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    possibly not a real thread

    I demand a rematch.
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    possibly not a real thread

    Or you could just take the absolute value. B-)
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    possibly not a real thread

    Ah-hah! You, sir, have just made an a$$ out of you and...me?
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    possibly not a real thread

    So long as they aren't...dragonbewbs.
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    Optimising versus Roleplaying

    No, no, no. The Flatus Fallacy is "Whoever smelt it, dealt it."
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    Optimising versus Roleplaying

    I thought the ultimate trump card is calling "straw man." ::rolls eyes::
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    GenConsternation: A Rant

    Agreed. My $0.02: Making one column a "guest column" would be really nice, providing diverse viewpoints, etc.; but then you actually have to find someone to write something...every month! Edit: Having run colloquia in academia, I know how much of a pain in the a$$ it can be to find speakers...
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    D&D Heroscape

    I think you can get a master set for ~$40 (US) and then add-ons for less (~$15-30), cheaper if you buy on-line. All you really need to get started is the master set #1 since it comes with something like 30 minis. (Master set #2 would work too, but it's heavily themed, you'll see.) It's a fun...
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    "SPACE FIGHT!" Starship combat boardgame

    Excellent! I'm glad (and not surprised) to see that you dropped the cost-to-turn bit.
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    "SPACE FIGHT!" Starship combat boardgame

    Still happy with the movement rules? I know before you said it was a little like being back in school, but it's becoming second-nature by now, right? Anyway, looks great! Can't wait to give this a try....
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    Why the beer hate? (Forked Thread: What are the no-goes...)

    Inquiring minds wanna know: Real-life experience or way over-the-top exaggeration?
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    Why the beer hate? (Forked Thread: What are the no-goes...)

    Three of the seven people in our group brew their own oh-so-delicious beer so we're comfortable with drinking at the table. I'd go so far as to say that game night would be diminished if drinking were banned. In any case, we are responsible adults and know when to say "when." Oh, and the lone...
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    how do you make a Fighter be not-boring?

    In our last campaign, one of my players mixed levels of Bard and Fighter to get into the Dragon Disciple prestige class. When he told me that's what he wanted to do, I was skeptical; but it turned out to be a very effective combatant. The trick is to forget about spells with DC (so you can get...
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    Improved Trip question.

    Another way to nullify trip-builds: the spell stand, from PHB2. Cast as an immediate action, the target can stand without provoking an AoO. IMHO, use sparingly so as not to upset the player playing the Fighter.
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    I want to believe

    So, what result on a Will save results in "agnostic"? Or equivalently, how badly do I need to roll so that my character is 100% fooled by the illusion? Or maybe you have some other game mechanic in mind? This is at the heart of the matter: What game mechanic should we use to decide whether or...
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    I want to believe

    You are willfully ignoring the Saving Throw entry "Will disbelief" and replacing it with "Will perceive true nature" or some such.
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    I want to believe

    The "I" in the question I quoted must certainly be the character, since the player isn't seeing an illusion. And who said anything about the character knowing anything about the Will save? The Will save tells me, the player, what my character believes or does not believe. The default is that...
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    I want to believe

    It is implied in such a question that the character already knows the illusion is in fact an illusion, and the only thing left to determine is whether or not the illusion seems real or is obviously an illusion. This is just not how a Will save to disbelieve works, no matter how much you'd like...
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    I want to believe

    And what Will save roll result corresponds to this "state in-between"? Look: D&D is, in large part, very binary -- you either hit with your attack or you miss, you're either caught in the blast area or you aren't, you're either dead or alive, etc., and you either fail your Will save or you...
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    a way to deal with lax players?

    Or maybe limit how much beer can be consumed...nah, nevermind.
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