Recent content by InsomNY

Actually, that's what Wisdom is supposed to be. Fine, but every description of Conan in action in the REH stories uses words like "catlike," "blindingly fast," and similar terms.

I disagree with your premise; while the weapons Conan most often uses are one-handed, there's no indication that he isn't swinging them two-handed. In fact, that's what I always pictured. He has the option of going one-handed if he needs to grapple, punch, or do something else, or can crank the...

Yeah, I know this has probably been discussed, but I think it could stand being brought up to the top of the forums now that more 2E books are shipping: Outside of the core rules, have any of the books and supplements released under 1E and AE been invalidated or superseded by 2E? I want to...

The new Battlestar Galactica series (OK, not really new anymore) has some great all-percussion parts to its soundtrack, mainly for the building of pre-combat tension. It should suit nicely.

You're making the classic gamer's mistake, assuming that a hit means the sword found flesh and took a chunk out of the opponent. That's not what hit points are -- at least not until you're down to the last few and are in danger of the next hit dropping you. People have been doing this since...

Absolutely -- bringing some of the troops along lets you make the combats seem more deadly without actually putting the characters at any greater risk. Think of the followers as Red Shirts, not to be slaughtered wholesale, but to die when it's important to make a point with a good guy's death...

A couple of minutes? Dude, it's been almost a month! That must have been one hell of a lotus dream ... :lol:

Both spells are clever ideas. The flavor suggests they should be used on unsuspecting enemies, allowing a sorcerer who lacks sufficient resources to wear his enemies down over time and let animals do the killing. A one-month duration is at the upper limit of what I'd consider; one hour per level...

That's odd -- I figured anybody who'd been gaming very long knew who Chick is. His "Dark Dungeons" tract is something of an in-joke among old folk like me. Few things set my teeth on edge worse than reading his misinformed intolerance, but that one is so bad it's good, and reminds me of what it...

I'm pretty sure defensive blast does not provoke an AoO. IIRC, you can use DB as a free action even when it isn't your turn, and you can use it as an AoO of your own. Somebody with access to Da Roolz will no doubt verify or refute this.

Been reading Jack Chick tracts lately, Thoth? I think I have a copy of "Dark Dungeons" lying around somewhere I can lend you ... :twisted:

There was, or at least it was some sort of talking tropical bird. It said, "Yagkoolan ya kosha," as I recall. There were probably parrots in at least one other story.

Knight is a title, not necessary a way of life or a fighting style. Cavalry soldiers and knights do exactly the same thing on the Hyborian battlefield, knights just do it with better equipment. IMO, a prestige class is acceptable if a particular region's knights are distinctive in some way...

I'm aware of the reason you stated for not having plate as an option. My disagreement is with the extent to which you want to beef up mail, as it really does still look like compensation to me. Of course, this where I must insert the obligatory "it's your game, do what you think will be fun"...

What's the point in running the campaign in a pre-plate era if you're going to allow players to have that level of defense anyway? The changes you've suggested make a fully-mailed warrior nearly as invulnerable as one in the plate armor that you're removing from the game. I think you're...