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OOTS 0743 up: Giant In the Playground Games

David Gemmell's Drenai series and Sipstrassi Tales series have a pretty high magic level- although they generally don't have wizard protagonists. L.E Modesit Jnr.'s books also have a lot of magic- usually they do have magic-using protagonists.

Agreed- this is brought up in BoED- a world might be a cruel world- but that doesn't mean good people aren't required to adhere to the same standard. If "humans tend toward no alignment, not even neutral" as per PHB, then it is possible that in the medieval-ish world, as much as a third of the...

OOTS 0742 up: Giant In the Playground Games

I see the Corruption system as more about telling whether a person will go to Baator or become a Hellbred, than about tracking alignment. E.G. a person who drifts from LE to LN, but is still Corruption 9+, and hasn't ever repented their past acts or tried to atone, goes to Baator. A person...

I think that's intentional- since if you are Lawful and have a Corruption of 9 or higher, you (if not repentant) go to Baator regardless of your actual alignment and other deeds in life. If there was a counterpart for Good (maybe for Celestia?) then a LN person might "go to Baator regardless...

MM2 fixed solo monsters a bit- reducing their hit points. I'm not sure, but I think it may have began to bump up damage on monsters as well, a bit like MM3.

Doesn't the "green, regenerating troll that needs fire to kill it" originally date from Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions?

Demons vs Devils Rust Monsters These are two things that make me think more of D&D than other settings. While some things (beholders, mind flayers) have been done, under different names, by other authors/games (possibly inspired by D&D) these two don't tend to be used.

I posted the link yesterday- but for some reason after merging the two OOTS 0740 threads, they then merged the OOTS 0741 thread as well. It does look like Roy will end up fighting somebody.

Oots 0741 OOTS 0741 up: Giant In the Playground Games

There are two OOTS 0740 threads up at the moment- should they be merged?

OOTS 0740 up: Giant In the Playground Games

Maybe a 4E version could have an attack or two that fit with the lines. For example "Claws that Catch" - if it hits, target takes damage and is grabbed.

Also- after checking the discussion thread first post- it looks like a new record for fast linking. http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162089 Thread (and comic) went up 9.35pm. Link went up 9.36 pm.

OOTS 0738 up: Giant In the Playground Games

Given how that there are some Evil characters devoted to good deities in Eberron, typically believing that the ends justify the means, and blind to their own corruption (Cardinal Krozen springs to mind)- then a Good (or near-good) character devoted to an Evil deity doesn't seem so implausible...

Faerun seems to give some entities different backstories. Asmodeus gets "ancient deity turned archdevil" and his re-ascension to deityhood occurs in the Spellplague. Bazim-Gorag gets "batrachi-turned primordial" (Whereas The Plane Below calls him a slaad lord, and makes a distinction...

Lego dungeon I must admit that when I look at that pic, my immediate reaction is "Waaant!!" :)

Hows that? The closest thing I can think of is the obyriths- who, as described in Demonomicon, are beings of evil incarnate, created the demons via the shard of absolute evil, and created the devils via corrupting Asmodeus. Which left me wondering- how does "Asmodeus was cast from his...