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From this, which was posted by someone extremely helpful in another thread; "For example, Chilperic, a Frankish king who ruled from Soissons, had a treasure-house full of gold that his father had collected more than twenty years before. When he tried to collect taxes in 579 AD, there was...

Option: Ignore pre-established methods of creating this. Just establish the stats you want and go from there. The doll could be a Spectre (or other undead level draining creature) that got lured into the doll, or magically forced into it, with the intention that it would be trapped there...

One of the key things to remember in a D&D universe is that People Of Power have other things to occupy besides governing the commoners. Just because you're a rich and powerful Wizard doesn't mean that you're willing to take on that onerous task of endless meetings, appointments and mundane...

I've seen a couple of Psions in action. Kinda like Sorcerers in that they have a few powers that they can use the heck out of. But they have more flexibility in that they can blow all their power points on using one power over and over, and they have the wonderful ability to choose their...

It used to be an 8th level Wizard spell. "The glassteel spell turns crystal or glass into a transparent substance which has the tensile strength and unbreakability of actual steel." - 1e PHB description IMC, several races make it, magically or technologically. It's primary appearance is in...

Speaking as a current Armored Truck Driver/Guard, I can safetly say that there is no one specific term. Terminology for even the most basic things varies wildly between companies. We go back to 'the branch' at night. Another local company calls it 'base'. Practice as to how things work also...

There are three problems at work here with one source. In the Martial Arts (and other situations), I occasionally came into contact with some extremely virulent scent-causing bacteria, which was hard to eliminate. 1> It's on him. His soap may not be killing it off. In one particularly bad...

Another, largely ignored facet of retreat is Terrain. How often, in movies, do you see people 'fade off into the trees'? How often are they pursued when they do? How about urban settings? There is a lot of risk in running off alone into the trees or alleys to chase down an opponent...

There's this newfangled stuff called Deodorant. Check it out. I have noticed that there are certain people who don't like it, refuse to use it, and then don't 'get it' when they start to stink later in the day. Maybe that's not you. Maybe you bathe in the stuff. If so, then you might need...

Three of my players and I played together in a previous game. There were a number of occasions where I (the party Wizard and Tactician) sounded a very loud call to Retreat!, only to be solidly ignored. The Psi-Warrior insisted on remaining behind to cover our retreat, insisting that he would...

Bold and Capitalization added by me. :lol: That's beautiful. Thanks for making me laugh.

Regarding that last point... I often have NPCs approach a party member that they think is appropriate, rather than just the face. While the Bard was spending the evening being bored to death by the Tribal Elder (who 'knew' all sorts of stuff about the outside world even though she'd never been...

Semi-hijack... Maybe I'm missing something. How does Invisible + Charm Person work when CP is a V,S spell (ie, they should hear the caster even if they can't see them, which should be a bit freaky in some situations*); even if the casting of the spell didn't negate the invisibility, which it...

What he said. When they interject to take over or walk all over others, you're going to need to step up and tell them that "Yes, but this is so-and-so's moment in the spotlight, so you're going to need to wait". If they don't get 'subtle', you may need to hit them with the brick and tell...

QFT I don't think MerricB did anything wrong or guilt-worthy. His players kept pressing when they should have backed off. Not surprising that it took one of them getting killed to give them the message - it usually takes a larger part of the party to do that! :p

Have you ever completely changed a character concept as you go? By that I mean starting out with a firm vision in mind, then moving to something completely different - and still having fun with it as you go? Saerovan started out as a Rogue 1 / Wizard 1 in a Greyhawk game. My intention was...

1> The Wardens of the Marches. A Hobbit (Halfling) organization for this IMC is called "The Bounders". The Outland Watch. 2> The Illuminati. Or The Illuminated Ones. I also like Cognoscenti (thanks Asmar), The Shadow Coven (vis Darthjaye) and The Collegium (vis Turanil). 3> The Order of...

About 95% of the time, very much Yes. I enjoy coming up with new NPCs, even if I know they're likely to die in the first round of combat. I like putting groups together, coming up with reasons for X to be working for Y, for Z to be allied to A, what relationship A has to X. Even when, for the...

Real Men (& Women) have Integrity.

Good point. I once had to tell a GM that one of the players was no longer welcome in my house when I hosted, because despite sitting 5 feet from the garbage can and having it pointed out to him several times, he left a sea of sunflower shells, mostly (but not completely) empty Mountain Dew cans...