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    Weapons doing greater damage to Large Sized Creatures...why?

    nope. it was there to model hit points. what do hit points in the game mean? edit: take two 0 lvl normal men. make them twins. 1hp and another with 6hp. both with con of 9. what does it mean when you look at them? they should look the same physically. but for purposes of combat. one is...
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    Weapons doing greater damage to Large Sized Creatures...why?

    which is reflected in the increased HD and therefore hps the target has. a normal human in 1edADnD had 1d6 hps. a normal Hill Giant in 1edADnD had 8d8 + 1-2hps a trained human had class levels. a trained Hill Giant... got more HD and hps too. Chief or Subchief or Witchdoctor or Shaman or ...
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    I HATE the term GISH

    i had always assumed it was from Charlemagne's time or maybe a bastardization of Salah al-Din Yusuf. but i read Bullfinch's Mythology as a yute.
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    Friday Brush with Celebrity

    so he was Live. :lol:
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    What would you do if someone died?

    sorry for your loss. when it happened in our group i left a seat at our game table. still do.
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    Have fantasy novels gotten "better" since D&D?

    hey, don't forget H.G. Wells, mang. his work was da Bomb for miniatures warfare.
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    but the book wasn't available 2 years ago. :lol:
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    I3 I4 I5 you are somehow in a desert and there is no way to escape. you've used up all your water... you unleash a bbeg or someone else does b/c you refused. but still you are forced to find the deus ex machina to save your arse. Chugga, chugga, choo, choo. don't get me wrong i played these...
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    tracy loved to railroad. I6 Ravenloft. you are surrounded by a mist. no one can come in or out.
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    not the case for me. i bought them(the modules) as they came out. and i was the only one to have read the novel out at the time. the only preconceived notions i got was from trying to DM it. players: we go east. me: you are attacked by random number of draconians players: whoa. that was a...
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    yes and no. you didn't have to use the pregens. but it meant some reworking. like Goldmoon or whatever the cleric you made not having powers... except the staff. or the need for a ranger/ Riverwind to even find the place to use the staff. or a thief to open locks or find traps or map the...
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    Non-random D&D Miniatures

    first link doesn't work. but the feedback thread has some nice ideas.
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    OotS #417 is up!

    more??? it needs some, any, heck even a little bit would be nice.
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    What is your definition of Railroading?

    it varies. in Dragonlance it was forcing the pcs into areas and events they had to go. so if you tried to wander off the beaten path... infinite draconians appeared. or you were automatically captured and imprisoned. only to be set free by the elves without you being able to help. and then...
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    You're welcome!

    that would make a great house rule but i don't believe that is RAW.
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    What is your definition of Railroading?

    Dragonlance. complete with an infinite army that prevents them from going in a direction not scripted. and a Deus Ex Machina wizard who had GAWD written on his forehead.
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    The Dragonlance Saga--your experiences

    Chugga chugga choo choo
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    Diablo for Classic D&D

    i think that is diaglo with a g that you are thinking about when it comes to older D&D.
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    Best old school fluff?

    paraphrase: He is Hong, Austrian, he won't cry, so I cry for him.
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    Ignored users

    if they are on my ignore list i'm not missing out on anything. ;) also what Darkness said. some of them were permabanned. edit: although, it isn't that big anymore. it fluctuates with my moods.
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