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D&D uses hit points. The entire purpose of HP is to provide an abstraction for the accumulated damage suffered in combat. A critical hit location table does tend to run entirely counter to that reasoning. The only benefit such tables will apply is for a small level of narrative embellishment...

How quickly you see the signs depends at least in part on which side of the DM screen your sitting. Due to a combination of metagame and incomplete information, the players are usually not going to expect to run up against encounters that they cannot handle. Dm's who do continually throw...

And now I have 3 other potential players from the Vancouver Gaming Guild website, so I think everything appears to have worked out. END COMMUNICATION

Disregarding several pages of this thread, I will try to respond directly to the original posters questions. First, I think that the majority of players end up liking most, but not all of any given ruleset, and they will always feel the need to tweak it. As far as 4th edition, I would say that...

As much as some people may dislike the notion of metagaming, only a very small minority of players are going to be able to look past the fact that they are all sitting around a table engaged in a totally artificial situation from which all concerned are meant to derive enjoyment. To that end, I...

I figure the best rumors to drop are the ones that have multiple hooks to catch the players on, and for them to be very ambiguous. The resembleance can mean anything or nothing. The fact that they are silent could also be something or could be nothing. The entire rumor could be a major plot...

- "No one has actually seen the king in quite a while. Sure, the palace keeps sending out edicts, and the council meetings go on as normal. But no one I have spoken to can actually recall the last time they say his royal highness with their own eyes." - "I am sure that you have not noticed...

Ok, I have one player interested so far from these forums. I want to get at least 2 more before I start to try to get the game to happen. END COMMUNICATION

Looks like I am going to have to be the DM once more, so I am modifying this post. I would still like to have a chance to play as a PC once in a while though. I am looking to start a game on Sunday afternoons, running from about noon until 5:00 or 6:00 pm. The game would ideally have 4 or 5...

Well, the game was fun enough while it lasted. END COMMUNICATION

Ok, if Fusion has to drop out, that gives us more flexibility on the time of day that the rest of us can game. I know that for myself, and possibly for Ftr, we would be greatly aided by running the game later in the day, and that assumes we keep the game to Fridays. That might be a problem...

Well, I am not sure what kind of internet connectivity I am going to have after Monday. Tomorrow I am going to send all of you Mardok's most recent character sheet, and some things you ought to keep in mind for whoever controls him. Beyond that, I will let you know when things start to settle...

In the aftermath of the battle, Mardok looks around, then stares hard at the Deva. "Quinn, if that miserable inbred 'friend' of yours calls every goddamn humanoid in this dungeon on us, I swear to Grummsh that your first memory in your next life will be of my axe sending you onto out of this...

Mardok surveys the general carnage in the area. The noise in the rat pit intensifies as the starving rodents smell the blood. Hearing a minor noise from on of the goblins that is clinging feebly to life, even as it draws its last breath, Mardok has an idea. He picks up the barely breathing...

The improvement in lifestyle is quite substantial. Present: Unemployed and looking for work since July 2009, not sure how much longer Ei will hold out. Very near Future: Being paid 'cash money' for services rendered and having a chance to live and work in a city I have wanted to be in for a...

I agree. I do not want to screw things up for Fusion cell either. As I see it, Fusion Cell and Zambatuo are the two special case players. Fusion Cell is in the British timezone, and Zambatuo's availability is Thursday and Friday. Ordinarily I would be stunned that they could manage to work...

Yeah, Minions can flank. END COMMUNICATION

I am wondering what the favorite uses of readied actions are among current D&D players (3rd or 4th edition). My current favorite Readied Action (4th Ed): Readied Commanders Strike as soon as the first enemy is adjacent to an ally. This allos me to either nail an enemy as soon as it closes...

I must admit that having monsters avoid Opportunity attacks definitely has a bit of a metagame aspect to it for the DM (often myself). Part of it simply cannot be helped, especially for Minions. Any time a minion provokes an Opportunity attack, the DM knows that he is basically having the...

Feeling refreshed and rejuvenated after the spiritually cleansing shower of blood and gore from the now very and unquestionably dead gnome, Mardok steps back and enjoys a quiet moment of tranquil satisfaction. He stands there a moment going over the events of the recent fight in his mind...