The Gaming Den

I think that even with a good alignment system, it'd be easy to have it go wrong. People like labels. Instead of, "Is this character particularly aligned?", it's, "What alignment am I?". So they write Chaotic Good on their character sheet because it sounds cool. Then later on the...

It's not that you couldn't use non-combat effects in combat, but rather your acquisition of them are separated. Blasting people to pieces is separate from the ability to control the ambient heat in an area, for example. I'm arguing for two things: 1. Combat and non-combat abilities are selected fro...

shadzar wrote:So a DM has to let anyone use anything so some whiny-ass player doesn't throw a temper tantrum?

So a DM has to let his players have fun when it wouldn't disrupt the game at all? Uh yeah.

One of the problems with Evil and Good is that not only is Evil badly understood and thus incorrectly played, so too is good. I think this is the whole thread. When a DM says No Evil, it's likely that most brands of evil would fit into the game. What they don't want is Chaotic Stupid. That's the ki...

This lethal vs nonlethal argument is boring. "Any attack can deal lethal or nonlethal damage at the attacker's discretion at no penalty." There. I can see keeping track of both lethal and nonlethal damage would be extra work, so how about.. "All hit point damage is totaled together. I...