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It makes sense that having someone you are linked with telepathically gives you a bonus to notice what is going on around you. However, if you are also "alert" you have the ability to notice things on your own. So if you take alertness and have a familiar; it still works logically. You have...

uhh, you confound me with this post... Alertness [General] You have finely tuned senses. Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on all Listen checks and Spot checks. Your point is... Erge

Heh. I once played a gnomish engineer fellow in a game. Aside from crafting parachutes, making an alchemist's-fire launching crossbow, and building a bastille; the most fun was when we hit a water trap. Basically all the doors shut and the room began filling with water. The rogue in the party...

That seems fair enough. I still think the present system is better for critical effects, range, and damage; however WotC disagrees. Heck, I would rather them bump up the effective "plus" of keen to +2 and still keep the stacking bonus. Ryan Koppenhaver> Thanks for the statistical bits. I'm not...

I had a player who had a LG Dwarven Cleric of The Smith ( god of craft, earth, metal work). He carried arround 7 different types of hammers. He Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. His feat selection at first level had him end up with a +10 craft check ... and every problem could be solved with that...

So, if 18-20 is *too* big for you, does that mean weapons that only critical on a 20 and do 3 or 4 times the damage is fair? I always saw improved critical as a "mundane" effect. By learning where people are vulernable, where there are weak spots in armor, etc.; a character has discovered...

I would not say it is a DM issue so much, as it is what the players and I have found mutually agreeable. We all have the belief that heroes are top notch people, who do extrodiary things. One or two bad scores (read: -1 penalties or greater) is not a bad thing, it lends a bit of reality to the...

I find the art done by Don Maitz to be inspiring and always something worthwide. The covers he did for the Magician Aprentice book by Raymond E. Feist was spoke volumes about setting out on that first adventure, map in hand, getting a few last words of advice from his mentor. I agree with all...

IMHO I find rogues to be the best RP class. Sure, if you're into hack and slash, the rogue wont be very high on the list unless you're going up against creatures with "discernable anatomy". If you are going to go hack-and-slash as a rogue, don't expect a full-advancement in the rogue class. A...

I like all types of art. I find the old covers (most of them) to be very well done, although on a different level than the covers of today's dragon. For every 10 people who played back when dragon number 100 or 200 came out, there are 100 people who may have *just* seen the new dragon 305. In...

This will be a bit of guess work but ... If Carthaginian Empire is still around, there would probably be sporadic wars between them are Rome. With the Romans effectively cut off from expanding southward, they would probably go westward in modern day France, but stop short of the strait between...

I definitely think heroes/adventures should be better than the rest of the crowd (ie: merchants, commoners, stone cutters, etc). More often then not, heroes get to interact with nobles, great wizards, people high up in the church, and at higher levels - kings, queens, dictators, tyrants, etc...

I have yet to go and look exclusively for third party game material. I only bought my first mongoose book a couple months ago; however, if I did find something that looked really good and would go along with either the campaign I'm in or the one I play in I would not hesitate in the least. I...

In a group of six we have: Fighter4/Rogue5/Duelist3 - Human Wizard/Cleric/MyTh - Human Fighter/Cleric - Dwarf Druid/Shapeshifter - Human Fighter(possible weapon master too) - Human Rogue/Fighter - Human So, it close to 100 precent in this group :D Erge

I have: ... never played a halfling ... never played a barbarian ... never played a paladin ... never played with point buy ... never used harm or polymorph ... never NOT writen a back story for a character ... never DMed a one time game ... never been to a Con ... never have had a cat familiar...

I run a game with 2 other DMs, we each take turns and have established house rules by discusing it amoungst ourselves. As DMs we run the gamut, I prefer to run a game with subtle influences from books and stories lines I like, another DM runs canned adventures, while the other DM enjoys taking...

This is a touchy area, one not clearly defined by any one ruling. If I were DMing a game, I would say no to those names as well. Popping out of no where as Ted Nugent or Rimthruster sounds ludicrious in the extream. The tone of the game needs to be considered. If the game is a serious one, such...

Hmmm, is Monte allowed to have an opinion? Psht! I think not, with the authoring of the DMG, he is now a mindless drone which is not entitled to an opinion which contrasts with the movements and/or interests of Wizards of the Coast. ----Reality Check Please---- Media thrives on creating a...

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