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Yesterday, 10:36 AMAdvice to player: The DM decides if it will work The DM has told you twice that it won't work. Believe him. Advice to DM: TELL HIM WHY. "If it...122 replies | 5610 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 05:07 PMJay R replied to a thread Need Ideas for Dealing with a PC Who is Raising a Dire Piglet in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20This stuff is gold. Thanks, everybody. Fiona (the druid) has named the dire piglet. She said, “The Piglet’s full name is Ozzymandias, Pig of...25 replies | 2041 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 09:08 PMJay R started a thread Need Ideas for Dealing with a PC Who is Raising a Dire Piglet in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Yesterday my players had an encounter with Dire Boars, and after it was over, one Dire Piglet, about 5-6 feet long, came out of the bushes. Fiona,...25 replies | 2041 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 10:25 PMJay R replied to a thread Proposal: Uranus et. al. should no longer be called "plane-ettes". in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyInvent any term you like. You can define Uranus, Neptune, and Earth as the "blue planets" if you like. But it won't catch on, because that...47 replies | 2443 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 10:13 PMNote that all 3d guns fire bullets in approximately a straight 1d line, or more accurately, in a 2d parabola. The 4d gun will do the same. If you...27 replies | 1826 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 09:59 PMI once told a group, "If you can't show up, you have two options. 1. You choose another player to run your character. You have a full share in...19 replies | 1709 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 09:40 PMI have no idea how most D&D settings work. They certainly don't all work the same. My players certainly live on a Ptolemaic world that the planets...52 replies | 5987 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 10:05 PMYou and I, with computers and digital watches, cannot arrange to end a signature at an exact time, to a billionth of a second. People in a...52 replies | 5987 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 09:53 PMDinosaur mounts and pets.16 replies | 2429 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 09:41 PMYou deliberately left out the main part of my argument, so you could pretend that "The logic doesn't quite work." Here it is again: It also...28 replies | 2683 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 01:16 PMJay R replied to a thread Arguments IN FAVOR of keeping hide/move silently and spot/listen/search separate? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Deaf people (including people just hit with a deafness spell) can spot and search. Blind people (including people just hit with a blindness spell)...79 replies | 4527 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 02:04 PMAccording to the rules as written, the name of the Feat is "Charming the Arrow". You aren't charming the bow. It also states "You have a gift...28 replies | 2683 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 12:40 PMThis spell is fine if it *only* sends credit. It's not a teleport spell; it's a creation spell. The coins in your hand are a material component,...14 replies | 2282 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 03:05 PMNo specific fae-related material comes to mind (although mithril seems appropriate). I recommend that you ask the DM. There's no generic D&D...6 replies | 682 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 10:25 AMTalk to a printer. My local printer does 11x17 and 12x48 on light cardstock with no problem. It costs money, but it makes a great map. A 20x40...11 replies | 713 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 09:50 AMThat misstatement is the trouble. Nobody claims that the DM is always right -- just that the DM has the final say. I make any number of mistakes....516 replies | 31583 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 12:40 PMMy house rules are different in every game I've run. Giving you a specific set is probably meaningless. But here's how I approach house rules, as...76 replies | 4397 view(s)
About Jay R
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About Jay R
- Biography:
- Sixtysomething D&D player who started with the basic three books in 1975; SCA member since the 1970s; Ph.D. in Operations Research.
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- Dallas, TX
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- SCA, gaming, math, fencing, camping
- Occupation:
- Statistics teacher
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