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ditto.

The thing is, I knew it and I'm almost certain that Ashimar's player knew it - but I had been dm'ing 3rd edition for two years by this time and this was still the player's first year with playing 3E. It's possible it was only an intellectual knowledge, not the bone-deep knowledge of having seen...

Ah, guess I had skimmed over the title. Please keep at it though, I look forward to seeing it all from the player's perspective. And thank you for the praise, I appreciate it.

That was story post #100 for those keeping count (like me). Yay. This session was a bit of a shocker for me. What stands out most was how fast Ashimar seemed to fall. He charged out ahead of everyone and met the giants head on. In retrospect I'm not sure if it was a calculated risk...

Another Day, Another Death No matter the method, death is always ugly; but those who survive the deceased can sometimes take comfort if some bit of glory was attached to the passing. Dying in the defense of loved ones is certainly one way to attain the glory that comforts and inspires the...

There's a new Night Below story hour on the boards, from the perspective of a player it looks like. I like the style. You can find it here: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2282821#post2282821

Niiiice... I like your writing style. Did you just start, or are you writing down older game sessions?

There was a homebrew site out there once based on the filksong "Serious Steel" by Leslie Fish and Joe Bethancourt. It sounds kind of like what you're describing. Ah...here it is. I almost missed it, it looks like they changed servers/names since I last visited. http://www.beasthold.org/

No rule as such. In fact, hit dice alone are not enough to justify a level adjustment. Hit dice are effectively like taking a class level - generally a weak one at that unless you're a dragon or an outsider. Level Adjustments are added for the creature's special abilities, including (but not...

Sounds of War Kestral sat crosslegged on her bunk inside their portable cottage. Jallarzi would be gone for a day or two, so it was just her, Ashimar, and Tore. Normally Kestral would be talking with both or either of them, but today no one was feeling very talkative. Ashimar was sitting at...

There are a few game sessions that stay with a person over the years. For me, this is one of them. Watching Jallarzi's player work through the dangers of teleport for the first time was fun. Hearing her order the second in command of a warrior temple was... bemusing. It was a pure Jallarzi...

A Defining Moment The session started something like this: DM: Okay, it’s the next morning. You folks are all rested. Ashimar used his remaining spells yesterday to finish healing folks and Kestral supplemented using Kellron’s cure light wounds wand. You’ve blocked off the mouth of the...

I think it means I can't type or proofread... :heh: It was suppose to be "I don't have my books with me." - apparently I spelled out 'my'.

Not very closely. In another thread where this question came up, someone posted that Sep took the name Sonellion from real world texts. The WoTC writeup is fairly different. IDHMYBWM but I believe their writeup portrays her as an advanced succubus with levels in fiend of possession and fiend...

Night Below would get my vote. ToEE has some good points, but with all the encounters so (relatively) densely packed together it can be hard to pick them out and expand upon them - which is why I think it generally feels like and turns into a hackfest. The density is two-fold, there are a lot...

Ooof. I must have been tired and just read what you meant, and not what you wrote. The Detect Evil goof is just additional proof that I was tired. Ah well, I've certainly been wrong before. I think I would favor Knowledge Religion for determining if the creature is inherently evil. And after...

Always blame the illithids - it's safer. ;)

Questions with no particular answers There were some questions that occurred to me during this section of the module. If any of these occurred to the players, they never followed up on them. I'm sharing them here in case they might spark some ideas for others. 1. Why are the grell in this...

Ask and ye shall receive, hope you enjoy the post. Good luck with your pc's too; given the nature of the module there isn't much to keep them on track except their own desires. Not that that's a bad thing of course, it's what makes dm'ing interesting (for me at least). As for the checklist...

Death by Deepspawn Imagine a creature capable of creating a near perfect replica of whatever creature it consumes; not just the appearance, but even the memories. The sole noticeable difference is that these replicas are unbreakably loyal to their parent. Now imagine that this...