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Yesterday, 10:38 AMExcellent! This saves the non-fighting skills as well as the 8 + INT bonus skill points, while using the Fighter Bonus Feats in a way that helps her...9 replies | 906 view(s)
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2024-03-16, 05:42 PMThanks, everyone. You're giving me a lot to think about. She's a spy. She will be mostly in urban areas, and usually at the seat of...9 replies | 906 view(s)
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2024-03-15, 05:53 PMI’m looking for advice for building an 11th-level NPC non-combat-oriented spy. She is to be a shaky ally and sometime rival for the PCs. She is...9 replies | 906 view(s)
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2024-03-11, 05:55 PMEither way, I assume that a doily is involved.255 replies | 38552 view(s)
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2024-03-08, 01:29 PMUnfortunately, the instruction manual starts with, "Destroy the universe and everybody in it. Then start over."255 replies | 38552 view(s)
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2024-03-08, 11:30 AMAnd people would be trying to come up with ways to prevent that story, too. The crucial observation remains: the author is not looking for a...255 replies | 38552 view(s)
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2024-03-07, 09:49 PMGetting back to the original topic. I'm not sure it would work, but I think the OP came up with a reasonable, well-thought-out plan that...255 replies | 38552 view(s)
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2024-03-07, 06:04 PMgbaji has come up with two different interpretations. The first one would reasonably lead to the DM's response, and the second one would not. ...152 replies | 37777 view(s)
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2024-03-05, 11:11 AMAgreed – this is from AD&D, not the original game of D&D I was talking about. And even so, you rolled an absurdly unlikely result. But without a...106 replies | 6098 view(s)
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2024-03-04, 08:52 PMThis was not the DM trying to trick the players. It was the DM running fiends and undead who were trying to trick the players. From my "Rules for...152 replies | 37777 view(s)
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2024-03-03, 12:06 PMThis decision was not made for alignment reasons. And to the extent that it was, it was based on Good tendencies. “There’s an Evil creature there. ...152 replies | 37777 view(s)
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2024-03-03, 10:19 AMIt depends on what level you’re looking at. On the highest level, it’s a game. No matter what happens, when we’re done playing, we go on with our...106 replies | 6098 view(s)
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2024-02-28, 03:22 PMThat's interesting enough to speculate on. His website says, "120,679 dice". Assuming the average height of a die is roughly 1 inch, that's...1105 replies | 370889 view(s)
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2024-02-28, 03:06 PMIt doesn't matter. If a hexcrawl doesn't fit the reasons you want to run the game, then don't run a hexcrawl. Run the game you want to run, that...35 replies | 22631 view(s)
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2024-02-25, 10:07 PMJay R replied to a thread Game maker/homebrew theory: do you share your monster catalog? in Roleplaying GamesFrom my “Rules for DMs” document: 13. There must be enough rules consistency, and world consistency, that the players know what they can count...13 replies | 17255 view(s)
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2024-02-25, 05:07 PMJay R replied to a thread How to deal with a very sensitive player who gets easily triggered? in Roleplaying GamesEveryone seems to be focused on the symptom, not the underlying problem. Immediate Symptom: the current campaign and PC choices don't work for...20 replies | 4074 view(s)
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2024-02-21, 03:40 PMBack in 2011, he knew 4e well enough to write a really funny story comparing it to 3.5e (printed in Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales). I conclude...5 replies | 2518 view(s)
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2024-02-20, 07:16 PMSure. But this is Rich; he can make anything cool. He could make taking a coffee break cool, if he wanted to.420 replies | 51192 view(s)
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2024-02-20, 12:39 AMWhat Belkar threw was a small harmless glrkt. But what bit Calder was an allosaurus. :elan:: That's the problem with hybrid genres like...420 replies | 51192 view(s)
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2024-02-19, 01:26 PMIt makes him unable to dominate anybody else, but the current spell is on Sunny, not Calder. ... but perhaps a bit more so to a dragon who...420 replies | 51192 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.
- Location:
- Dallas, TX
- Interests:
- SCA, gaming, math, fencing, camping
- Occupation:
- Statistics teacher
- Gender:
- Male
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