECMI is awesome! If you don't have your old BECMI boxes/rules or your RC, you can get them off DriveThru...or you can pick up for free the "Dark Dungeons" retroclone. I love the retroclone so much I bought 6 softbacks and 1 deluxe colour hardback for myself; then gave 5 of the softbacks...

Hiya! Create a new Stat called "Magical Contagion". Each caster gets it for each Spell they have. It starts at 1 (so Cantrips have a chance of being removed...eventually; keep reading). Every time the cast a spell, they add the effective level of that spell to the total of Magical Contagion...

NINE 'core races'? Geeze man... but, if that's the limit, I only need 8. I'm going with: Human Alfar Cu'Lain Derro Fol Grond Rek Wood Alfar Wyr Mind you, those are all custom home-brewed races for my own person world called Paeleen, so...yeah. ^_^ Paul L. Ming

Hiya! Player rolls. If they don't like the result...they can have me, the DM roll it. BUT they keep that roll...even if it's lower. This tends to have PC's end up with average or better HP's, but not always. I've had a Player get greedy, roll a 5 on the d10 for HP's then ask me to roll...and...

Hiya! Which is totally fine. Some folks do if it doesn't help them run a better game that they want to run. :) No. I tried to get this across upthread: the individual is NOT the determining factor of what is "lawful" or "evil" or whatever; that's defined in the Rule Books. PLEASE NOTE: I USE...

Hiya! Alignment is very useful. The problem is... most people don't use it "correctly". Most people I've had conversations with are ones that think your Alignment determines your Actions, and that when your Actions DO NOT coincide with your Alignment on your character sheet, the Alignment...

Hiya! Off the top of my head... Virtually any "irredeemably evil" creature. Demons, Devils, Daemons, Undead, Dao, Azer, most Giants, Quicklings, etc. Creatures that have been out right EVIL incarnate since they were first thought up by superstitious folks hundreds or thousands of years ago...

Hiay! Not sure if you have ever seen/used these...but Mayfair games put out a series of "AD&D" supplements (1e...this was back in 1993) called "Sentinels". It was a small boxed set that was part of their "Demons" line. The Demons line was just that...all about Demons; how they were...

Hiya! In a nutshell, they are terrifying in my games. Basically, they are the fantasy equivalent of "A.I.". They don't think of themselves as 'individuals', have no sense of self-preservation past the most basic (re: don't walk off a cliff), do exactly what they are commanded to do, regardless...

Hiya! Got it. So... "Politics Ruins Everything" is where I'm gonna leave it then. Thanks for clarification. I won't be posting anything more to this thread, just FYI. (oh, and I haven't read every single page, so if I missed some Moderator stuff, sorry for that). ^_^ Paul L. Ming