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  1. MacMathan

    Shackled City questions - some possible spoilers

    Well the higher level you get to and the less equipment you have the worse off your group will be unless the DM modifies the challenges. I would tend to believe that it was published with the standard wealth guidelines in mind. First off I would have a serious talk, in character, with the...
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    "A ten-foot wide hallway stretches thirty feet and then . . ."

    Didn't in 1982, still don't today. It slowed down the game, was a somewhat unrealistic for us etc. We have used minis and some sort of play surface, now days battle-mats, almost since the beginning. Then again we never went in for the party leader/caller either.
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    Who needs "Monster Bad Guys"?

    I played in a very cool historically oriented, human only campaign. It started with the Turks attacking Constantinople and eventually went to involvement with the Knights of Malta and the Italian city states. I found that the actual plots and intrigues of history are as/more interesting than...
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    Shared Experiences: Worlds Largest Dungeon, Shackled City or Other?

    As long as they sold enough to give Age of Worms the compiled hardback treatment I will be happy :)
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    Shared Experiences: Worlds Largest Dungeon, Shackled City or Other?

    It seems like RttToEE has become something of a shared experience for a lot of people I have encountered. There was a pretty good sized fan effort based around it to convert it to 3.5 Personally I am leaning towards Shackled City, based on what I think the players would enjoy more, although I...
  6. MacMathan

    Cuirious - Dragotha's Stats - Dragon # 134

    What issue of Dungeon was it is?
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    Whispering Cairn - Selling all that iron...

    Let's say at a rough density of 7.62g/cc and about 148,267,010 cc there using the lowest number given (5236) that comes to 1,129,863,196g of weight which converts to ~2,490,922 pounds. I think it would be interesting to see how long it would take then to transport all of it to sell. That would...
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    Why is it wrong to make alignment matter?

    That is the precise reason that IMC we use the Monte variant that allows 1-10 for each axis. It gives a lot of flexibilty.
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    D&D 4E Would you have alignment in 4e?

    I voted yes as it has not caused any problem IMC and I think it is a decent guide. The caveat is, we use the 1-10 scale for each axis put forth by Monte, I find that it lends a good amount of flexibilty to alignments and allows for different degrees and types of any given alignment type.
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    Sunder/Improved Sunder

    Wow, if you hear more people complaining about Sunder than Trip-monkeys in 3.5 I want to know what boards you have been reading? ;) It is hard to imagine a setup where sundering would be as useful as tripping, unless you are always fighting Gelatinous Cube Men that wield pole arms. In the...
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    woohoo, go white sox!

    Just one more reason to standardize the Umpire calls. With most umps that second motion means he out, thus end of inning. I am hoping it will not matter at the end of the series. I hate to have that sort of thing hanging over a championship series. I never saw them interview the Angels catcher...
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    Can druids be effective without Wildshape specialisation?

    IMC the "druid as summoner" type has been very effective in or out of dungeons. Dungeons limit the application of animal growth some what, if they are tight on space, but otherwise I find 3.5 druids to be useful to the party no matter the environment (unlike in 1e & 2e)
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    The DM Giveth, so the DM Taketh Away?

    I wouldn't just take it away unavoidably. It would be entirely based on the PCs actions after they got it and how discrete they were about carrying that sort of wealth at such a low level. I wouldn't give it to them unless it had a point and I wouldn't try to take it away unless it made the...
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    Would you give your 2nd level party 30 thousand gold?

    I wouldn't do it regularly but it sounds like you have some plot associated with it. I guess the main thing for me as a (RB)DM is that big gems attract attention as they are easily stolen and taking 30k from 2nd level PC would be worth the risk for some hardened criminal types . It could get...
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    Magic of Incarnum... Smackdown?

    At first glance it feels like Magic of Incarnum is a little on the weak side, somewhat like most psionic builds. Is there anything I am missing or that people have found to be over powered in combination? I just wanted to see what the devious and talented minds around here had come up with...
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    Sunder/Improved Sunder

    This has been hashed out before but: One melee attack (against a monster or his weapon) is a standard action. On a full attack you can make multiple Sunder attempts if you can make multiple melee attacks. (See pg 35 current rules faq) As far as balance I don't see a problem with it. Against...
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    Characters In Games You've played in...

    Currently playing in a DMs custom world (more historically oriented with some GRRM thrown in) Human Fighter 4 (knight) Human Bard 4 Human Monk 4 Human Rogue1/Fighter3 Human Cleric 4 (Lawful Good Trinity of Deities) There are other races available but for whatever reason we all went human...
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    Instead of Serenity, you saw...

    It looks like the wait for Serenity to DVD will only be a little over two months(Dec 20th). Of course I am in the seen it multiple times in the theatre crowd because I loved the show and movie. If you can find it in a theatre Mirrormask was the last flim I saw. If you like the visual style of...
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    D&D Essentials

    I realize there are some repeats here from above but here is what I personally have gotten some mileage out of: Iron Heroes (Malhavoc) Battlebox (Fiery Dragon) A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe (Expeditious Retreat Press) Draconomicon (WotC) Unearthed Arcana (WoTC) Spell Templates...
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    Need a Dungeon Like Forge of Fury

    Come on people help a campaign out :D Someone must have played something close or appropriate? My recently knighted character needs further adventures.....
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