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Vegetable oil is pretty easy to manufacture... Or even the boiling fat from animals: ever fried bacon in a pan that is too hot?

But why use boiling water? Boiling oil is the standard fare... And by that, I don't think they meant the oil you put in cars, but the oil you use in your frying pan. 2d6 seems right to me.

I don't appreciate the potting. I prefer to have space to slosh around in, if given a choice.

Why would anyone want to scrap me off them?!? I think at the very least they should have to make a Will save DC136 to even want to scrap me off. I never provoke AoO's. That's just plain hazardous.

Thanks for those tips! Much appreciated!

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons." -Fyodor Dostoevsky (attributed)

Good lad, I'm sure you guys will manage to pull through by the skin of your teeth. With Darklone's and Blargney's suggestion, I'm confident you can pull everyone out without suffering any more deaths, barring bad luck, of course.

I do voices (not a great deal of variety, but enough for the situation at hand (deep, normal, squeeky, nasal, that kind of stuff), but also other things to make it obvious whom is speaking: switching hats, looking in one direction, and then the other. Most often it doesn't come up, as the PCs...

I find 3.x to be rules heavy. 3.x relegates a lot of the rules to the player, which many players are really incapable of handling themselves, at least in a smooth and undisruptive manner. Remembering spell effects, durations, and oddball bonuses, exactly when feats kick in, and how the whole...

Players enjoy their characters being the centre of attention. Players enjoy being given choices that perhaps they know they shouldn't really, but because of the short term advantages, and inability to actually see the long term disadvantage, they willingly consign themselves to their doom. 1)...

Me three!

I'd be surprised. In my mind, it will take 4e quite some time until it has the level and depth of support you seem to want for your ideas (psionics, technology, classes, humanoids). In my mind, it's far easier for you to stick with what you have, streamlining it a bit more, and wait to make...

I agree with Shilsen, that the best course is flee or surrender. Unfortunately, experience has taught me, that certain players will never, ever, surrender. And others never, ever flee from a fallen comrade. Sometimes, players just seem hellbent on self-destruction.

Nah. I say, stay and fight. At least until you get the team back together. Once the team is together, then you can try and make an ordered retreat. If you run now, at least two more will go down, as I'm assuming one couple will find their retreat effectively blocked. Priority one is get the...

Some people seem to be confusing the RBDM concept with a Psychopathic DM. A RBDM does not commit the innane murder of PC's in senseless traps, or with weird monsters out of the blue that are immune to everything. A RBDM paints a fantastic picture, detailing events and happenings along the way...

What gets me is how some people seem to expect that high level PC's have some "Immunity from Death" card. 1) RttToEE is reknowned as a PC-grinder. If you are playing that module, you treasure each survived session. 2) The OP did indeed warn the players: "This is tough. No holds barred. These...

Judging by what some people seem to be writing here, it would seem that prisoners should be kept chained to the floor, and force fed intravenously. Bodily waste can just be hosed down a drain: The guards have to earn their keep in some fashion. I mean, you wouldn't want an inmate getting hold...

Did the characters get a chance to determine via a spellcraft check that the BBEG was casting an Ethereal Jaunt? That may have made a difference. Personally, I don't see what all the big noise is about: They gained a phyrric victory in a minor battle, not the war. In RttToEE, you expect...

I think I'd rule like Queen Elizabeth the First: "Off with his head!"

I'd say let the rider avoid AoO's while the mount tumbles. Just increase the DC. 1. Its Cool. 2. It's not an unreasonable use of the skill. 3. It's still Cool. 4. It's for NPC's too. Consider: Could an skilled athlete do a forward roll while holding on to an delicate item, protecting it? Could...