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Yeah, I play a paladin too.

Do I know Poncho Villa? We had lunch together! (Sorry, couldn't resist delivering the punchline to an old joke) These threads on the origins and influence of D&D classes are great. Somebody should throw enough money at the good Col. Pladoh to convince him to sit down and spill his guts on the...

Ogre monk. He was guarding a mysterious box that we had been hired to "retrieve" from a docked airship in Sharn. My Ranger 2 / Rogue 2 creeped in and missed a sneak attack with a throwing axe. The ogre beat the party fairly soundly for a number of rounds before we were able to flank him and...

No, he clearly said "hose." He was apparantly walking around naked outside by the lawn sprinkler. Frankly, I think he should have expected to be seen. Carrying on outdoors in nothing but a notebook!

D&D really, really needs a good, workable computer program. Of course, we've known this since AT least 2000... :(

Because generic D&D is based on psuedo-medieval europe, where the Catholic church held sway. Clerics were originally based on a fantasized version of the millitary wing of that church. Its fine, but it doesn't really leave room for a non-millitant, white mage style character. Not always, but...

I never realized that Father Zeus is such a hip dude. I was all like, "Zeus, centaurs!" And Zeus was like, "Its cool, man, I got your back." FLAMESTRIKE!

And please, oh god of the brackets, grant me the ability to breath like a fish, should that come up. And, uh...speak to dandelions! Yes, that may be useful. And finally, oh great [god_name], although you are truly merciful and good, grant me the power to raise up really wicked and powerful...

Please send one to dm_andrew AT hotmail.com. Thankyou! Thankyou!

That also makes the suggested MM pronounciation (boo-lay) rather silly, doesn't it? I know the bulette was based on an old toy found in a plastic dinosaur set. I wonder how it got its name.

I propose a cut! And a paste!

This helps me rationalize things a bit. Its not bad. Coupled with the idea of leaving spell slots open, it actually comes fairly close to satisfactory. Part of my problem is that I have a hard time ignoring the necessary metagame thinking that comes along with choosing your spells. Its not...

If the PH described divine magic as such, I would accept this. As it stands, you're just making something up to justify the results. Its a good explanation, but there really isn't anything in the rules to support it. Then why can wizards only prepare spells he knows from a formal spellbook...

Well, my German is all but gone, but thanks for the link anyway. I'm dissapointed that the hippo isn't named for a D&D monster, but "meatball" is a pretty good name for a hippo.

Where did you find this information?

I agree that changing the Cleric would be a lot of work. Its just always bugged me as written, and I wondered if anyone else shared my opinions.

Really? I'm not familier with zoo practice, but are zoo animal necessarily born in captivity? Couldn't 55 year old Bulette have been aquired when she was 25 and named at that point? Or do mommy hippos name their baby hippos in the wild? :p

It has always bothered my that clerics prepare spells like a wizard, rather than casting them spontaneously. To me, it doesn't fit the mold of prayer. If the village needs rain, if someone needs healing, if a marriage needs blessing, a demon needs to be cast out, etc. shouldn't the priest just...

I know people were talking about producing something like this, but I'm not sure if anything ever came of it. I know I'd be very interested in seeing a nice Eberron player knowledge sheet. If no one has one, maybe the community can come up with something. Any takers?

There is a news story about a hippo in Germany that is too, er, randy for her own good. The zookeepers have put her on birth control for health reasons. The hippo's name is Bulette, as in the D&D monster. So, is bulette a german word that I'm not familier with, or is somebody at the zoo a...