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    Does 3E/3.5 dictate a certain style of play?

    Cheap magic will be a cheap commodity. Expensive magic will be expensive. If you want mysterious, rare magic, in Kord's name, why are you playing D&D? Turn the scenario around. If my D&D is a world where terrible monsters exist and clerics of gods that want lots of people dead are routinely...
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    Villains who do foolish things?

    That's actually the smart thing to do, IMO. It would be hard to imagine a scenario where you could stand still and still fight the PCs and achieve your goals. Tanglefoot bags are powerful nasty and the PCs could stand ten feet away and kill him with arrows and spells if he doesn't have a bow or...
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    Villains who do foolish things?

    I don't know what you do with ants, but if I had an ant problem, I would dispose of them in the most expedient manner possible--setting out poisoned food and, if that didn't work, burning the beds with flammable liquids. Risk of destruction from the breath weapon? What risk? A very, very small...
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    Chapter 10: D & D: Just A Game? from Stairway to Hell by Rick Jones

    Jack Chick a Catholic! Funny guy! Tell me another one! He would have been burned at the stake as a heretic by the "good" Catholics who were part of the Inquisition.
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    What module are you running?

    White Plume Mountain. Well, once my PCs finish the last hour or so of the current adventure and take care of their downtime.
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    Core Religions in Actual Play

    That is hilarious.
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    Is there any real world analogue to the Adventurer?

    God, yes. Bainbridge's expedition was exactly like a GM throwing problems at his players.
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    Ecology of the Jinn - in the Economist!

    Very interesting article. Not worth six or seven bucks, but very interesting.
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    Abusing monster abilities

    Shambling mounds gain 1d4 Con each time they are damaged by electricity. There's a special metal in Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (which is 2e and FR, but there you go) that damage's anyone that touches it with electrical damage. You could easily design a 0th or 1st level spell that...
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    Which is the most macho humanoid race?

    Elves. Man walks around looking like that, you know he's not afraid of anything. Everything you said says elves to me.
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    Should potions of longevity be put back in the game?

    Fixed that for you. I much prefer the 3.0 Reincarnate with fey and animal possibilities.
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    Characters without Bling

    Think I found your problem.
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    When Adventure Designers Cheat

    What are you talking about?
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    When Adventure Designers Cheat

    There was a "mystery" "D&D" adventure in an old Dungeon or Dragon I have. The PCs are supposed to be "police" and so can't use divinations on just anyone...and there's a mayoral candidate with a bizarre bias against magic, work of the devil, corrupt, etc.. There's no reason the module couldn't...
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    When Adventure Designers Cheat

    When I plan to run WPM, I'm changing the ultra-wrongstupid disease into a decent poison. Not amazing, but good. Maybe a mix of poison and disease, two saves. But not "hope the cleric prepped Remove Disease for all his 3rd level slots...or TPK" situation. As for me, that kind of stuff is just...
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    Tendriculous regeneration explanation?

    Out of curiosity, why?
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    A problem with Adventure Paths/Campaign Sagas/etc...

    What is the point of this "adventure"? Is there a larger goal involved, is the magic sword bound to one person once they choose it, is it intelligent and wants to choose who it's new owner is, is it special and changes depending on the user...or is it just a everyday magic sword the PCs arev...
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    Tendriculous regeneration explanation?

    Because PCs don't use bludgeoning weapons almost at all.
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