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    How would you fix the bodak/save-or-die

    My first thoughts to change about the bodak: Change the save or die effect to either: a) -1 and dying OR b) 1d6 Negative levels. Having watched 2 PC's die in the first seconds of a random encounter in City of the Spider Queen while we travelled from Szith Morcane into the depths of...
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    PHBII Classes in Forgotten Realms?

    I like that idea. I also like the idea of it being an ancient Raumathari tradition, though in my current conceptions of the Realms (and from what little I know of the class, not having Tome of Magic) I'm thinking of incorporating Binders as another ancient remnant of Raumathari magic. Fits in...
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    What's your screen name from?

    Nhi Vanye i'Chya, illin (sworn warrior servant) to Morgaine, last survivor of an (apparently) Union expedition sent through the time/space gates created/found by the qhal. From the Morgaine novels (Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, Exile's Gate) by C.J. Cherryh.
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    Elves don't Dream

    Elves are not immune to paralysis. Elves are immune to ghoul-caused paralysis. They can still be paralyzed by other creatures and methods, but whatever toxin that causes ghoul paralysis is something that doesn't affect elves.
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    Flaws In Your Playing

    1) I used to lose my character sheet a lot. I finally started putting them all into one big binder, and I haven't lost any of them since (now I've done it....) 2) I need to roll dice in a session. I enjoy the roleplaying, but I enjoy combat too, and I prefer that the dice get thrown for action...
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    damage reduction, useful?

    Conquest, with Peter Woodward. Great show.
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    Monte & Sue Cook are moving to Milwaukee

    I wish I lived closer to Milwaukee. I'd love to be able to see them 3 nights in a row. As it is, the best I can do really is see them here in Bay City then in Detroit 2 nights later...
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    Anita Blake Vampire Hunter

    That would have been after OBSIDIAN BUTTERFLY, which I think was the best of the series. Anita and Edward, working together. Not that I don't like Micah and the rest, but the (hardore) porn is getting old. Very fast. I haven't read the latest yet, but I've heard it continues it's downard...
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    What was your first module?

    The adventure in the old Red Box. First adventure I ever ran was B4 - THE LOST CITY
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    High Level Literary Sources

    I don't count one instance, where it took three characters to hurt the thing, as very representative. (edit) I will say that most of the characters outside of the main characters (and even Alanna et al when they are older) are mid level characters... I still don't recall teleportation, or epic...
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    Sean K Reynolds not at GenCon

    They did, though from the sounds of it, it wasn't fun. Sean's Adventures in Moving
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    High Level Literary Sources

    I must have blinked and missed any of the books where any of the characters, in either the Tortall novels, or in the Circle novels, wield super powerful weapons, move continents, or teleport. Very few monsters get "blown to bits", at least in the Alanna novels, and even the later novels...
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    Giving Clerics Known Spells?

    I am doing this now. In my current campaign, divine casters get whatever spells are on their base list (From the PH, or whatever booktheyr'e from), then every level they get to add two spells to their repertoire, like a wizard. It allows them their greater spell versatility that they already...
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    Your own personal gaming terms...

    FF Mode or Final Fantasy Mode: To set up the PC minis in marching order off the currently being explored battlemat, and using one of the minis by itself, then placing them back all out in the appropriate positions.
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    Nother question

    In 2nd Ed, you didn't take cumulative damage, but you did have to save multiple times. If you failed any of the saves, you took full damage from the spell. Seems like a reasonable way to run it, to me....
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    Spell Compendium - Which spells have been altered?

    The spell matrix spells have had the number of spells they can hold reduced. I don't remember for sure how many the originals could hold (The Symbul's Spell Matrix, etc, from Magic of Faerun) but the new versions hold like 1, 2, and 3 spells (I believe it used to be a random number that could...
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    DM's: Gems, Jewelry, Artwork & Copper pieces..do you actually describe them?

    I came across a program some time back that generates things like jewelry, etc. It's very simple, with no customization, but it's pretty nifty.
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    The New Design Philosophy?

    Correct, as far as I know, but colloquially (at least in my experience) the usage of "may" far outweighs it in American Spoken English.
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    Ruins of Adventure - Any good?

    I never cared for this adventure. It's actually a set of mini aventures, loosely gathered together. The video game actually did a much better job at this, in my opinion. I've never played in it, and I've only DM'd part of it, but I really wasn't thrilled with it....
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    The New Design Philosophy?

    It's definitely a group issue. There is no reason why the person couldnt' say "I press forward, keeping my defenses ready, and attempt to stab behind his shield" instead of "I move five squares and attack". Not that either is bad, per se. I 've done both, depending on how tired or into gaming...
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