10th-level Commoners do exist!

[silentspace]

I guess I'm not all that in touch with my spiritual side because if God told me to drop the machete and pull out the leopard's tongue with my bare hands, I think I'd say, "I appreciate the advice and all, Lord, but I think I'll just take my chances with the machete."

lol! you notice it was actually killed by a machete too

 

[Vigilance]

Surprisingly easy. I've got friends I game with who don't have e-mail, by choice or neglect (i.e. they get an account, then never check it), or people who just hate computers and want to have nothing to do with them (like my mom), or people who are so utterly computer illiterate that they marvel at how they must be able to "shrink dem tubes down real small-like" in my laptop like my grandmother.

By this point, everybody who wants an e-mail account can have one, but lots of people just don't care, don't want one, hate computers, or have an overall view of the world (technology and communications included) which hasn't updated in decades.

DAMN LUDDITES!!!

 

[Aust Diamondew]

This is funnny i sent it to all of my players (-1 one dose not have an e-mail adress HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE E-MAIL in this day and age anyway....) Telling them that they should be weary of a commoner even if he is old

I get along with out a cell phone just fine so it's probably pretty easy to go with out email (which I hardly ever use anyway).

Thats one crazy old guy that I hope I never piss off.

 

[Mad Mac]

You know, as someone who's owned a lot of cats, I'm suddenly struck by the brilliance of what this old guy did. (Or if you prefer, spiritual inspiration) When I'm play wrestling with a housecat, and it gets to biting to hard, I just a stick a finger in it's mouth, and the kitty can't do a thing.

Why? You'll notice that cats have them big honking fangs for slicing, but if you stick something directly between them, (in this case, sticking your hand straight down it's throat) they don't really have anything much to chomp down on you with. Killing it by ripping it's tongue out, now, that's something else...but I suppose it's the logical next step if you find yourself being mauled by a leopard with your hand in it's mouth.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

It's in the modern day, so I say use D20 Modern. He had a decent starting Strength (you only get -3 Strength at really old age in Modern), Melee Smash, and Combat Martial Arts. He got a critical hit and forced a save vs massive damage. (He can't use Melee Smash if he isn't a hero, of course. I think he was a hero with the Faith talent, however.)

In DnD terms, he might be an expert. I mean, really, experts make really good farmers... or a mid-level barbarian. A 10th-level NPC gets a lot of magical gear (that's why I like low magic, so you can avoid such silliness), including an amulet of mighty fists. The article didn't say what kind of loot you could get off of him (if you want said loot, I suggest hiring some archers...).

 

[STARP_JVP]

That just reinforces my view that heroism is just idiocy and luck.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That. Is. Hard. Core.

 

[Quasqueton]

Maybe he used the 20-20-death rule.

Quasqueton

 

[JimAde]

lol! you notice it was actually killed by a machete too

Bah. The thing was at negative HP and obviously wasn't stabilizing. That other guy was just trying to poach the XP.

 

[fanboy2000]

And people say D&D's not realistic...

I've found that reality isn't as realistic as people think it is.

I just had a thought: what if the people who wish for more realism in D&D are really just asking for a more intuitive game? If that's true, then the flaw in their thinking is assuming that reality is intuitive.