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    Party Composition - what's your recipe?

    True, but I would hate to force a PC to play a multiclassed caster. ;) [B] *Groan* . . . Hypersmurf--- We threatened our DM that if she TPWed us, we'd all come back as bards. ;)
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    Way too many Epic Level Spellcasters

    Nope, it isn't. As per the UN 2000 estimates at this http://www.un.org/popin/data.html website. Click on the Population Division table on the left. Scroll down to page 25. It shows: World Population 1-14: 30.0% 15-59: 60.0% 60+: 10.0% And even that number is skewed since it also includes...
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    DMG solution for the Harm spell

    Then why isn't there an 8th level spell called Mass Harm?
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    Rangers and favored enemies and feats

    Re: Re: Re: Rangers and favored enemies and feats I see that this is possible, but if the group is composed of four or more players, that's 25% or more of the time that you are not going to shine. That is also assuming that the DM never applies any outside storylines to affect the party (such...
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    Party Composition - what's your recipe?

    I've always wanted to DM a stealth campaign. Everyone is trained by a thieves guild or spy guild or ninja order or what have you. The only sticking point I can see is healing. UMD could work, but it's not cost-effective. If I ran a game like this, I couldn't treat the party as if they were the...
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    Rangers and favored enemies and feats

    Anger!! Anger!! I am ANGRY!!!!! Counting to ten... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Calming down. Calming down... Okay, whew...I used to really dig the Shadow Scout, since I too thought that you chose additional FEs every four levels. Thank you for enlightening me that this is how it actually...
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    Cleric Spells

    I never play clerics at all so I am not capable of saying what my favorite spells are. (I know what is effective from being in parties with clerics, or DMing clerics, however.) . . . This is the cleric I'm am planning on playing. He is slightly atypical. He's a cleric of the philosophy of...
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    I'm annoyed at archers.

    Okay, here's a long post, (and I think I've commented on everyone's responses.) 'Twinky' is a word I picked up some time ago when a guy randomly called me one. He was using it in the same way most people might use 'munchkin'. To me, it is a verb, adjective and noun: Verb: 'to twink'--- to...
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    I'm annoyed at archers.

    Hence why I said: "A party of 4 twinky level 7 characters will fight a CR 8 encounter" This is a hard encounter if you are fighting approximately 4 CR 8 encounters (or more) a day. . . . If, on the other hand, you fight 1 encounter a day, then you are going to have to increase the difficulty...
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    I'm annoyed at archers.

    Archer/melee duels of equal level do not describe a party during game play. This is because all encounters are against creatures of lower levels and lower damage and defense potential than the party. (That's the point of having a CR system.) Example: A party of 4 twinky level 7 characters...
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    Point Buy Recommendations

    I used to hate point buy, now I'm a convert. I dislike the inevitable disparage between members of the party that comes with dice rolling. Also, after 13 years of rolling dice in front of the DM while making a character, the novelty has worn thin. ;) The amount of points I use depends on the...
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    Monstrous PCs

    Anything goes in my games. (If the specific monster in question actually exists and is accessable to the party.) . . . . Most of the other DMs I know limit the maximum ECL to +3. Bugbears, Half-Celestials and Deep Gnomes are all okay; Trolls and Centaurs are not.
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    Making Crossbow's Useful

    Just checking. ;) [B] My third DnD character ever (way back when I was thirteen), was a gnome that rigged up a gadget to fire 5 hand crossbow bolts from underneath each sleeve. String was tied between each finger and a catch that triggered each individual bolt. Ahh...those were the days...
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    I'm annoyed at archers.

    Re: How to Fix Archers We have never not used a battlemap and miniatures for DnD. All of my experiences have been with multiple DMs in multiple campaigns with multiple archers and always using a battlemap with terrain, darkness, concealment, cover, trees, walls, NPCs and PCs all adjucated...
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    Playing a Ranger

    It makes up for it with the ability to detect favored enemies at will...yummy.
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    I'm annoyed at archers.

    The reason why I chose 1/500 is because most archers would then buy arrows +3 (since most monsters have DR X/+3). This would cost 18,000 gps for 500, or 36 gp per arrow. If the typical high level archer is firing 5-6 arrows a round, that's 180-216 gp. If a typical battle lasts 4 rounds, that's...
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    Making Crossbow's Useful

    I know they are cheesy, but I dig repeating crossbows. Can you lower yourself to using one of those? ;)
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    Playing a Ranger

    I like Rangers with a two handed weapon, and using armor spikes as my off hand attack. Then again, maybe I'm just a twink... ;) . . . . Seriously, though. I dig these feats: Extra Favored Enemy Iron Will (The best feat ever) Improved and Greater TWF PBS (Rapid Shot, Precise Shot) Item: Any...
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    Question on Monster PCs

    1) Lizardfolk is a +2 ECL in the DMG. 2) You first figure the feats from the "monster class." If you look in the MM (under advancement), it says that humanoids get 1 feat + 1 feat per every four HD. So that comes out to 1 feat for a normal (2HD) Lizardfolk. That feat can be whatever you...
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