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Well, the way I look at it is this: if a chaotic neutral can do something good, and stay chaotic neutral, then they should be able to do something evil, and remain chaotic neutral. That goes just as much as letting an evil character 'get away with' doing 'good' deeds without an alignment...

I tend to agree with Tallow. The mage betrayed them, and could've (for all he knew) killed them with such misinformation, so I really don't see how slaughtering the mage couldn't be construed as a purely chaotic (read: whimsical, random, unplanned) act. I guess it would be considered 2nd...

This is similar to the forming of my addiction ;), only at the same time I had a friend who (while we were only 7 or so) had the 1st edition books. I don't think he really knew how to play, but I would bring out his books and look through them every time I was over at his house, asking him what...

Uhm, I really don't see what there is to be proud of here. I think the general way to play is to make the game social, so that everyone is having fun. It doesn't sound like that happened that time. I've had way too many encounters with DM's who love to control the players (and the whole...

I would just go with Expert and take skills like diplomacy, bluff, climb, disable device... you name it. Sounds like a really fun campaign.

Two things. First, I think the Palladium alignment system is probably the same or worse than the D&D one (even though they both stink by-and-large) ~Kevin S.: please don't sue me for slander.:p That system was basically the same as D&D in many ways, just with different names (i.e., anarchist =...

That's fine, and I can appreciate your point of view. However, would you honestly be upset if they replaced the fiction section with something "crunchier?"

I just want to say to Jesse, that I still buy the magazine almost every month (off the rack), and I don't think themes per se are always a bad thing. I do think it's safe to say at this point you (at Dragon) should throw out the fiction section for something more useful to gamers. Everyone...

I have to agree with Flexor. I used to like Dragon, but now I really find that it is almost always 100% useless to me. The articles are just boring and pointless, for the most part. I mean I see a title about Dragons & what-have-you, so I pick it up, figuring it might be worth a look; but...

The whole 5-foot step business, as it applies to spellcasters and archers. Doesn't it pretty much make the Concentration skill pointless, or close to it?

Skum Skum. They have the most idiotic and ridiculous name of any creature in D&D. Look at the picture! Don't you want to tell your newbie characters about the Skum they've encountered? They're Skum.

Oh my God that was hilarious! LMAO But seriously guys, at least she thinks about geography. I mean, in America, I hate to say it but 85% of people here don't know what country Toronto is in. 50% think it is in Italy.

"Are you kidding? This sarcastic meter is off the charts mu-HAY-ven!" "Oh, a sarcastic meter... that's a really useful invention..." [sarcastic meter blows up] :)

just to add... I don't pass notes, ever. I'm not against the idea, but whispering or indicating through some other low-key means is a good way to spread paranoia. But then, my group is kind of paranoid and competitive like that, and they love to smirk at the other players if they know...

The way we play is that in general it suffices for a player to say, using your example, "I warn the others that a trap is present." I might, as DM, extrapolate a little by asking, "Ok, do you do this verbally or just silently?" Player: "I just scuff my foot along the stone floor and...

Flexor, is this a joke thread? Or are you serious? If you are going to play D&D like that, why not just go to a posh cocktail party and pick your teeth with a toothpick and say, "oh yes, old boy, that was a smashing win for the polo team last week."...? I think there is a word to describe the...

I used to be strictly 4d6 drop lowest. Er, and then not-so-strictly when people would roll up crap characters. And then it got so that certain guys would get to re-roll their characters in a way that wasn't really fair to the other players. Now, I'm a full-fledged point-buy person. Character...

I just want to add this important (in my little mind) tidbit... Look at the most recent issue of Dungeon magazine (which I LOVE by the way). It has submission guidelines which are pretty long and detailed. I don't have it with me to quote verbatim, but read it if you can get it; it says...

I almost feel stupid for saying this (since no one else has brought it up) but IMC, you don't get the second, third, fourth, etc. attack until your class bonuses stack to give you one, no matter what STR you have. Therefore, the way we play it, clerics are much weaker in combat because the...

I just want to add that when I was stuck in a campaign with a really "roleplaying" heavy DM, I played a paladin with a 17 CHA, and his diplomacy skill was maxxed out. Every encounter, I would have to roll a diplomacy check, and just breezed through everything. It was almost a joke. So, for...