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    World's Largest Dungeon in actual play [Spoilers!]

    My players are about to face the great death. His Gavel is listed as being a +2 thundering warhammer, however in his possessions, he has a +2 Shocking burst warhammer. Since the damage doesn't list an extra d6 of electrical damage I am assuming it's an editing error and that he doesn't ALSO...
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    Complexity of an Attack: examples?

    I think at that point you should just have a bag with 20 marbles, one black, 19 White or perhaps one black, 18 white and one red. The black represents a natural one, the white represent any number from 2-19 and the red a natural 20. Feel free to subsitute more reds for the whites if you have a...
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    "Standard Thief S***"

    In my WLD game, my players say we "LSD the door" Short for listen, search, dwarf. The rogue would check for traps, then the dwarven fighter would open the door. Unless of course the rogue found something.... Worked out fairly well. I had the rogues checks (as will all "unknown success"...
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    Mastery of shaping - Archmage question

    Ok, next question.... One of the shapable effects is an enamation. Can you move the holes as allies and foes move?
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    Mastery of shaping - Archmage question

    Can you fireball an area and leave out just specific holes for your allies? This to me reads that you can put holes in any of the above mentioned shapes rather than just changing shape from a burst to a cone... Yes? No? Unclear?
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    Sustenance - Tracked or Handwaved

    As most people have said.. Only when it's presence or absense would be an issue. Normally adventurers are wealthy, skilled or resourceful enough that it's a non-issue and not worth the time to track.
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    The worst mental block about a feat... spring attack

    Picture a battle field that looks like this... Number 1 is a human and number 2 is some random monster. The human is about to spring attack the Monster. It never occured to me to spring past the moster (into rows B or A) but I always wound up back in Rows D, E, F, or beyond towards Z. A A A...
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    Magic Item Compendium

    When characters come in above 2nd level they can spend 40% on one item and no more than 20% on other items (but I'll let them reach if somehting rather useful is 41-45%) Seems to have worked out well. I don't want to see somebody come in with an intelligent greatsword and a loin cloth...
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    Leadership - DM's how do you handle Cohorts and Followers?

    I let players submit their Desired Cohort Build but I may make minor changes. I will almost assuredly NOT change 1) Class (although anything totally off the wall I may ask for a rebuild) 2) Feat and Skills "theme" (although I might tweak slightly) 28 point buy, just like the players. This is...
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    I would play a bard if. . .

    I'm playing a bard in an ebberon campaign. We're essentially special forces for one of the kingdoms. VERY rudimentary firearms are in play along with all the ebberon goodness. He's chaotic good, and his battle cry is "no killing" but he very effective in making others very effective. He does...
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    What tricks do you use to cut down on NPC prep time?

    I use eTools Max ranks in skills only assign gear as appropriate I can put together something fairly quickly. This all assumes I cannot find an existing prestatted NPC online or in my stuff (dragon, dungeon, etc)
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    Rules for Creating Character higher than 1st Level

    I let characters add spells to their spell books that are the sum of their wizard levels (so 10 spell levels for a 4th level character) for the cost of scribing only. Anything after that is scroll + scribing. I also limit characters to one item no more costly than 40% of starting wealth and...
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    Gelatinous cube tpk

    You'd think it would be the ones with Knowledge Dungoneering...
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    Dumbest/funniest deaths

    We're guarding a caravan that's travelling through the "troll shams" so named for all the trolls that inhabit the area. Youngish, spry, wiry, observant, NPC wakes up my character to say he heard something. Thinking he was a competent scout and not say a 1st level expert with alertness, I tell...
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    Looking for an Epic level module/adventure

    Thanks guys... any more???
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    Looking for an Epic level module/adventure

    Sometime in the spring, I'm planning on having one of my gaming groups up for the weekend to run an Epic adventure. I'm looking for something around 25th level so the players can have 2 every third level epic feets and a bonus epic feet or two depending on the class. I've got time so I'm...
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    Stat yourself... Off topic?? dunno.

    Str: 8 or 9 - not able to do that whole heavy lifiting thing but I'm not feeble Dex: 10 - not especially graceful but not a klutz either Con:13 - I rarely get sick, have a HIGH tolerance for pain and I was able to tough out gallbladder attacks and I walked away from getting hit by a car on my...
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    How Do You Deal With Splatbooks?

    Up until now I've allowed the players the first four 3.5 complete books. One campaign Races of the wild is also "in play" I've allowed material from some of the other newer books on a case by case basis (but only WOTC stuff) and a few specific things from unearthed arcana like action points...
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    Commuting to a game

    I currently play in 4 campagins One is every thursday, I DM and my wife and I travel about 55 minutes down and 40 minutes back now that we live in New Hampshire and the game is still just north of boston. One is 1st and 3rd and sometimes 5th wednesdays which I DM and my wife plays. It's 45...
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    Rules that never made sense to you?

    To avoid this when I DM the following house rule is in effect. If you are brought from Positive HP to below -9 you are not dead. You will die in exactly one round and you do not get a stabilization role or the like. Somebody else needs to intervien on your behalf. Makes for a tense moment...
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