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As a player in Lavinia's group I have to say that I was rather surprised at the harsh reaction a mere 50XP less were causing, especially considering that the average XP total for that session was near 2000XP. It's quite normal to award XP for good role-playing, paying attention to the DM and or...

Looks like the monsters and the descriptive data were put into separate tables linked by the <category> field. If that is true then there is a bug right at the beginning at the Aasimar entry where the <category> is planetouched while the descriptive data entry is aasimar. I wonder how that is...

I voted for the 'Blindfighter' since there are already enough half-nude fantasy women but not nearly enough male characters. ~Marimmar

I voted 4 because no matter how much I like the revised system it still has it's flaws. The one flaw that irks me most is that I no longer can use the online npc/treasure generators that saved me tons of time and added lots of interesting goodies to my game. The editing errors and the new...

Well a lot of my players liked the idea of going FIRST in a round so they refocused, especially those that rolled low and had massive init boosters. More of a psychological thing, when they delayed it was usually because they didn't have anything to do anyway. :) ~Marimmar

I had a collegue at work who was very much like your friend. She was very withdrawn, very cynical about life and all that because she made some bad experience with people she trusted in her youth. By winning their trust you can be something like a friend to them but beware: 1) They will stick...

Very interesting essay.

Well, a lot of the girls definitely need to do more sports and eat more vegetables. ;) ~Marimmar

I put all the SRD spells into a FileMaker 6 database but that won't help you I think. ~Marimmar

Don't forget that you need PBS and Precise Shot to effectively use SR when your friends are engaged in melee combat. Against opposing mages it's a killer though, especially with endure elements being toned down. ~Marimmar

Yesterday our party faced a dire threat Evard's Black Tentacles! Luckily the wizard casting it was actually only 5th level and the NPC-generator screw up when it spew out the spells so we still live. Nevertheless the new tentacles spell is a real killer, no save, no SR, complete damage immunity...

As far as stupid DM rulings go, I have seen some in my time... - When we entered a dungeon someone cast a <i>Continual Light </i> spell. The obvious benefit was that those underneath the light orb were blinded by the light and those in the front rows who needed to see in the dark couldn't make...

Well, having the god himself manifest some power ain't such a good idea, it always seems too heavy handed. Having the clergy go after the player would be a cool plot hook though. He might be declared Vogelfrei by the church of the mage god and thus anyone helping or sheltering him would be an...

It's just a nonsense filler text used for layout purposes. Hong's way of saying, this rant is... ~Marimmar

Well, at first I didn't think much about about the war and all the complications it would bring. I just needed some outside threat that came from Anauroch for which an army was needed. Since my PCs were conscripts in the militia of Ironmaster they were sent as quality not quantity troops to...

As for the story, the alliance of the north was made aware of zhentish activity based in Anauroch. The Zhents didn't send an army all the way from Zhentil Keep, they raised one from the Goblin Marches and tribes living in or around the big desert. Since the trade routes where under attack, it...

Well, to be honest I dislike Waterdeep and it's überNPCs quite a bit. Everytime the PCs have a problem with something it's like 'we cannot fail, Waterdeep will save the day' or 'there's no way Waterdeep would allow that' or 'we need a True Res, let's go to Waterdeep'. For me as a DM it's always...

Damn, when I clicked on the thread, I hoped to read some good news. I really really hope your condition improves soon. *stops writing because of his inability to express his sad feelings* ~Marimmar

Hi all, I'm just curious about what to remember when laying waste to Waterdeep in the FR. Well, I got some interesting campaign running right now where a large army of humans and humanoids was gathered by a Zhentish cleric of Bane and sent off to conquer/destroy Waterdeep. The initial army that...

I prefer my selfmade excel spreadsheet, except for spells, everything a character needs fits on a single page, even an animal or familiar. ~Marimmar