Never even thought of that. I just used the generic 10 year aging when encountering ghosts (or ghost like creatures).

The highest plus weapon in my post Monty Hall days was +2. Prior to that, well lets just say that even the gods were green with envy at some of the weapons my friends had. Hey, what can I say, I was a preteen. And treasure was cool!

I would of never thought to do a hug attack like that. Well played good sir! Well played indeed!

Awesome looking maps indeed! Kinda looks like the South east section of Europe. With Portugal, Spain, and France removed and blunting the boot of Italy.

Always thought THIS would make for an interesting map with a little bit of changes done to it.

In my game, I just bypass the system shock roll and just have the detrimental effect happen. Makes the caster be all 'you better have a real damn good reason for my health to suffer for this wish.' So needless to say, if a wish is desired to come into play, serious thinking comes with the territory.

My view about White dragons breath weapon is more for against non-arctic climate individuals (e.g., humans, elves, dwarves, etc.) As for creatures that are immune to frost based attacks, the ferocious claw and bite of a dragon is enough to make them think twice about even attempting to attack one. A...

A belated Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year.

Awesome! While it is fun doing a TPK (or is this the Killer DM side of me talking here), it is far more fun when the players make it out just by the thin silver strand of their mortal coil. It gives rise to 'this DM ain't messing!' and then the players start second guessing things they want to try. ...

I go by what the MC says.

I've always ruled it thusly... When the paladin has the Holy Avenger unsheathed and held, the weapon grants the 30' diameter of protection. This means no other action but solely concentrating his/her faith into sword. The iconic image of paladin raising the sword above their head destroying everythi...

Here are two Windows 7 laptops. HP ProBook 4540s (C9K70UT#ABA) Intel Core i3 3110M(2.40GHz) 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 15.6" Notebook Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit MSI GP Series GP60 2OD-052US Intel Core i5 4200M(2.5GHz) 8GB Memory 750GB HDD 15.6" Notebook Windows 7 Home Premium As for copying t...

Hey thanks for the link to Jumpshot. I've been using Avast for quite a few years now and are very happy with their product. And this little gem of a site seems like the proper site to add to my list of 'assistance' that I can benefit from!

Here two that I got...

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I agree with Beowulf on the brane theory. While infinite in their own dimension, each are their own. I was watching Through the Wormhole and they were tackling the reason why we experience déjà vu. They theorize that we have multiple dimensions of our universe floating in this vastness, and when two...

I changed my healing proficiency as such. Not under the care of anyone with proficiencies in healing, standard as per the rules for normal healing. Under the care of someone who has first aid an additional +1 for every point in the score healed to both low activity or complete bed rest. Under the ca...

I agree. The eternal battle between the two sects in the 'outer world' seems too 'alien vs predator'. It's just one step away from adding space ships to them. I felt the same way when I first read Tanar'ri, and to be honest when I read Baatezu, I thought it was a demon not a sect of demons. But like...

I do see what you mean in your example of dragon vs. high level caster, but then wouldn't it give the dragon a little slap in the face and realize that its not as invulnerable as it once thought? It also gives credence to the stories where dragons serve a human and the whole "Wait. I thought dr...

That is pretty awesome looking!

Ooo! That looks very similar to the skull found here

The artist is AbattoirLaRue who does art using real skeletons.

The demi-lich in the Tomb of Horrors pretty much just takes the soul of the character with no save as well and stores it in one of the gems within the skull. As for the soul If the skull is destroyed, each gem trapping a soul must make a saving throw versus magic as if it were the character trapped ...

Awesome! I'm gonna have to do a little loot traveling myself to find some good D&D finds. And you would think I would seeing that I live about 30 minutes from Lake Geneva.

Alas, I do not have a gaming group any more. I unfortunately had to move and it would be too far of a drive for a game of gaming with my group. But the plus side is my kids are showing extreme interest in playing, now if I can get myself back into the DM'ing groove again.

I've been doing some serious digging on the net (even entering the most seediest of places) in search of this elusive book and I cannot believe that no one out there has a single copy of it available.

But this by no means that I intend to stop my mining.

I had the game Descent and I absolutely LOVED that game. It made my wife sick as all get out from all the free 3D movement. And when I saw the game for the Descent to Undermountain, I was absolutely excited, but alas my computers specs at the time could not handle that game. So in the end I lost out...

That is understandable. When your livestock/pets are a source of their nutrition, they can be a serious pain.