Shilsen's Eberron SH (Finished - The Last Word : 9/20/15)

[shilsen]

Sounds amazing - let us know if you post it somewhere

I'm looking forward to reading it, and my granny's got no internet!

Yeah, it's one of the most fun campaigns I've ever been involved in. We're hoping to get a Story Hour going someday, and when we do, I'll mention it here.

On a marginally connected note, I started teaching for the semester yesterday and mentioned in my classes while introducing myself that I'm a card-carrying geek, I play D&D very regularly, my dice are actually in my bag (and will be used during class), and I firmly believe that being a teacher makes me a better DM and DMing makes me a better teacher. The students cracked up

 

[carborundum]

What's it say on your card?

 

[shilsen]

What's it say on your card?

"The geek shall inherit the earth"

 

[carborundum]

Knocks the door, tries it, opens it, sticks head in...

Helloooo???

If you're out having fun writing the 'mature' campaign up and posting it somewhere else, story-starved fans have a RIGHT to know. A right, I tell you!

(Or are you just busy?)

 

[shilsen]

Knocks the door, tries it, opens it, sticks head in...

Helloooo???

If you're out having fun writing the 'mature' campaign up and posting it somewhere else, story-starved fans have a RIGHT to know. A right, I tell you!

(Or are you just busy?)

Alas, due to events in-game and out, I've been away from story-hour writing for a while and likely will be in the immediate future. It'll probably be at least a couple of weeks before the next update.

 

[carborundum]

Thanks for the stupendously quick reply! All the best with all the stuff, mate.

 

[carborundum]

Say, Mr. Shilsen, if you have a few minutes could you maybe let me know how much trouble it is to handle Nameless's permanent Arcane Sight? I've a player who wants to take it and I'm more than slightly worried it'll take over the game.

 

[shilsen]

Say, Mr. Shilsen, if you have a few minutes could you maybe let me know how much trouble it is to handle Nameless's permanent Arcane Sight? I've a player who wants to take it and I'm more than slightly worried it'll take over the game.

It's never been a problem for me, and if you just make sure to remember it most of the time, I think you'll be fine with it. When prepping things I would usually make a note of what it reveals. It came in handy a lot of the time but it's never been even close to game-breaking.

There are two things I'd just make sure to remember: (1) Any campaign setting with a lot of magic (i.e. the average D&D setting) means many people will be aware of the existence of such magic and take it into account. (2) You'll need to decide how to treat the fact that a Dispel Magic or Greater Dispel can remove permanencied spells. I house-ruled that while a permanencied spell could be dispelled, it wouldn't cost any more XP to have recast.

 

[carborundum]

That sounds do-able, and the house rule is a nice touch. thanks very much!

How do you do it with illusions? Does he basically recognize them instantly, or do you allow, say, a caster level check for the illusion magic to disguise or hide itself. I'm thinking of either illusory terrain over a pit, or an invisible enemy (possibly equipped with magic items, maybe just an invisible demon).

 

[shilsen]

That sounds do-able, and the house rule is a nice touch. thanks very much!

How do you do it with illusions? Does he basically recognize them instantly, or do you allow, say, a caster level check for the illusion magic to disguise or hide itself. I'm thinking of either illusory terrain over a pit, or an invisible enemy (possibly equipped with magic items, maybe just an invisible demon).

I actually thought about doing the caster level check too but decided it wasn't worth it in the long run. The way I ran it, he instantly picked up the magical aura and knew it was an illusion (esp. due to Nameless' inanely high Arcana check). But that didn't mean he knew exactly what it was. For example, if he saw a rug on the floor and saw a strong illusory aura all over it, that didn't mean he knew whether it was an illusion of a rug over a pit, an ooze with an illusion aura on it, or anything else. Or if he saw a faint illusion aura on someone, he didn't know if it meant the person had a Disguise Self up or was benefiting from Displacement. In short, it was very handy but didn't make all magic and illusions irrelevant.

Also, the spell Nondetection would help hide illusion auras. So if someone had an Invisibility spell up and also a Nondetection, the person with the Arcane Sight would need to make a caster level check to detect it.