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As a DM I prefer that players try things before rolling dice. But I do understand that sometimes a player need the help of the dice. Take diplomacy I can understand why many DMs hate it. Especially when it used this way I roll my diplomacy I got a 20 now the king gives me what I want. :mad: But...

Hussar I would have thrown my PHB at the DMs head. Okay not really but I would have been very angry. I don't know why some DMs do this. As a DM I am always up front with players about things like this. It seems so petty to string a player along and that is what it is doing. I am also of the...

Let me explain the reason I don't like the idea of magic marts is because often they make no sense for the setting or for the city you are in. Now I do think lower item things like scrolls and potions from first or second levels spells should be fairly easy to find in any big city you might even...

I have to give props for the player's creativity. I would use it in game I would have a powerful evil mage or cleric tempt the player by offering them the gift of darkvision.

Because there is a reason why certain races don't have certain things and many of us feel that handing out magic items to take away every disadvantage is not something we want in our game. I feel this way as player as well. I hate the whole magic item shop. Higher magic items should be part of a...

I will sometimes fudge not often but I think it is a tool in the DM toolbox that can be used to save a game or stop a player from being miserable. I can count on one hand the times I have fudged a dice roll but those times I was glad to know I had the ability to do so. I had a PC die at the...

There was a wizard who lost his spellbook that was the harshest loss. I played a sorcerer and we had a druid and a cleric we were able after doing some scouting to replace our lost components. The druid made staffs for everyone and I cast mage armor on the fighters if we had combat. But the...

If the party has not a chance to save because the CR threat is to high then yes that is bad DMing. But opening a door and finding bad things behind the door that sometimes kills you is part of the game. Tell how you avoid something like that? If you are in a dungeon don't you expect bad things...

You are both right there are bad DMs out there. I learned a lot of what not to do from the ones I had the misfortune to play with. But you know I have seen far more bad players than DMs in my long time playing the game. Which is why I take with a grain of salt some of the complaints I read...

Nobody was blaming the player they were pointing out that he was slightly exaggerating how bad he was gimped. And many people even those who thought he was exaggerating advised him to walk especially after reading the posts with the conversations with the DM and the other players because it...

There have been other times we have played with disadvantages for longer than a few sessions. At ninth level we choose to run after being captured and we left everything behind our weapons, armor the wizard's spellbook and all our magic items. We were trapped in unfriendly lands and it took...

I give out extra XP and some non magical goodies with written backgrounds. I also give out extra XP for in game journals, and excellent role playing. I don't require a complete written background but you have to give me something even if it is a sentence that says you are farm boy from a happy...

I have played a lot the ones that come to mind as being a lot of fun was Age of Worms and the Coin trilogy from Kingdoms of Kalamar.

I did reread it and it said he tried to challenge how the spell worked but another player stepped in and helped explained how it worked it to the DM so in the end it was not taken away. So that does not seem like a draconian DM thing to me but a DM who may not understand how the brand spanking...

I now see what you are saying. And you are right but for some reason Gracepoint is different as of this time is said to be a a limited series. Though I have read that ITV is thinking of doing a second series of Broadchurch.

It has to with what will appeal to the 18 to 48 age group. And maybe Fox thought that making their own version would appeal more than the British version. It is an interesting thing because Fox like NBC, CBS and ABC shows usually have 18 episodes but Gracepoint is being advertised as a special...

I wonder if it has to do with the fact that they don't think Americans would be interested in a British show? I know that when I watched Broadchurch on BBC America it has commercials just like Dr Who does. I hate commercials which is why I DVR the episodes then watch later so I can fast...

I wish it was that simple but it isn't, it is a matter of rights. Broadchurch was shown on BBC America they have the American rights to it. BBC America is not available on every cable package and when it is it is a premium station. So it is not going to be seen by a large majority of Americans...

And it only took 48 pages to get to that agreement. LOL I had a feeling that many times we were talking across each other.

I am watching Gracepoint and I do think compared to Broadchurch it is weaker. There are small changes to the character and storyline that I don't think are bad but don't really add anything. A lot of Americans never saw Broadchurch so I don't think that it is that odd a choice to make for...