Holy shit! I've been so busy I haven't checked into the forums in awhile. It's been tricky flipping my sleep cycle and jumping from not working to going full time. Over the years, i've seen many different responses on how long Ghoul (and ghast) paralysis lasts.. FOR ME, i have made it, d6+2 rounds f...

Hopefully they're in good shape. Those maps are hard to find in mint condition. Even unfolded once or twice, then stored, the chipping begins.

Garhkal wrote: How much would you say it should cost a mage PC, to have an NPC craft him a Scroll of Polymorph other? I see nothing in the DMG (either 1 or 2e) on the cost of 'getting an NPC to CAST a poly spell, while other 4th or so level spells, some can average 800 to 1,500gp to get cast.. So wo...

Garhkal wrote: Now, what would happen say, if in the 3rd, 4th or 5th rounds, while the armor is at the freezing temperature level, someone doused the target, with a create water spell? Would he freeze solid? Would he get slowed? Suffer any other impact? Hmmm. Very interesting question! I could make ...

It's a complex situation that depends in large part on a great number of factors - the tone of the campaign, the nature of the campaign world (or more accurately, the alignment of the nation in question), the alignment of the king, the alignment of the hiring party, the laws of the land, the particu...

Garhkal wrote: What crimes would yu say would warrant giving that consideration to?? most they come across are drunk and disorderly's, public intoxication, a few bar fights and some petty thefts... It would all depend. Perhaps the king has a blanket policy of allowing criminals to "work off&quo...

Damn! I've been so busy I didn't notice we had new threads! So, tell me if I'm understanding the question correctly. Are you saying that the adventuring party is asking the king to send criminals to serve as retainers/henchmen/servants with the adventuring party, instead of jailing them? If so, I'd ...

Ah, ok. Garhkal can post an update if he likes. It's not a big deal if no one does. I just figured I'd post the details in case any of you wanted to update them over there.

Here's some info you can share over there (feel free to reword it - I know you can't say "fake" pandemic at DF :roll: )... The chaos over the (fake) pandemic and a major computer crash (Windows) has thrown a monkey wrench into everything. So work slowed to a crawl at best. The current stat...

I never gave it much thought. I do recall there being something written somewhere in the rules that said each wizard uses a unique style of writing or something along those lines, so two independent wizards writing the same spell would be impossible for them to read each others' spell without resort...

Thinking about it now, it does make more sense for wizard lock to have a password. If the wizard sends his apprentice to the library or lab to fetch some rare tome or something, it makes sense to have the door magically locked, so the apprentice would need a password.

No, not at all. I don't see any problem with doing that. It actually sorta makes sense for the spell to work that way. I've just never changed it myself because I didn't see a need to during any games we've played - it was never even thought of. There's also the option of creating a new spell - mayb...

I don't. I look at it like this. The priest spell glyph of warding is sort of like a blessing, since the spell is bestowed by the priest's god. The priest's role is a protector and proselytizer, so using this spell, he is sort of "protecting his flock". The priest gets to determine who sha...

Garhkal wrote: So illusionists and Enchanters, WHICH BY THE BOOK Lack a god # of those above spells you ilsted, must also by YOUR logic "BE WIMPS, and thus are inferior mages?" Well no, illusionists can be quite potent , in fact. But as I've proved in the past, they are nowhere near as pow...

Garhkal wrote: So for first level, we have, Burning hands, change self, Chill touch, erase, Gaze reflection, shield, shocking grasp, spook, magic missile, feather fall, charm person, hold portal hypnotism, and Cantrip.. That's not a weak/watered down mage... THREE OF THOSE SPELLS are standard fair (...

Garhkal wrote: I've had a few dms in the past, who actually LET YOU phrase the Command, as an actual short sentence.. SO if you were saying "YIELD" (the one word command), he'd let you say it as, "BY XYZ's might, YIELD!" Or something of that nature. Most dm's though, DO follow th...

Tawnos wrote: It does add a lot of bookkeeping that I find mostly unnecessary. It also can depend on the DM and the group. I did DM a group where they wanted to keep track of all their items even the fighters and rangers. It added more time but they were a group that enjoyed the bookkeeping so kept ...

Garhkal wrote: Also, a while back i did a project of going through the PHB, Tome of magic and players option; spells and magic, and made a nice chart of ALL the spells in there, that do NOT NEED a material component. For 1st level spells, we have a total of 45 spells.. OF that 15 do not need compone...

Garhkal wrote: I've actually HAD players do just that.. Wanted to search through all the spells that didn't have Material components, to focus their caster on. OR ones who wanted lots of "Touch based spells".. That leaves out tons of spells though. No armor, color spray, enlarge, find fami...

Garhkal wrote: With the # of spells he can access, that do NOT have components though, its on HIM IF all he takes IS ONES that have/require components. I don't think that's a very good argument, because it's basically telling the wizard to only take spells that don't use components, which is very li...

Let me take a peek in that guide. I could swear they had some info on wooden constructions. WAIT! I remember! It's in the 1E DMG! :D "Wooden buildings take approximately one-half the time it takes to construct similar buildings with stone." ~ 1E DMG, pg. 106 It then lists some basic constr...

I go the opposite way. I see it as far too much "papers and paychecks". First, imagine how many spell components a 12th level wizard must have, with 21 spells memorized and each requiring one or more physical components. Now imagine having to sort and carry all those components for just on...

Left out the last question. I always have spells work the same for NPCs and PCs. So however the spell works for (or on) the PCs, is how it works for (or on) the NPCs or monsters.

A command spell consists of only one single word , one command. It is a one-word instruction. But I've always used a simple test for that spell, in order to determine what happens. The test consists of imagining or thinking of the spell as being phrased as: "I command you to __________" , ...

I could swear that was covered in the Castle Guide (DMGR2), but I'd have to go look through it.