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Jun 14	answered	Creating undead as a good cleric in Dark Sun
May 24	comment	How to give a Rogue ways to shine If he's moving ahead of the party, he should be using stealth to avoid being the first one seen. A rogue properly using techniques to move undetected makes a great scout. Rogues must also learn to run away.
May 20	comment	What alternatives are there for replacing the D&D memorize and forget magic rules I'm not sure how a spell point system would power up a spellcaster beyond what it already is. You still have the same potential number of levels of spells per day. You just have a little more variety and discretion by not having to select a specific list each day. Sure, you can cast more higher level spells per day than before, but then you're left with no points for anything else and run out of abilities quickly.
Apr 17	comment	How does a DM correct the balance after accidentally giving the players too much gold? I made this mistake my first time as DM in quite a few years and gave too much gold and treasure. The DM who took over the next section of the campaign offset it by following this route. We donated a huge chunk of the treasure to renovate an old fortress and turn it into a citadel to defend the city we are based out of.
Apr 10	comment	At what point did polyhedral dice become part of D&D? I still have my original Basic edition blue dice and pull them out from time to time. Love those things, even if you can't read the numbers very well.
Apr 10	answered	Spellcasting Prodigy Feat in Pathfinder - yes or no?
Mar 15	comment	Do spells that grant the caster a tail benefit from already having one? Agree. Just as Girallon's Blessing grants extra arms without giving any bonuses for already having arms, Tail Slap would grant an extra tail without any bonuses for already having a tail.
Mar 7	comment	Derogatory term for dragon blooded? Milk drinker...
Mar 6	comment	Responding to players paying exclusively with gold coins I love the boom and crash economy one. Wish I'd thought of that before.
Feb 28	comment	Mind Control: What's a Dominate Person between allies? Agree. At the point that you take away another's self will in any context other than they are breaking the law, you yourself are no longer Lawful Good. That, and I would contend that at the point you try to control another player through dominate, you are no longer allies.
Jan 30	comment	Questions about an Arcane/Divine combo build What, gaining two spellcaster levels with each character level isn't enough for you? This is actually a fairly powerful prestige class. True you don't get higher level spells, but your caster level and spells/day are going up for two classes each time. That's epic all by itself.
Jan 24	answered	How fast can sailing ships turn?
Jan 23	answered	Pathfinder RPG in Forgotten Realms 3.5 setting?
Jan 14	comment	Where do the standard racial tropes for Dwarves come from? Another SE site has a couple good discussions on this as well: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21026/…
Jan 4	comment	What considerations to make introducing a new player to an existing party, especially wealth and items? It's also a good table to use to help guide whether a DM is being too generous or too stingy with their treasure rewards.
Dec 27	comment	Can I wish for an extra pair of arms (without breaking Wish)? My reasons for limiting the strength penalty is that the character is not gaining additional strength by adding additional arms. Therefore, when dual wielding their strength would now be divided between two extremely large and heavy weapons and they would not be able to utilize their full body strength into either weapon. It's not something that has a basis in the rules one way or the other, but it would make logical sense to me as DM in the situation you describe.
Dec 21	answered	Can I wish for an extra pair of arms (without breaking Wish)?
Dec 20	comment	How to track character resources (spells, ammo, items) I've used this option in the past for spells. I created trading card sized cards with the spell and everything I need to know (target, range, DC/type, damage, etc) and printing off multiple copies of spells I might use multiple times per day. I keep these in 8 1/2" x 11" trading card pages (9 pockets per page). The first couple of pages hold my currently memorized spells. As I cast them I move them to my "Spellbook" pages.
Dec 20	comment	How to track character resources (spells, ammo, items) I run a 9th level wizard in Pathfinder currently. I use a printed character sheet slipped into a plastic page sleeve then use a dry erase marker to mark off uses, ammo, etc. It works great and my character sheet remains clean until a major change is required such as leveling or something on that line of change.
Dec 19	comment	Should PCs be limited to choosing forms into which to polymorph (or wild shape, etc.) that the PCs have previously encountered? As a DM, I would say the knowledge check varies by creature. Planar/Elemental creatures would be Knowledge(Planes), common monsters would be Knowledge(Dungeoneering), magical creatures would be Knowledge(Arcana), and so forth. For a creature they've never encountered in person I would call it at least a DC 20 + HD + X and a creature they have encountered call it a DC 10 + HD + X.