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  1. BriarMonkey

    Fluff Changes You've Made to PC Races

    I've always had issues with why there are half-elves, but not half-dwarves; or half-orcs or half-giants, but not half-lizardmen; or why outsiders only seemed to breed with humans... So, partly fluff, and partly mechanical, I dumped half races. No half-elves nor half-orcs. Offspring took after...
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    The cost of a dragon

    Yeah... Familiar Feats as a whole are pretty underwhelming and for the most part are just "here's your familiar" - which is in keeping with the method as outlined for the class. So if you are going to make the familiar a significant cost and effort, then let the character have the familiar...
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    RuneQuest 6 Pre-Order Update

    Thanks for the update! I'll have to mark it on my calendar.
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    A special birthday treat

    Happy Birthday!
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    D&D 3.x 3.5, why you has no Artificer Bloodline??

    Yeah... Are we talking about the bloodlines as presented in the Unearthed Arcana? If so, please note that every single one of those is tied to a specific race. There is nothing there that denotes class. Sure, some races may be better suited toward specific classes, but that is not the focus...
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    My report navigating the D&D website as if I were new to RPGs

    Yeah, I think I was confusing things in my head from cookied vs. non-cookied because I myself switch browsers depending on what I'm doing. Though, I will still say that for me, having tried to find things on that site is a mess. But in all fairness, I gave up looking there just after 4th...
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    Should I punish my players with a high CR encounter

    Nice. Glad it went well. And now, you have an entirely new branch of the campaign with which to play. And with the machinations of an abyssal spawn at work, you can keep the players guessing and introduce all sorts of outflow from that branch. Not to mention, you can still have the whole...
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    I pose this quandary . . . . .

    Wasn't there a Signature Spell feat from the 3.x version of the Forgotten Realms campaign guide? I seem to recall the name, but not what it did.
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    My report navigating the D&D website as if I were new to RPGs

    They aren't magic - and if you build your site to rely on them, you are building your site based on false assumptions. With the bad press cookies have gotten over the years, there are numerous ways to disable them, delete them, and prevent them from being set in the first place. And no...
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    D&D 3.x 3.5 alternate ways of handling favoured classes and multiclassing

    I agree that the multi-classing penalties are just something you ignore - they don't fit. Tieing into that, the whole notion of favored class falls apart if you remove the multi-class penalties. So, if you really want them to still make a difference, then I think Pathfinder did it well enough...
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    My report navigating the D&D website as if I were new to RPGs

    Yeah... It's completely a mess (bad) whether you know nothing or know everything - you can't find it there.
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    Stuff D&D players never say (except when they do)

    "Nothing ever happens around here, we don't need to keep a watch." Said as the party camped for the night...
  13. BriarMonkey

    A culinary adventure I don't want...

    I'm just glad I don't like octopus or squid. {shudder}
  14. BriarMonkey

    Would You Brave A Deadly Dungeon For This Weapon?

    I think that overall, intelligent weapons are one of those things that's really neat on paper, but doesn't do too well in actual game play. Consider that with most NPCs, they are "on screen" but a short duration compared to the PCs. However, such a weapon may be "on screen" as often as the...
  15. BriarMonkey

    Pathfinder 1E Amazon cancels my Pathfinder ARG hardcover preorders

    File a problem report with the BBB. The last time I had an issue with Amazon, they reacted awful quick to rectify the situation. Though, I've never really trusted them since...
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    Should I punish my players with a high CR encounter

    Allow the abyssal spawn to be released into the world. Now, put yourself into the position of the spawn. What would it do? It has an above average intelligence (13), so it will not act totally random and stupidly, it will act to further its own plans. And depending on when and where, it will...
  17. BriarMonkey

    D&D 3.x how to make a 'silly' setting in dnd 3.5?

    I don't know if you are a fan of Terry Gilliam, or Monty-Python, but I would recommend that you watch the movie "Jabberwocky". It is a medieval setting with humor, adventure, and a key monster. It is definitely a comedy (although dark in some places) and you may garner some ideas from it...
  18. BriarMonkey

    New RPG Company Casting All Women for Genesys

    It matters not who you think you are, or what your "family" is, what matters is the message. And your message is not only badwrong, but also offensive to many. If you truely think you are trying to do something new and innovative, you need a new PR company or marketing people because going the...
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    New RPG Company Casting All Women for Genesys

    It smacks of desperate wanks who are trying to get laid. I'd avoid that company and the persons affiliated with it at all cost.
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