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Last watched Invader Zim vol. 1, read Wheel of Time: Crossroads of Twilight, listened to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 (re-recording of the classic). That's just the last full album I put in the stereo, though.. generally I just play my 2800 song playlist on shuffle. ;) And FWIW, there's...

Prince George, BC, born and raised. Family's been here a long time - my great grandfather (John McInnis) was once the local MLA. Our claim to fame: the brewery scenes in Strange Brews were shot at the local Pacific Western Brewery. Good day, eh? Cool, what area are you studying? I know most of...

Um.. the UA spell point system has that too. All damaging spells only do the minimum damage, and it costs 1 additional SP per caster level to bring it up to whatever your actual maximum would be. --Impeesa--

Because this debate has come up many times before, I'm going to make a few unqualified statements here without getting too involved - just a few things to keep in mind: 1) Min/maxing and powergaming properly are diametrically opposed to cheating. 2) Min/maxing and powergaming are not...

Careful not to throw that one around too often. One too many arbitrary calls and you'll lose the respect of your players. As for dealing with your rules-lawyer, tell him to do what I do. I have a strong rules-lawyering instinct, but I generally don't pipe up unless it comes down to a matter of...

"The right to swing your fist ends where someone else's nose begins." Mind you, he's a CG Paladin of Freedom (aiming for Frenzied Berserker) from a monstrous race, whose primary goal is to wander around fighting the good fight against prejudice and oppression. Since he's of a monstrous race...

Hey, don't look at me. Robotech was written while the Cold War was still going strong, remember. It was never too clear on this, but I have a suspicion the lines didn't change much following the 'unification,' with the Soviets being at the heart of the 'enemy' forces. ;) That, and the sudden...

You may be confusing powergaming with wargaming. Throw a real powergamer for a loop like that - and I mean a real powergamer, not just a combat-loving wargamer - and you'll get very scary results. Cruise around the WotC Character Optimization boards some time. I've seen brutally min/maxed...

Well, there's always the Frenzied Berserker's Deathless Frenzy. That there lets you ignore HP damage as long as you're in frenzy... A one-level dip into Anointed Knight (BoED) can get you another 3/- to your DR if you can spare the 18 charisma, and the prerequisite Ancestral Relic feat is...

Ooh, you just reminded me of another one I forgot to mention in my first post. Take Spycraft. It's 1999, the world is embroiled in a global civil war. As far as the public knows, a massive meteor has just landed on a remote island in the south Pacific, but word in the intelligence community is...

I'm hoping you have Arcane Strike (from Complete Warrior) already, right? :) Then, if you haven't already, go search the WotC Character Optimization board for "Gish" builds - there are builds that look a lot like what you've already got going, with good feat recommendations that I can't remember...

It was still 1st level in 3.0. For some reason I had it in my head that it had been bumped to 2nd level in 3.5. So yes, a 3.5 Enlarge Person potion should cost 50 gp. However, remember that the 3.0 version required the caster to be 5th level to get the maximum effect out of it - thus the...

In 3.0, that makes perfect sense - level 1 spell * optimal caster level of 5 * 50 gp. I suspect the table in the 3.5 DMG simply wasn't recalculated when the name was changed. A potion of Enlarge Person should cost 300 gp (level 2 spell * minimum level 3 caster * 50). --Impeesa--

Tell him to take Improved Natural Attack (MM), start working towards Empty Hand Mastery (OA), get a Fanged Ring (Dragon #308), and pick up a command-word item of Righteous Might. Then we're talking. :D Anyways, I'm playing a monstrous PC right now, a Barbarian/Paladin of Freedom headed for...

Someday, I will run Half Past Midnight, which is what I've affectionately nicknamed my epic time-travelling Chrono Trigger-inspired take on FFG's Midnight setting. :D I'd also like to run one set in a pseudo-feudal-asia sort of setting, vaguely inspired by the movie Hero - basically, the...

Heh, yeah, I play Werewolf: The Apocalypse. Does that count? ;) Alternity holds a very special place in my heart. Other than a short lived PBEM that I started running a while back, I haven't played in a couple years. Would if I could, though. Addendum: Um... Alternity is...

Except for Epic weapons. And, say, a +5 bow firing +1 arrows with another +9 worth of special abilities. The bonuses overlap (as of 3.5e), but you effectively get +14 worth of benefits. This is a very definite precedent. --Impeesa--

The PHB answer is that gems are simply expensive trade goods, like grain or cattle. Basic trade goods are not subject to the 50% rule, and trade at face value like currency (assuming value is agreed upon, but the same thing applies to all trade goods). --Impeesa--

Well, our current game started just before we got access to UA, so we're only using the stuff I've specifically requested - my character has Paladin of Freedom levels, and has bought off his level adjustment with XP, so I voted for those two. I can see us using a lot of the others from the early...

Currently playing D&D on Friday nights (a standard crawl through the original 3E adventure path to really explore how much has changed with 3.5e), and Werewolf on Saturdays. These were called off for the last two weeks, though - an old buddy of ours was visiting for a short while, so I took the...