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I must say, Janx, this story is familiar. Indeed any time there are distractions I find the mat helps keep the DM's descriptions in mind. Oh, and of course, when someone pops out of the room to use the bathroom, they don't need a long fresh description of the current situation when they get...

I wonder, Henry, whether this disconnect between the two camps (and there does seem to be two camps), isn't in response to the paraphenalia of magic. For example, your description of a psion suggests someone who wields magic without the gestures and magic words and bits of creature. I suspect...

Master Ichabod, ist thy tongue inserted firmly in thy cheek? :lol:

Damnit Zappo! Stop making reasonable and well thought out replies to questions! This is the third time tonight I have been forced to say 'ditto, that's what I was going to say'! :p

What a crappy situation you find yourself in, dead! You're being pressured into accepting a troupe-style of game management (where the group - in this case the group of DMs) adjudicates the game. Now I am not knocking troupe-style play (I play/ref in a troupe-style Mage: the Sorcerers Crusade...

Up until playing 3E I have never really used a battlemat, or other easily-manipulable representation of combat. The most the groups I was involved in bothered with were scrappy diagrams quickly sketched on a sheet of A4, with arrows and rubbings-out as combat progressed. Not ever having done...

Of course, today's innovative thinking is tomorrow's oppressive tradition ripe for overthrow! :) Chaotics produce societies, naturally. They just tend to be a little more... tumultuous than Lawful societies. Then again, that's the price of freedom to choose.

I can understand why the choice of feats in the PHB is limited, and Ranger REG is right that they have had to place some pratical limits on the ones available. But I would be inclined to offer a few more feats designed specifically for high level characters (not necessarily just Fighters), just...

Interesting. The view generally seems to be that 'No, they aren't necessary', but 'Yes, they are useful'. Appropriate enough for a tool listed in the DMG. I think that they need to be bedded into the campaign from early on to have the most value. Not merely because PCs need time to plan out...

Whilst I voted for classical Greece (I'm a sucker for big, political campaigns!) I would say that you need to sit down and work out how Ancient Greece segues into Classical Greece. Obviously I am thinking less here of actual historical events, and more of how those events (and others not...

Find yourself a remote cave. Use some of the money to enlist the services of a kobold tribe. Lay the remainder in a thick layer on the floor and lie down on it. Tell the DM you aren't moving until you transform into a Dragon. You might as well do that. There doesn't seem to be much else your DM...

I agree. Done well, Regional or Background Feats can make a very flavoursome addition to a game. I was in two minds when I first saw the revised Forgotten Realms regional feats, but I think I now understand the reasoning and would suggest something similar for any game. That way you can...

Reading this thread about Arterial Strike got me thinking about the effects of bleeding wounds on spellcasters. Strictly, of course, damage occurs at the same point in the rounds as it was inflicted. Naturally, it's often easier to simply get the player to mark off a hit point when their turn...

Oh no, my Caesium Greatsword's solidified! Everyone - group hug! Warm the sword! :lol:

You've seen that too? The UK Open University used to have a classic chemsitry course programme that showed the different reactivities of the alkaline metals, Li through Cs. I actually knew the guy who was the demonstrator for those filmed experiments (it was filmed at the University of...

I always find it odd that people who are quite happy to have only vague notions of what 'Magic' means in a setting are so quick to decry 'Clerics of No God' as being arrant nonsense. Perhaps it's a cultural thing, but to think that the Universe only provides Power to Clerics who have a God on...

Can I just clarify this? Is this a FAQ item?

RangerWickett: I can understand your difficulties with the Favoured Enemy. Hong's advice in these circumstances is generally the best: don't overthink D&D. However, if that causes you problems still, remember that the Ranger is a divinely-inspired class. Granted most Rangers I have seen are...

Ahh, a DM after my own heart, Dingleberry! :D I guess it's the benefit of more heads, that the players come up with such wonderful ideas. Particularly when they start kicking them around amongst themselves. Of course they can sometimes go terribly 'weird' and make the typical conspiracy theory...

We did it tangentially, by having someone he trusts say that he'd heard other players muttering about 'cheating'. And that it would perhaps be in his interests to make all rolls very openly, on the table for all to see and read. Of course, he did chnage for a whiles, and then slipped back into...