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  1. Malin Genie

    The Scattered Ones

    Namfoodle will end up in D2, as edited above, and cower until next round at least....
  2. Malin Genie

    D&D 3.x Skill changes in 3.5

    I agree that reducing the total number of skills and making sure each one is reasonably broadly applicable is an unqualified good thing. The current proliferation of Knowledge skills is a real pain (especially trying to adjudicate things like "Of course my character knows what sort of poison...
  3. Malin Genie

    Death Domain Death Touch

    Yep - sour grapes. I use a cleric with Death Touch, and it's difficult to use successfully - often you are better off just inflicting wounds. And as you noted, the spell list pretty much bites (Wail of the Banshee is the only spell not already on the Cleric list that it provides IIRC)
  4. Malin Genie

    The Scattered Ones

    Namfoodle sidles around the creature, concentrating on keeping his shield between himself and the unidentified beast. He continues to holler for the party to regroup., a high-speed high-pitch high-volume warbling that echoes through the corridors. OOC: Full defence - AC increases by 4...
  5. Malin Genie

    A possibly balanced Thrown Weapon feat?

    Colour me one of those who would think it way too weak. I don't think the 'Throw Anything' Feat is at all overpowered - you don't often see people bothering with 10ft range increment throwing weapons, and I've never seen anybody take the Feat in all my playing and DMing (the acid test of an...
  6. Malin Genie

    I will Living Greyhawk no more!

    I DM, as well as play LG. Why? Partly pay-back - others eat modules to Slot 0 so I (or other judges who then go on to DM me...) can play, and it's only fair to reciprocate occasionally. Partly I enjoy DMing, and I'm not running an regular campaign at the moment. Partly it's a challenge -...
  7. Malin Genie

    Any Word on the 3.5 Druid?

    Is there evn the teensy-weensiest ray of hope that the idiotic weapon restrictions are going to be dropped?
  8. Malin Genie

    The Scattered Ones

    Discretion.... Namfoodle uses the entirety of his formidable combination of wisdom and intelligence to decide on a course of action. Helpwearemustregrouping;alargecreaturehavingappearedanddestroyedSeebor! he shouts at the top of his lungs as he pelts back up the stairs as fast as his gnomish...
  9. Malin Genie

    Please help with surprise question

    However, the monster is also 'surprised' to see the hidden character (even though it has seen the other party members....) As I said, if the first party member wasn't there, both the monster and the second party member would get a surprise round (as I read the rules....) So I just can't see...
  10. Malin Genie

    I will Living Greyhawk no more!

    My experiences in LG have also been a mixed bag - but as with any gaming, it's a combination of the adventure itself, DM and other players. You can have a 'poor' adventure that's made a lot of fun by a good DM and players; and vice versa.... Most LGers I know (and part of this may be that they...
  11. Malin Genie

    Word origins: Baatezu and Tanar'ri?

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Names???? actually, 'Sephirah' ("oth" is the plural form in Hebrew.) Similarly, one Qlippah, two Qlippoth (the "Q" being a transliteration of the letter Qof, an unvoiced aspirated guttural also rendered as "Kh"or even "K", which leads me to suggest.....) Paladin, maybe you...
  12. Malin Genie

    Please help with surprise question

    A party of two are travelling along. A monster attacks, without the party having noticed it first. However, the monster has only seen one of the two party members, not the other (who is hiding / moving silently) Now, the rules say that if both sides are caught unawares, they are both...
  13. Malin Genie

    The Scattered Ones

    OOC: Initiative 19 +1 =20 As far as he can tell, has the creature seen/heard Namfoodle (unlike Seebor, he actually was quite well concealed IIRC)?
  14. Malin Genie

    Munchkin Powers Activate...Form of a Hill Giant!

    I strongly suspect in 3.5 that Divine Power as well as Polymorph will be changed.
  15. Malin Genie

    The Scattered Ones

    Contemplating waking the dwarf up, Namfoodle decides instead to continue to shadow Seebor about 5-10 ft behind him, camouflaged and quiet. He also keeps an ear open. OOC: Listen 15; Hide 25; MS 21 OOC2: Is it too late to remind everyone of the cardinal rule of not splitting the party up, and...
  16. Malin Genie

    About +1 Animated Tower Shields.

    Actually, there is some point in raising it to +2 - if it's +2 then +1 weapons (or creatures with X/+1 DR) can't damage it. Also, if the shield is not wielded by the character, I would rule enhancements that affect 'the wielder' are not active.
  17. Malin Genie

    Marvel Diceless - any news?

    Realises there is only one solution. /kills Morbidity /pries dice from dead cold fingers of Morbidity :D
  18. Malin Genie

    Marvel Diceless - any news?

    I read that it was due out early May - and there had been a preview in Inquest magazine already. Has it come out yet in the States? Has the release date firmed?
  19. Malin Genie

    D&D 3.x Scry skill gone in 3.5e

    I wonder what will happen to the Divine Oracle if Scry goes as a skill? (Prq: 10 ranks in Scry, Skill Focus (Scry)) AFAIK Wizards has said they won't revise the splatbooks or offer online 'conversion' material (or have there been rumours to the contrary?)
  20. Malin Genie

    Scrying from an item

    If you have an item, can you scry the owner if you don't know for sure who it is (i.e. would the item itself count as the 'some connection' that you need to cast the spell?)
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