The Gaming Den

Can't we just say that SuckCurrency buys goods and SuperCurrency buys magic? Dick Cheney is worth between $30M and $100M. He has infinite of whatever SuckCurrency can buy. He cannot negotiate with Bill Gates ($40B) in any meaningful way with SuckCurrency. If they sit at a negotiating table, they neg...

I've always been dieing to see how the "cut you to ribbons" Samurai combo would play out... "Iaijutsu Focus (Ex): At 11th level, a Samurai may make up to his per round limit of Attacks of Opportunity against any opponent(s) that he threatens as an immediate action." Take Weapon F...

Okay, given the the LA situation is completely fubarred, you probably have a couple of options: Option 1 - pure metagaming bullshit - not recommended - Pick the highest LA thing you possibly can and run the campaign over with a truck. Bonus points if you ARE a truck: Selection - Antropomorphic Afric...

http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html

type in a name, any name...

In our game things like ACs are learned quickly enough, as are approximate attack/damage, but saves are usually left as a question. That being said, NOT knowing about a monster is usually quite fun (provided it isn't something like "only vulnerable to cold damage). However, our compromise was t...

Is the Elven Generalist Substitution Level trope still available (Elven Generalists get to have +1 <highest level> slot) ?

Yea, after looking at the stats we were probably fighting a slightly nerfed version. The DM made a comment of "what?! it doesn't have Improved Grab as a clawed creature?!". 94 hp seems about what we did (total may have been 105 or 89, but not 130). 9 damage to the cleric is estimated (I ca...

Riddles (you have all of the information you are going to get) are lame, puzzles (you have collected the Z journal fragments and piece them into something that hopefully isn't a riddle) are okay, mysteries (you have X evidence and bad things that give +Y evidence may continue to happen until you sto...

If I can't stop a river of lava rushing down a cave tube with a goddamned Wall of Force (level spell), I don't want to play.

Can it be Immune to Fire in the very least?

A Kindle is a Secret Page Spellbook crafted on a page of gold/silver/platinum/anything-that-ain't-organic You could always play the old 2e-style roulette game: On the left side pocket is a Bag of Holding Type I containing: 1 - Your Kindle (Secret Page spellbook). Page 1 is optionally Explosive Runes...

Looking up the monster, we apparently fought the CR 8 can-auto-kill-you-in-one-hit-and-gets-2-attacks crab. The DM must have rolled a few 2s (or fudged) on the to-hit rolls in order for me to stand there a few rounds and not get offed. The DM specifically said that it shot a spine (round 1, it didn'...

I agree with the level 3 ability. Precedent: The Cleric, Druid, Wizard, and Sorcerer, Beguiler, Elementalist, and Summoner 3rd level class features. Let's face it, 3rd level is about 2nd level spells. Warmage doesn't get Advanced Learning (Elementalist, Summoner), or nothing (Cleric, Wizard, Druid, ...

It is not fair to reference another created ability, however. Those of us that check weekly, and read in reverse order, haven't seen it yet.

Venting: Goddamned internet. It prevents people from fucking manning up and saying "I don't like what you have to say" and walking the fuck away. At least that way you know you look silly. This goddamned generation is all "I'm not going to talk to you on facebook", and "I'm ...

I was just throwing down on paper the concept from Stephen King, retooled for D&D. You are playing in Tome, so you can't really go wrong with any particular feat. Have him 'make' the character in the sense that he will select the class and assign stats and give equipment, and you can give him a ...

Why not just ask him what he wants to play, and then making it for him. Usually you can start with a concept like: Boastful Gunslinger. Fastest shooter in the West. Once killed a man just for looking at him. Travels with a party through inability to negotiate fairly (or intimidate) for rewards, lack...

Well + water pump and 3 full time slaves that pump it (city/state employed? self-service only?)? Collecting rainwater and filtering through porous rock? Naturally occurring spring? High water table (it's near the ocean!)? Importing water from lower areas (either from slaves or a system of canals)? D...

Details: 3 level 4 characters burn nearly 100% of resources. Kill Carcass Crab in Eberron. Grisly details: Round 1: Carcass crab spots cleric (myself) encroaching upon domain (a pile of bodies, stocked with magic, including at least 1 sentient item). Light of X spell cast in preparation (lasts 40 mi...

I don't think the market can support the current release schedule, even if they had 100% of it. It feels like an author that writes more than 1 book/month, and a movie producer that releases 2 movies/week. To the vast majority of audiences, that is just too much material.

Yea, their release schedule is completely unsustainable.

However, if they start strip-mining Magic: The Gathering, there should be enough to print until 2012.

I think that the 1 book, 1-2 campaign (levels 1-30) every 3 months release schedule would generally make everyone happy.

"I pretty much wanted to combine Empower and Maximize in one feat with no spell level adjustment."

I think that I found your problem.

I play Tome and that is a bit much.

Yea, on a cursory glance of higher level Divination spells, I don't see anything wrong with giving a free Persistant as a 9th level ability. It also works in core with a 18th level Divination wizard burning all his low level slots on Persistant Detect Everthing. Actually, instead of Persistant, I th...

I live in a swamp (ALL of Florida). When you think of swamps, you probably think of: 1 - lots of water (marsh?), but no ice 2 - lots of brown/green plants with big leaves and stubby root systems 3 - few large animals (fish is probably largest, followed by some sort of reptile, followed by an abundan...

Reasons to Leave Games (tailored for this game): Number 1 - Wife is not happy playing with you, may or may not be related to DM. Seriously, if my fiance says she wants to game with me, but not at this game, we are finding another fucking game. This is for the good of your relationship, which, as a m...

Fuchs wrote:It really looks like an MMOG now. Patches after patches to rebalance the system.

The above echoes my sentiments.