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Iocane. I'd bet my life on it.

This is true, however, it goes back to the "formula". The PCs in this case will have no idea what they are going up against, and honestly, will not always know what they are going up against. That's part of the dangerous nature of the game. If they are high enough level to be taking on mo...

I wasn't asking a question, but making a statement about what I personally did and asking what other people did/thought. Though I'll have to read the PHB again. I had a different understanding about the BTB rules, but it's been awhile since I looked at it. At first I thought about the -3 to hit. Th...

Best of luck to you, Tree. Have a speedy recovery.

The most epic enemies are friendly NPCs that turn on them. Especially when they were far too naive and trusting in the first place. Abandoning the PCs in the middle of the dungeon for self-preservation (and make no mistake, it was leaving them for dead), well, it really doesn't give players a warm f...

Cthulhu Dark Ages
Achtung! Cthulhu
Encyclopedia Cthulhiana as needed
Some of my old Crusader articles re: the homebrew setting, because I am running it this weekend and damned if I remember it.

Rhuvein wrote:Hey Fiff!

Welcome back, my friend.

Hope all is well is your world!!

Best,

Rhu.

Hey hey! Glad to be back. Hope all is well with you too!

This is pretty excellent advice, if it can be pulled off. I learned a lot about running games when a very good DM ran a group of my friends and me through Keep on the Borderlands. I still run that module the same way he did. Also, I occasionally had a hard time getting a game together, so I'd run th...

Call me crazy, Fiff, but I'd use the level of the assassin making the poison as the CL. The poisons are arranged by type/effect/cost/what-have-you but they don't necessary relate to being harder to resist (read: higher CL), do they? I look at like the chart represents effects, and cost per effect -...

I actually don't have the CKG yet, and some things might have changed while I've been away, but I believe the philosophy (at least in part) is that the CL is a factor of the individual who created the poison. The CKG contains no core rules for the game. Only optional "house" rules. Oh, I ...

I should also add that I believe natural poisons are CLed to the HD of the creature. This would be consistent with what I posted above.

But, I tend to wing things based on how they were done in 2005. I am not up to speed on latest printings or changes in philosophy.

I actually don't have the CKG yet, and some things might have changed while I've been away, but I believe the philosophy (at least in part) is that the CL is a factor of the individual who created the poison. For instance, take a "nightshade" potion. Any good assassin knows that nightshade...

Good to see you back 'round these parts. I'm not as frequent a poster as I used to be, but I constantly lurk and post when it fancies me. :) I'm sure that'll be me too, but I have to admit I'm a little nostalgic for some of the epic 10+ page threads of yore. :) But C&C is pretty mature now, so ...

Breakdaddy wrote:Welcome back, Fiffergrund

Thanks! Nice to see you!

Good to see you back 'round these parts. I'm not as frequent a poster as I used to be, but I constantly lurk and post when it fancies me. :) I'm sure that'll be me too, but I have to admit I'm a little nostalgic for some of the epic 10+ page threads of yore. :) But C&C is pretty mature now, so ...

Like we'd really forget you. Pfftt. Well, when you irritate as many people as I have, my return might be causing an emergency run for the Tinactin. ;) Hey...I shouldn't be that far behind you in the irritation department. Apparently I'm so annoying that I'm on some ignore lists in the forums. I fin...

Sir Ironside wrote:

Fiffergrund wrote:Of course, the worst hall of mirrors trick is the displacer beast, but since that's protected IP....

So, I guess the worst monster would be Medusa.

Athena agrees with you.

Of course, the worst hall of mirrors trick is the displacer beast, but since that's protected IP....

Nastiest trick I ever used with an ooze was a gelatinous cube in a hall of mirrors.

What Omote said.

It's essentially a giant nasty culture of a specific type of organism. As long as it can feed and has moisture, bingo.

I did an Ooze Lair for the ill-fated Halls of Adventure. I attest that oozes are completely offensive to nature.

It was a long time before I got to read Howard's Conan, but when I did, it was an amazing experience. The imagination there is incredible. I'm not sure I have a favorite, but I liked The Hour of the Dragon, Black Colossus, and The Tower of the Elephant as standouts. Red Nails was Conan at his most v...

Traveller wrote:Like we'd really forget you. Pfftt.

Well, when you irritate as many people as I have, my return might be causing an emergency run for the Tinactin.

I'd go with halfsies for a half-elf. Paralysis at half duration.

That idea about conscious ghoul/ghasts is pretty slick.

Really glad to see a lot of familiar names.

Thanks! Glad to be back.

I love my Uruk-Hai avi, but I'm seriously considering that Chappelle pic.

Omote wrote:I plead da Fiff!

~O

mgtremaine wrote: Welcome back... I think you still Admin rights so you could even move the post. (At least remember putting you in the Admin group)

-Mike

It looks like I do! I prefer to be admin-in-name-only, however. Especially after so long. Besides, it is funnier this way.

It kills me that my first post back from a long absence, and I post in the wrong forum.

Figures.

Hi everyone, Some of you may remember me; some not. It has been a while in the wilderness, so to speak, but I'm happy to see my account still here. :) I've been playing some C&C here and there, but my motivation was very low for a while. However, our group just went from 3 casual to 10 serious p...