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    Treading water in combat

    In fact, somatic components only require 1 hand. It's fairly easy to tread water with 1 hand. So no Swim check, move action.
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    Fantasy Ranks

    Vigilant- private Lightbearer- sergeant Dawnbringer- lieutenant Flamebearer- captain Illuminate- major Zenith- colonel Radiant Minor- Brigadier Radiant- lieutenant-general High Radiant- General Arch-Radiant- Commander-in-chief Special ranks for military clerics- Healer, Ordinate, Preceptor...
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    Do Monsters Dream of Vampire Sheep?

    Likewise unless otherwise given. However, I still keep track of enemies on negative HP. It's useful for situations like these: Enemy casting mass healing spell. Even a Mass CLW can get everyone back up and fighting (although they'll die fast). BBEGs capable of using it cast it just before they...
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    Worst Puns you ever did.

    Look up the meanings of the word "otaku". Add anime-inspired female knights.
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    Worst Puns you ever did.

    I played WFRP. Nuff said. Character names were composed with a schoolboy sense of humor, and (sometimes) a German dictionary. Examples: Salladh-Bar the Arabian necromancer, Baron Von Saponatheim the storyteller, and the Greater Demon Zahnartzt (German for dentist). Also, L5R has some bad ones...
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    How do you store and tote your D&D minis?

    My transport method: Those clear plastic boxes that Chinese takeaways come in, lined with several layer of kitchen towel.
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    Correspondence between real and fantasy languages

    Likewise, but I do it differently: Common: English Elf: Welsh Dwarven: Russian Gnomish: Yiddish Halfling: i don't know, maybe a thieves' cant Draconic: Latin Orc: ? (I don't want to offend anyone)
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    Have You Ever Given 0 XP, or Taken XP Away?

    I've only ever threatened to take off XP as a joke.
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    Cue the Choir (Final Battle music)

    Depends on the ambience of the battle: If it's an epic glorious beatdown, I play DragonForce. If it's got a more melancholy "thank the gods it's finally finished" tragic-hero type story I play the theme from House of Flying Daggers (which had the best battle of that type ever). For something in...
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    Games With Automatic Escalating Hit Points?

    L5R- you need to buy better stats in order to advance. Somethimes this gets you more Wound Points Weapons of the Gods: Similar to L5R HeroQuest: Higher abilities means more APs in an extended contest
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    In-Character Racial and Cultural Insults

    Time for the Warhammer Dwarf Insults again! Elgi: Elf, (of a building) flimsy Umgi: Human, (of a building) shoddy Goblins, fit for: Unspeakably bad Goblins, not fit for: Even worse
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    Summon Monster

    He means that if the enemy Dominates your Summoned monsters, you can dismiss the Summoning- thus getting rid of the monsters before they can attack you. The question now is: can you dismiss the monsters before they act on your turn? If you can, then as Nail says Dominate is a non-issue, it just...
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    Best cheap magic items outside the SRD? (less than 9,000gp)

    Nightstick from Libris Mortis: 7500gp. Foundation of Divine Metacheese. Featherfall Talisman (Sharn). 25gp. cheapest item there is. And cool.
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    Most Unexpected/Funny Ways the PCs Killed A Creature

    Two from L5R: My character (shugenja) duelling with an enemy shugenja- throwing and blocking fireballs. Then I fail a roll to block one. GM reaches for my character sheet, I say: "Wait" "What can you do" "Rugby tackle the enemy" "what will that do?" "Remember that bandolier of highly explosive...
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    +1 returning harpoons - broken?

    In his clothes, with one barb breaking the skin.
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    Dagger damage!

    The main advantage to a dagger is cultural. In your average medieval society, everyone over the age of 8 or so owns and carries one. You're also allowed to take one where any other weapon (except perhaps a walking staff) would be frowned on or outright forbidden.
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    How do you come up with names?

    ROFL. Anyway, it depends on what game. For L5R characters, for instance, I used a list of Imperial Japanese Navy ships. For instance, Daidoji Zuikaku sounded cool, and it fits (he was a rich Crane Clan merchant, and Zuikaku (Shokaku class aircraft-carrier, launched 1941, sunk 1944) translates...
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    Stat yourself... Off topic?? dunno.

    Statblock posted on ENW for the second time in 3 days: Stats: Str 12- school crew team... Dex 10- clumsy but half-decent shot Con 10- average endurance Int 15- done very well in nationwide academic competitions Wis 10- tend to miss the blindingly obvious, but I sail, and apparently that's a Wis...
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    Why do skill points only come in even numbers?

    There is an "average" save progression in the d20 system, but DnD doesn't use it. Wheel of Time d20 and Star Wars d20 do.
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