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Great review but I would offer one nitpick. Orcs were originally chaotic evil. They only became LE with the AD&D Monster Manual but they were chaotic evil before that. Emphasising the CHAOTIC side of their alignment is actually a nod to us old timers.... ;)

One of my favourite things in some of the older D&D products (particularly for some of the 2E adventures for the Forgotten Realms) was the inclusion of bands or groups of NPCs with names and some background. I've been wanting to spend a bit more effort on NPCs in my next campaign and I was...

Many, if not most, are familiar with the "I attack the gazebo" story that can be found in several places on the internet (although it's not as funny as the head of Vecna story, but I digress...). I have been re-reading my old Dungeon magazines and, in issue 16, I found that there is a gazebo in...

I'm not sure if these are useful to anyone, but I have attached two PDFs with the updated conditions as of May's errata. One is a two-page document, the other is a one-page document. They include all the conditions, not just the ones that have been "updated". I've also attached the Word...

This is possibly my first Australia Day in Australia for about ten years... and I will just catch up on some work. How un-Australian!!! ;)

I'm trying to brainstorm some ideas in relation to Karshimis, a primordial mentioned in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. The FRCG notes that he/it ruled a land of genasi on the other FR world before the Spellplague causes parts of the two worlds to merge. For me, I see the primordials as...

Quag the Viscid, awakened gelatinous cube cleric of Ghaunadaur Level 6 Solo Controller (Leader) Large natural beast XP 1,250 Initiative +3 Senses Perception +7; all-around vision, darkvision, tremorsense Favoured of Ghaunadaur aura 5; all oozes in the aura gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and...

The other content for today is already on the website and has been for about eight hours but I can't see the City of Aboleths article. This sometimes happens to me in Australia so I was hoping someone here already has the link for the article which is otherwise hiding from me. (I've got my...

I was building some new monsters and went to use some powers of some of my earlier custom creatures BUT, while my custom creatures still exist, all of my powers are now BLANK. 109 creatures. All that work erased. Arghhh... and here was I thinking WotC finally got its act together on an...

I've been enjoying playing around with WotC's monster maker the past few days and thought I would post a compilation of my creations to date in case someone may have some use for them. These are for my Forgotten Realms campaign beginning on Wednesday. There are a couple of conversions plus my...

I've looked through the 4E products that I have purchased from GG and I note that they are issued subject to the OGL and not the GSL. As such, that infers that GG has not signed the GSL... so why pull the pre-4E products? Note to the GG editors: search for "underdark". Replace it with "nether...

I was just thinking that I should probably grab a couple of the JG files from DTRPG and download them while I sleep... but they have disappeared from the site. Is this an accursed legal problem or something else?

When I was looking through the various threads on classic modules the other day I was also thinking about what I disliked as well as what I liked in modules. In no particular order, here are my pet hates: 1. Real world names. Verisimilitude is too important just to get lazy and wimp out on...

The +1 caster level boosts for the alignment domains are OK but rather bland. In light of the 3.5E changes to damage reduction (which I really like) I was thinking that perhaps the granted powers for these domains should be changed to something like: Too weak? Too strong? Any other comments?

FFG will soon be announcing a new product for the outstanding Midnight d20 line: Forge of Shadow (FoS). FoS began as a fan project by two very creative minds, Shadowfane and Kane, over at the forums of www.againsttheshadow.org but FFG was so pleased with the quality that... long story cut...

http://www.bytemountain.com/gridsmith/downloads.asp I've downloaded the evaluation version of this program today and have to confess that I would probably pay money even for this demo version. I've been looking for a simply to use mapper for a long time that produces good-looking maps and this...

I would like to ask the help of the boards with this question. Polymorph changes both your type and subtype: a dwarf polymorphed into an animal assumes the animal type. Animal Growth works on animals. What if a dwarf was polymorphed into a dire ape: would an Animal Growth spell work? If not...

We're just about to conclude a campaign with PCs that began as 1st level characters and are now 20th level. The campaign is loosely based on the plot of the Night Below boxed set but it also involves Subpsionics from the Mind's Eye section of the WotC website and the Dark Plea mentioned in...

IMRUPHEL THE EXILE, MASTER OF THE LABYRINTH OF SHADOWS Male shadow advanced pit fiend Sha10: CR 36; Huge Outsider (Evil); HD 26d8+260 plus 10d4+100; hp 502; Init +7 (+3 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Spd 60 ft, fly 90 ft (average); AC 32 (-3 size, +1 Dex, +24 natural); Atk: (BAB +31) +44/+44...

I actually like FR but I thought I would start a thread for those who don't so that the Faiths & Pantheons thread (which I am interested in) doesn't deteriorate into another, "I hate FR"-type mess. Cheers NPP