Recent content by Stormonu

+/- to ability scores is probably the worst way to go for a cultural/sub-species these days, it would spark too much argument. If anything, probably bonus skills/subskills or knacks would be better, but even then you have to be careful. Giving a tribe of nomads Survival & Nature, for example...

..insert joke about chainmail bikinis on the cover... ... and the return of GreyHauk?

Ah - I use older 1E/2E lore for most of my creatures. Those bugbears are generally cave dwellers who come out to hunt other humanoids to capture and/or eat. They're hulking (mercenary) brutes that are fearsome and prefer to travel and strike in the dark, but don't feed off fear.

It would be interesting if he was able to bring back Dangerous Journeys (though I must confess I have NO idea who holds the rights to that game at this time).

Or...

As a player, I find it difficult too (antihero not so much), but as a DM playing the villains ... I can get cruel. The more I think about it, the more bizarre hypocrisy it feels like.

Having recently watched the Discworld TV series, I'd put Trymon as an example of an intelligent Chaotic Evil individual. Chao's "Strongest Rules ... until someone stronger comes along" doesn't circumscribe an individual bending the knee to someone that is stronger or curbing/hiding their...

Yeah, just after I posted that, I took a look on e-bay and the prices were much, much more sane - ~$45 USD. Still want that USS Flagg, even at the crazy prices though ...

Awesome! I'd love a Parkinson, Elmore & Caldwell (& Brom) boxed set if it were available. Especially if it was an XXL size ( ? X 14", I think?).

Yeesh! I can get a 1E PHB for a quarter of that. Is anybody actually willing to pay this sort of price for the 2014?

In some of the oldest D&D adventures (mostly pre-AD&D, I believe), there were instances where attacks or traps would do limb damage/severing but as the game got more and more codified, that seemed to go away. All instances I remember seeing were codified in the module (or monster) and never in...

A thousand plagues upon thine house for even metioning it! ...Actually I wouldn't know as I didn't dare watch that version.

As I recall, his martyring was also the reason wizards were allowed to carry daggers for defense. But, it's been years since I've read those original books ... well, except Dragons of Autumn Twilight, recently listened to that on Audible. Speaking of which, are the new books available as audio...

"Classic DragonLance" Will have to check this out. (I seem to remember reading about Magius before - maybe Legend of Huma? All I seem to remember was an Earth Elemental that walks off a cliff and Magius is too distracted to notice and goes tumbling after...)