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A fascinating thread Raven, I envy you your DMing talents. I shall be making copious notes...

Power Creep has been a very real part of D&D for as long as I've known what to do with a 20-sided die. Its the nature of the beast, no edition is going to eliminate it. To sell new books you need bigger and better... history has shown that this usually manifests as boosts to combat power for...

F'yea! ~Daniel James Brew, aka Drowbane

Entangle (when you can make it work) is very powerful for a first level spell.

Great strip Rich!

R.I.P. Dave, thanks for everything.

I didn't do any world-building when I first started DMing. I had some towns near dungeon locations in mind (used towns and cities from novels I'd read). World Building is something that I personally didn't get interested in until some 6 years after I'd started DMing.

I don't remember noticing someone holding back, I guess I haven't really thought about it. Personally, I avoid wasting resources (this goes double for during low level). My last high level PC rarely acted unless he felt the need to expend the time and energy to do so. It didn't bother him to...

I like the cut of your jib, sir!

dude... I'm so going to Break Enchantment a reincarnated PC at some point now...

oooh, ouch. That 4 ECL you just ate up is going to ruin you as a caster. That sucks, I'd beg the DM for a reroll.

I voted Yes. I probably should've voted "Yes, under limited...whatever". As a DM I will allow one PC and one (or rarely more) cohort(s). Usually only one or two players opt for Leadership. Back in 2e, everybody in the group had multiple PCs... usually only one PC per person made it into a...

I wrote and ran a six chaptered campaign for Masque of the Red Death (ravenloft setting for 1890s earth). One of the PCs is the member of an organization of psionicists known as the Red Eye. Another is a spy in the service of the Crown of England. And there were a couple of gunslingers from...

I started my niece out on 3.5 when she was 12, and now she is DMing it at 14. I plan on buying her new 3.5 Core Rule books asap.

Nearly nine years of 3e and I've never even heard about this coming up. Nice attempt at rules lawyering. But this arguement wouldn't fly at my table. 3e's mechanics aren't perfect, but if prone made you lose SA-able, it would be spelled out somewhere. Quite simply, it doesn't, rather you get...

I was seriously considering that a couple years back for my homebrew...

I wonder what it is about Warforged and Dwarves that seem to make them go hand in hand... My homebrewed version of warforged (dwarf-forged) have the appearance of heavily armored dwarven warriors (Adamantine Body comes standard, some oddballs might have a lesser armor type). My campaign's...

Rokugan d20 (add on to 3e's OA) has a Naga PC race. They're more Warcraft-style Naga than "Snake with Human head" type Naga though.

Spring Attack isn't a bad gig for a rogue. Personally, I'd rather go the TWF "ginsu" route.

I interpret "Always Evil" as evil unless I, the DM (or whoever is DM at the time), deem otherwise. Edit: 99.9% Edit 2 (voted): Exceptions can exist, but for certain creatures or creature types there are no exceptions. You will find no Good fiends IMC (a redeemed demon would become celestal again?).