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IMC 'Decipher Script' is just called Decipher and works for unknown text, symbols, code and also unknown spoken languages. It serves as a general linguisinc gisting skill. For reading lips, players first make a Spot check to see the lips and then a Decipher check to figure out what they are saying.

How come holy symbols never got the whole magic item treatment? And you never find them as traesure. Yet they are so important that every cleric has to have one! It seems to me that it would be very easy to add without changing any rules. Clerics could add the + to turn checks or any of the...

That always bugged me too. I remember back in AD&D there were racial limits to levels in certain classes. What about something like that with NPC classes, only based on ability scores? Let's say each NPC class has a key ability score - Warrior, Str; Expert, Int; Commoner, Con; etc - and the...

Greetings all- I've never liked the fact that animals have an intelligence of 1-2 and anything with an intelligence of 3 or above can speak Common. It seems like a whole lot of variation is squeezed into those bottom two points. Besides, I remember way back in 1E when a 10 in Intelligence was...

How about for people who use armor as DR? Does the damage that gets absorbed chip away at the armor's HP?

Then does will power need to be seprated from Charisma as well, leaving as a purely social skill? The earlier discussion was about stripping will power from Wisdom and leaving it as perception. It would almost seem that instead of two abilities (Wisdom & Charisma), we need three -...

I have to agree 100% with pegging Will saves to Charisma. I've been playing with the idea for some time as well. And without the Will save, Wisdom really is just left as a measure of perception. I was actually considering renaming it Perception and was going to call the new save 'Surprise.'...

What about a Surprise save based on Wisdom? Different classes could have different progressions, but everyone would get better as they gain levels. You could also have a feat that improve the Surprise save by +2, kinda like Greater Fortitude or Iron Will. The catch is, Wisdom already has an...

Ditto. I'd love a 20" monitor but I couldn't justify it to my wife. If you've got the budget, go for it, and max out your RAM, especially if your doing web design and graphics.

I downloaded something called "Mahasarpa" a while back from the WotC site. It was an Indian-inspired setting for use with Oriental Adventures. It had a few countries and magic items, and a couple of monsters. I don't remember anything about classes. I'm sure you can find it if go back...

I've got a 17" with 512 MB of RAM. Love it, but I've always had Macs. I run OS 10.4 and it works quite well. And yes, the all-in-one screen is really nice. Software choices are definitly more limited but I can always find what I need. A lot depends on what you want to do with it. If you have...

Anyone ever consider handling helmets like shields, as a separate modifier to armor class? Some suits of armors come with helmets and others don't, but it seems like it would make a big difference. Maybe something like: leather hood/cap = +1 to AC chain hood or a metal cap = +2 to AC, -1 to...

I've been thinkinh about the 6 different save thing myself. Seems to me that the difference between saves and ability checks is that saves are reflexive, something you do without thinking. That seems to work with the three existig saves: Con = Fortitude - endurance, health, etc. Dex = Reflex -...

Greetings all. Here's my dilemma: I've been trying to get my wife to play D&D w/ me for a while. She finally agreed, but on one condition - she wants there to be a little romance in the game. "You want your PC to have a boyfriend?" I asked. "No," she said, "well yes, but not that easy." She...