Recent content by Kannik

Heh, it is all too common that I have to preface or otherwise caveat when I talk about a rule or item description or cost or whatever within the game with "I think that's how it is in this edition..." Too many editions rattling around up there. ;)

There was always the joy of fireball! "The burst of the fireball does not expend a considerable amount of pressure, and the burst will generally conform to the shape of the area in which it occurs, thus covering an area equal to its normal spherical volume. [The area which is covered by the...

Oh yes, it is perhaps the ultimate classic (the counterpoint being/becoming the high-level scry-and-slay). :)

IIRC, in the Gold Box/Silver Box games, they had hitting a held target as an auto-kill. Cue my spellcaster paralyzing a dragon, then throwing a single dart to annihilate them...

As a continuation of @Reynard's first post and @Snarf Zagyg's advice, rarely is there an adventure (or campaign!) that is totally dead/sunk/screwed up. There's often the chance to course correct, even mid way through, to get back to a place that's cool and exciting for the group. It's happened...

I will third Cortex Prime as a system that handles well what is generally meant by characters of different power 'levels.' The way I'd describe it is that each character is roughly equal on their ability to contribute and to move the story forward, even if their 'physical' power level in the...

Was playing around with "vibrant watercolour" as a base and thought these turned out quite nicely. Adding this character to my "next character to play" pile. :)

Nice! What style are these? Vibrant watercolour sketch or something similar? :)

While I concur that it doesn't fully fit the original concept of the class, I would like to note that in isolation I found the Artificer a very fun and capable class that I played from 1 to 20. It still has some of the vestiges of its origins (such as buffing magic items), and could be made to...

I cannot express nor necessarily understand why this is so darn delightful to me. Love it. :D