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It always vexes me when people use the word game as though it were some filthy word better used for describing parasite infested testicular cysts. The example comparing 4th edition to a first person shooter is one that implies that games are purely for the simple minded and easily amused while...

Original poster is suggesting that AD&D is not the same game as D&D. END COMMUNICATION

Corbert already posted my standard answers to this, (archers with cover behind a pit trap, and the Pit trap with an iron grate and water). My most noteworth achievement in Grand High Bastardry was to have my players turn over a magical Mithral Chain Shirt to a known enemy who simply asked the...

I think the original poster has it right. Targets that are not adjacent to the edges of a hemisphere do not get to make a saving throw to evade it. The text of the rules supports this. Additional considerations: - Keeping in mind frankthedm's chart, there are not many instances where a...

If you want to get this guy out of your life for a while, then just deal with it straight up and eat the fall out. Use as much or as little tact as you feel inclined, but trying to pretend the problem is not there simply will not work out well. The Love Triangle situation you describe sounds...

I am pretty sure you got that idea from me. Your welcome. END COMMUNICATION

Unless i am mistaken, the dragon in question is at most an adult, not Old. END COMMUNICATION

If the players ask for an ass kicking, hand them one. You have given them a reasonable out, and made it plain that the fight would probably be ill advised. I would suggest offering them untenable options ("Drop your gear and run like the mewling worms you are"). I also suggest that you do...

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I have two derail stories. One was from an Eberron game I was a player in over the summer of 2006. My character was a Changeling Rogue with maxed per level ranks in Disguise, Bluff, Sense Motive, and Forgery. I had decided that is own personal goal was to convince the world at large that...

From time to time as a player, you will often get an idea in your head to go and do something in game that has little or nothing to do with what the DM has planned. Sometimes your DM will get an inkling and work your idea into the adventure. Other times you simply take the game so far from...

I do not see how LN is within 1 step of NG, since it is just as far removed as CN. Anyway, I think I could forsee a Lawful Neutral vs Chaotic Good conflict being played out due to the Chaotic Good playing as an "Ends justify the Means" kind of character. It practically defines about 1/4 of any...

Direct conversion is not advised, as has been noted. I think bringing your 3rd edition campaign to 4th edition will be a lot like going from the Original Battlestar Galactica to the New Battlestar Galactica. Many of the characters in the original exist in the remake. But it is not a 1:1...

I think that it has less to do with making it less "D&D"ish and creating the problem that if you do it for healing potions, you have to do it for all potions, including buffs. That in turn will make buffing much more effective. Chug that Bulls strength, then attack. Then chug a Barks skin...

I think it will take about 18 months to find out what class is the most dominant. However, you must also keep in mind that the style of play will matter a great deal. - Encounter frequency: Lots of fights favor classes with better healing / Hp, and the most per encounter powers. Low fight...

Exactly how much wonder can you have in a situation that generally amounts to 4-6 geeks sitting around a table, possibly in a basement, rolling dice and playing make believe while moving little figurines around on a grid? While the fantasy and story elements of D&D are of great importance...

I played a demo game at a small D&D convention in Saskatoon. I had fun, but the rules had nothing to do with that. The rules do aim for realism to a degree that is stunning. However, I managed to lead a bit of a player revolt and skewed the game heavily to absurdity, which turned out to be...

As I mentioned in a different thread, this weapon is the victim of two different problems. Myself and CleverNickName are mostly bothered by the mechanical implementation. It could have been described as an entirely different weapon (some form of polearm, a non spiked chain, etc), and it would...

Not all problems were systemic in nature. The 3.0 Haste and Harm spells, are good examples. Replacing save or screwed spells with Save and Screwed until you make a successful Save are also not so bad. Turn Undead is another problem spot that is hardly systemic. There are some problems that...

For the complaints, I agree totally. If the Spiked Chain was not the only weapon to threaten near and far spaces, or did not also have the bonus to Disarm and trip and able to finesse, I would also not mind so much. It has never come up in games I have ran, however. But jumping right to rust...