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    Spontaneous Druid Caster?

    Usable 3 + Wis modifier times per day. In order to use it, make a Caster Level check, applying your Wisdom modifier to the roll. The DC of the check is based off of the proximity to a ley line, or the strength of that line. (I'm thinking 25 far off, 20 nearby, 15 at one, 10 at a major junction)...
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    Your RPG X'mas shopping list

    It's a tradition in my family to donate to a charity in someone's name as a Channukkah gift instead of the normal present spiel. We also use it as an excuse to get random this-and-thats that we need anyway--like an automatic pencil sharpener. Game books, not so much. :)
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    Your RPG X'mas shopping list

    Also Jewish here, but my B-Day's on December 31. So I'll draft a list for that. :D Sorcerer Sorcerer and Sword The Riddle of Steel Trinity Adventure! Fading Suns d20 The Burning Wheel Exalted: The Dragon Blooded The Book of Three Circles That should do for a start. ;) --Jeff
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    Give me a B! Bee! Give me a U! You! Give me a M! Em! Give me a P! Pe! What does that spell? *BUMP!*
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    Casting spells without actually, you know, casting spells.

    Hmm...perhaps Knowledge (Arcana, Religion, or Nature) to be able to cast the spell in the first place, and Spellcraft for the actual roll? I see this as being used for spells with long term effects, mostly--sort of pointless to spend an hour and a half and years of your life for a Fireball or...
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    Casting spells without actually, you know, casting spells.

    I'm thinking of allowing non-spellcasting characters to be able to cast spells in my game. Er, let me rephrase that: I'm considering creating a highly expensive option for characters not having levels in a spellcasting class, but possessing great knowledge of magical theory, who wish to cast...
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    Space Travel

    Cool. I'll agree with Xeriar that routes should be taken into account--something like -5 DC for traveling a well-known route, +5 DC for going where no man has gone before. I'd also make Spacial Navigation gain a synergy bonus from multiple skills (Pilot and Knowledge: Higher Math?) in order to...
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    Your house is burning--what do you choose?

    Definitely. Except that I don't have a wife or kids. :)
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    Glad you'll be joining us again! Now that the slots are filled, would any of the players (Henry, Drayan, Queldonus, Hopping Vampire) like me to stat out a character for them? Just give me a concept and an address and I'll email you the stats and an explanation of what they mean. If you want to...
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    At what point is it no longer d20?

    It wouldln't be d20, because you'd need character creation rules for the whole point-based gig. It would be OGL. :) EDIT: A thought--if you can't legally change the definition of Constitution, why don't you just drop both Str and Con and create a new stat name? Body, Brawn, Bulk, Size, Mass...
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    What He Said BelenUmeria, you stole my opinion. As I am lazy, I shall simply say "what he said," instead of taking the time to formulate another. ;)
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    Anyone ever notice that the 3E Blue Dragon's head...

    And elves look just like Mon Calamari, except with more humanoid heads and long ears!
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    Altamont is Dead [or short-lived characters and what to do]

    I've been having my players go up against challenges that would be standard for characters about 3 levels higher than theirs on a regular basis (four 8th level characters against a fiendish awakened dire tiger, or against a Retriever with a Half-Fiend Rogue2/Sorcerer5 director, for instance)...
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    One spot left folks. Get it while it's hot! Oh, and *bump.* :D
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    Yeah, four slots for the FS game. Cool. The Boston Gameday write-ups are also what initially got me into Feng Shui. I plan to run it a slight bit less comically, but it's still fun as heck at its most serious. :) --Jeff
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    Sweet. Shadowrun. Will you take those who don't know the system? If so, I'm there. :cool:
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    NC Game Day - Important new info!

    Dah! It snuck up on me! Okay, here's the deal: On the pre-planning thread, I said I'd be running Star Wars using the Feng Shui system, as a way to introduce people to this (incredibly awesome) game. I have since realized that this was a pretty foolish idea, as playing in a heavily modified...
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    [Names] Vancian wizard names.

    Laius the Lamenting Rafiel the Tans-scient Marvin the Martian
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    Chick strikes again! What do I do now?

    The funny thing is that Dark Dungeons is now actually a game, with a magic system based on praying to traditional Christian saints, no less. It's in its second edition, and is available as a free .pdf somewhere on the 'net. But don't bother, because the system really sucks (by which I mean does...
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    Looking for a different core system

    Seconded. Very interesting game... However, it has one major flaw: Monty Python and the Holy Grail jokes. Oh, god. They're omnipresent in all but the most mature (or isolated) groups...
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