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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 825317" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>• What do you do about dwarven barbarians with composite longbows but without dwarven waraxes?</p><p>>> Wonder how a dwarf barbarian got the composite longbow</p><p></p><p>• How to unhorse the infamous gnomen paladin on his wardog in dungeons?</p><p>>>I try to avoid dungeons, and I have never seen a gnome PC in a good 25 years of gaming.</p><p></p><p>• How to double-cross the elven doublesword fighters?</p><p>>>send them against two evil elven doublesword fighters, both of them related to him/her, but are under the influence of some malicious power.</p><p></p><p>• Which elegant method did you use to thwart the 100th rogue trying to multiclass into one level of ranger due to roleplaying reasons?</p><p>>>Nobody would think to multi class in our games without a legit roleplaying reason, and never for just one level.</p><p></p><p>• How much did it cost to make a player play a bard?</p><p>>>We get the occasional bard with no payments made…</p><p></p><p>• Ever noticed that dwarven wizards seem to be more common than elven ones now?</p><p>>> Still haven’t seen a dwarf wizard in game as a PC or NPC.</p><p></p><p>• Recovered from your lumbago after carrying the folders with your houserules back to your room?</p><p>>>>What house rules? The book we had in 2E is filed away. So, we don't need to lug it around.</p><p></p><p>• Gnomes suck. Kobolds rule.</p><p>>> I nearly took out a high level, high magic party with one beholder and his kobold minions, who were armed only with shortbows.</p><p></p><p>• Have you noticed how many guys who never used even a bastard sword in 2nd edition now find the greatsword much more stylish?</p><p>• Same for the greataxe?</p><p>>> We had lots of bastard and two handed sword users in 2E.</p><p></p><p>• CR = Cruelty rate (against DMs)?</p><p>>> Well, for figuring XP, it was not too easy at first. But, I still just eyeball encounters ahead of time to see if it “feels right”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 825317, member: 10784"] • What do you do about dwarven barbarians with composite longbows but without dwarven waraxes? >> Wonder how a dwarf barbarian got the composite longbow • How to unhorse the infamous gnomen paladin on his wardog in dungeons? >>I try to avoid dungeons, and I have never seen a gnome PC in a good 25 years of gaming. • How to double-cross the elven doublesword fighters? >>send them against two evil elven doublesword fighters, both of them related to him/her, but are under the influence of some malicious power. • Which elegant method did you use to thwart the 100th rogue trying to multiclass into one level of ranger due to roleplaying reasons? >>Nobody would think to multi class in our games without a legit roleplaying reason, and never for just one level. • How much did it cost to make a player play a bard? >>We get the occasional bard with no payments made… • Ever noticed that dwarven wizards seem to be more common than elven ones now? >> Still haven’t seen a dwarf wizard in game as a PC or NPC. • Recovered from your lumbago after carrying the folders with your houserules back to your room? >>>What house rules? The book we had in 2E is filed away. So, we don't need to lug it around. • Gnomes suck. Kobolds rule. >> I nearly took out a high level, high magic party with one beholder and his kobold minions, who were armed only with shortbows. • Have you noticed how many guys who never used even a bastard sword in 2nd edition now find the greatsword much more stylish? • Same for the greataxe? >> We had lots of bastard and two handed sword users in 2E. • CR = Cruelty rate (against DMs)? >> Well, for figuring XP, it was not too easy at first. But, I still just eyeball encounters ahead of time to see if it “feels right” [/QUOTE]
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