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With regards to the original question: The Immensely Powerful Being reacts as its alignment and motives dictate. :) My most successful game so far was a game where there were no immensely powerful beings -- the entire world incarnated as amnesiacs, and all of them incarnated at about level 1...

I guess if Sep is asking rules questions, that means the game is still continuing on... and it was already backlogged 4 months ago, wasn't it? So... that's good, at least. I just hope we hear about it sometime... this story is so very excellent, alas.

The only one I own is Sorcery & Steam... and I really didn't like it much at all. Just a lot of background stuff that, if you're even remotely into steampunk (as I am, I'm only passingly interested in it,) you already pretty much know. Just my opinion though -- and have you checked the reviews...

Party Faceman: "Esteemed Mr. Tarrasque Esquire, we so humbly come before you in hopes that..." Slightly Smarter Tarrasque: "I hunger." *eats faceman, daintily wipes lip* Giving him 7 int just lets him eat you more efficiently. :) Still a funny idea!

A big difference is that you can play a minotaur at level 1 with savage species -- until the other characters reach your ECL, you "grow up" into a minotaur with full stats, then start taking a character class.

Neat thread, sans the arguments. The thread may be quick to analyze -- but the question was also raised, "Am I weird?" I guess the thread was asking for an analysis, is all. :) I don't think there's anything wrong with you if you don't allow cross-gender roleplay. I think that if you want to...

This is great! What a good idea... hah. My hotmail account just became useful once again. :)

I say go for it. But I like rogue/paladins who tend to backstab people after sneaking up on them. Play a loose code paladin if that's what you're going for -- if you want a behind the scenes manipulator, you're not looking for someone who really wants society to be ordered... you're more looking...

I checked back idly tonight, like I always do, and blinked when I saw there was an update today. Here's to that! Wonderful stuff, as always, and I'm very curious where the story will move next.

hmmm. Why not just talk to everybody and see if you can rework the GM's Wife's character to be a bit more powerful -- that's what she wants, isn't it? A vampire taking a dex hit sounds mighty suspect -- vampires don't lose dex, do they? sheesh. But yeah. Find out what other feats GMW took, see...

shapechange, foresight, and disjunction. shapechange because... it's shapechange. be a 200'x200'x200' block of adamantium and fall from 400 feet up. do it. :) that's lame but it has very good effects. foresight is good because you can teleport away if something horrible is about to happen...

Sounds pretty mechanically sound. And that's all that matters, right? :) Sounds like you can throw some good flavor behind it, too. Maybe he studies clerics and knows how to them right square in their cleric parts! That shows them good. chuckle... cool idea, though. nature's wrath against the...

Rip off white wolf and call it a willpower point, that's easy enough. Soul points -- sell a bit of your soul for a mechanical benefit... eh, maybe not what you're looking for.

There's a little bit in Unearthed Arcana and Complete Divine about druids using wild shape to temporarily only partially change shape instead of completely change shape. But sure, for the example, don't let him wear magic boots unless they cost a little bit extra for the customization, but give...

Just a few, to keep myself going, I was stuck on the Glabrezu for a couple days with nothing: Demon-Glabrezu: A big blob of flesh with no apparent senses, but with four long clawed arms dragging it along and attacking. It's maw is misshapen, and it seems to eat anything, and it tends to...

yes, please. sounds interesting. seems to me like white = good, black = evil, red = chaos, green = neutral, and blue = neutral, but that's very simplistic.

Silly one I ran once: There's a lever at the end of a room. Search check DC30 to see the floor can fall away, DC24 to see the ceiling is has a trapdoor. Character with the scent ability get a +8 to the search check, gnomes with their noses get a +2. Pulling the lever makes the trapdoor in the...

This is a lot worse than fudging a roll when you really don't want your character to die. (and that's pretty bad.) Boot the guy. He not only ruined it for himself, he ruined it for everybody else. That's absurd. However, like BardStephenFox said... make sure that you're not running a DM vs...

Action Points (the APs in UA don't suffer from "extra life" syndrome) Craft Points (drop the feats for crafting normal items though, that's rather absurd, after that you have a pretty wonderful system for a faster-paced game, especially if you tinker with other thing besides gold to fuel magic...

To echo, do it bottom up. Make the surrounding area and some stuff for your PCs to start with. If you have a plot thread in mind, sketch it out a bit, and detail the parts relevant to the session that the players might be aware of. Check your adventure and setting to note that it will be fun...