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    dumbest thing a character has survived

    A character in a game about 4 years ago was playing "Captain "Lightning" Jack", a stereotypical sailor who only uses a non-magical harpoon. So anyhow, we see 2 white dragons flying overhead, his first action (as usual) is to toss his hand +2 walk-trident (yeah, his walking-stick) aside and whip...
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    Slight change to combat round.

    About all I see adding this amount of realism to the game will do, is BOOOOG it down with combat. Combat takes long enough as is. Most 4-5 round combats at least in my games take at the VERY LEAST 30 mins, especially if the DM has a spellcaster or 2. Anyhow, splitting the combat round into 2...
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    Most interesting monster death

    My group was busy fighting a monster that was a bossfight for this little adventure. First round, Wizard gets off a wand of Paralyzation, boom, the monster rolls a 1 on it's save and failed. We hacked it to pieces. We waited to see if regeneration ensued as we do with most dangerous monstrous...
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    Alignment and politics question

    Use a scaling system of Evil----Good same for chaos and law. 0, 0 being Neutral. Tell them to give you their characters alignment at the beginning of the game, then simply tell them act as you think your character would, don't worry about alignment. Whenever a say...lawful (10) character does...
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    How do you carry weapons - sheaths, ties, tucks, in hand?

    Most greatsword sized swords were NOT sharp. They were blunted swords used for their sheer weight while still allowing a sword-like fighting style. Bastard swords were not always just used as swords, they were commonly used to chop wood and other simple things. Polearms can possibly be used as...
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    Spell Preparation

    MOST wizards sit around primarily and study. In fact, probobly at least 75% spend their time studying and just advancing themselves academically. You forget, ADVENTURERS make up less than 1% of any games population, at least I'd hope so, or those countries economies would be crap. A majority...
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    Spell Preparation

    Well, alright, I'll admit, in your world where wizards daily seek out and battle enemies they have learned to prepare spells very fast. Anyhow, I actually think clerics too should spend an equal amount of time preparing spells (They will actually take longer than wizards due to their larger...
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    Spell Preparation

    First off, didn't notice 3.5E reduced the pages per spell level. I apologise. Secondly, I already realize an error in my calcs, it's 188 spell levels of pages(forgot the bonus spells for intelligence and each cantrip takes a full page). I'm basically saying a wizard should spend about 5...
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    Sell Me DawnForge

    Nope, just Clerics and Druids, are out, others are DM choice. Calrin Alshaw
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    Spell Preparation

    Well, Wizards are very powerful at these levels. When you can bend reality (Wish) then your as close to a deity as you can get without actually being one yourself. Calrin Alshaw
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    Sell Me DawnForge

    What Mousy said. Plus Midnight is an awesome and detailed campaign as well, with a nice grim setting much like a world after Sauron has defeated Middle Earth would be and there are a few resistance cells. Calrin Alshaw
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    Spell Preparation

    Ohh, and the spellbooks themselves are non-magical (Unless they have protections and such) and memorizing itself is NON-magical, a wizard can memorize spells in a magic-dead zone. Just can't use them. Calrin Alshaw
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    Spell Preparation

    Ok, the It's magic could work, IF YOUR A 5 YEAR OLD WRITING BIG WORDS IN CRAYON to memorize! Calrin Alshaw
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    Spell Preparation

    Anyhow, 10 minutes per spell level (flat easily calculated speed) seems somewhat realistic (For MEMORIZING 2 pages), maybe -1 minute per 5 points about 10 intelligence? That same 20th level wizard with minimum stats would take 27.3 hours, and with 1 point higher would take...25 hours etc. So...
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    Spell Preparation

    The real point is, though, for a rediculously high level wizard to rememorize is full repertoire it is...1 hour, thats 2 pages PER SPELL LEVEL (1 for cantrips) to memorize a spell...wow, talk about a fricken speedreader. Jeeezus! Ok, lets consider a level 20 Wizard, with 19 (minimum Int to...
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    Spell Preparation

    Yes, if the spellcaster had enough spells that he had to prepare that it took that long. Calrin Alshaw
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    Spell Preparation

    Anyone bothered by the fact that a 500th level archmage re-memorizing a FULL repertoire of spells takes the same amount of time as a first level wizard? 1 hour....*sigh* I think 3.X designers were trying to oversimplify preparation. I guess they thought that 10 minutes per spell level or...
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    How do you pronounce Ghaele Eladrin?

    I pronoune Guy-Eel, eladrin the same though. Calrin Alshaw
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    Lamest character deaths ever!

    In the original Temple of Elemental Evil, on the WAY to the moat house, me and the other 2 party members were attacked by a giant frog. First round of combat (the DM rolled in view of players btw), the guy playing a rogue was attacked, and instantly swallowed. The frog ran off since it had it's...
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    Undead and that pesky Con stat

    Undead and contructs get compensation in the fact that they can in no way be critted, affect by mind affecting spells or spell-like abilities, sneak attacked, poisoned etc. Where as the guys with a con bonus CAN be critted, usually. Calrin Alshaw
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