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I'm tremendously interested in stunts. How do they work on a basic level, and could I get an example or two, if that's alright? Sounds like it could be something I've always wanted to use, but not known how.

This seems to be a common concern on the boards lately -- the spiked chain in 3.5x. So. Do you allow it as is in 3.5x, or do you houserule the reach or the AoO on the standing up from the trip or some other method? I personally don't houserule it, but I've also personally only seen a single one...

Your story seems fine. Your character's master kept the magic jar of his own master around. You could also, perhaps, just have your previous master accidently touch the magic jar, and trigger it, while he was being absent-minded -- that way your character could still save him. Or, if you wanted...

With regards to balance, I think you might find it a lot easier to balance encounters -- you know exactly what he can do and can't do! So don't worry too much about that, or even giving him non-standard powers and things -- a lot of balance problems are intra-party balance and niche invasion...

ug. Well, I guess I got my answer. Oh well.

Wait. How is it more dramatic if you kill her alone, instead of kill her with the help of the party? That just makes it more dramatic for you, and utterly boring for the rest of the party.

This is just a little blurb of stuff I decided was the most important and fun from the way I designed my last campaign, where my defunct and short-lived story hour takes place. I'm curious as to whether it's marketable (thinking about selling a way to create a campaign in this fashion for next...

I highly expect that you'll get a biased sample even on messageboards like these, and I'm rather sure that people playing older versions are a rather vocal minority. I'm really unsure as to whether or not you'll find much in the way of reliable general population info on a messageboard --...

My campaign is entirely about elves, and only has one PC. The elves sort of already did the Tolkien-esque thing of diminishing and going to the West... the elves left the rest of the mortal world behind, and locked themselves in a valley. The valley is the most beautiful valley in the world...

Another important thing to remember, Dougal DeKree -- You don't owe this guy a thing for bringing the group together. A group I was in for quite awhile was brought together by one girl. She didn't get along terribly well with the rest of the group, and quit after a few months. We gamed happily...

Thunderstones, from the SRD: Thunderstone: You can throw this stone as a ranged attack with a range increment of 20 feet. When it strikes a hard surface (or is struck hard), it creates a deafening bang that is treated as a sonic attack. Each creature within a 10-foot-radius spread must make a DC...

To Technik: a brief counter: knowledge (arcana) and concentration aren't absolute choices for monks, that gives up stuff like hide/move silent/listen/etc. Just a minor point though, I like your ideas, and those few skills ranks really aren't much of a deterrant.

Yeah, certainly a good idea, good flavor, but way too strong -- it's a monk with a bunch of stuff added, there is no reason to be a straight monk when you could be a disciple of Io. Maybe if they lost something big, like the spell resistance -- and the silver dragon mind ability gave them...

That mechanic, on a brief look, looks like it might be a little wacky compared to the normal mechanic -- a cleric could level a large room chock full of skeletons and zombies with a single attempt, if they were all in range. You address this -- I think it's just better off w/ a max HD...

absolutely a good idea. class advancement is now spread out through the power they gain at each level being roughly equal, instead of based on the experience they gain and etc. much, much better.

Cost-benefit analysis for me: The cost: slows down gameplay. The benefit: makes people who are injured less combat ready. (although losing hps doesn't necessarily reflect that, but let's say losing hps does reflect losing combat ability blabhalhbahalha etc) slowing down the gameplay is not...

Amazon.com for me, but that's influenced by the amazon.com credit card. I wouldn't order new stuff from them though -- they tend to run out and have huge delays, and preorders are usually a bit slow, in my experience. But, you eventually get your stuff, and it's cheap. (I ordered The World of...

UG, I hate my network, it ate my reply. Regardless, I think it's a good system. How about having it so that if you take a masterwork weapon, and forge it someplace special -- cusp on a volcano, forged on the dying skull of a great wyrm red dragon, etc, that it costs less to add an appropriate...

As to myconids and (whatever a grippli is) being PCs: A lot of people have already answered this question above -- it's not cool, unless it directly ties into your setting. Half-giants and rabid halfling and thri-kreen are part of what make Dark Sun cool (I think so, at least?) and this is...

It almost sounds like you're just looking for a typical dungeon crawl module -- or maybe even something funny like the World Largest Dungeon, although it's a hundred dollar buy-in for that. Alternatively, you could just use Jamis Buck's dungeon generator, get some ideas for a dungeon and why...