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Good idea on holding back certain abilities until certain levels. I already have a complete history and origin of the items, which of course involves the BBEG. For now, they only have empathy, so no talking really...and they don't remember their own origin because they were put in a temporal...

Have any DMs out there ever run a campaign centered around magic items? I'm handing out intelligent items that are pretty powerful at 1st level. Although they are each very nice, I'm trying hard to make them balanced. For example, the armor for the rogue is a +1 glamered mithril chain shirt...

My Tantrum I once went into quite a hissy fit. We were going through Tomb of Horrors using a completely customized version of Rolemaster. There is one part where each person gets 1 wish (or at least, in the version we played). We used to roll percentile dice to determine the order of picking...

Well I was interested in this thread because I currently have some drama at my table. Something I haven't seen yet that to me would be a simple solution would be to give the paladin a cursed item that basically gives him a -6 to his intelligence (or more if he's already got a super high...

I just started dming this myself. If I might make a suggestion, try to tie in the Red Hand of Doom into this one...that's what I'm doing. RHoD is freakin' great. I think it might go down as one of my favorites...odd that I'm actually running it. Anyway, have fun.

Right you are. I plan to use this guy to taunt and spy on my players, reporting back to the "real" BBEG. If you saw the items I gave the players at 1st level, you'd see why. They're basically all artifacts. I used the intelligent items rules and modified them so that they "grow" with the...

Thanks. He's actually not quite the BBEG. He'll be reporting to the "real" BBEG, who I haven't even thought of yet...probably a demon wizard or lich or something else fun.

Thanks, that was very helpful. I plan to bring this creature in while they are still only like 2nd level and I want him to be able to get away, but without killing the party. I probably start him out at Rogue 3, and then bump him up accordingly each time they meet.

Howdy, I'm a noob DM trying to make the recurring villain, a 1st level half-fiendish doppleganger rogue. This seems a bit much to me, but according to the MM, this is an ECL 13 (4 for racial HD, 4 for adjustment, 4 for template, 1 for class level). Is this right? I'm sorry, but a 13th level...

I'm starting my own campaign for the first time, and I'm considering using those. My favorite was something like, "worst move seen in ages...50% chance your opponent is out for 1 round from laughing". A friend of mine put ALL of those old crit charts from rolemaster into a program, so all I...

Thanks for the advice. I'll go with the 3.5 Wotc because we have a very wide and long table, so the low profile (and additional screen) will be very nice. I think I'll mostly use it as a screen anyways.

Howdy, I'm a noobie DM wondering which is the best 3.5 screen to buy. I'd like to get the Forgotten Realms one, but it's 3.0. Anyone know how much stuff I'd have to change to convert the FR screen to 3.5? If it's too much, then what's your favorite 3.5 screen? I'm too lazy to build one...

Well, I already plan to houserule that Identify actually IDENTIFIES 1 magic item completely with maybe a minute casting time. I hate the way 3.0/3.5 identifies magic items. I might even allow spellcraft to do it. I didn't know there were variant rules as well. Thanks, I'll look into that.

I was wondering about that one as well. One thing I read about Red Hand of Doom was that it had a strict time table, which means very little time, if any, for item creation. Can you realistically allow players time in Red Hand to do item creation without messing up the plot/time table?

Well, I've Dmed a few times, but I've mostly been just a player for the past 20-something years. Anway, I'm starting a campaign and I need some advice on which adventures to buy. I don't have a lot of spare time to create my own world, but I'll probably tweak things here and there. We're...

Don't forget to throw 2-handed (Stone Giants do so...why can't the others?) for 1.5X Str damage.

That is correct. I used the term 'power attack damage' incorrectly.

According to dictionary.com the word "twice" is used in several different definitions of "double".:p Again though, it was just semantics. I don't really want to get into a discussion of the difference between the words twice and double. We are on the same page and in agreement of how to...

I think he means that he would allow a flying creature to charge from an alititude and instead of requiring the straight line that a charge normally requires, he would allow a slight deviation in the flight path. The creature would basically charge to a spot 10' away from the target and then...

I guess I wasn't clear. I want to leap attack while flying to put it succintly. In order to do that, you must actually jump. So your last case is what I meant. Since it involves both movements (flight and ground), I would think you couldn't move more than the twice the lowest of your speed...