Unanswered Questions
182 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What is the source of the persistent rumor that D&D 3.5's Orb spells were written to provide an advantage in the writer's home game?
D&D 3.5's Complete Arcane introduced the Orb of Fire/Acid/Whatever line of spells. They are conjuration spells (normally you might expect them to be evocation), they do a reasonably large pile of ...
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Building the template for a half-elf nymph in PCGen
A friend of mine wants to build a half-elf half-nymph using a homebrewed LA 3 half-nymph template, so I need to produce a half-nymph template for LA 3 in PCGen for that character. This means I need to ...
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What is this RPGA world/campaign design contest winner (ca. 2006?) I remember?
More than a decade ago, my best friend had an online subscription to various D&D materials. When he was back home visiting, he let me spend a few hours exploring this treasure trove. From what I ...
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Looking for a product with a specific inn in a drow city
Our last play session with me as rotating DM ended with the party about to enter the (classic Greyhawk version) Vault of the Drow. Currently, I am a player in another DM's game, but when it cycles ...
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Is it possible to translate in-place after inapposite travel?
When a creature travels via inapposite means (inapposite gate, harness, directly from the strange, etc), will end up out of context when the laws of the destination recursion differ, and will begin ...
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Are a data fortress's programs always visible in their cells, or only triggered when a netrunner passes by their cell?
In all the samples of Netmap, we can see a data fortress with walls, gates, CPUs, memories, and also programs in a determined cell.
Now I wonder, when the netrunner enters in the subgrid and starts to ...
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How to Reconcile Pax Arcanum and Permission of New Second Awakenings?
Archmasters possess superhuman capabilities of both foresight and scheming, have immense supernatural powers, and are always on the lookout for aspirants. The Pax Arcanum forbids interfering with ...
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Forgotten Realms maps, why the changes of scale?
Recently, I went looking at various maps of The Forgotten Realms, from generally looking at Faerun, to looking specifically at The Sword Coast.
From what I can find, in 2nd edition, this map features ...
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How are deity deaths and portfolio shifts perceived by mortals?
Through the actions of some intrepid, epic-level adventurers, one of the gods of the Forgotten Realms has died. And I don't mean the "oops, I dropped my avatar on the ground and broke it" ...
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What range scale does a human-sized Mek-Pirate use?
Some of the really nice tech in the Mekton Workshop costs a lot. Cloaking demands to add 0.8 to the final cost multiplier for active, fire control, combat cloaking.1 And another 0.33 for a the dirty ...
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Where are the unmarked maps for Scales of War?
I'm a DM about to start a campaign of Scales of War with my group. I have all of the stuff ready, except for the maps. I purchased a DDI Subscription through Digital River, but when I downloaded the ...
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Can I find traditional roleplaying in Fastaval?
Fastaval is famous for one-shot scenarios, many of which are freeform/jeepform/structured freeform in style. That is, at least, true of the scenarios that have been translated to English or Finnish ...
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Finding the way through the Mists of Forgetfullness
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Welcome to The Dreaming, the place where Fae show their true Miens and get more powerful the deeper they go... wait, I just welcomed you, so you must have entered the Dreaming, right?...
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Does the breed of a feline influence the house of an excellent Cat like it does for dogs in Pugmire?
Welcome to the Royal Lands of the Monarchies of Mau, traveller! Here, the cats reign, and most belong to the Houses Angora, Cymrik, Korat, Mau, Rex, and Siberian, or any of the smaller noble houses ...
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The fate of "the Lord of the Ashtray"
Back in 2002, the Fans that made Orpheus held a contest to make a Samual Haight-themed campaign. The Lord of the Ashtray won.
Through sheer luck, the web archive crawled the fans' website starting in ...
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