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  1. Agent Oracle

    You are D&D's Bible Keeper - What do you do?

    Stay the course. Listen to the fans. Keep balance in mind. Avoid over publishing any given setting. Create a single volume "Setting compendium" including summary examples of the as-yet unused TSR classic settings. Dark sun, Planescape, Spelljammer, Al Quadim, and wherever else we might...
  2. Agent Oracle

    Freaking Awesome 3rd Party Books That Don't Get Enough Praise

    #5: Dragonstar. Dungeons, dragons, Deep space. Why the heck not? This is the campaign setting that gives you an excuse to use every OTHER campaign setting. In some ways, it's the spiritual successor to Spelljammer. Only with elements of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks included. Oh, and...
  3. Agent Oracle

    New May WotC cover art

    You're listed alphabetically first, by last name. Not to rain on your parade or anything :D It's a great day when your name is on the cover of a book.
  4. Agent Oracle

    OotS #430!

    So much undiluted awesome... so little space :D :D :D
  5. Agent Oracle

    Fighting "Mr. T"

    :):):):). Rhymes with "bits". Slang term for the female fun bags. The jibblies, the hooters, jugs, or dirty pillows. Dang, the filter is quirky here, isn't it? it's a parody on the Monty python "everest" sketch. "Mount Everest: Forbidding, Aloof, Terrifying. The mountain with the biggest...
  6. Agent Oracle

    Alternatives to Level Adjustment?

    Start with negative experience equivalent to the number of levels you wanted to be Level Adjusted? So a +1 LA race starts with -1000 exp, +2 starts with -3000, +3 starts with -6000 and so on... Unfortunately, this does cause a slight case of diminishing returns and disproportionately quick...
  7. Agent Oracle

    Leadership - DM's how do you handle Cohorts and Followers?

    1.) The Player had to sacrifice a feat for this ability, I will not use it as an excuse to abuse the player. 2.) The Cohort is Not an Evil Minion in Disguise. 3.) The Followers of the Player Character are, likewise, not evil minions in disguise. 4.) the Cohort is given according to the...
  8. Agent Oracle

    Remembering Harbinger

    A very interesting retrospective Merric... Kinda makes me glad i held off on getting D&D minis until (lemme think) War Drums. Of course, they still see the most play in my weekly game, as stand-ins for the PC's and assorted monsters.
  9. Agent Oracle

    On-Line Magic Item Cost Calculator

    Well, i can't do number 1, but for number 2, give me a range of "Bardic instruments" Most of them cost the same as a basic musical instrument, but certain ones have different optional bounses for being masterwork (The drum, fiddle, flute, harp, horn, lute, lyre, mandolin, and pan pipes are all...
  10. Agent Oracle

    How to run a low magic fantasy game?

    1) Eliminate all magical or magic-y classes (druic, cleric, bard, ranger, paladin, sorcerer, wizard, monk) and magic-y races (elf, gnome, dwarf, half-elf, half-orc, halfling)Yes, that DOES leave just the fighter, rogue, barbarian, and human. That race and those classes are the hallmarks of...
  11. Agent Oracle

    Oots 427

    Dude... So V is at least 13th level. let me see... Mass bull's strength: +4 STR Mass Bear's Endurance: +4 CON Mass Enlarge Person: +2 STR, -2 DEX, -1 attack -1 AC Potions of Heroisim: +2 attack, +2 saves +2 all skills Sum? +4 attack, +3 damage, +10 hp, -2 AC, Not that their AC matters...
  12. Agent Oracle

    PrCs - which ones are (a bit) over the edge?

    All the "broken"prestiege classes i've ever seen were from, you guessed it: third party cheese. Let's see... there was the arcane monk: 3.0's monk attack advancement, hit dice, and skills, with full arcane spell casting limited to "touch spells only", oh, and a class feature that effectively...
  13. Agent Oracle

    Where's my HR manager? or "How Leadership nerfs Power Attack"

    1) Make sure your DM isn't going to pull a fast one on you. 2) accept your leadership position and allways, ALLWAYS treat your followers really nice. 3) You are 10th level, You already posses Great Renown (+2 modifier) and a base of operations (another +2) as long as you are fair and generous...
  14. Agent Oracle

    Oots 426

    We have a coward, a brave one, and a indifferent one... Theory: The three pendants are green (Lunatic), Orange (sniveling) and purple (noncommittal) Orange has to be a decoy... but how? Green is a Hobgoblin under the effects of a necromantic spell like the old Death Mask. Who else would...
  15. Agent Oracle

    Worst miniature paint job evAr! Get it off the table!

    mmm.... Okay, on one hand. Story = funny. On other hand, Emirikol = testing us. on the third arm (baby's, holding an apple) I should probably respond in a legitimate fashion... Emirikol, don't cry about a lack of DM support here. Most of us ARE DM's. it's part of our natural tendencies to...
  16. Agent Oracle

    20th level: the normal numbers

    100% for the win. I've had _very_ bad experiences when the DM tinkers with the amoutn of available loot... /repressing the time he started at 10th level with only 2k in finances.
  17. Agent Oracle

    Andy Collins: "Most Magic Items in D&D Are Awful"

    Frankly, i think i solved this problem a long time ago. I really roll on the random treasure tables. Really. Which is why my characters might end up with one of the six at any given time, but most often have several interesting wondrous items, potions and whatnot.
  18. Agent Oracle

    Oots #424

    Mmm... that may all be true, but frankly, I normally play a scribe-wizard. Spells i don't normally memorize (yet are still in my scrollbook) get at least one scroll writing. Still, i would prepare "Dimensional Anchor" over "Dismissal" (a way to guarantee those pesky teleporters stay in one...
  19. Agent Oracle

    Oots 423

    Well... see, the thing is... Titanium is not as hard as steel, BUT it is stronger. Did that make any sense? No, okay, I'll try to explain it... Woah, that was longer than i thought... but it covers all the important points.
  20. Agent Oracle

    101 Unusual Encounters

    256) Two men wearing ragged clothes are at the side of the road, pounding two rocks together. If the PC's get close, they will see that they are pounding the rocks on a length of chain that connects their ankles together. 257) A mossy green rope lies in the dirt. There are about forty feet of...
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