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The hybrid wizard in my game has gotten a ton of use out of thunderwave+enlarge spell+wand of thunderwave. Being able to chose from a variety of close bursts and blasts at will is very, very handy, and really helps you control the battlefield. If you are going with enlarge spell then focus...

Oh, I'd agree. My personal preference may be to err on the side of being a second bananna. I fully understand that not everyone, and not even half of everyone would agree with me. Riding that line between 'special' and lore breaking is a tall order. I suppose that is why I have not done more...

Oooh, I used Ettercaps and Deathjump Spiders. I almost killed the Cleric. It was pretty brutal for a technically on-level challenge. So far my only attempt to deliberately stack the deck against players is here: The Heroes of Fallcrest and other stories: 11/29 Game part 2 The goal was to...

Yeah. . .d20=bad idea. In fact, playing as any of the iconic characters or their archetypes would be a bad idea. I'd much prefer a setting done in the Lord of the Rings Online style. You are *near* the main protagonists, and you may meet them, but they are operating at a level that you...

When I was around 11 or 12 one of my friends was playing D&D with his older brother. He would come over and we would 'play' with a handful of d6's. When my mom found out, she flipped. She was one of those who had bought into the media reports of it being satanic and all that. My experience...

I tease the film about being derivative, but don't we tell the same seven stories over and over again? Romeo and Juliet was just another romantic tragedy when it was new, but we still love West Side Story because it was told *well*. Avatar was told well, in that the universe it created is...

*headdesk* Before this draws the big edition warriors, does anyone have anything to say to my worry about non-pathfinder 3.5 products and their balance? Like, if I wanted to play a Beguiler or a Warmage, how balanced would that be with the revamped core classes? How much work would it be...

From my reading of the rules the thing that bothers me most is the indtroduction of new elements that complicate things greatly. Things like the fighter maneuvers and rogue stuff and rage points. Sorcerer bloodlines and stuff. Does it add to the game mechanically, or just make it more...

Man, do you guys have wives (bosses)? Mine is often jealous enough of my weekly gaming, let alone a week long trip to another country (for you. for me, Indianapolis might as well be). I'm very envious of you all, and hope you try not to rub it in much for those of us unable to go... Jay

Aren't Glaives Two Handed Weapons? Maybe do this with the Spiked Chain and the Spiked Chain Fighting feat that makes it a double weapon. Then you can use those two attack powers. If you are doing this high level, Rage Strike has some pretty high [w] damage values associated with it. Jay

I think we agree, I was just highlighting a pitfall that such a system might have. Only allowing you to use 1 surge per daily will not seriously change the length of the day (even at high levels that is a max of 4 surges a day). I agree that just moar damage is kind of sad, but you'd have to...

Wow, I'm right with the OP. Started with 3.5, love it, and only switched to 4e because of. . .group drama. I also love 4e, now that I've played it for awhile, but I was very interested in Pathfinder and downloaded the Alpha and Beta rules to see what they had done. I've also trolled the...

Bringing up the 15 minute adventuring day is *exactly* the right response to this. At first blush, using surges to power extraordinary uses of magic is a great idea, but soon enough the Sorcerer is Empowering every single daily, and the party must stop to rest because he is exhausted, even...

Sure, there is no RAW about this, so there can be no RAI, but it reeks of powergaming. Not to mention the cost. . .if I was in your party I don't know how I'd feel about you using all your GP to enchant one magic item slot. Were I DMing, I'd be kind of bugged by this attempt to get around the...

How did you hit yourself? I have not encountered that situation at all. My initial guess is that you targeted an area burst on yourself? Is that right? Still, kind of unusual. Jay

Yeah. . .I'm no rules lawyer, but my impression of the wording "your next attack against that enemy during the same turn deals 1[W] extra damage" is 1[w] flat. If it was anything more than just 1[w], it would say so. It just says that it deals an extra 1[w] damage is all. Jay

Right. I know if I had just spent 3 rounds shrouding up a target and then used my encounter power on it, only to find out it was a minion, I'd be upset. It is kind of like the 3.5 Rogue going up against undead: "Sorry, your class feature is nullfied! Try again!" Jay

Basically it is not a *fact* because it is not always so. The sun shines. 1+1=2. These are facts because they are (aside from fringe criticisms) always true. Your two points, and many others raised, are only true in your experience. Many others have played the game and not had that same...

Sure, except that most folks have taken the low road of "Here is my opinion, and this is why your opinion is wrong:" instead of looking at actual, factual defecits of the system. It is certainly possible to like or love something despite its errors (how does the quote go? Love is loving...

The tail end or our "Heroes of Fallcrest" campaign had one of the DM's creating a hexmap of the Nentir Vale. He settled on avoiding a hard number for the size of the hexed, and it was just 'a day's travel'. I like this approach. It is easy for the party to gather around the map and guess...