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That's the way I'd do it. I like MarkB's idea as well, though I think I'd leave the players some room for incorrect guesswork. :D

I guess it depends how the centaur is carrying the load. If it is carrying it in its arms, then I'd think the max load should be the same for a normal person. If, however, the load is on its back (a passenger, saddle bags, etc.) then I think it should be the 3x load. Could get complicated so...

So, Option A and B both mean 3 single attacks with Sneak damage. I agree with your ruling, but that's just me as well. :)

He's quite right - if you want the players to move through the world without really being in it. Personally, I like to know that there is more to a gameworld than a series of dungeons, a list of maidens to be rescued/deflowered (depending upon alignment), etc. Games I've played in which had no...

Actually, I think moritheil has it right. Anything suggested would have to be agreed by your DM (and we don't know what his ideas are) so you are perhaps better off discussing with him how he wants it to work. Also, as a DM, I would not let my players decide both service and reward. They can...

Generally about a minute or so each. Some are sooooooooo slow - measuring distance several different ways, moving figures, moving them back, moving them somewhere else, jeez! - but most are either ready to go or have limited options. The only time I nail them down to a particular time period is...

1GP = 1XP, but we never used it. Even given the huge amounts of XPs needed to level up in those days, giving experience for loot seemed unnecessarily generous.

The thing with Rome is that it wasn't IN a major war during its rise; it grew as a result of its wars elsewhere, including hundreds of thousands of slaves. Also, consider how large a modern town/city of 200,000 people is (2 or 3 miles across?). Factor in low rise buildings instead of blocks...

I wholly agree that being either too stingy or too generous with PC wealth can be very bad for the game but there has to be a measure of (I really hate to use the term but can't think of a better one to get my point over) 'realism'. For example, if the PCs come up against a party of oppositely...

Buy it? No. Download it, scroll through it looking at the pictures then delete it? Yep. Illithid Porn sounds like fun. Really messes with your head.

I would have no problem with him in my game; I enjoy it when my players come up with interesting characters. Then again, I have always had some difficulty with Gaxy Gygar's blinkered notions and my current game has paladins of any alignment (though chaotics wouldn't be able to stop themselves...

Good catch! Despite reading the text several times I managed to miss that bit. :o Sure, if you expect the DM to only give treasure up to the DMG limits. Can't see myself saying, "Yep, the dragon really did only have 250Gp of treasure, but you've got the right wealth for a character of your...

To what restrictions are you referring? I can only think of the belt slot being used up. +1 AC with no encumbrance? Nice. Oh, the druid already had magical leather and picked the belt off a dead PC's body, so the cost was irrelevant.

A. If the 'meatshield' simply shouldercharged the door then a surprise round is justified - he was unprepared for a combat - 3 full attack sequences with sneak damage (I'm assuming the rogues positioned themselves within 30' and with no cover for the door opener). B. If the party got ready for...

Exactly.

My 2p worth: Sounds like your DMs have been giving out handfuls of gear to everyone because he thinks it is what makes you happy. I'm sure they have been right, in the short-term but, taken in the longer term, the lack of level-appropriate challenges and ramping up of enemy power will lead to...

Holy Cr*p! How much do you have to play to get to 42nd level?

I agree Thanee, that's why my group has ruled that it doesn't give the WIS bonus to non-monks (readily agreed to by the player of the druid who wanted to use it). Seemed very silly to us that an item made for a Monk would be of more benefit to a non-Monk. And, to a monk, 13k is a pretty good...

I'd say yes, but the swarm might not attack both initially, as it might count as moving through an enemy. Once the fighter was surrounded, however, it could move on as a 5' scurry the next round. I reckon the little critters would go for whatever meat was on offer.

There is some difference between giving the fighter some love and having his babies. What are you going to do when the spellcaster tires of seeing the fighter cut large chunks out of the BBEGs and complains that he is too weak? Give him some love, too? IMO it is a bad idea. If fighters were so...