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Stumblewyk was the name of my first-ever PC, back in AD&D 2e. Gnome Cleric/Illusionist. I still love that little guy. :)

Taken on a literal level, absolutely. But even if it's all an analogy for something else, if you're presented with a vampire who doesn't at least pay lip service to being an undead predator, then you shouldn't be using vampires at all. The analogy is a double-edged sword - sometimes it's...

I've honestly never watched a second of any of these shows, but I think I have an explanation for the True Blood issue - isn't the "vampire rights" motif of that show supposed to be a direct analogue of the gay rights movement? I seem to remember reading that somewhere when the show first came...

Yeah, ordinarily, this would be the point when I go "But at least we have something!" Nah. Not anymore. It took longer than most of the dyed-in-the-wool cynics around here, but WotC's out of goodwill from me. This is ridiculous. This is not a Monster Builder. It's a Monster Reflavorer. At...

Yeah, that is disappointing. You can't "build" squat. I don't know why they're calling it a Monster Builder at all. It's a Monster Reflavorer at best. You can change power names, and level a creature up and down. That's it. Better than nothing, but hardly close to as useful as the offline...

I'm not sure if this is still the version that was in beta earlier when I was testing it or not, but there *is* a monster builder up here. This link didn't work a couple days ago, and it does work today. So, take that for what it's worth. EDIT: Just noticed the big, giant "BETA" still at the...

If you're on a PvE server, then they can't do anything to you, unless you flag yourself for PvP. If you're on a PvP server, you're fair game when enter contested territories/enemy territories. If they're more than 5 levels above you, they gain literally nothing from killing you, but that...

Well...our only "post MM3 numbers" party is definitely getting beat up. We're running "The White Fields" currently, and despite my DM complaining about the fact that my Cavalier and the party Fighter have a 27 and 26 AC respectively, I'm sitting at 1 remaining healing surge and about 10 HP...

I have to admit, Zeitgeist intrigues me. I don't have the time to run it, being busy running two regular games and playing in one already. The the game I play in rotates DMs, and the next guy coming up to run needs an AP, and I'd love it to be this one. I just don't know how to politely say...

When my wife and I both played, we were on the Blackhand server, Horde-side. I rocked an 80 Orc Warlock, and she kicked booty on her 80 Troll Mage. We also had a number of alts in the level 20-60 range. All-told, we probably wasted 20+ hours per week together on the game, especially since we...

Thanks Umbran. Like I said, we've put our heads together, and really failed to come up with something - pretty much because of what you mentioned. The number of gamers out there isn't exactly overwhelming, even though there are 3 FLGS in the "region." The idea of potentially doing a raffle at...

My wife and I do a significant amount of fundraising for the March of Dimes in honor of our son who passed away due to complications resulting from his premature birth back in 2006. We've come up with some creative ways to raise money - we fund raise online, do a Longaberger Basket Bingo...

Well I can't speak for the Chronicles books since I've never read them, but I stand by Deathgate Cycle. I reread them about 5 years ago and they were just as good as I remembered them being in high school. Also, from one lawn gnome to another, nice avatar. ;)

I didn't see them mentioned previously unless I missed them, but are Weiss & Hickman just too obvious to be included? Maybe I'm alone in this, but I consider The Deathgate Cycle to be one of the best series I've ever read. And I think their RPG influences (both by and for) go almost without...

I've never played the RPG...from what I've heard of it, it's quite disappointing. And I've only played the first Dragon Age game, Dragon Age: Origins, but it was an enjoyable fantasy RPG. The story of the first game focused on the only surviving member of an order of knights who dedicate...

The "there must be a combat-related solution to this!" guy. The "I don't quite grasp the concept of beer-and-pretzels, laid-back game" guy. The "every character I play is basically a dwarven fighter with an axe and platemail, even when we're not playing a fantasy game" guy. The "I'm going to...

Yeah, I practically did a spit take when I tried to reconcile "suitable for kids" with "Song of Ice and Fire", myself. :) Definitely a good read - low magic, but very frustrating if you're used to the "good guys" winning.

Yeah. Sorry. I should have explained it better in my initial post. I took it for granted that people would know what Woot! was. I edited the OP to explain how it works. Also, I'm not affiliated with Loot! in any way whatsoever. I just think it's a good idea, and wanted to share.

I haven't seen this posted elsewhere here at ENWorld, so I thought I'd share it: Loot! Think Woot! but for gamers. Today they're offering Gaming Paper at a pretty good discount, yesterday it was a board game for something like 40% off. Every day it's a new game-related item (or items) at a...

I'm happy that according to the article, gnomes suddenly become viable thieves/rogues with +Int, +Dex/+Cha. Not optimal rogues by any stretch of the imagination, but certainly viable.