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It's the paladin who wields the sword, but the deity cuts the checks. (: **How** did you advice the party? Was it table talk? Or did you tie it in to the words of Osiris? What Osiris says, goes, and if the Paladin thinks otherwise, he's got another deity coming. In fact, it may be time to add a...

Let's also not forget Chaiman Mao's Little Basic Set Red Book for Level 1-3 Proletariats. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

I'll take the "You're of the alignment opposite of the one you wish to destroy" route and stick you in the Neutral Good category. Still, if you're a cleric, you should uphold the principles of your deity as much as your alignment. If you're a Paladin, you must defeat evil in accordance to your...

Just clarifying things, but the adventure game includes character advancement to level 2 (woohoo). The additional abilities are fixed (no selection of skills of your choice) and feats are not used. Definitely agreed about level 5. You can have quite a few good games at low levels! (: Cedric...

Sheesh! Tell me about it! (: I was at a con and, as a AD&D grognard, all that feats, skills, and stuff was No Fun to learn from a book. (Gee, thanks for helping me create my character, RPGA!) I then played an "intro" D&D game in the kid's room (I was helping, lol) and creating characters was a...

Bad GM! No biscuit! (: What your friend really should do is **help** you design a character. Tell him your superhero concepts, and have him design the character, or at least something for you to start with. The gaming group itself should help you with the mechanics. You should be able to say "I...

Feh! Let him have his fun. The DMG has rules for Monsters as PCs, which include a level equivalent. For example, a Werebear is "Class levels +4". That means you dock the player four levels and he becomes a Werebear. Alternately, design a lycanthrope Prestige Class: Instead of simply gaining...

Re: Re: WOTC Resolutions for 2003 It's an (anime = 30 minute commercial) game for the "my little brother is playing Pokemon so Pokemon is no longer cool" set. BTW, Konami licensed the mechanics from **Wizards of the Coast** and Upper Deck Entertainment is the US distributor. Kids around here...

Post it on RPGnet ( www.rpg.net ). Don't want to lose a review in the forums. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

I think the D&D Adventure was a good start. I think the simplified combat system was great. I would have preferred a campaign-style of scenarios, rather than several unrelated ones. First set: Getting started * Simplified combat * Pregenerated characters * Ready-to-play scenarios * GM advice...

Agreed. I'd like to hear the DM's side of this. Actually, I'd like the D&D XP system to be less "grainy" than four significant figures and crossed with Baron Munschausen (sp), but that's another topic. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

"Is there any evil over that corner?" "No." "Is there any evil over in that other corner?" "No." "How about in that other corner?" "NO!" This has **nothing** to do with my "Paladin as a prestige class" thread, cough, cough. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Back in the days of AD&D, paladins were pretty much been a pain in my campaigns b/c of the roleplaying conflicts. The lack of tithing, convenient ignoring of the thief's pilfering, using the Paladin as a geiger counter to detect evil, that sort of thing. So, as a GM, I was sorely tempted to...

Any way for you to meet with your friends outside of the game? Sounds like the DM has a nasty case of Pet NPC. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Where are the Hero Points for bringing munchies to the game? (: I remember someone posting that that really worked well, lol. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

I remember those days. I did stuff like twink the monsters. Fun watching the players turn all sorts of colors. re: Monster Manual memorizing: GM: "You see some sort of jelly-like ooze or slime." Player: "What color is it?" GM: "What's your favorite color?" Player: "Uh, yellow?" GM: "Yellow."...

I'm definitely in the minority, but go flavor. Most of my D&D players wanted to know **exactly** how a magic item worked, but with flavor, you can keep it vague enough to scale the item, introduce plot elements, and other stuff. Drives player's nuts, tho. (: GM: "It's a ring." Player: "What...

Sure, tell them. In particular, I'd tell the fighters when they could take AoO, the spellcasters when they're Too Close to a fighting opponent, etc. etc. Ditto, however, for Paladins straying too far from alignment, clerics ignoring their faith, and so on. In the end, of course, it's up to the...

Highly recommended: * Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering, Steve Jackson Games * NPC Essentials, RPGObjects.com See also Roleplayingtips.com Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Familiar with GURPS? GURPS uses a normalized resolution (3d6) **but** its skill-level purchasing system uses marginal utility (it costs more points to go from N to N+1 when N is high vs. when it is low). D&D, meanwhile, uses a linear resolution (d20) but its skill-level purchase is also linear...