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It was a figure of speech in my narration. I could have used any number of words to describe the specific action of your character looking around quickly while a large beast stalks towards you. I am not saying Urrfrah is scared or frantic, just used that specific word to make the story flow more sm...

Alright, so we've got a 1, a 19 and a 16 Thr party is standing in a kind of gully meandering through the swamp. The base of the gully is the semi-marshy area made up by the thick overgrowth wall that appears to generally follow the gully. Even though this is one of the drier areas of the swamp, it ...

WTF? When I posted OB and Ian's post, it hung forever on waiting for www.dungeon...(ect). Then I got a 503 error code saying "service temporarily unavailable". So I hit back and tried to send it again. It went through that time, but when I went to go look at my post it had posted it 3(!) t...

Kassah finshes her map and turns to Artaxes. "Hm.. I don't know. I know the Council would be interested in catching those traitors inside Makan. But she said this Arass is a noble. I don't know if you know this, but it is very hard for noble lizar to hide their status. Noble lizar generally hav...

Its *big*. Like leopard or mountain lion, about 150-200lbs. It has a feline like body, so its not as bulky as a canine. Its about 3 feet hight at the shoulder and 5 1/2 feet long. it would be a very tough fight if Urrffrah fought it alone. And nice nat 20, beo. You might come out of thi in one piec...

As I said in Beo's game, sorry for the spotty posting lately guys. Ive been real busy. Should be more stable this wk tho.

YAY! YAYAYAYAY! Welcome back! Hmm. *mental note* Save up a whole lotta money to fly over to Spain to steal Ian's TV! Yeah! The female nods to Artaxes and stands up slowly and carefully, keeping her hands up to show that she isn't going to make any sudden moves. She looks up with interest when Thiy ...

You howled, and then it dropped out of the tree. Urrfrah bares her teeth and growls at the creature, and it opens its mouth, showing incredibly long fangs. It screams again and hunches its head into its shoulders. In our terms it has a baboons face but with yellow cat like eyes, a cats body and a r...

Well ya. I guess a ready turns into a delay under my system if you "f" it up. Never really thought about it like that though. It came about cuz no one ever readied due to having to predict what the NPC could do, and the general feeling of "if the DM wanted to be a dick, they could&quo...

What year was this? I don't remeber this show but I always used to watch this kinda stuff with my dad in the early 80s. So its weird that I missed it. And if they only allowed Western action shows/episodes without bad guys from the East that musta cut out like 99.9% of everything. Cuz it seems like ...

Shadowrun, hun.

Beo. YOu explained it way better than me cuz I was rushed. Thanks. Yes, you can take 20 and 10 in this edition. But as Beo said, it isnt like you just get it right. It means you are literally standing(or for those who have the "take 10 on climb/swim " NOTE: Not everyone can do this checks...

Ameena, I'm just letting you know you might be able to find traces of something, but as you dont have Track and this would be way less of "I passed this way and am trying to find my way back(which was the only reason I let you do that, that and otherwise it would just be you bumbling around ma...

You make very good points. Although I thought a deliberate pause would be a delay, to kinda check out the field (an action I am quite fond of when playing spellcasters, as you can see from how many times Petal did it). And a ready is saying "I will do (x) at the same time someone does (y)"...

Um, yeah. I saw the first of that. Didnt know it was continuing. As I'm a bit of a luddite, the concept of attaching something to your skull like that is kinds cringe-worthy. Especially since if someone takes offense and tries to grab it, ouch... But then on some level it makes me go "slot in a...

As a pixel aficianado(sp), I have to say dont change anything! Thank god for the indie video game revival, as pixel art was nearly dead before then. And IMHO 16 bit pixel art is some of the best. Or maybe I'm just old Question. Is it only going to be available on the iphone or other smartphones? Tha...

Actions, Actions and way too many freaking actions! Alright, so as Im sure you all know, at home I play a mix of 3 and 3.5, basically taking what my group liked about both systems and combining it. LIke we still use Innuendo, and the old GP rules and a bunch of other stuff, hence why sometimes I wil...

Derp, sorry I accidentally deleted the paragraph where I said it was flies when I was editing the post. I rewrote something similar here. Urrffrah recognizes the sound as a million small black death-likers. She knows the tiny creatures flock to areas where death has visited. There were some around ...

In game terms, it took about 45 mins to get where you were when you found Thessan and it was probably nearly 3/4th a mile away. Thing is, you all really just took off when Kass "kicked you out". If there had been people stopping, seeing if where you were entering the swamp from the road i...

no. Track is a survival roll. if you are following tracks by scent its a Wis. From the D20SRD: A creature with the Track feat and the scent ability can follow tracks by smell, making a Wisdom check to find or follow a track. The typical DC for a fresh trail is 10. The DC increases or decreases depe...

Well considering the fact that you technically shouldn't even be allowed to do what youre doing cuz you dont have Track, yeah, I'm gonna make you roll a million high DC rolls to even get an idea of where you are supposed to go. And I'm letting you roll Spots (representing your scent ability) instea...

Hey, its cool. I got a fascination with parasites, biology, culture, genocide, and the generally bizzare so I'm not bothered(just spent time reaserching the Khmer Rouge for the hell of it). And woo vegetarian pride! (Actually im not a vegetarian, I just dont eat meat much. My rule is I only eat mea...

What is with you people! Goblin tits and now wondering if there's a way to tell if a lizar gave birth?! XD ;P. Well, they are oviparous and have a cloaca instead of 2 genital openings, being reptiles. So unless you want to find a lizar doctor, I highly doubt a human could get any useful info "...

Wha? I always figured there was something between pounds and tons but I never knew what it was. Now that Ive encountered a measurement in Imperial Ive never used, I realize how silly the system actually is if you weren't raised using it. 14lbs, wtf? Why 14? And I don't like numbers either, I measure...

Well I just wanna make sure everyone knows what I mean when I say "the road is 28 feet wide" or "The Viborg forest is 460 miles across" or "the orc hanging on the end of the rope is 230lbs" or whatever. Because I cant explain it any other way without a lot of pain in th...

Oh, trust me. The bad guys are *really* bad. Youre just seeing the outer ring of pawns now. There will be plagues and tumors and mind controlled freaks ahoy! Artaxes' kind tone seems to calm the shaking female, and she rubs a hand across her snout. "Well.." she continues. "The carava...