Search results

I think that no one disputes that what you describe is the intended area of expertise of teh Controller role. What most people are disputing is that the wizard is particularly effective at this. I also suspect that many people are dissatisfied with the Controller role as a whole. However, I...

As a DM, there is a fine line you have to tread with respect to combat. On the one hand, you want combat to be engaging, and challenging enough so that any combat you run should be one that is worth running. Outside of specific roleplay situations, you wont break out the dice and do initiative...

As a gaming setting, Dragonlance has its flaws. However, there are plenty of things it got right. -- Great Iconic Campaign Elements specific to the setting: As a quick list, the setting gave us Lord Soth, Astinus of Palanthas, Knights of Solamnia, Orders of High Sorcery, the Dragonlance...

I do not think the original poster is looking to hand his party an unescapable TPK. I do think he is aiming for the one thing that such a combat would be that you left out. Aside from an RP encounter or plot device, it can also be a Metagame device. Running an encounter that the players...

There are a few ways to interpret this request. Scenario 1: You just want them to run away. This is easy. Just tell the players that they see a creature that has not noticed them. Call for a nature or dungenoeering check at DC 2. If they pass, tell them that the creature appears to be...

I suppose that the answers are going to be heavily influenced by where various forum members are living. If your in a decent sized city, you have a 'local' game store. If you have good transit and your not stuck way the hell out in suburbia, I suspect you can get to it easily enough. I live...

From the mechanical standpoint, the +2 Str is a nice thing to have when you want to give your max Str Barbarian character every bit of damage output you can. The roleplay hooks are less obvious, but still viable for those who wish to explore those elements. - You get to play a race normally...

What kinds of monsters are you running up against? 3 Strikers are going to be able to burn through any encounter that is primarily made up of Soldier and Brute type monsters. The game I am playing in had several strikers as well a 5 player group with a Rogue, Warlock, Ranger, Warlord, and a...

I am not in any way informed about the internal development process at Wizards. But as a reasonably experienced game developer, I think I have a good idea about what happened. The Virtual gaming table is at least as complicated as a video game, and the customer base that Wizards expects to...

The splatbooks would add things specific to one race or one class, generally making it only useful to the one player at the table who uses that race / class. Maybe the DM if the DM wanted to use something in it for NPCs. Some would add new classes, but generally they were aimed at making a few...

When you say 'kill a PC', are you talking about having a PC dropped to the negatives or are you talking about needing a Raise Dead or new character? Also, I generally define a CR 'par' creature to be a legitimate threat though not overwhelming, and not necesarily an easy fight. An easy fight...

And how many monsters does the SRD have that lack that ability? Its not the quantity of monsters in the SRD that matters, it is more a question of how frequently the DM uses them relative to the other monsters. If you see one crop up once every 6 or so games, that is one thing. If they show...

Really, I honestly had not noticed. Or just brain farted. My mistake. END COMMUNICATION

So did anyone else notice the definitive pronoun use when Tsukiko spoke about V? Also, I rather like Xykons big finishing 'spell'. I also wonder if Xykon will try to steal / bind those soul splices to himself? END COMMUNICATION

OOTS 653: A surprising revelation Its up. Interesting revelation if it holds up. Giant In the Playground Games END COMMUNICATION

OOTS 653: A surprising revelation Double post due to botched edit attempts.

Not everyone is using the same DM as your group. As with all table top games, there is a big influence from the human element that will determine what you typically see in game. If your Dm likes the grapple maneuver, or using the monsters that have improved grab, you are going to see alot more...

The 3rd Edition Grapple implementation was deeply flawed for two reasons. One is that it was a bit over complicated to work out. The other problem was the 'positive feedback', in that creatures that are meant to be good at grapple get way too many bonuses. Someone came along, wrote up an Owl...

Reading some of the replies in this thread, I get the feeling that there are many people who are holding something like the following mindset. - 'V has just sold his soul and gained access to the powers of several damned epic mages. With the kind of epic level spells V is throwing around, he...

I suspect that to put this in professional wrestling terms, this sequence of events is V putting Xykon over. Xykon is allowed to be a total jerkass primadonna because it gets him 'heat', and makes the readers of the strip hate him just a little bit more. On top of that, as I said in the...