... For the record, my standard isue hiking backpack has an opening I could easily crawl through with room to spare; a breastpate would definitely fit. So, for...
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... Our PCs are assumed to be carrying 1-200 lbs at times, which means full sized backpacks. so yes, fully that wide. ... The opening of a entirely mundane...
I view DM'ing like this: It's like parenting - you pick your battles. Do you really want to argue with a character that they can't fit their shield or their...
Actually, you're right. This topic should probably be over on InfiniteMonkeys for discussion. Maybe someone can start it up there? Marcia ... ===== Knowledge...
... here - on a list meant ... as ... Right. Lets move on. I have a question, which with Euro GenCon coming up is particulary pertinent. When you are DMing...
The reason I asked here was because I could care less about the meta-physics of a haversack dimensional space or whether their openings are large enough to...
... theirs. ... are.. ... than ... Well...I tailor mine to my needs. I tend to playtest a lot in Excel, so the statblock needs to fit in a few Excel cells,...
... for whatever reason will bite at most LG adventure hooks, even if no reward is obvious, even if it means helping people you despise sometimes, in order to...
that also assumes however that the shield has nothing sticking out of it making it a little wider than 2". you know, things like handles. and something that...
That is frequently a problem when playing in different regions. My primary character is a Highfolk character, even though I, personally, live in the BK. (She...
... For a player who is with a new group of people, make sure that everyone introduces their characters at the beginning of the module. It gets everyone...
... . ... Hmm. Well, at a convention I am usually so pressed for time and energy that I don't do much beyond making sure they do legal moves and maybe...
... that ... no ... character is as LN as you can get, and a hard nose Mullah of the True Faith, which means he only really respects anyone who follow the laws...
that's true, many scenarios that are a series, but not the first one in line often assume that you have already played the prior scenarios to that point. ...
This horse is deep into negatives, but I think it's got enough HP for one more blow. I find it interesting that in all of this discussion, nobody has mentioned...
and between the 'adventurer' mentality and it's maternal instinct, my dwarf has yet had a problem accepting a mission :) ... for ... cat, ... I'm ... He ... ...
Not at all. The Bard is a character class, The Adventurer is a personality types. Characters classes define your abilities, not your personality. There are...
although occasionally the player does something a little (or a lot) out of character (generally when the player fails a save v mod frustration), but one...
Exactly. My take on most likely to be an adventurer (TM) by class goes like this: Barbarian (Ffard) Fighter (Conan (he's a multiclass barbarian :)) Rogue (The...
... goes ... Hey! You forgot Monk. Monk's up around Rogue/Sorcerer if he's a "wandering doogooder" or "must test my skills against all enemies and challenges"...
Excellent post, Darryl. I'm all for a common-sense approach to DMing. Rather than "how can we stop this" we should be asking "would it matter a lot if we ...
At GenCon UK, we will have fast-play character sheets, useful too quickly start out someone who has no character yet. These also have background suggestions...
... My current char falls in this category... in a twisted way. She is insane (cleric of Zagyg). She'll try anything. As long as it doesn't involve sitting...
Heh. Of course, such loyalties can be their own problem; many of those that are part of the canon setting have fairly strong world- views [if they didn't,...
In the course of this discussion, I've been coming up with a mental list of generic 'hooks' that writers include in mods, and their common pitfalls; if you've...
This hunched creature has a single huge eye that dominates its entire face. Its body is bloated and misshapen, and its limbs are wiry but strong. Its arms end...
Get the PCs to embarress themselves in character. Have a vetern go first, so the newbie does not have to. Do not make him go last, which is usually worse than...