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D&D magic is completely different from the Dying Earth flavour, if not the explicit system (or one of them; it varied between story cycles). "Vancian" magic derives from the original short stories, where even archwizards only got about 4 spells a day and risked death actually casting most of...

Under the PHB, Good alignment, we have: Respect for Life. That is the fundamental tenet of good. Not "innocent" life, not "good" life, all life. This rule is part of the paladin's very being. It is what he exists to defend. Faced with his daughter's murderer, rapist, and torturer at the mercy of...

Takyris, I like your interpretation of Diplomacy a lot . . . only I have one problem with it (for d20 Modern at least): the Negotiator. There it says that the Talk Down ability both turns the target Indifferent and makes them stop attacking you. Would you consider that a special case?

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I finally got around to registering just to post this. Egotism, eh? :D Agathralt's Persuasive Proposition (Suggestion). Dismal Failure: Target divines the caster's true intent towards it, as adjudicated by DM. Illustrious Success: Caster gets +5 on his next Persuade roll against the target...