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Software Developer by day.

Husband, Father, avid gamer by night.

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Aug 25	comment	Gentle Repose, changes to the corpse, and hungry wolves You're the DM, who cares if it's reasonable? Seriously though, I'd have no problem with this as a player as long as you aren't completely disrupting the story. I might facepalm a little, but that's life in an RPG.
Aug 24	comment	Method for playing an online text-based RPG that doesn't require everyone to be online at once? @mxyzplk Thanks for the terminology clarification. That gives me a much better way to research :)
Aug 23	comment	How to make magic items more interesting? Basing an entire plot on a little magic ring seems sort of silly. I cant imagine anything like that would do well as a book or movie.
Aug 19	comment	How do I allow player agency in situations with predetermined outcomes? This is a good idea. Knowing the outcome up front forces them to think more about how to influence the severity or conditions of the sentence, rather than zeroing in on just winning.
Aug 19	comment	How do I allow player agency in situations with predetermined outcomes? As a player, is there anything that would make it fun and/or engaging to participate in a situation even though the outcome is predetermined? What if you didn't know it was predetermined?
Aug 17	comment	Do I need to stat out & measure everything? Are you creating new monsters? Do you know before the session what they will be, or does that depend on the players' actions?
Aug 17	comment	Why does the “insubstantial” quality exist? Of course it's flavor. You don't see a ghost and say, "Oh, that's one tough beast and I'll have to do a ton of damage (double HP) to it before it dies." You say, "Hmm.. My weapons probably aren't going to hit that so well. (Half damage)"
Aug 15	comment	[Spoiler Warning] Adventure summary of the H1-H2-H3-P1-P2-P3-E1-E2-E3 product line? Great stuff. Keep it coming!
Aug 10	comment	Dropping an object on an enemy using Mage Hand +2 circumstance bonus to attack rolls if you shout Drop it like it's hot! while rolling.
Aug 8	comment	Is the extra damage from Assassin's Strike maximized on a critical? Note that a coup de gras is a standard action and requires you do be adjacent to the target. This power allows you to do max damage to a helpless target at range or as part of any other weapon hit.
Aug 8	comment	Is the extra damage from Assassin's Strike maximized on a critical? ahh yes, good point. Related: rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/4749/…
Aug 8	comment	Is the extra damage from Assassin's Strike maximized on a critical? I believe only extra damage in terms of [W] is maximized, but I can't give you a reference at the moment.
Aug 5	comment	What combat tracker displays well on a television screen? @GPierce Unfortunately it's done in flash. Changing the zoom or font size in your browser doesn't affect it. I tried finding a flash setting for font size too, no luck.
Aug 5	comment	What combat tracker displays well on a television screen? Or maybe there's a way to "zoom in" or change the font size on incombat? Perhaps a setting I'm missing?
Aug 5	comment	How can a party with no healers return a character from the unconscious/dying condition? I edited the question to use "dying" instead of "unconscious". The conditions do commonly go hand-in-hand, but you can be unconscious and not dying. In that case the rules you are asking about wouldn't apply.
Aug 3	comment	3.5e Variant Rules Welcome to the site! Good question.
Jul 29	comment	[Spoiler Warning] Adventure summary of the H1-H2-H3-P1-P2-P3-E1-E2-E3 product line? @DForck42 Edited the question to add links.
Jul 28	comment	[Spoiler Warning] Adventure summary of the H1-H2-H3-P1-P2-P3-E1-E2-E3 product line? @GPierce good idea. It may actually be prudent to put each module summary in a spoiler block so you can just read the ones you care about.
Jul 28	comment	[Spoiler Warning] Adventure summary of the H1-H2-H3-P1-P2-P3-E1-E2-E3 product line? @SimonWithers one uber-long post. feel free to edit over the next several days, I'm in no rush.
Jul 27	comment	[Spoiler Warning] Adventure summary of the H1-H2-H3-P1-P2-P3-E1-E2-E3 product line? If anyone decides to write a summary, I'd be happy to award a bounty for your time. I'm looking for details - overarching plot lines, key characters, major revelations, BBEG's, everything. Not just the "Adventure Synopsis" section of each book.