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Crissa at [unixtime wrote:1151773167[/unixtime]]

And what would you call a player who always rolls the worst possible outcome, only when it matters? 'Cause that's my spouse...

MrWaeseL at [unixtime wrote:1152133659[/unixtime]]Someone use an idea from an old thread of mine for a frontpage article on the wizards site, and AFAIK I was the first one the champion the idea of undead getting their cha bonus to HD as a sort of faux con.

Does that count? I want to be an Internet Superstar as well

DMG wrote:Flowing Time: On some planes, time can flow faster or slower. One may travel to another plane, spend a year there, then return to the material plane to find that only six seconds have elapsed. Everything on the plane returned to is only a few seconds older. But for that traveler, and the items, spells, and effects working on him, that year away was entirely real.
When designating how time works on planes with flowing time, put the Material Plane's flow of time first, followed by the same flow in the other plane. For the example above, it would be 1 round = 1 year. For every year on the other plane, one 6-second round has elapsed on the Material Plane.
The clever and the unscrupulous can abuse planes that have flowing time. The ability to step into a slower time flow for the purpose of healing and regaining spells is an effective weapon against others. You'll be back, completely refreshed, before your foes even know you're gone. Throwing opponents into a plane with a slower time flow may keep them out of action for several years, and make their return a problem for future generations.

Endovior at [unixtime wrote:1173435138[/unixtime]]I'm best known for screwing around with Plane Shift. Every time one of my characters gets a hold of it, the campaign tilts shortly thereafter.

Here's a tactic I used once which explains why:

The Ring of Doom:
Requirements:
1: A number (up to 8) of competent spellcasters (this works just as well with manifesters, but I'll refer to spellcasters to keep terminology down), two of which who can cast Plane Shift, and one of which can cast Teleport.
2: Knowledge, (and possibly a pair of appropriate foci) for a more or less safe plane where time passes at a rate of at least a planar day per prime round.

The implications of this should be immediately obvious to most, but for those who miss the point, allow me to elaborate.

Upon entering combat, the first thing everyone does is get together in a circle and Plane Shift out of there. They then spend a day healing up. They then prepare new spells relevant to the current encounter, buff up, synchronize Initiative count, and Plane Shift back.

The mage who can Teleport does so, taking the group within range of the encounter (as Plane Shift's inherent inaccuracy prevents it from being useful alone). Everyone else casts their highest level smiting spell, and possibly a Quickened spell as well. The other mage who can cast Plane Shift does so, retreating the whole group back to their planar sanctum.

Lather, rinse, repeat. The group simply isn't there long enough to take damage (if it's working properly, the enemy practically doesn't get turns at all), and while they are there, they're fortified with all the 1 round/level spells they can get. Everyone but the mages who are moving the group around gets their best spells off, and even they might be able to get in a few Quickened spells. It's like Scry and Die, only you get the full day's rest / preparation between rounds instead of just before combat. Admittedly, when you first get a hold of it, there's a good chance that the only free spellcasters are cohorts or UMD rogues, or some such... but you'll level up quickly enough, leaving your cohorts to the task of casting the move spells.

Crissa at [unixtime wrote:1151773167[/unixtime]]Hey, where's the thread where you guys talk about what each of your is known for?

Crissa at [unixtime wrote:1151773167[/unixtime]]Hey, where's the thread where you guys talk about what each of your is known for?

bitnine wrote:You are not only wrong in your call, but possibly are the worst DM ever, akin to some sort of biblical plague. I'm surprised that your players don't start bleeding from their eyes or spontaneously combusting from being in the same room with you, let alone survive subjecting themselves to what you've termed a game.

sigma999 at [unixtime wrote:1186429144[/unixtime]]the Prak Fallacy: WOTC should not edit your sig, as it is a constitutional right to express freedom of religion. Including Satanism.