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A carnivorous plant would not be considered an "object;" it would be classified a "being or creature." Ok, so is the spell sentient or is the end result simply arbitrary? What I mean is, is it required that the character know the plant is carnivorous? For example. If the player ...

One design philosophy of C&C was to provide flexibility to how the game is interpreted by each group playing, the final arbitration of a rule resting with the Castle Keeper of that game, highly relying on the unwritten Rule 0. This is quite possibly the best single design philosophy I've ever r...

Certainly, the magic-user can release the magic missile at something he presumes is a creature. They will unerringly attack it. However, if the thing is not a "thing" in the monster sense, the spell will do nothing except be wasted; the spell in ineffectual against objects of any kind (a ...

kreider204 wrote:The spell requires you to see the target, but not to identify it correctly. As CK, I would rule that it would go off and hit the shadowy leaves.

So to clarify, because the caster saw SOMETHING, the spell would successfully go off and fire towards that "something", whatever it may be.

Ok, so the recent Will'O Wisp thread got me to thinking more about Magic Missile. I posed a hypothetical question in that thread but didn't get any responses so I thought maybe I might put it in its own thread and expand on it a bit because I found the thought experiment interesting. NOTE: This is n...

I don't know if C&C specifically tries to not be a game for rules lawyers more than it just isn't by circumstance. You may be right. I'm just going by the very frequent reference throughout the rules to the fact that the CK is the final arbiter and should change nearly anything he/she sees fit ...

@mbeacom: You forgot folded, spindled, and mutilated. :) Clarity in the rules is important. Wording something properly is important. This is why I sought to nail down all the little things when editing 5th. I missed stuff, which is to be expected. However, adding rules is NEVER a good thing. By add...

I don't know if C&C specifically tries to not be a game for rules lawyers more than it just isn't by circumstance. You may be right. I'm just going by the very frequent reference throughout the rules to the fact that the CK is the final arbiter and should change nearly anything he/she sees fit ...

Agreed on the era of player entitlement. And while I'd not quite run the Will'o that way, I can see that as making sense. That's what's so great about C&C. The rules are clear, but there is still much left to interpretation for the players and GM in those spaces where our understandings of thin...

Whether you want to make it so the caster must have initiative before, or after, is up to you as the Castle Keeper... but, the spell should always work against this monster -- the monster entry says so. Thanks! Yes, thanks for the input. This is one of the very reasons I love C&C so much. It's ...

Whether you want to make it so the caster must have initiative before, or after, is up to you as the Castle Keeper... but, the spell should always work against this monster -- the monster entry says so. Thanks! Yes, thanks for the input. This is one of the very reasons I love C&C so much. It's ...

What I mean to say is that, if this thing is giving off mist wherever it goes, even though it's technically invisible, you actually could see where it is for targeting purposes based on the mist it creates as it moves around. Basically, I'm saying I think they give you enough in the description of ...

What I mean to say is that, if this thing is giving off mist wherever it goes, even though it's technically invisible, you actually could see where it is for targeting purposes based on the mist it creates as it moves around. Basically, I'm saying I think they give you enough in the description of ...

As a DM, I'd probably highlight the feature that describes them as "cold, pulling the moisture out of the air they pass through, creating a mist where ever they go." This is injected as a "however" right after they are described as invisible to the naked eye. To me, this means t...

As a DM, I'd probably highlight the feature that describes them as "cold, pulling the moisture out of the air they pass through, creating a mist where ever they go." This is injected as a "however" right after they are described as invisible to the naked eye. To me, this means th...

Since none of my players get on here I can give a little info, what little I have determined already any way. They really are aliens. From another plane. My plan was to use them in a future high level campaign where the players would find this out. So far no one is playing one. They are just NPCs t...

Here are some that I had close to hand. A Series: Aihrde. Blacktooth Ridge area to Aufstrag, also some extraplanar. C1 Mortality of Green: Aihrde: Darkenfold Forest C2 Shades of Mist: Aihrde: Darkenfold Forest D1 Chimera's Roost: Anywhere sparsely populated near hills and cliffs. DA1: Aihrde DB Ser...

Thanks Moriarty, that's a huge help. The U series was the most confusing, as the cover of Halfling Hall on my printing shows a very large elaborate map, but there is nothing inside that references any locations on the front. I'm thinking maybe they just used it as cover art. You can make out locatio...

Ok, so I've mostly completed my C&C adventure module collection and I'm trying to organize them, in part, by what setting they take place in. For example, the A series all seem to take place in the core Airhde setting (as presented in the After Winters Dark folio). The DB series seem to take pla...

My thoughts, if I were to read this in a supplement: First, it sounds intriguing and I'd want to explore the race more, for sure. So that's great. Like, what kind of place/environment would they look "normal" in? What must their homeland be like that white haired people would be the norm? ...

I prefer the landscape screen, but yes I miss all the information from the portrait style. Overall, the landscape version has very little that is pertinent to my needs. Weather patterns and so forth are interesting, but what do we as CK's typically look for? Especially new Ck's. Weapon tables for d...

Freeport is a system neutral setting published by Green Ronin. The actual system neutral book is called "The Pirates Guide to Freeport". Then, in addition to that, there are system specific companions. These are all generally called "The Freeport Companion. There is one for True20, on...

PAGE 15: Primary and Secondary Attributes There are two types of attributes in Amazing Adventures: primary and secondary. Primary attributes are those physical or mental abilities in which a character is particularly well trained or very experienced in using. Secondary attributes are those the chara...

That sounds great. Thanks for doing that! What I'd also like to see someday from TLG is all the content from the portrait screens reformatted to the landscape screens. I own the original portrait cardstock screens and while I'm not a big fan of portrait screens, the content is absolutely superb. I u...

Omote is right. Times per day is just a way to add control and balance. Why can I only attack once per round? Why can't I cast 3 spells on my turn? I mean, it's magic right? There have to be limits and if an ability is of a certain power level, it has to be limited. I like to think that a Knight can...

Sorry for any confusion about my Evade comment, I wasn't intending to say that Evade allows an attack, just to agree with Lord Dynel that the wording is a bit vague and I was using that as an example. I've always ruled it does not allow an attack for the very reasons mentioned. I think one comment m...

I don't really know how it will effect anybody. I'm just kind of excited to see what they're going to do ultimately. I'm tired of searching for the adventures on ebay from sellers who don't do a good job of describing the condition and want to charge an arm and a leg for 12 pieces of paper from 30 y...

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"E.g., if I cast a Fly spell on a team mate, should I be allowed to dismiss it early (possibly sending him plummeting to his death)?!

Thoughts?"

If this is fun for you and your players, I say do it!

This is a great question. And one that I don't believe demands a concrete mechanical answer. I would rule this one with the rule of awesome. That is: Which option would make for the group to have more fun? Which would make the scene more memorable? Being stuck in the darkness of his own making (coul...