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

    According to the AD&D PHB the following weapons do less damage v. Large opponents: Hand Axe, Bec de Corbin, Bo Stick, Club, Dagger, Dart, Guisarme, Lucern Hammer, Hammer, Jo Stick, Footman's Mace, Horseman's Mace, Morningstar, Horseman's Military Pick, and Broad Sword. The Footman's Flail does...
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    Weapons doing greater damage to Large Sized Creatures...why?

    D’oh! I meant to say that Mordred impaled Arthur. Thanks Ulrick for the catch.
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    [Feb] What are you playing?

    That's Baldur's Gate/IWD right? Haven't been able to do so because of the lack of Mac version—at least that's what my friend Mark tells me (he's a Mac nut). Which is too bad because I really had a blast playing BG and BG2.
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    What would you do if someone died?

    This happened to me. My group and I decided that John's character caught a fatal curse/disease from one of the many demon lords he managed to tick off (in RL John died from Hepatitis after several liver transplants). Said disease could only be cured from a very, very high level wish of which...
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    Do you live in a good gamer city?

    I'm shocked that Santa Clara County scored as high as it did (37). I've had a terrible time finding players and games. Then again, perhaps living in Indianapolis (11) and Denver/Aurora (20) spoiled me. :p What about Rockford, Illinois? I had an easier time finding players there than Santa...
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    How do 'good' characters do 'good' deeds in your campaign?

    Funding orphanages and hospices. Volunteering at said institutions during downtime.
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    Weapons doing greater damage to Large Sized Creatures...why?

    I asked Gary this very question in August 1983 at WorldCon in Chicago. I was especially interested in knowing why broadswords did less damage versus large as well as why spears do more. His response was that piercing weapon do more damage versus large and weapons that do not do piercing at all...
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    Good single player PC Rpgs?

    The Co8 mods are must-have. Out of the box the game is too buggy to play. Having said that I must say that I enjoyed ToEE much more than Planescape.
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    cRPGs: Anybody a powergamer in these things?

    Pretty much the same for me. However when I first started playing Diablo and Diablo 2 I focused on roleplaying. In fact my best D2 experience was when two of my D&D players and I created D2 characters based on our D&D characters and completed Normal difficulty. After 6 years (7 this June)...
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    Heads up: Baldur's Gate II patches 2007

    BG II is still my all-time favorite CRPG hands-down. The NPCs in the party for me are what puts the game head and shoulders above all others. the NPC v. NPC interactsion and the NPC/PC romances are priceless. Certain NPC combinations are pure gold. Edwin & Minsc, Viconia and well, everyone...
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    [Feb] What are you playing?

    Still playing Diablo II Lords of Darkness Expansion every Friday night with my old D&D buddies and their sometimes their kids as well. Over the winter I played Europa 1400 quite a bit. And I still play the occassional Age of Empires: The conquerors. In all games, I use my old D&D names (PC &...
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    What *is* it about paladins that makes people nutty, anyway?

    I don't know if I'm in the minority or not, but the above has been my experience in almost 30 years of D&D. I've never met a paladin hater that I would describe as LG in real life. In fact I truly wish that this hadn't been my experience. I've had to deal with too many players (not characters...
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    Mixing Races....and why DM's shouldn't allow it

    This reminds me of something Stephen Fry once said:
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    Which image is better?

    Ditto.
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    New Baby & Gaming

    This pretty much sums up my experience as well. Between my job, my 3-year old daughter, my wife, and another adoption underway I only have Friday and Sunday nights 9pm until Midnight. I spend Friday nights playing Diablo II with one of my players from way back in the day and Sunday nights...
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    Against the Jotuns

    Funny you should mention that. There is an interesting parallel between Norse and Greek mythology probably steming from some ancient and forgotten Indo-European stories. One story relates how Kronos & Rhea wrestled with Ophion and Eurynome for the Throne of Heaven (instead of castrating...
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    What would you guard a gate to the Abyss with?

    Unfortunately this has the tendency to attract grenade launching ogres…. :D
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    Links to Classes and Races in this forum

    New Class: Skills, Feats, & Insanity Wizarard Below is the link to my Skills, Feats, & Insanity Wizard: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=186598 Basically the wizard class redone with heavy skills & feats requirements to learn and cast spells. Introduces a new mechanic, Sanity Points...
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    Against the Jotuns

    Just reverse Nosnra to Arnson or use the original inspiration [Dave] Arneson. :p
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    Size of character parties

    For me as a GM, the ideal is exactly 3 players whom I grant the leadershp feat as a bonus. Actual party size can vary depending on the number of cohorts, followers, carts, livestock, et cetera. The reason I find 3 players ideal is that it allows for a more intimate game. No player is out of...
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