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I don't get it. From what I'm reading the rules for PF Grab and 3.5 Improved Grab are functionally identical (and it seems the PF Glabrezu doesn't have grab, which makes the comparison sort of pointless). The rules aren't the things heaving and puffing here. To top it off that I don't see any...

Pathfinder looks good, but I have so much 3.5 material that I can wait to buy into it. I'm pretty sure I'll switch somewhere down the road, but with my current 3.5 campaign I think I'm set for at least two more years. I usually run a couple of short campaigns for other games as a break between...

Uhhh... reread what I wrote? Before WotC was ever owned by a large corporation, it had a habit of buying out competitors*. It doesn't now (probably since WotC's competitors in cards and RPGs are such small fry as far as Hasbro is concerned). I didn't make a single comment about executives...

I honestly think if WotC was still WotC and not Hasbro, we'd be seeing their old pattern of buying Paizo out of business right about... yesterday.

One major thing I noticed about this when I "went back" from 3.5 to systems that gave more xp for loot than encounters: wandering encounters became a penalty again. In 3.5 they're actually a reward, and trying to discourage the 15-minute workday with wandering monsters just starts the xp spiral...

I wish someone would go through the FAQ and highlight the Skip rulings in white.

'T'aint one, and 't'aint th'other.

Well, it's no Dwarven Glory Hole Mine.

Adding nostalgia names and callbacks aren't going to change the basic gameplay. No. I'll keep an open mind when 5th rolls around.

$30-40 on eBay. Okay, now that I've got my worthless joke answer out of the way... IIRC the Factol's Manifesto has more than just juicy gossip, it has the routines, hideouts and weakness of all the Factols. It's a high-end item for sure. It would definitely be more likely to get you killed than...

Okay, I'll bite: 1) It's amazing. Stunning amount of work here. This isn't just a scan or a compilation of WotC PDFs, it's all the spells, typed in a new compact format. It's the holy grail of "what I did with my summer vacation" D&D OCD. (Note: don't really tell anyone what you did with your...

It looks that way. I'm not sure if I like it being that easy, but there it is. 3) Mentioned above - take the stuff out of the pouch and put it in pockets.

I use a combination. For the map, I use wet-erase battlemats (some pre-drawn), printed maps, fully-modeled terrain, and paper terrain. For figures I use miniatures and fold-up paper minis, along with tokens for swarms. I use print-out templates for most spell effects (I have multiples for those...

Negative levels are my preferred replacement for level drain, too. Pathfinder does this as standard, right?

Some game bloggers, and OSR bloggers in particular, seem to have really thin skins when it comes to any sort of conflict or disagreement. There's a rational debate going on (Is there such a thing as an OSR? Is it good?), and a half dozen or so OSR blogs have to pull up their skirts and cry that...

Pacing is hugely important. I'd be interested in seeing others' opinions and advice on it. IMO I'm pretty good at it (at the best of times), but it's largely intuitive and also largely situational.

A monthly D&D print magazine that focuses on game content and fluff, along with a sister magazine that focuses on adventures and campaigns. An Age of Worms compilation for the edition it was printed in. Cheap, short one-session print adventures for OD&D/Clones that don't use modern publishing...

No, it's a Circus Maximus thread that calls out ENWorld people who aren't in their clique as "asshats." You are included in that number as well if you read the thread. Posting an insult there and including a link here strikes me as a pretty insecure way to get around posting guidelines.

I don't get it. You obviously wanted me to see this, but you didn't want to do it here exactly why? I'm not going to come register in your schoolyard version of the RPGSite to defend my dislike of that sort of behavior. Uder: "Hey, I don't like people who insult other people with slurs" Doug...

We were watching a special about cuttlefish on PBS, and my oldest girl (5) said "look dad, a mind flayer." I got a little misty.