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True 20 Expert. (One of my favorite movies of all time) What about the BBEG, Principal Vernon? And somewhat related...Anthony Michael Hall is pretty versatile player: Breakfast Club: Wizard Sixteen Candles:? Wierd Science:? Edward Scissorhands:? The Dead Zone:?

If I think about it too much, my head hurts. I just make sure the npcs they fight are challenging enough for the session. Anything beyond that is a headache. :)

I did this after I got tired of that tactic. One of the characters managed to get paralyzed while the assassins killed his cohort and threw his heart to the dogs in the street. Hilarity ensued as the other PCs arrived and chased the dogs to save the heart for Raise Dead. Or later when mundane...

I shouldn't have included that example, I did do a lot of these things (assassins attacking thier homebase, folks prepping for them, etc) to combat that particular tactic. My main point was do you think there should be limits on buffs in dnd? At what point do they become ridiculous? Do they...

Deaders, Muties, Rifters

Any panels with Belkar are good panels. Belkar rocks! He drove his angel bonkers! Love it!

Well, the problem with dispel magic against buffs is that its a big waste of time. If my npcs are always going to use dispel magic in a fight, then why not just save time and get rid of the buffs to begin with? When you start dispelling them, it really becomes a nightmare. You and the...

With apologies to Ashockney At what point does buffing become ridiculous? What would be the effect of limiting it? Does the higher level game assume that all pcs will be this buffed? When I ran RttToEE, I got sick of this particular tactic by the pcs: Wake up at 10am, buff to the gills...

On a personal forum with my players, one of them posted this I like this idea...too many times Ive seen potions/scrolls wasted in a fight, or even worse, a player slaughtered when trying to use one. But how to balance it? The only thing i can think of is timers, like in World of Warcraft...

Great replies, lots of ideas in here I could use. I like the lowering the value idea should they try to sell it. (The griffon example has become moot because the Drow Bard in the party believes that all Drow adventurers must have a Figurine of Wonderous Power...not sure where he got that...

Removing the economy or lowering the sale value of the items is probably the best method for achieving what I want from items. The point is that I want to be able to give them different items, sometimes useful, sometimes just quirky, outside of the normal gear that PCs expect. They get...

I think its pretty common actually. Nothing wrong with it, just would like change it up a bit.

Exactly...the pcs keep track of the values.

This is what I tried to do with the griffon, to give them an item with specific uses and instead of them evaluating the item on its use, they evaluated on its GP value and proceeded to discuss selling it. Its my observation that items that don't specifically boost a pc's power are going to be...

This may be more appropriate for the House Rules, but considering the discussions regarding magic items, I thought I would post here. I've noticed something about players and the Suggested PC Wealth Guidelines (which i personally call the MSRP). Whenever a GM offers an item through loot, the...

So who's going to put together the random generator tool using the tables in the back of the book? I can't be bothered to roll dice, need to push a button!

These are great! I love the Colussus and Ritual Circle. One of the ideas I had for the Colussus is that its controlled by someone being in the head. The players and bad guys fight from the feet up, trying to gain control first. (either through hollow spaces in the body or by climbing the...

Its the witty banter that keeps me coming back for more! :D

Should do a 101 Item Curses thread :)

Prefer the Mageblade, but the Duskblade ain't bad.