D&Disms That Make You Go "Huh?"

[Psion]

How does that work with Large or larger snakes or other sinuous creatures? I never did understand that change in 3.5, which is one of the reason my group stayed with 3.0.

I moved on to 3.5, but space/reach and cover/concealment rules in 3.5 are two changes I steadfastly rejected.

The grid size in 3e were already oversized.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Actually I think it's more likely that it's from Tolkien. In the appendices to LotR, there's a mention that the women of the dwarves are heavily outnumbered by the men and look just like them, so many non-dwarves assume that dwarven women don't exist.

Aye.

From Appendix A, III (Durin's Folk):

Dis was the daughter of Thrain II. She is the only dwarf-woman named in these histories. It was said by Gimli tht there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. They are in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart. This has given rise to the foolish opinion among Men that there are no dwarf-women, and that the Dwarves 'grow out of stone.'

Though I must say the 'grow out of stone' bit is pretty good flavor for D&D dwarves. But bearded dwarf women FTW!

 

[Fifth Element]

According to Step 3 of the process of starting a grapple, you automatically lose an attempt to hold if the target is two or more size categories larger than you are.

That's one for the "little known rules thread". Notice how they make you wait until Step 3 before telling you you automatically fail.

 

[STARP_Social_Officer]

Wouldn't that make going to the loo somewhat messy?

Well, the loo concerned was a fake. I suppose it would be particularly messy if, say, you were really drunk and mistook it for a real one. If you threw up in it that'd be...not cool.
Besides, the dungeon had a Vietnamese woman come in to clean up once a week. That's her problem.

 

[VirgilCaine]

The lack of spells that would be usable in daily life.

Since the D&D world contains horrible gods with devout worshippers who commit disgusting acts before breakfast, and demons and devils urging them along, as well as all kinds of cunning and magically adept monsters, I wouldn't worry nearly so much about spells that keep my beer cold.