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Heh. That's an amusing encounter. I think my current party would have gotten fed up and tried to kill them all. :) Not to mention that I loved Festus' reaction...

Dark Souls is one of my favorite games. Ever. That said, do NOT underestimate jshaft37's 'very challenging' comment. Dark Souls is a really rewarding game with some amazing graphics, a lot of fun replay value, and an incredible world. Additionally, the game is hard. DAMN hard. Kill you...

Actually, this differs from our group's experience with Dirty Trick a great deal. At the VERY least, you're denying a full attack against monsters that have multiple strikes. A bear that has to clear it's eyes is only going to get a single swipe against your character, rather than...

I think an interesting way to do this would be to take a modified spellpoint approach. Perhaps a wizard can safely cast a number of spells per day equal to his level + his casting modifier. Once those points are gone, the wizard CAN continue to cast, but at a risk. After that point, perhaps...

The description of the monsters and the way you wrote their confusion and the chaos of the resulting fight. It's kind of an oddball monster -- one of many -- but iconic D&D. Always nice to see them getting some use along the way. :) The Hargak fight was more interesting to me for the party's...

This whole section with the kobolds reminds me of the old 3.5 module... Sunless Citadel? I think that's what it was called. I loved that module. :) Anyway, really enjoying the story and wanted to chime in with my appreciation for the description of the fight with the "Piercers".

Now that was an epic battle. Awesome.

A little description goes a long way, too. But I would add at least one "Puppeteer" at one point. He has a modified Dominate Person (similar to the Witch's Wax Doll hex) that he can try to use on a party member. If he gets control, they move in a very stilted manner as they try to kill the...

Actually, it can be... People tend to forget the speed bonus to Acrobatics for jump checks. Not to mention that a monk can spend a point of Ki to add 20 to jump checks for a round... In one particular combat, I literally jumped over a pair of Stone Giants to outmanuver them and get to a...

So is Festus a particularly vocal NPC or are we seeing a temporary replacement character for our fallen friend? And I love that they're calling Alaria the "Stormrider". That's a wicked name to live up to...

Perhaps I should explain a bit more about our character generation. Everyone at the table rolls stats. Then the players pick ONE of those sets. Then everyone builds a character using those same scores. Everyone at our table has great stats. It just benefits the monk more than most of the...

I'm not the one quoted, but here are my responses from our table. If you're trying to make a defensive monk, it's all about the Dexterity. And a monk never has to worry about the Maximum Dexterity on his armor. :) A little of both. They certainly aren't as skilled as a rogue, but they can...

HEX is a great game for a variety of pulp-style adventures. I've run it in the default setting, I've run adventures against the Nazis on the surface, and I used it to run an alt-1930s airship game that was a cross-pollination of Film Noir and Firefly using real-world zeppelins. I think that...

I'm actually playing a PF monk right now. Rather than point-buy, it was a rolled-stats game and I actually rolled really well -- so I'm just as effective (if not more than) the fighter. It's not the usual case, but we both rolled well -- and since Monks get better the more high stats they...

Heh. I love Coerraine's obligation to Duor. That's just fun. Still reading and enjoying!

That was the best OotS I've seen in a while. It was awesome. And I love the little throw-away joke of the guards dragging away a bound and gagged Zz'ditri (sp?) upside down and far away... Right before Roy gets his plan. Awesome.

That's your answer. There was an attempt during 3.5 to get the rights -- I wish I could remember which company -- but Games Workshop is very protective of their intellectual property. Given how much money they make from it, I would be too. :) Regardless, I'm just chiming in to point you to...

Sigh... Always with the teasing of future events. I really liked the psuedo-Beholder fight, with the gradual paralysis. It's a nice touch and a very evocative re-skinning, with the sand hardening into place. Creepy to think about, too, which adds to the scene.

Systole, StreamOfTheSky -- You'll not find me disagreeing on the quality of Armored Hulk compared to the other options. Still, not all groups optimize to the same degree (I often make sub-optimal choices not to outshine the other players at my table, who don't spend as much time with the...

While I agree on the whole Barbarian/Paladin thing, you can actually make surprisingly good Barbarian tanks. "Guarded Stance" is a rage power that lowers the AC penalty from Rage -- and eventually gives a bonus when raging. At 6th level, raging doesn't affect your AC. By 18th level, you...