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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8006588" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 15: Nov/Dec 1983part 3/6Dispel Confusion goes back to 3 pages. Have they finally worked the obvious questions down? D&DCan a floating disc help you get out of a pit trap (Quite possibly, if it's not too deep)Can detect invisibility detect secret doors? (Depends if they're actually invisible, or just well hidden in plain sight)Does a halfling know if they've hidden successfully or not? (no)Can I increase my chances of listening at doors? (Not in this edition)Do I have to use the monster reaction chart every time? (only if you don't have a better idea for a specific encounter)What use is saving vs becoming undead when you're already dead? (It may not matter to you, but it's very important to your surviving friends. )AD&DDoes a Lyre of building need raw materials? (Yes)Can you stack gauntlets and gloves? (No, same body slot. They won't fit.)Can an Ioun stone boost your stats above racial max (yes)Can I force my hirelings to choose particular spells (No. Spellcasters of any level are valuable specialists. If you make unreasonable demands like that, they'll just find another employer.)Do I have to display my Medallion when I activate it. (Not by RAW, but if your DM insists.)Boot HillShould I have a penalty to shooting in darkness? (yes, but so will your opponents. )Why can't I buy a cannon when I know they exist in that era? (Because your DM isn't a complete pushover.) Dawn PatrolHow do I determine where balloon fights take place? (50/50 each side.)Can you use overdrive on any manoeuvre (No. Only diving)When can you make a rotary turn (after moving at least 1 square)Can you give your parachute to your co-pilot (no)Gamma WorldIt should be obvious to everyone how a bit of technology works! Why do my characters have to figure it out?! (There are lots of people who've grown up with computers and still need basic functions explained to them. You vastly overestimate human inductive capability.)Why do surprised characters automatically get hit (So the GM can kill them any time they feel like it, no matter how powerful they get. )My GM isn't rolling for NPC reactions! Is this allowed? (Not only allowed, but encouraged.) What damage should these new weapons do? (here ya go)What AC should a mutant bear have? (I'll go for 4 for now.)GangbustersHow can I get to use the fistfight system more? Put them in situations where they want to keep their opponents alive and/or avoid collateral damage) Tell me who the killer was in the module i'm playing (Nope! Your GM might have changed it anyway just in case.)Star FrontiersCan a planet have green sky? (Yes, but it's not very likely, for complex reasons of which chemicals are that color, how frequent they are, and the way the human eye works. )Can planets be totally covered in water or not at all? (Yes, and the more we understand the universe, the more obvious it is that either extreme is much more common than ones that are partially covered in both.) Can spores survive in vacuum? (if your referee says they can. This is hardly a fantastical occurence.) Top SecretIf it takes two shots to snipe a victim, is that still an ultraclean assassination? (definitely not!)Aren't some of the areas of knowledge pretty useless (Only if your GM never makes them relevant. You never know when a bit of trivia will be crucial to a particular mystery. ) Crossbows take too long to reload! Modern ones can be much quicker than that! (Yes, but can you keep that speed up under the stress of real combat? The final decision, as ever, is your GM's.)</blockquote>

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