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This would be advisable, as one player I once knew was very upset with how his dual class character emerged under the new rules. I think that compatability is an issue. I also want to see the OGL and the D20 license in a new edition. Also, I would suggest a LOT of playtesting to help refine...

This proposal might work as something alongside a new edition. However, I think that it would be best to have some of these things alongside core rules books and an introductory basic set. (Make sure the basic set is affordable, compatable with the core rules, and that would do well. ) I have...

Okay, who has won both an Oscar and a Razzie? Who has been nominated for an Oscar and Razzie? Who has won one or the other award? Has anyone won or been nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year?

Eric, I am sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing. May she rest in peace.

All the games sound interesting. As I am pretty busy right now, I will pass on running anything for the upcoming Gameday. I know that we have a lot of good GMs in the Chicago area, so consider running an event. It is a lot of work, but it is a lot of fun.

Nicely done, Shadowslayer!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Additionally, in my old group, the aging bonuses reflected actually living the amount of time and the benefits of experience. So, aging a character did not help increase intelligence, wisdom, or charisma. (This avoids the aging a spellcaster to benefit from aging bonuses. Heck, most dragons...

I agree and in one group that I was in, anti-aging magic was something that was retconned in. The quest for long life is part of many stories, myths, and legends. So, it should be part of the core rules. (Heck, a lot of D20 products have spells for extending life, such as Monte Cook's Arcana...

I have been to a few of the Winter Fantasy conventions when they were in Chicago. I think a central location is good in general, with all due respect to our east coast members. Possibly Gen Con will still have a heavy emphasis on D&D, but the D&D Experience might well just focus on D&D and...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I will be staying in tonight but going to the Field Museum in Chicago tomorrow to see the King Tut exhbit.

Well, in the case of Union, after reading about it for a while, I would not have been shocked if the head of sanitation was an epic level oytugh barbarian named Garbij Khan.

For the gods, in their wisdom, agreed that the city was LAME. And lo!! From the depths of the Abyss, to the Height of the Seven Heavens, through Sigil, the Far Realm, and even stranger places, the call rang out "UNION IS LAME AND SHOULD BE DESTROYED!!" A swift attack by experts in logic and...

WE ARE ERIC NOAH!!! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED!!! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!!!

The drow are in part inspired by the Norse svartalfar, dark elves, whose complexion was as dark as the complexion of the elves was light. So, E. Gary Gygax was referring back to the source material in making drow dark skinned. (In the realms, the drow were dark-skinned before going to the...

I think it would work well, thematically. Also, one thing to remember about talking familiars in poorly lit environments is that they can be used to distract opponents just by talking. A well placed lie or exagerration ("Come on you two!!! We have enemies to kill and loot!") can distract an...

My old group used it, and used the previews that ran in Dragon Magazine. The first time we tried out a party with an elven cavalier, and two paladin cavaliers at 1st level with full plate armor. Our characters ended up killing an ogre and frustrating the DM. Later, we saw a barbarian and a...

I concur. Vecna, even more so than Lolth, is an example of the creep of power for some characters in the D&D universe. As for the dumb name syndrome, the D&D game is replete with them. Ironically, one name mentioned on this thread --- Mielikki -- is a name drawn from the Finnish national epic...

One approach is to use spells that do not rely on energy attacks or only partially rely on energy for damage. For example, ice storm drops large chunks of ice that does 2d6 of cold damage and 3d6 points of bludgeoning damage. The Spell Compendium has some spells, such as Light of Lunia, that...

I voted for no-default, although I am about split between no-default and Greyhawk. I would not mind if Greyhawk received some support officially, even if it was just based on the Living Greyhawk campaign that the RPGA runs. Of course, I have seen heated arguments on what should or should not...

Perhaps the mansion itself is an entity from another plane, waiting for the requisite number of victims to return from its place or origin. Possibly the walls and doors of the masion could change appearance rapidly, unnerving the players. Perhaps the mansion could taunt the players with...