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    The joy of templates

    Excellent ! Mind if I steal it ? Agree, it makes no sense that you suddenly forget something just because you quit a guild. But I wonder if you could include some supernatural abilities, at least if they are something given to the members of the guild by a deity (or some other entity). Then...
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    Poll about gamers and drugs

    In my 15 years as a gamer, I can only think of a single occasion where alcohol was combined with gaming. This was after one of my friends had finished his thesis, and then gamed directly afterwards. He brought a bottle of Dom Perignon '85, which we shared (and a fair share of it went into the...
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    The joy of templates

    Hm, very interesting concept, I can see how that could be a very elegant solution to how to model involvement with different social and political groups. I have to think carefully about this, I might use it for a couple of secret organizations IMC. I guess these templates mainly give skill and...
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    The joy of templates

    Hi! For last night's session I wanted to create a unique monster; something my players had never met before, and thus had to guess at its powers and how dangerous it really was. What I did was to take a standard owlbear, slap a two-headed template on it (from Sean Reynolds) and then finally...
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    Magic item creation question for the DMs

    I also DM and PC, and as a PC I always try to think "what would I have done as a DM if one of my players suggested this item" when I design a new magic item. There are a few legal combination that are pretty unbalanced (the gizmo of cure minor wounds is one of the worst), and I wouldn't like to...
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    POLL: What specialist are you

    Abjurer. Not the most powerful speciality, but fits perfectly with the theme for the PC (protecting others). Currently 6th level abjurer, 2nd level Arcane Devotee (of Pelor). .Ziggy
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    Middle Earth Name Generator

    Heh, I became a Nazgûl. But why I only had six teeth, Ea only knows. I also like my Orcish name, Thrakrukh the Sleazy must be some sort of orcish pimp I guess... -------- According to the Red Book of Westmarch, In Middle-earth, I was a Six-toothed Nazgûl Elven Name Possibilities for me...
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    "Out of the Frying Pan" - Book II: Catching the Spark (Part Two) - {complete}

    Favorite PC is Ratchis, mainly because he has a beautiful back-story (posted in a separate thread, only on the old boards ?). Favorite villain is definitely Richard the Red, I love "grey" characters, where you don't know exactly what their agenda is, and you have to guess whether they are good...
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    [meta] What part of the world do you live in?

    Lacking an entry for Scandinavia, I had to pick Western Europe :) BTW, I live at appr. 64 degrees north, anyone living even further north ? .Ziggy
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    Posy is back! Posy's Diary, New and Improved with poll(tm)! Please vote!

    Jipeeeeee, another update !!! Interesting twist on the story, I think Posy and her friends are going to be involved in some greater political game. This story arc looks great, if the new DM really is completely unexperienced (as I think Oghma said) that's great DM'ing. .Ziggy
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    Rel's Faded Glory Campaign (Thank You Old One!)

    Excellent update Rel, the scene with Krase's father was excellent, and Tarsheeva's story was also good (I wonder if we will see more of her later...). I love plot-intensive games, and look forward to the next installations ! .Ziggy (faithful reader)
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    [GM's] How much should you play?

    I'm a regular GM, have run (biweekly) campaigns for the last 10 years or so (not only D&D, but that's not relevant here). I also play a lot, and always have. In general that is no big problem, but I've discovered a few challenges with playing and GM'ing at the same time: [list=1] Rules...
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    Masters of the Wild - Not available in the UK

    I ordered MoW from amazon.co.uk on the 8th of March, it shipped on the 13th, so they are definitely shipping from the UK. .Ziggy
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    Fellow Scandinavians... what the heck is this?

    Kvinesdal is a valley in Norway (in Telemark I think). The whois database (http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois) told me that the domain kvinesdal.com is registered to Terje Viken in Kvinesdal, Norway. .Ziggy
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    Miniatures Paints and Brushes?

    ????? Just add a few drops of water and mix, it *is* waterbased after all. This is a serious problem, but I have found that if you don't lug around on your paint (keep it horizontal), and try to keep the rim clean of paint this is not a big problem. YMMV.. .Ziggy
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    The most useless prestige class ability ?

    Interesting, didn't notice this - it's definitely useful with the short duration of the Summoning spell. Thanks for the tip ! .Ziggy
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    The most useless prestige class ability ?

    My wizard just reached 2nd level as an arcane devotee (FRCS), and thus got the alignment focus special ability. You choose one component of you deity's alignment, and cast spells of that alignment at +1 caster level. Being a follower of Pelor (we are not playing in FR) I choose Good - and...
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    Is Animating Dead Evil?

    Well, that depends on what you think the topic is :) The tread has a rules discussion mixed with a moral discussion (shudder) mixed with a discussion on PCat's campaign. You just picked a different set of sub-topics..... That is a reasonable explanation, but then Detect and Protection is not...
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    Is Animating Dead Evil?

    Trying to be a bit more precise..... The D&D 3E rules state: Animating Undead is evil (Evil descriptor in spell) Not all undead are evil (Skeletons, Ghosts, Zombies - no official errata for the MM yet) All undead will be detected as evil by the spell Detect Evil How undead interact with...
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