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I don't mind gods having stats. I don't like them being treated like one more boss to loot in games I play--the key thing being 'in games I play.' If that's how other groups like it, more power to them. I think Sepulchrave's handling of divinity is particularly interesting. Shilsen's high...

I've found that outrageous stunts are more linked to the players and the tenor of the game than the underlying mechanics. Of course, when we were playing in high school and didn't have more than a fast and loose grip on the rules, we tended to accept tons more outrageous stuff than my current...

Happy birthday! You were the first to welcome me to the board. :)

Pages 4 and 6 of the 3.5 DMG clearly say that the DM is the final arbiter of the game and the DM's authority supersedes that of the books for any given game. How a GM actually acts on that is up to the GM. It means that the GM doesn't need to follow the suggested "say yes" policy regarding...

The style of roleplay I've grown with is extremely collaborative. The earliest RPs I can remember had no numerical systems and the content and outcome of combat (usually between PCs with different agendas and factions) was decided consensually. Most of this gaming happened online via email...

I knew you'd say that. I try to remain terse. If you want to consider Constitution in that manner, that's your decision; in all things, you pick and choose the rules you apply and how you want to apply them. Hence my issue with enforcing. I prefer options. I have no beef with the notion that...

When I was younger, I was definitely more into the unmemorable collection of sounds that make up most of the elvish in the Tolkien fantasy milieu. Now, I happen to like epithets more, since they're memorable. Innumerable bouts of minor head trauma have probably affected my short term memory, so...

I disagree with the notion that RPGs, in general, should enforce any stat-based difference between genders in human characters. It's limiting for the optimizers out there, annoying to the politico/anthro/sociological types out there, and not of especial mathematical/statistical interest despite...

I'm not sure the Cheshnites put much consideration toward free will. Their focus on negation appears to be at least somewhat Adversarial in the context of the campaign, so it may be that free will is reserved for those who have the Will (which generally translates to the power), as Mostin might...

Post Easter bump. I hope you and yours had a lovely holiday. :)

I'll just leave this bump right... here.

Yay! The SH update made the rail commute up to Boston bearable this morning. If I may ask, assuming it's not too off-topic, have you house-ruled any 3.5e spell modifications? I remember discussion about houserules previously, but I can't recall if they were for 2e/3e. Or do you keep divine and...

Well, to be honest, I'm not terribly worried about whether it's over or underpowered; and at any rate, all builds have something they're plainly not cut out for. What I am concerned about is what's going to make or break this PC's vow.

Well, there's nothing wrong with another party member casting "Fly" on him. Personally, I like the part where you don't have to breathe anymore. Most adventurers don't seem very keen on personal hygiene, and don't get me started on stinking clouds.

Honestly, I hadn't even thought about the possibility of the character carrying their share of the treasure. It seems like me that it's still the PC "owning" it (unless he's just carrying someone else's stuff) regardless of whether he uses it for his personal benefit. Otherwise, I think our...

As mentioned in my previous topic, I have a player (with whom I've not previously played) who wants to take the Vow of Poverty feat. Now that I've gotten the Initiate of Honor thing squared away, I'm considering the effect of the RP side of things on the campaign. What I wonder about now is, at...

You can see the Alienist PrC in play if you check out Shilsen's Eberron storyhour and Sepulchrave's Tales of Wyre (and its sequel) storyhour. Those pair are frightfully effective and very well played. Personally, I haven't played one yet, since I haven't been in a campaign where such a PC would...

Yes, that's the only reference I could find to it, and its general weakness (as presented there) was why I was pretty surprised that the player wanted the feat, if that was in fact the feat. But it seems more likely. I hope to get that cleared up and the rest of his sheet squared away today. :)

Thanks. :) I checked the Book of Exalted Deeds, Complete Divine, and Complete Champion, and didn't locate it there. I don't think he's necessarily trying to sneak (at least this time) this past me per se. Unfortunately I don't have regular contact with him outside of game days, so I wanted to...

A player presented me with a VoP monk for my homebrew campaign and one of his selected feats is "Initiate of Honor." I haven't been able to find it in my books, and the main google result links to dndwiki, where it's classed as homebrew. Is there an actual WotC book with this feat, so I can see...