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  1. Ktulu

    D&D Insider - My main beef

    Hmm... Have you tried...not being Canadian? Well, then. I'm out of ideas ;)
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    D&D Insider - My main beef

    While I would love to have the stuff added in, I have found an acceptable alternative. A long while back I found a .pdf of power cards that some guy made-blank entry for at-will/encounter/daily/magic. When we have a house-ruled item/power/etc.. I just type it up, save it, and then have the...
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    Christmas Presents?

    The wife bought me a stack of reaper paints and some new brushes. That was pretty awesome. I also got Dragon Age (VG, not the RPG), which is close, since I won't be doing any gaming for the next week or so.. It'll act like methodone.
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    Describe your campaign in 10 words or less

    Sword & Sorcery epic featuring Yuan-ti stealing a god's power.
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    I love it when a Campaign Arc comes together

    I did a quick mock-up, covering about 12 sessions, give or take, depending on how long any given idea in the listed "sessions" would take, going along with your plot point presented. This is sort of how I'd see a general outline going, then making changes where the PC's went in different...
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    I love it when a Campaign Arc comes together

    I find it's easier to retcon/rewrite. I leave enough stuff generally vague that when the big story eventually unfolds I can simply add stuff like, "...and he was the badguy, see the links?" Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't, but so long as you leave enough ends untied, you'll find...
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    December Updates

    Agreed 100% Mousey. One of my big combats was completly shut-down with the use of that spell. I even prepared for it and it still dazed most everything and stopped my big bad from doing anything other than single strikes. I'm glad to see it nerf'd
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    LFG booted from DragonCon

    Looking For Group I didn't see any mention of this on the boards, and I do think it is something worth notice. I'd have been disappointed, too, had something like this happened to me.
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    Good, general purpose, campaign software?

    Closest ones I've seen (and they're tied to 4e, mostly) are: DnD4eCM - RPGnetWiki - This is mostly just an encounter/combat tracker, but it's quite well built for 4e use. If I ever get around to using my laptop, this would be useful. Masterplan - This is a pretty solid campaign tracker for...
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    Players: Have You Ever Asked, "Why Don't You Take Care Of It?"

    Wanna know how I handle it? High Level characters exist so big-bads can kick them around and scare the party. Nothing shows off the bad-assness more than introducing said super-hero and having him found whomped from off-screen. In my Yuan-ti Invasion game, the heroes met the Uber Paladin...
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    Those Pesky Dungeon Tiles

    Best thing I use is Amazon.com: Adhesive Putty, Reusable, Removable, 2 Oz, White: Office Products It doesn't damage the tiles or battlemat when removed, stays sticky for ever (meaning you'll not likely need to ever buy another pack) and wads up nicely when done using. You can even pre-build...
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    Placement of Terrain and Hazards for Combat

    I always strive for "natural dynamic", meaning it looks like it belongs there and it can and will have an effect on the outcome of the encounter, i.e: Crumbling walls can be put in a dungeon to use as a blast effect (dmg 2), then you can add a cause/effect hazard that causes the ceiling above...
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    Awesome NPC’s… from nothing?

    Best one was the N-PIMP-C from Red Hand of Doom. I can't remember the guard's name, because no one ever called him that. A little back-story: The party was built entirely out of non-standard class/races in 3.5. We had a half-orc monk/cleric, a half-elf bard/sorcerer/rogue, and a dwarven...
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    The Essentials articles are atrocious.

    huh... I've found them to be enjoyable, myself. I don't care much for optimizataion, but the feats and powers have been enjoyable, and they're fairly useful to give a new player to show him a baseline idea of what options are good. As far as the art goes, I don't think they have to draw...
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    It's different/It's easy, therefore it's powerful

    I have a player in our group with a dragonborn sorcerer/barbarian, both using the str/cha builds for each given class. He has a ridiculous AC for a Bbn striker, and plenty of ranged/melee attacks.. However, he's also squishy. The hybrid lowers his overall HP enough that a few good hits trop...
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    Do you Use Miniatures?

    D&D minis + reaper (for PCs or awesome NPC's), battlemats, dungeon tiles, flip maps, etc.. for my combats. Did so in 2e (well, without all the goods that exist now), 3e, and now 4e.
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    What would the Feywild of a Desert look like?

    I'd make the sand residuum; sparkling and changing color in a very iridescent pattern.
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    D&D and Computer Games, through the ages

    Hi my name's Ktulu and my interest in D&D was started by Baldur's Gate. I had just purchased the game, thinking it would be like the Diablo series. My Dad, a huge fan of all things fantasy, played it more than I did. In the box was a little add for the AD&D Core Rules 2.0 CD, containing...
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    DM's, when do you prepare for your game?

    I usually prep about one game in advance (so, essentially, I start working on the next week's game a week before this game). However, I'm never done. I'm constantly updating, tweaking, and absorbing new ideas. I usually have a finished product about 24 hours before game-time, though. In...
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    Is it ever a good idea to hit the party?

    Heh, in the last game I played, I regularly targeted my AoE spells on the Goliath Warden. His stats were solid, and he could pull enemies in close to him. Occasionally I'd hit and damage him, but it became our strategy. In last night's game, the dragonborn sorcerer launched fire at a number...
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