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[Nightcloak]

Would I sound too terribly stupid if I asked what gestalt characters are?

Not at all.

Blessed are thou for not knowing the power options young DM.
Power creep is the way to the darkside and must be avoided if our order is to survive! Run... Run while you can from the power options!

er...

Seriously, gestalt characters are an option from Unearthed Arcana for games with 1 or 2 characters. Characters playing gestalt get to choose two classes and advance in the special abilities (including spells!) of both classes. As Mordmorgan pointed out, they can get out of control as the characters advance.

 

[BSF]

Speaking of Torn Asunder does anyone know where to buy this, and does anyone remember the critical hit chart from the "Best of Dragon" back in the 80's and if I can find that anywhere?


The Seraph of Earth and Stone

Bastion Press extended their $5 sale until the end of January. Basically, they are eliminating stock that is moving slowly and taking up warehouse space. Torn Asunder is (was) on that list. Get Torn Asunder and several other kickin' titles while you can.

Bastion's Online store

I don't have time to reply to the current topics. *sigh* Soon though, I hope. Busy week. But I had to take a moment to reply to this one because it is time-sensitive.

 

[Mordmorgan the Mad]

Gestalt Characters remind me of the kind of powercreep introduced with 2e's Player's Option.

@CE: What's the basic concept for your world? I'm very interested in hearing what you've got for a new magic system. Let us know

 

[derbacher]

Wow, what a bust week!

@LilMissKittyn

I would like your permission to use this in my sig, if I may. It would, of course, be credited.

Feel free to use anything that may fall from my fingers onto the keyboard; goodness knows I borrow enough stuff to use for my own (semi)-evil plans!

@ChaosEvoker

@derBacher
Um....We aren't talkign aobut a whole new forum for the campaign....We're talking about a new forum for the DMF as a whole.

Don't know how this got attributed to me, but seeing as this is only my second post, I didn't say it! Seriously, whatever forum is chosen is fine by me. I'll only be stopping in about two or three times a week, so just make sure you leave a well-marked trail of breadcrumbs if the move happens!

@Third party Stuff
Right now I'm going through six books from Fantasy Flight Games (after their $5 sale in December, I just couldn't resist the 170-plus page hardcovers). Some of the bits look very interesting, and will probably get integrated into one or both campaigns in the next month.

 

[LilMissKittyn]

Blessed are thou for not knowing the power options young DM.
Power creep is the way to the darkside and must be avoided if our order is to survive! Run... Run while you can from the power options!

Wow. That was certainly...intruiging.
I can understand why they might get a bit out of hand. But if the monsters were adjusted by the DM to fit the campaign better, why would they be a problem?
A naive and, perhaps, stupid question, but I must ask it nevertheless.

@LilMissKittyn Feel free to use anything that may fall from my fingers onto the keyboard; goodness knows I borrow enough stuff to use for my own (semi)-evil plans!

Thanks. And just to let you know, we'll leave a large post saying where we are, plus we'll advertise every once in a while on the EN boards. So it shouldn't be a problem.

@Everyone
CE and I will be out of town this weekend on a church trip, so if there's any new members or emergency council business...well, he'll be on later tonight, he can explain that. Have fun, I'll talk to you whenever I come up for air again!
(2 more finals....)

 

[Blade of Desecration]

Ok, sign me up. I think that I would like to join the DMF too.

I'm a reasonably experienced DM, though I have a problem from time to time actually writing down my ideas; I'll think up a great hook, but when I try to flesh it out, all that information just seems to disappear. Our goup right now is kinda hit or miss; some nights, everyone shows up, but more often than not, one of the three won't be able to make it. I'm thinking of having the remaining two just roll up gestalt characters from Unearthed Arcana. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Much Appreciated.

Man, I feel your pain. I have the same problem, both with plots and when I try my hand as a writer. I have a bunch of great ideas, and then have problems actually explaining them. Hate it when that happens.

 

[Dyne]

I haven't posted in a while. Been rather busy lately. So, what's going on now?

 

[Mordmorgan the Mad]

Wow. That was certainly...intruiging.
I can understand why they might get a bit out of hand. But if the monsters were adjusted by the DM to fit the campaign better, why would they be a problem?
A naive and, perhaps, stupid question, but I must ask it nevertheless.

I'm sure someone will find a better way to explain this, but here-goes. You've essentially got 2 PCs in one, so to make monsters challenging, you'll have to either up the CR of the individual monsters or add more monsters. This increases the treasure per encounter, and thus how much power the PCs have, and forcing the DM to increase monster CR again. Rinse, Repeat, Destroy Campaign. Not a stupid question at all, just one that can only be answered by experience.

@Everyone
CE and I will be out of town this weekend on a church trip, so if there's any new members or emergency council business...well, he'll be on later tonight, he can explain that. Have fun, I'll talk to you whenever I come up for air again!
(2 more finals....)

I hope you guys have fun! I'll be glad to make announcements and act as Leader Protem while CE's gone

 

[ChaosEvoker]

@derbacher
I guess I was wrong perhaps it was declench......*shrugs* WHOEVER posted a comment relating to that it was direct at you! (sorry derbacher)

@Stuff
Yeah me and my g/f will be gone this weekend for a church trip. I hereby turn the responsibility of recognizing new members and such little things that I enjoy to any member of the counsil who happens to notice it. I will be back Sunday when ever I post that I ahve returned, please post a list of any new members since I left so I can update the members list without having to wade through everything. Thanks.

@Mordmorgan
if you send me your email or email me at chaosevoker@yahoo.com I'll email you the specs.

CHAOS EVOKER

 

[Mordmorgan the Mad]

@derbacher
I guess I was wrong perhaps it was declench......*shrugs* WHOEVER posted a comment relating to that it was direct at you! (sorry derbacher)

*Points finger at Xen* Uhh..He did it!