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I thought it was PirateCate. :confused: No wonder she isn't posting much lately. We aren't even using the right name!

UK officially released the Epic Bestiary this week. He is still working on apotheosis and other supplments. As for min/maxed characters, look for some of the smackdown threads on the wotc boards. I know there are other examples here as well. You might check the rogues gallery to see if you...

I once played a half-ogre that was stuck in a doorway fighting. He misunderstood the paladin behind him and ended up using the paladin as a shield and shield-bashed the monster inside the room. I played in a game a long time ago where knew a dragon was terrorizing the town. finding out it was...

Ceru would have fit Oracle pretty well, but he is gone now. Oceas and Tyrm would be possibles in that area except spell choices don't seem to favor it so much. I don't see a strong candidate for Mentor. It is possible that Luvaine could kind of fill that role. But I would have to look at it...

I have often wondered this myself. It would be great to have a place to see all the ads. Even if it was just one huge page with all the banners on it at once, I would be fine with that. So long as it was a page I chose to load.

Ask point blank what style of game is being run. Don't be confrontational and don't be passive-aggressive. Just ask what is up. As the DM what his gaming philosophy is. Ask questions. You mention that no matter what, you seem to fail in some way. Please eleborate. Is it that there are...

Well, in all honesty I don't know the numbers for publishers. As such, any numbers I throw out would be pure speculation. ;) I'm speaking mostly from my experience with wholesalers and distribution channels and the policies that come about with those.

Just to be clear, the risk is mitigated by not having to produce a print run, which will then sit in your warehouse for X amount of time. The risk is mitigated because you don't need to deal with a distribution channel that will certainly insist on not paying you for a month or three. The risk...

I don't really know either of them personally. But I am pretty sure RL has been demanding more time. Sagiro's profile shows recent activity. I think Piratecat's doesn't show because he is an Admin. Just wish them the best as fellow gamers that are juggling responsibilities along with hobbies.

I worked with the largest local bookstore for 4 years. What you are referring to was happening with non-RPG Books in the early 90's. The stories I got to hear were pretty horrifying. Stuff like large chains buying product on terms. Buying in quantity so they could have publishers drop ship...

In what way? How do you define a 'small publisher'? Wouldn't PDF publishers be considered small as well? How does the existence of a PDF stifle innovation? There is an assumption that the folks producing PDFs would still be designing material if they couldn't make a living at it. Listen...

While I respect Mr. Mearls for his thoughts and some excellent products, I would have to disagree overall on this one. While there is some validity to what he says, I have a hard time buying into it whole cloth.

Wow, not even one reply? Maybe nobody else thinks this is cool? I guess I will rein in my enthusiasm a bit.

You know, a couple of years ago I took some advice from here to just do away with skill lists. Any of the PCs in my current game just buy skills at 1 point/rank. I was guessing that it wouldn't break the system. Some people told me it would, others told me it wouldn't. I decided to test it...

I haven't received a reply from anybody else on the list since 12/17. It has been a week since I sent out the emails. I'm not sure at which point Dinkledog wants to call it a loss. I suppose there could be people on vacation that haven't had a chance to see the email yet, but it seems likely...

Just talking out my rear here, but is there any chance it is related to DB logging? I'm not familiar enough with MySQL to know, but could there be an issue where the DB logs need to be committed so they are purged?

I would say part of the problem is that it quantifies a value statement on what Good really is. Destroying, without any effort to redeem, Lord Soth isn't _really_ good. It is just good intentioned. Or perhaps it is 'Good Light', with half the moral responsibility of 'Exalted Good'...

I allow the BoED in my game. I also use the alignment system in BoHM. Many PCs are marginally good, to good. But to maintain Exalted Status, a PC must strive to attain an idealized role of Good. In my game, a Paladin might allow a cloudkill into a cavern complex of goblins that were known...

It isn't unbalanced at all. It works pretty well overall. A good group of players can setup the flanking conditions fairly effectively. But at some point the rogue will get smacked. There are many, many ways to eliminate the sneak attack damage. Patryn has already mentioned several...

December 23 Still not sure if folks want to do something that night or not. So I'll tell you what, we will plan on getting together to do something. We can figure out what when everyone is here. I know Macbeth won't make it. I will assume that everyone else can make it. If you can't, please...