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Some of the other posts got me thinking on this issue... I DM a role-playing heavy campaign that has led to some very emotional moments. I try to have a strong atmosphere in my games, so the players feel immersed in the characters and story. From small props (letters, etc) to music and sound...

Maybe it's just my players then, hehe. We tend to have combat-light, RP-heavy games. The players in my game will also give speeches from time to time, or other neutral or good NPCs. If we're talking stricktly pre-written speeches, it's not something that happens often, perhaps once every eight...

So, am I the only one that actually writes full-blown speeches for their villains?

One of my campaigns crescendo was their capture in the 2nd layer of hell, in the iron city and meeting with Dispater. The party had five members, two good and two neutral (one was actually LE, but it was a secret from the rest of the party), and one evil. Here are some excerpts from each of the...

Over the years I've seen Alternate Summon Monster lists here and there. Does anyone know where some of these may be found, if anyone has compiled a list, or where I could find some guidelines for making my own alternate Summon Monster list? Thanks guys!

Yes, Blindfight and a bevy of other feats, along with lots of ranks in different skills would help. But minuses like 1/2 movement rate aren't affected in that method. Additionally, the fact that characters get skills and feats is inherent in the d20 system for all characters. The specific...

The conditions section isn't exactly brimming with "fluff". A feat might be a viable idea, but such a thing isn't supported in the rules. The condition statement of "Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them." isn't reliant on...

If it was meant to be ignored, why would they write it? That doesn't make much sense. It's your choice to ignore it, but that would be your own house rule.

Why? Because it's clearly written in the rules that long-term blindness is treated differently. I'm not exactly going out on a limb with some crazy house-rule here. It's something based on the WotC's SRD. And the reason why not is because the campaign is set in a extremely low-magic setting. In...

From the SRD: Any guess on how the mechanics are changed in characters with long-term blindness? I'd love there to be an "official" answer to this, but any help or suggestions on what it should be are welcome. Thanks guys!

An additional question... can hivemind be used on a colony of mundane vermin (such as normal ants) to create sorcerers and such? I know the combat bonuses associated with hivemind would mean little, but the ability to create minor sorcerers is quite handy. EDIT: Answered my own question by...

Dark Speech (from Book of Vile Darkness) allows you to use the Words of Dark Unity power to create a hivemind. I have a vague memory of the rules for hivemind being updated somewhere after the Book of Vile Darkness was released. Does anyone know where such an update may be found? Thanks!

Same here, but not until page 2 of the survey. I'm on a mac, using Safari btw.

I work for the US govt space agency, let's leave them unnamed. At the specific center I work at, it was being investigated for having too many management retreats. For those unfamiliar with these things, it's essentially a mini-vacation for management, all expenses paid of course, where they...

Bleah, you're way off... it's perfectly clear: Gary Troup = Rotary Pug

Seems that Hear the Unseen (Complete Adventurer) and Keen-Eared Scout (PHB 2) have similar effects. Hear the Unseen: With a DC 25 Listen Check you can pinpoint all foes within 30'. Making noise or no. Keen-Eared Scout: When making a Listen check due to noise, if you beat the DC by 10 or more...

How about a spell like Wail of the Banshee? "Area: One living creature/level within a 40-ft.-radius spread" Do you have to target the individuals within the spread. Also, any chance that someone can either email me (pab_garcia@hotmail.com) or post a more comprehensive description of the Combat...

Thanks for all the info guys. It's too bad that even with Hear the Unseen, Blind-Fighting doesn't help since it only works for melee attacks :( :(. Anyway, all this is in my insane quest to have an npc wizard that's blind. I was curious to see what the possabilies are for such a character. I...

Found in the Gate spell description: "If you choose to call a kind of creature instead of a known individual you may call either a single creature (of any HD) or several creatures." "In the case of a single creature, you can control it if its HD do not exceed twice your caster level." "A...

I'm a graphic designer for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA to the rest of you), at Marshall Space Flight Center. I do a fairly wide-ranging set of projects such as posters, logos, patches, brochures, etc. I specialize in cartoons, vector-based graphics, and photoshop goodness...