... I usually start with an attitude of 'unfriendly' towards pointification of everything. It can be overdone, you know. Some 'diplomacy' or 'reasoning' checks...
Hello Allen, Sunday, September 30, 2007, 6:17:10 PM, you wrote: AJ> Well, assuming that we have meta-orgs I kind of like the benefits AJ> based on points...
... It's good to hear that influence points are useful in other regions. I've thought about buying a t-shirt that says: "I saved the king and all I got were...
... it ... What I was trying to say (and obviously wasn't very successful) is that I don't see a need for making money using mundane skills. When I write up...
Baris, I agree that we don't want people replacing roleplay with points, but I think of the points system meta-orgs as set out in PHB II and Ruins of Greyhawk...
Baris, I agree that we don't want people replacing roleplay with points, but I think of the points system meta-orgs as set out in PHB II and Ruins of Greyhawk...
... As a player of a crafter wizard in LG, I can say that it doesn't work that way. Usually you run out of money long before you can properly munchkinize your...
Hello Allen, Monday, October 1, 2007, 6:23:45 PM, you wrote: ... AJ> What I was trying to say (and obviously wasn't very successful) is AJ> that I don't see a...
I have seen several mods where access/influence/favors is based off of who the PCs give/sell the McGuffin to at the end of the module. If this is done, there...
Ah, the McGuffin mods. They are an excellent examples of situations engineered to create a bit of roleplay and drama between PCs, but they often fail as there...
That can't possibly be true. I have yet to receive a call or e-mail confirming me as the Grand High Poohba of the Forgotten Realms. Of course, there could have...
Oh, we have had enough regionals where no side is an automatic do- gooder and we actually have a module where inter-party disagreement can be solved by a...
Chris Perkins Blog here: http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=14049296&postcount=16 And for those blocked or filtered the meat of it: Hints aside, I'd like...
Hello Brian, thanks for that. I don't often have an opportunity to keep up on all the places where this stuff is 'oozing' out <g> I appreciate your efforts...
and I had a lot of time to talk to Ed down at Spring Revel these past two weeks (us being the only two people from the northern hemisphere there) and he is not...
http://www.bossythecow.com/bakersdozen.htm WHAT'S THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IN FOURTH EDITION DUNGEONS & DRAGONS? 1. All the product placement. "Haste" spell...
The folks on enworld and hoardlings have reproduced the 4th Edition Preview Card from the promo figure that is being given out at the DnD Gameday. Along with...
I like the new stat block. Very streamlined easy to read and run. Of course, this is a single level six monster, I think a dragon will be a lot more complex....
Is there some reading material for the history of FR like Greyhawk had the Gazetteer? Thanks ... Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the...
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/fracc/9780786947317 History of the Realms might be a good place to start for up to date stuff. Not sure if the...
The book goes right up to where 4th edition is beginning (from my understanding)...10 years after the current novels. So I doubt they will change anything of...
the question is...do you consider The Orc King a current novel...if so, then from MY understanding, that novel ends about 100 yrs in the future (approx 1485...
... The prologue and the epilogue are both set 100 years in the future. The other chapters are set in 1372 DR, The Year of Wild Magic, just after the events of...
Honestly, just based on theories, I would expect that Ed Greenwood would put in some of the things contributing to the spellplague in some of his books. His...