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    Order of the Stick is going to Print!!

    I already envy you and you're not in my group :(
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    I like being railroaded

    No, I've never seen Epicurus the Sage. My favorite action figure is Ferocious Frege.
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    D&D 4E When will 4E appear?

    The issue with 2e was that suppliments became required. In 3.x they aren't. In fact, I rarely buy supplimental materials because my wife won't let me. I'm happy with the core rules and if a player wants to add something additional, they can as long as I have a chance to look it over and think...
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    Weight Problems

    Ah, I'd hate to be in your game! Just kidding. I do financial work that requires detail to numbers. I just find that in game playing, I could care less about details. I'm there to inspire heroic tales that will allow my players to go back to work confidently able to say they killed a horde of...
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    I like being railroaded

    Sometimes linear is more fun and sometimes it isn't. Ok, here seems to be the real issue: It's up to the DM to know what style of game the players want. If the players need to be lead along, then you as a DM may need to do that. If they want open game play, then you as a DM need to be able to...
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    Order of the Stick is going to Print!!

    From what I read, it looks like he's using that "contact Me" form as a guage to see if the books will even be printed. So, it's important to use it.
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    D&D 4E When will 4E appear?

    It's not even worth worrying about. I got the 3.5 for some reason, but I won't convert to another version until I'm really tired of this one. It's stable enough for me. 2.0 was driving me nuts and that's why I went on hiatus. I could have stuck with 3.0, but I succumbed to peer pressure :(. This...
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    Order of the Stick is going to Print!!

    I'm going to beg my wife to let be buy it :heh:. Wish me luck! I would love to see that comic on paper and it's going to have some extras too.
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    Why _DON'T_ You Buy Dragon Magazine?

    If you're still interested in opinions, here's mine: Why don't I buy Dragon? It's easy, I don't need it. I've only bought one magazine ever. I was tempted to buy one other, but held off. I just don't have the money to spend on a game accessory that I'm not even motivated to incorporate. I've...
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    Weight Problems

    Only at low levels do I care as a DM. Then again, at those levels, you've got the opportunity to manage it. Once you hit mid levels, your choices of spells will begin to agonize you more than your weight & encombrance, so I give players a break and just eyeball it or judge based on...
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    I like being railroaded

    There are times obviously when you have to railroad as a DM. Sometimes games go long and your players aren't on top of their game. It's nice to be able to lead by the nose a bit to help spark some interest. The real key is that when the players begin to show independant thought again, you don't...
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    Dread Turkey

    That's cool. I'll have to incoporate this into the holliday system for my game.
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    map help

    I'm thinking of setting up a nice overland battle for my players next D&D game. The players are 12th level, so it would be nice to do some larger scale overland map combat that allows for the use of natural terrain in the combat and long range spells. I just wanted to know if anyone had any map...
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    Need a Pirate Ship for your miniatures, check this bad boy out...

    It's a nice ship. I know my daughter would like to play with it. I'd have a $10k pile of wood on my hands (she's 4).
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    What are the least-used skills in D&D?

    A +1 longsword is worth about 4300 or so. It's comprised of a masterwork longsword worth a little over 300gp. It also has unknown material components that may or may not be implemented into the longsword to make it magical worth about 2000gp. Some of that creation cost goes into casting of...
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    What are the least-used skills in D&D?

    I'd probably tone down the appraise to a lesser value only because it does not have the magical portion. The appraise skill could certainly show how much the item is worth if it was melted down for it's individual parts or based on it's asthetic value, but not necessarily on the magical...
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    What are the least-used skills in D&D?

    There is a point that's been coming up. The DM can't think of everything and if the players don't ask to use any of the skills, then they won't get used. Some of the skills that don't get used often require that you take initiative. Chalk another one up for cooperative role playing between DM...
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    What are the least-used skills in D&D?

    Diguise and forgery are rarely used. That's why when I had a chance to be a player, I made a character that specialized in using disguise and forgery. He constatnly forged all documents he could and would never show his real face. Unless you intentionally want to use these skills, they are...
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    World's Largest Graveyard

    D&D obituaries :eek:
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    Ramifications of a terracentric system?

    There really wouldn't be any major changes to the individual people. In fact it makes more sense to think that the sun revolves around the earth. It does in fact rise on one side of the sky and then set in the other side of the sky. Common sense would show that it was the sun moving and not the...
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