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@ There are ants as big as those shown in the movie but most are small colony ants and only a very few species of swarming ants are that size. @ The one species of swarming army ants that big I know of are African, not South American. And while they are destructive they only kill things that...

Couldn't find Gyuto chanting in my quick search but I had some Gregorian stuff it was what the low-key soundtrack started just as they began sneaking into the cult lair. Then I had the Dethklok primed and started it playing over top the chanting, and the minor slurring caused by playing both at...

Saw it this afternoon. And I really liked it despite going pretty far afield. "Indy survives a nuclear attack. I groaned at this part, and seriously considered leaving the theatre. A guy who wore a fedora to the theatre did, at this point."-Wik @ I agree there, they went massively...

Or for the attack of a certain black dragon's lizardfolk henchmen upon a certain village if I can get them to take a hint and move in that direction. Might not be too hard, they certainly don't want to stick around after what happened.

The mechanical end is a lot like 4e. I originally came up with the first parts in about 2003. Then began experimenting with various values until I came up with this right around the time SWSE came out. In many ways me and the 4e designers independently arrived at similar basic mechanical...

Have to say thanks for the advice. Following some recommendations here and in print Dragon I went and got some soundtracks and albums to use as background for sessions. But as I listen mostly to metal it means I miss out on some useful scene-setting music. This was one of those rare cases...

I'm not sure he does cameos anymore. The last voice acting that he did was a while back too. Is he still in good enough shape for cameos?

I've used some measure of low background music during sessions for about a year and a half or so now. But today was the first time I've used it more selectively. This is the mid-level campaign, the first time I intended to throw a demon more powerful than planar cannonfodder like lemures...

It's a BAB for spellcasting, instead of a singular set DC you have an effective Magical Base Attack then roll. It's designed for use with the 'Take 10 Saves' variant from the DMG. But also serves the purpose of un-gimping the saves of multi-classed casters. It's based on the UA magic rating...

For the most part so did I, even before 3e I kind of felt that magic items weren't necessarily implemented a way I would have preferred. And I experimented with several ways of altering the system to create differing styles of campaign and setting. And I agree that's something each person can...

I stand by the statement 4e is like they took a GURPS style point buy system and filed off the point values. Using limited power slots instead of points for balance

Damn *Lowers Hand* Sorry Lawful Evil here. Do you have any crimes against humanity I could commit instead?

I was talking about the feel, the feel of the game is very different from every previous edition. Different enough that it just doesn't feel like the same game to me anymore. Not everybody will feel the same, but for me it just isn't D&D anymore. My pet peeve is the magic system. It's...

You're not the only one. Personally I think if you got rid of the name and did a "blind test" session a lot of people even those who are in favor of 4e wouldn't know it was D&D. The changes are just that big. It feels more like GURPS without the points mixed with M:TG and I've never been able...

Quite a few of the !!!Epic Spells!!! were badly designed. In this case it wasn't made from the seeds. I think they took a control weather and added the energy(fire) seed then ad-hocced the DC. If you actually try to build this spell from the seeds using the Epic system it ends up with a...

I was speaking of rebuilding the base system of BAB/Saves/DCs rather than purely a single status tweak. They're meant to work together as a unified base mechanic that brings variation range down rather than as individual patches. If you use it in combination with the MAB system for DCs the DCs...

Deadliest Catch and Survivorman aren't bad, but Planet Earth is the only one that can compare with the old classic discovery programs. Did you ever actually see Discovery before the decline set in though? When did you start watching discovery Channel? The first two years of programing in 85...

They've finally drawn trolls as I've envisioned and described them for around 20 years. :) On the other hand that I can say that is almost as bad as when the teenager commented on how good I was at SM3 and Old School video games and I suddenly realized I'd been playing those games longer than...

Just to clarify the second link Tome of Necromancy is to fan produced material designed to fill the Necromancer Gap of the RAW. It's fan produced not WoTC produced just to let you know in case that matters under your circumstances. That aside the Tome of Necromancy is a really good resource...

Yeah a great example are many of those new "prehistoric creature XYZ" shows. They spend so much effort on turning it into a drama and providing plot, narrative, conflict. When it could be spent on actually imparting information rather than just watching some talking head interact with rubber...