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The dryad is not really alive as a ghost, but her will has merged with the wood of the ship -- everything, not just the keel. The ship itself is now a sentient, cursed *thing*. The wood (and the dryad) are dead, all that remains are the malevolent will. The primary effect of the curse is that...

I must be doing something right. Players keep showing up each week and having fun. :-) Seriously, I'm good at some things (the things I enjoy) and can manage the rest without wrecking the game. It ain't art, but then the audience isn't exactly the most discriminating. Some things I suck at: --...

Nope, not a good player. I know what makes a good player, and how to be one, but the motivation isn't there. Almost all I've ever done is GM, and I've gotten used to expecting and doing things a certain way. I get frustrated at other folks GMing, but mostly I just get bored. I've found that as...

I think this is an excellent change, one that I'll use in the next 3E campaign I run. This is, incidentally, how haste worked in previous editions of D&D and nobody complained about it. People are just spoiled now with all their new superpowers! In my 3E games Haste is a must-have spell since...

I'd give it EL 3. CR1 for Exp2, +2 for special abilities and challenging environment. Let's face it, an Exp2 is going to go down pretty easily if you manage to hit him. He has a lot of magic items but can only use one in any given round, so that means he'll get one free attack, then the...

Yeah, I feel that way sometimes. I have similar thoughts. I've got two sons, a 3 yr old and a 3 month old. Sometimes I think I'd rather spend time with them, enjoy the time while I can before they grow up. I mean I only game once a week, but sometimes even that seems like too much. Or maybe I...

IIRC, Tolkien saw ents as a sort of giant, and trolls were corrupted from ents just as orcs were corrupted from elves. OTOH I might be misremembering. Trolls turn to stone because they are made of stone, given life by powers of darkness which are dispelled by sunlight. I'm not sure how this...

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I know this is a 3E board, but what the heck...

I'm not a fan of the Realms, so I had to vote no. However I do think the book is nicely done, and I do own a copy. For mining ideas and general inspiration in creating your own setting, I'd say maybe worth $30 depending on your personal style, definitely worth $20 if you can find it used...

Dang. That's a great dream! "I'll have one of whatever he's drinking..." :)

My best argument that magic missiles are not "homing missiles" and cannot fly around corners is that if they could, a Shield spell would not be an effective defense. Shield is a small disk which moves to intercept attacks, and thus intercepts magic missiles -- therefore they are interceptable...

Specifically, if a wizard sees an enemy through scrying or other indirect means, could he hit him with a magic missile even if it must navigate around corners?

Well, speaking as someone who works for a giant corporation, they do a lot of things that don't seem to make sense. Like killing profitable lines because the margins aren't high enough. My company recently announced that while we could compete in a particular market and even dominate, we don't...

Leave it on the shelf. Seriously, after reading a few reviews I'm rapidly coming to the opinion that Fantasy Hero would do the same thing much better, and that 3E is a great low- to mid-level game but doesn't scale too well into high levels. I will flip through it when I get the chance and see...

I voted "other" because there was no option for all of the above :-)

Gary Gygax

Some followup comments. First, I still agree with everything SableWyvern has said -- including clarifications -- so won't repeat that here. Second, I didn't mean to imply that using the MM is stupid or lazy. I use it myself, and yes I also like using some classic monsters. And I often use...

I agree completely with pretty much everything you said. I much prefer unique monsters, both as a player and a DM. And I really hate the "all trolls are X" approach, as well as the laundry list of special abilities... every monster with tremorsense works the same way? What is that all about...

Mine bought both MM and DMG anyway. They "needed" the MM so they'd have stats for their monster summoning spells. And they "needed" the DMG so they'd know what to use their item creation feats on. I'd prefer they don't have this info and encouraged them not to buy the stuff, but I can't really...