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That being said, undead and/or construct diggers makes a whole lot of sense when it comes to building gigantic underground tunnel complexes.

That's why I always leave city-based NPC casters with lots of open slots when I write them up. Anyone who isn't expecting a situation like combat, where action is needed IMMEDIATELY, will keep his options open. Prepping spells is for people who are in stressful situations.

I agree, he's not funny. He is often interesting, sometimes insightful, and occasionally entertaining. I always flip to it when I pick up the DC Citypaper. I usually learn something from it.

The new tentative time and date for the first session is 6pm on Saturday, January 24th.

The quick answer is, you don't. There are certain kinds of adventure, such as where the PC's need to search a large area for someone or something, that can get them out into the wilderness, but really, is there anything in the wilderness that can really threaten them?

And of course, if anyone has any questions about the product, I'll be glad to answer them.

Take groups of twenty orcs. The number of hits will be 21-AC+AB where AC is the target's total armor class, and the AB is the groups' individual attack bonus. This means that if the AC is 20, and the attack bonus is 2, then there will be three hits. This represents rolling one D20 twenty...

What they need is a few more defensive shield feats. I think the reflex save idea would be a good start. Another one that grants a bonus to AC would also be good.

I let the PC's stand around in combat time as long as they like. Intelligent opponnents who are doing hit-and-run tactics won't attack enemies who are on their guard... that defeats the purpose of hit-and-run. Instead, they will either wait until the party's guard is down, or go get...

I work in Washington DC, and while there are lots of threats to worry about, magical explosives in the sewers aren't, as far as I know, something many people around here worry about. I don't know about NYC, though. They are a bit loopier up that way.

Aristotle, send me an email. I'm STILL trying to get players organized for this.

I find that my players are rarely interested in such trivia. I can improvise answers to such questions at the table if they come up.

I wouldn't create a new mechanic. I'd give them various percentages that the critical/sneak doesn't work, like fortified armor.

I would think that getting a blowgun dart in the windpipe, ear, eyeball, mouth/back of the throat, spine, solar plexus, or groin would be pretty debilitating. Also, keep in mind that blowgun darts in reality arent the tiny needles we see in the movies, but are in fact spines about three to six...

PC's are funny that way. The player gets to play them, not the dice. The only game I know of where that wasn't true was Pendragon.

Oh, man, you guys have definitely got the wrong tiger by the tail. Those names are just too mundane. Work at a helpdesk. I get three good names across my desk every day. I'll just use the last names, because those are the best: Sugimat Krogh Tryba Sloot Datoo Naciri Whisenhunt Medek Vyhuis...

Oh, give it up. It's never going to happen. These things we call roll-playing and munchkin and all, they exist in some sense or they wouldn't have had words invented for them. The only way the words are going to go away is if the concept goes away, (and it won't) or if it's replaced by...

24?! Oh, my. This man needs to stop gaming for a year and go into therapy.

Don't they have prepaid debit cards your way?

If you want something D20, then Empire covers both land and armies in sufficient detail for this kind of campaign, at whatever scale you like.