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I finally figured out who the Nameless One from Planescape: Torment really is. Now, this may sound barmy at first, but it really does make sense. You see, the Nameless One is actually... Tom Marvolo Riddle. Yes, that's righ ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:34 - 38 comments - 0 attachments

I was writing a story where a Guvner is grappled and attempts to use the faction feat Evaluating The Outcome to bend probability and improve her chance of breaking free. Then, I realized that she shouldn't be able to attempt this without maki ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2009-09-24 22:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Everyone knows that the circumference of Sigil is 20 miles, but that's not quite enough information to define it fully. A torus has two radii: r for the small generator circle and R for the big circle the small one revolves around. Also, ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:33 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

I got to thinking about what it feels like for a character on a plane with an opposing alignment trait. I think that for a chaotic character on a lawful plane, it feels like claustrophobia; you can't "think outside the box" because the "box" keep ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:34 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

It's obvious the authors of FCII read the adventure Fires of Dis -- it's got the Maggot Pit and the red abishai Arraka who guards it. (For some reason, they didn't read the part about the interior of Dispater's tower, but let's not get into t ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:29 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

My version of planar firearms involves a city on Mechanus populated by axiomatic gray elves. (Read the text in the Achaierai entry in Planes of Law -- that's where I got the idea from.) When an elf reaches the age of 7 turns (119 years) ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:29 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

Inspired by What Sensates will and will not do: We all know that Guvners cannot knowingly break the law. We also know that they're very good at finding loopholes to wriggle out of a law without actually breaking it. However, there have ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:32 - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Don't read this if you haven't seen Silent Hill! I just watched the movie Silent Hill today, and I realized that for D&D players, it all makes perfect sense! The town of Silent Hill exists as both a Material Plane town and a ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:23 - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Sword of Clueless Slaying: This uncharitably named weapon is often used by Cagers who have extensive dealings with planes not often visited by most Cagers.  It has a +1 bonus on the Outer Planes; +2 on the Inner Planes or agains ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-08-04 15:22 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Do the feats Probability Manipulation and Evaluate The Outcome allow you to affect percentile rolls? Also, does Focus Of The Modron work with actions that take more than one round to complete, such as casting a scrying spell? Guvner Proba ...

Forum Topic - Rick Summon - 2008-07-04 23:35 - 2 comments - 0 attachments