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Go0gleplex wrote: Interesting question really. I'm assuming that the fighting is in an area large enough to allow for the weaving and bobbing around. A fight to hold a doorway or narrow corridor is less likely to generate the amount of movement that would generally hinder careful aim. I should have...

Lord Dynel wrote: If you still want to add rules for hitting an ally, I would maybe rule that if the attack misses the foe, then a 50% chance to hit an ally would be acceptable. I look at it like this - the intended target is the foe. If arrow misses the foe, then it can go one of two places, eithe...

<t>I'm somewhat new at the CK helm, though I've played AD&D for many a year. I have a problem (as the CK) with characters firing missile weapons into a melee furball.<br/> <br/> As I envision it, in melee the characters and monsters aren't just standing there, toe to toe, going at each other ham...

Bowbe wrote: It is with sadness I announce the passing of two up and coming heroes of the Haunted Highlands. Somewhere deep beneath the surface of Karbosk, did Fenzil, Barbarian priest of Bowbe join his patron in the Great Meadhall of Jotungaard. There too did the bard Zuriel meet his legendry end....

Lord Stinger wrote: I have heard that music playing in the background on a commercial promoting one of the branches of the military. U.S. Army. "Army Strong(tm)" _________________ "You don't understand, Beaufingle", said Lungwort cryptically. "You ARE dinner." -- M.M. ...

Treebore wrote: I answered this from a "serious" point of view, taking into account that such an event would result in the die off of billions of people. I answered this from a serious point of view, taking into account that I live within 15 miles of The World's Largest Gas Station (McCon...

Wulfgarn wrote: Looking to buy a new PC any advice on good place to get I live in the US and if the Stimulus payment is doled out I am upgrading... I wanted to know of a good place to get a PC- money is an issue. Martin Martin: There are several ways to go about doing this. Part of it depends on th...

Fiffergrund wrote: And, as a reward for reaching 6000 first, if there's a specific custom title you'd like, let me know and I'll set it up for you. Hey, I thought "Major Post Whore" was quite fitting for Tree... _________________ "You don't understand, Beaufingle", said Lungwort...

Traveller wrote: And I found D&D: Wrath of the Elemental God at Wal-Mart, though its appearance was brief. It wasn't there the following month. For truly bad, watch Gor and Outlaw of Gor. Both were absolutely craptacular, blithely ignoring everything that made the source material what it is, ex...

phadeout wrote: I don't think I like the "big hit thing". It seems counter productive to characters that are not big hitters and spend most of their timing being ingenious rather than coming up with bigger and better ways to deal damage. But I can see this type of XP award working great i...

Wulfgarn wrote: Thank you for taking the time to post that Jonathan - I really appreciate it. The problem I see with that style of xp award is that it is very time consuming. and difficult to track. It's not difficult for the CK to keep track. The real beauty is that the players are required to kee...

<t>Wulfgarn:<br/> <br/> Here are the XP awards rules I use in my campaign. The majority of them were stole^H^H^H^H^H borrowed from my CK's campaign because they were well thought-out to begin with. I added a few of my own, including awarding XP for magic items gained and used (but not sold.) No XP f...

<t>Heh. I allow wizards to wear up to Leather Armor (with up to +3 enhancement) with no penalties. Haven't scored anything like that yet.<br/> <br/> They're kind of like soft-shelled crabs, not all that difficult to hit. And when I hit 'em, I tend to hit 'em big. <br/> _________________<br/> "You do...

gideon_thorne wrote: I suppose I could go into a very long exposition and rant as to why, citing numerous posts, forums and links. But instead of that, I can sum it up with one thing. "Some people are very frightened of change" James T Kirk. I can easily agree with the above quotation. On...

<t>Not that I have a particularly long-running campaign (four or so sessions so far), but through about a dozen encounters, there has not yet been a single critical hit scored nor a fumble, well, fumbled. Hope springs eternal, however. <br/> The system I use is simple:<br/> <br/> Crit/Fumble tables ...

<r>I thought you all might be interested in reading this. It's pretty good.<br/> <URL url="http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/ff_gygax?currentPage=1"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworl ... rentPage=1">http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/ff...

<t>We will be gaming later today (Saturday) and I've already asked the CK to have a spare chair either at or nearby the table. (Depends on the actual number of players attending.)<br/> <br/> I've already planned a toast to "Absent Friends", which is appropriate since our group has already lost sever...

<t>The recent question about racial abilities prompts me to pose this situation:<br/> <br/> Consider an elvish Cleric PC. Clerics normally cannot use either a short or long bow. Yet elves automatically have background (racial ability) experience with both short and long bows, and also receive a +1 t...

gideon_thorne wrote:
Certainly was a creative approach though.

Me, I'm inclined to allow it for pure inventiveness.

But only once.
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"You don't understand, Beaufingle", said Lungwort cryptically. "You ARE dinner." -- M.M. Moamrath

dtougas wrote: After reading through the PHB in my boxed set, I have more questions: - How many cp in a sp, sp in a gp, etc? Are they just multiples of 10? - If a player buys a dog, can the dog attack and do any kind of damage? What are the HP, movement, etc? There are dogs listed in the Rising Kni...

Harry Joy wrote: It still blows my mind that there are persistent worlds for Neverwinter Nights that consider themselves "high roleplay". And yes, I checked some of them out. Apparently, "high roleplay" means you can recite the history of the Forgotten Realms and like skinning C...

slimykuotoan wrote: I know, coming from slimykuotoan, it seems like there should be a punch line after that. But tis true, my wonderful cat is dying of kidney failure at just seven years of age. I don't think people realize how close a person can get to a pet, because he's been my buddy for years. ...

<t>In our ongoing campaign (recently converted to C&C from 1E), we were aware that we would be facing an Iron Golem. So, my idea was to toss at the Iron Golem its nastiest opponent--a Rust Monster. Our druid cast Summon Animal, acquired a wolf from the surrounding countryside (just one, more's t...

Fiffergrund wrote: You're welcome. Serleran is an overachiever, but he's also right most of the time, so he's doing most of the replying. That'll change, though. Even Ser will miss a few. My preference is that our registered forum members use the Keeper Advice forum, so that there are not two diffe...

serleran wrote: Any system you implement is a bonus to the caster because, by the rules, any hit during casting automatically disrupts the spell... so, even giving them a "need to roll a natural 20" is a benefit they would not ordinarily have. After that, you can decide how easily you wan...

seskis281 wrote: Seriously, I think the new sub-forum is an excellent idea and hope it helps streamline responses that don't get caught up in misperceived emotional reactions - Even from gits like me. (No, not British.... just always wanted to refer to myself as a "git.") We *could* petit...

Fiffergrund wrote: I've already created the forum. I just need to unlock it. It's not a sub-forum of this one, unfortunately, but another separate C&C forum. Look right under "Rules Laws Chaos" in the C&C section. The moderators listed are just my first stab at authoritative answe...

serleran wrote:
Davis is usually cleaverthepit

Cleaverthepit was one of my mental guesses. I should have expected it.
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"You don't understand, Beaufingle", said Lungwort cryptically. "You ARE dinner." -- M.M. Moamrath

moriarty777 wrote: Hmm, though I see the reasoning for this, I find it kinda skews things a bit. In my experience, I've rather enjoyed the feedback and input from my fellow Crusaders. It's only been recently that this hasn't helped but rather hindered the process. What I'd like to see is a collecti...

Fiffergrund wrote: How about this: I set up a new subforum under the Rules category, for official questions and answers. Anyone can post a question, but only those with "authority" can post responses. Naturally, this would be the Trolls, GT, Serleran, myself, Sieg, and a few others that c...