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  1. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    After going back and reading your previous posts to make sure, you mentioned alliances and building an army exactly ONCE. The rest of the time was spent talking about Meteor Storms, flying, teleportation, scarface, "my little friend", etc. Listen, if you want to play tabletop Diablo, that's...
  2. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    Now you're putting words in my mouth. Never said anything like that at all. But I'm not going to let someone say, "I use Bluff to have the king's daughter kill him." That would just be silly, and would cause laughter at even the most munchkined table. What happened to the 20th level character...
  3. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    I just noticed the "right of their levels". That cracks me up. :lol:
  4. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    But people aren't going to jump up out of their thrones and let the PC's sit down, any more than the dragon is going to jump up off his hoard and let the PC's take it when they walk in the cave. The argument was, if you look back a few posts, that 20th level characters can do whatever they want...
  5. fredramsey

    Why _DON'T_ You Buy Dragon Magazine?

    I DO subscribe to Dragon and Dungeon. However, I have never read any fiction story in Dragon. Fiction doesn't belong in Dragon. Period. The only fiction people might EVEN begin to like would be D&D fiction. And then it should deal with some article in the magazine - sort of illustrating its...
  6. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    Thanks, Heny, you said it perfectly. It's not my intention to advocate a DM versus party. I'm only saying that 20th level isn't the end-all of power, and you've pointed out several ways to enforce that. As far as taking over a country, the easiest way has nothing to do with what your BAB or...
  7. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    Well, this is a pointless discussion. I'll let someone else take it from here. But you did argue part of my point for me with Scarface. He wasn't a 20th level character. I haven't seen the movie, but I would be good money it was more about his charisma, followers, and tactics more about how...
  8. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    Yes, you are reading me wrong. However, the Eberron campaign takes place a mere 2 years after the end of a continent-wide war that lasted 102 years. The army numbers I quoted there are probably quite small. The CS book does not go into details about the standing armies (I'm sure the 5 Nations...
  9. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    Actually, it's very simple to imagine what would happen next (that is, if you can actually summon enough monsters to defeat 10,000 infantry, 5,000 heavy horse, 3,000 archers with longbows, and 100 mages with wands of Magic Missile...), every other kingdom in the world would sit up and take...
  10. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    First, it would be interesting to start a thread about low-level ways for the resources of a kingdom to take out a 20th level wizard. Second, I am addressing those people who put down Eberron because there aren't dozens of high-level NPCs stomping around in it. Those of us who like Eberron...
  11. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    It seems to me you are confusing skills that, in most ways, the mechanics of D&D either play down or ignore, with things like combat ability. A king would most likely be an Expert. If he is a good king, with many years of successful rule under his crown, he might even be a fairly high-level...
  12. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    I just don't see a single wizard taking out an entire army, no matter what spells he has. He can't take them all out, and besides, just because there are no HIGH-LEVEL spellcasters to take him on, you can put together quite a number of lower-level ones. Not to mention wands. There's not too many...
  13. fredramsey

    Stupid Author Syndrome

    I will admit there is not enough detail in a lot of the Eberron adventures so far, like in The Forgotten Forge, where there is no depth measurement for the shaft they have to take down from the sewers. Kind of important when you're using a rope... But I took the ship thing and ran with it. The...
  14. fredramsey

    [Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?

    There has been a lot of talk here about the fact that most of the NPCs in Eberron are of mid level. If you are running an Eberron campaign, what do you plan to do to challenge your high-level PCs? ==================================================== Here's my take: First of all, and most...
  15. fredramsey

    How do you pronounce "Drow"?

    My name is spelt 'Luxury Yacht' but it's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove. :cool:
  16. fredramsey

    The great deception revealed in 'religious texts'

    Religion is non-violent? On what world? ;)
  17. fredramsey

    [Dec] What's up in your campaign?

    Did you do this art? If not, where is it from?
  18. fredramsey

    How do you pronounce "Drow"?

    Ok, I can see that. But definitely not like something shot from a gun ;) Of course, you could just say, "Land Shark!" :cool:
  19. fredramsey

    How do you pronounce "Drow"?

    It's french. Otherwise, it would be spelled Bullet.
  20. fredramsey

    How do you pronounce "Drow"?

    I'm sure that there will be some who would say I shouldn't even post this since I can't completely cite the reference, but... I was a firm "OH" pronouncer, but recently I ran across a historical reference for Drow, and it was pronounced like "Cow". So, I changed. Sorry, I can't for the life of...
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