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I agree. How exactly are the PCs going to go out and restrain multiple suspects which may or may not have done anything and try to mentally interrogate them? Even under the most primitive legal system that can be considered kidnapping unless they have the sanction of the authorities in the...

My players are much the same. I have one who keeps track of everything on a laptop. The others haven't taken a note since the game began. Tzarevitch

Excellent. Thanks. Tzarevitch

Does anyone know when "Bloodspeakers" is actually due out in stores? I've seen listings to order it on-line but does anyone know if it has reached stores yet? Tzarevitch

None. It doesn't get extra damage. It is like a rogue with figher BAB and no sneak attack or trap disabling. It picks up abilities relating to dodge and movement. Mainly low-level sorcerer spells that aren't conjurations or evocations. It tends to have buff-spells, movement spells and a couple...

I can't spend much time looking at my copy since I am still at wor but As I recall, Drunken Master is back as is the Tattooed Monk from Oriental Adventures. I don't recall seeing Sacred Fist though (although that class really needs a re-write) and I didn't see any other real monk-type unarmed...

It is a good feat if you are using a high-crit weapon like a heavy pick or an axe and you have a lot of bonuses or special abilities that multiply. Don't take it if you are using a x2 crit weapon. From a strictly metageme point of view, the feat is decent for PCs (only 1x/day but if you can...

So you are implying the more dangerous the situation the less you need to think about the best way to handle it? That statement doesn't make sense. You don't automatically react to an unknown threat with overwhelming force. That is tactically stupid and leaves you vulerable to traps and...

Whether or not you can "afford" to show mercy is irrelevant. If the paladin's moral code or hisw deity's code calls for mercy that is what he must do or suffer the consequences. That is one of the downsides of being a paladin. (Great power on one hand, great responsibility on the other.) That...

As I see it: 1] A heirarch of his church specifically instructed him to keep the abbot and the children at the abbey. The Cardinal did not tell him to slay the children. And no killing them is not the same as keeping them at the abbey. If he wanted the children killed he would have said so. The...

I'll be honest, I hated the movie. I gave it a 1. This is the first Tarantino move I have seen that I can say I trully couldn't stand. I understand the movie was supposed to be a tribute to/emulation of Hong Kong kung fu movies/1970's revenge movies but it could've been much, much better. The...

I'll be honest, I hated the movie. I gave it a 1. This is the first Tarantino move I have seen that I can say I trully couldn't stand. I understand the movie was supposed to be a tribute to/emulation of Hong Kong kung fu movies/1970's revenge movies but it could've been much, much better. The...

I use the same logic. I have no actual rules backing that I can cite to support this theory however. All I can say is that it seems logical to me to check Spell Turning before SR. Tzarevitch

I agree with the other posters who recommend Sengoku from Gold Rush Games. It has more useful information on old Japan than any book I have found (including non-game books). It is very, very good. I use it in my d20 Rokugan game religiously. Try to see if you can find a used copy though. I got...

I must admit I almost totally disagree with your conclusions. 1. Playtester credits. I don't see how there is an exact corrolation between number of playtesters and time spent playtesting, and the quality of the playtesting. Playtesting is an imprecise art. Two years spent playtesting by 500...

I do that as well. If the PCs are fighting members of the Brotherhood of the Spear, they are going to tend to find spears. They get the stuff that their foes had not what they necessarily need. If characters wield exotic weapons they had best be prepared to make the weapons themselves, hire...

As others have pointed out, you can use two-handed weapons from horseback just fine. The example I am most familiar with is the samurai wielding a katana two-handed. (There is an example of a samurai doing this in the Akira Kurosawa movie, "The Hidden Fortress".) You guide the mount with your...

That is exactly why I mandate point-buy in games I run. Die rolling for stats is inherently unfair. With the point-buy you make the character you want to play and everyone starts with a level playing field. Tzarevitch

My group still plays. Tzarevitch

We have hit on a slight sore point of mine so I will hijack the thread slightly. Honestly, I don't feel every new book that comes out needs to have a new rule for everything and hordes of new creatures that are slightly different from the existing ones. All that does is repeat the mistakes of 1e...