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Agree with you 100%. My earlier argument, just worded better. The issue I have with handling it this way is that you have a very steep curve in the damage dealt. If you are 19 over his AC when you hit, you still deal normal damage. But at 20 over, the damage curve explodes. It seems a harsh...

My bad, I see the wording was less than good. The AP rule is intended for *any* ranged weapon. It hasn't come up yet, but things like Ballistae would have special considerations. As far as melee armor piercing weapons..I'm content leaving that to the wielder's skill, unless you can think of a...

There is a standard set of house rules I use in my games presently or are planning on using, and although they seem to work ok, which is enough validation for me, I wanted to present them here to see what the populace thought of them. The first is Armor Piercing. This comes about because of...

It's all good. Now that I read through your argument, I can see why you may have come to that conclusion. Maybe I should simply have stayed away from having the Rogue in my example - it just confused things. My bad.

So that's the second jab you took at my gaming experience. I have had games with rogues in them, as well as played rogues myself. The BAB on the Rogue is decent, but usually not enough to sacrifice for Power Attack unless you play in really high level games and then the damage from Sneak Attack...

That just doesn't seem even a little right... ..but I agree with your point that sometimes PCs need to be reminded that they are mortal. Taken down a notch or two, from time to time. For their own good. If you don't...well, an anecdote from one of the largest campaigns I've ran. This was the...

Well, here you say that "a high level character shouldn't be threatened by a low level one with a knife", followed by " a knife is serious business". Both statements I agree with and support in my previous argument that skill with a weapon should translate into more damage. So the low level bad...

I concur - this is exactly the flaw that makes the system so annoying in my experience. My high level characters laugh at opponents wielding knives, even allow themselves to be shot with arrows, confident in their hp ability to buffer the damage. I like the combat system in the Game of Thrones...

A very good idea Black Swan

A D&D world digitized and interactive BUT still pen & paper. :confused: OK, what I see is either a new campaign world, or say the Forgotten Realms, given its own web space. Within these pages would be all the necessary supporting material - an overall map that one can zoom around and make...

Guardsmith, there is a fairly straightforward trick (much more complex in its execution) that I try to at least keep in mind when I run a game. RPGs are often more fun for the players when they are open ended (or at least *seem* that way), and the players can choose their own destiny - this...

Now yer talking! I can run one day, and play in a game the other! Hmmm...still, the licensing exam is in mid-march, which will cut into some valuable game-preparation time. Hey Dolom! you out there you scruffy old man? How's about you and I run something? That way we can split the workload -...

Well, in my experience you have *at least* six months after the baby is born before this even becomes an issue. It'll be 3 months before the baby can reach out and grab something nearby on purpose, and another three before it gets mobile. Before then you can put the baby down and there it stays...

Will do ol' timer! When time allows...(insert lonely tumbleweed). You two get any gaming in as of late? And by the by, now that I've been to The Hobbit in Fayetteville, I can highly recommend it if you guys pass by the area. Very friendly staff, VERY complete stock.

..my first double post!! woo hoo!!

Amen to that! I actually had two players in a rather infamous campaign ( my last big one ) that brought out the Magic cards in the middle of the game!! It was a party that was larger than I'd like, and trying to do a though job for every PC meant times where not everyone could be involved. I...

Hmm..I agree and disagree with you on this Rel. Granted, you've run many more Game Day sessions than me, but from the two that I've run I get what you mean as far as learning to control the pace of the game, to be flexible. Some of the advice that was given to me that proved invaluable is to...

Gadzooks! What fun is lining up for Game Day. Alas, I will be missing this one. One 3 month old + One 18 month old = time/10 . BUT, I am lining things up for the Game Day after. Most likely another mega-game, spanning the morning and afternoon session. That went really well last time, with the...

Have something naked. Random NPC, maybe weird humanoid - just streaking by, buck nakkid. Wha? Who doesn't perk up at the word "naked"? Then comes - why is he/she naked? where is he/she going, naked? is there more nakedness in this dungeon? how does my PC benefit, if he/she was naked? and so...

So, aside from the way your player's responded, how did you personally like it from the stand point of developing adventures and resolution of encounters? If I ran it, I would not do it side by side with magic, but by itself. That would mean an adjustment to any spell casting creatures - not so...