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				<title>Intimidate and Str</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Maul</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>450503</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Is there a PF trait that lets you use STR insted of Char with intimidate .. i know theres one that lets you swap int for char with bluff .. but i havent found one for intimidate ..</p> <p>I know in core there are rules for subing in STR for char if its applicable for the current intimidate check ..</p> <p>any way .. is this common sense and im just being dumb .. or can my big scary fighter just be assumed to always use str when imtimidating ?</p> <p>-Maul</p> 
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				<title>Hi Every one .. agian</title>
				<link>http://blackmarches.wikidot.com/forum/t-774734/hi-every-one-agian</link>
				<description>Old Member refound the site ...</description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Maul</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>450503</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>K so I was once a member .. and then the apocalypse happened, and i forgot the stupid sites name and address. So i just stumbled back across it and took a look and Low and behold its back up. Wow. So HI every one. Iv no doubt no one remembers me i didnt do too much. I was Maul the stone child. Zedd the artificer. Talamane the Dread Necromancer. Um .. and I think i had a Snivilfritz the theif on this page too ..</p> <p>Unfortunately i think all my old cheat sheets with saved descriptions yadda yadda are gone .. so ill have to start anew .. My mythweavers account is still up and thriving though so maybe i could revive some of the old guys ..</p> <p>Or has the whole place totally rebooted ..Any way Hope to catch a game here or there ..</p> <p>-Maul</p> 
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				<title>Hello Everyone</title>
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				<description>New face? Yes, methinks.</description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Delioth</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1807326</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Hey guys, I'm relatively new to the D&amp;D World (Living in a small town in the middle of no-where is not conducive to having D&amp;D Games around), but I've played a bit/been ready to play a bit, but sometimes things on forums die.</p> <p>I'm glad to have found this- I heard about Western Marches, but also that it had died a while back. It's great to have a world set up like that, with a community that you guys have here! I'll certainly be around for a while.</p> 
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				<title>Presenting... Me!</title>
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				<description>Introducing Myself</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Hellton</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1798550</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I'm almost a newbie in the DnD world and a first timer in a online DnD, so&#8230; still learning a lot.<br /> I've Played Medium and High power DnD.<br /> Mostly I create melee oriented characters, sometimes a bit supportive, and till now none evil.<br /> I should consider doing so, as I enjoy beheading and cover myself in the blood of my enemies.<br /> (Berserker character influence).</p> 
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				<title>Mercon Diplomacy</title>
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				<description>still alive</description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Xanola</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>598014</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Just letting you guys know I haven't forgotten about you guys, new job has made things hectic though.</p> 
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				<title>Roc&#039;s Mentor Details?</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Bill Bisco</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>427086</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Has Roc's mentor ever been formally named, given details or anything of the sort other than having trained him in gunsmithing?</p> 
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				<title>Prestige Class Requirement Inquiry</title>
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				<description>Them and their special requirements..bah!</description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 03:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Amalkamis</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>537530</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I've noticed throughout 3.5 and PF, that some of these Prestige classes have Special situations in order for your to pick them up as classes even after you make the necessary requirements. Does that mean players would have to make some sort of special request to the staff about a solo event to satisfy such requirements (I.e, Hellknight Commander/Enforcer must kill a devil of a higher HD in front of an official Hellknight), or are we perhaps SOL due to the setting?</p> 
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				<title>Spell to Power Erudite vs Arcane Fusion</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>TyrannoStorm</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>858232</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I am having quite a bit of confusion regarding certain tricks regarding Erudites. Most prominent is that of Arcane Fusion. Quoting relevant texts here:<br /> Arcane Fusion<br /> &quot;When you cast this spell, choose any 1st-level sorcerer spell you know and any 4th-level or lower sorcerer spell you know.<br /> Neither spell chosen can have a casting time longer than 1 standard action.<br /> Both spells take effect in the order you choose, as if you had cast them one after the other using only one standard action, but you don't expend any additional spell slots to cast those spells.&quot;</p> <p>Technically, a Spell to Power Erudite does not know spells.<br /> &quot; which allows you to attempt to convert an arcane spell into a power you can add to your repertoire.&quot;<br /> &quot;Because the spells are now effectively psionic powers&quot;</p> <p>So in regards to this, I envision three possible rulings.<br /> 1. Arcane Fusion is of no use to an Erudite.<br /> 2. An Erudite may use Arcane Fusion only for spells that are on the Sorcerer list at appropriate levels.<br /> 3. An Erudite may use Arcane Fusion for anything, such as psionic powers and non-sorcerer arcane spells (such as Glibness).</p> <p>Now, assuming 2 or 3 is chosen, there is another issue. When Arcane Fusion applies the 1st level and 4th level spell, on a Sorcerer they would both deal standard damage as dictated by Caster Level. However, an Erudite must augment damage dealing things, and even other certain powers like Ego Whip or Dominate, Psionic would need to be augmented.<br /> How does Arcane Fusion interact with augmenting?</p> 
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				<title>Loot division (Inbetween)</title>
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				<description>An inquiry regarding rewards from the Inbetween Storyline events</description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Amalkamis</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>537530</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>At the conclusion of ep.6 of Inbetween, it was mentioned by one of the players that all gold and items rewarded would be pooled together and then dispersed equally among players that took part in the series .</p> <p>I have a problem with this, simply because there are those who didn't appear in all of the missions (myself included) that would essentially be partaking in rewards they didn't help obtain (the GM of the storyline didn't care to do it either way but wants a unified decision among the players involved).</p> <p>I had originally thought that most session games, any loot found was split among those present during the downtime. Can anyone clarify this or is it perhaps a preference dictated by the GMs themselves?</p> 
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				<title>Questions regarding dragonportian law &gt;.&gt;</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Rayne Kitty</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1254172</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>If I was to open a sort of &#8230; 'free' bed and breakfast/inn where people (for the small small donation of a pint of blood) would receive one free week of food/shelter&#8230; &gt;.&gt;</p> <p>would that be breaking any dragonportian/<a href="http://blackmarches.wikidot.com/mercon">mercon-city</a> laws or otherwise give people any reason to investigate my establishment? :B</p> 
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				<title>Future DMed Games</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>GameGeeks</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>438258</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Given the issues players seem to have with my DMing.</p> <p>1. AP, you only get 2 in my games. And they can't be used to save yourself from death. This means bring med kits and the like. Expect to help people when they go down. D&amp;D is supposed to be a cooperative game meaning you need to help fellow teammates.<br /> 2. Expect things like Suggestion. You can be manipulated just as you could manipulate the enemy.<br /> 3. If you fail a save, you fail. I am not going to water anything down and make it a walk in the park for players.<br /> 4. I roll what I think the player shouldn't know in the GM tab. Don't like it, then don't play my games. I will do things like attack rolls, damage rolls, etc. in the main chat. But things like will saves go in the GM tab.<br /> 5. You can do one additional action from items per round. If you've already used an items that allows you to do an action you normally can't then you can't use any other item like that till the next round. This means things like Belt's of Battle.<br /> 6. I'm not going to handhold or baby. Some things will be easy, others might not be.<br /> 7. If you have any complaints during the game, then let me know in private. I will not respond if it's posted to the main chat.</p> <p>Any comments feel free to leave them here.</p> 
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				<title>Leaving...</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>MjhX</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>934415</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>As was to be expected, I'm sort of back, but it'll be a while before I can be fully back.</p> <div class="collapsible-block"> <div class="collapsible-block-folded"><a class="collapsible-block-link" href="javascript:;">Show&nbsp;Post</a></div> <div class="collapsible-block-unfolded" style="display:none"> <div class="collapsible-block-unfolded-link"><a class="collapsible-block-link" href="javascript:;">Hide&nbsp;Post</a></div> <div class="collapsible-block-content"> <p>After some thought and the realization that I am literally INCAPABLE of playing the same game everyone else here wants to play (as ashamed as I am to admit it), I currently plan to leave BM for an undetermined amount of time. Maybe I'll be back in a week, maybe a month, maybe a year, maybe never, I don't know. I tried to clean up what I could of <a class="newpage" href="http://blackmarches.wikidot.com/calendar:735">the previous game</a> first, although I haven't been able to figure out <a href="http://blackmarches.wikidot.com/frozt">Frozt</a>'s new level, so it will be left blank (??? 1) for now.<br /> If anyone is planning to <a href="http://blackmarches.wikidot.com/forum/t-680488/08-08-2013-08-14-2013">vote for me</a>, I would like to ask you to vote for someone else.</p> </div> </div> </div> 
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				<title>Status update</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Duralan</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1223662</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>With my dreadful finals being finally over&#8230; time to get this setting rolling again.</p> 
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				<title>So...</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>What's changed this last year, besides just about everyone I knew leaving?</p> 
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				<title>Uncertainty with cohorts...</title>
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				<description>Dragon cohort feat strange with leadership scores and ecl&#039;s</description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Psycho9</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1561450</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but here it goes.</p> <p>Irthos is going to be lvl 9 (ecl 11) soon, and I was wondering what is the max level cohort he can have if he were to take the dragon cohort feat, seeing as his leadership score would allow lvl 8 char's as base + 3 lvl's more allowed from dragon cohort would technically allow a lvl 11 dragon cohort. Not completely sure what the maximum level dragon cohort he can actually take, because if the original rules were followed the feat would be useless, seeing as the base rules say that the cohort cannot be the same level as the PC themselves&#8230;</p> 
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				<title>Active Adventuring</title>
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				<description>I&#039;m kinda new and was wondering how many people are here.</description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Is there a way to know how many active users there are? I've always liked the idea of a living setting like this and it seems so much more further developed that any standard pbp I've seen. So I'm really curious to know how many people are taking advantage of this.<br /> Moreover&#8230; are all these games still active? I'm still a newb at navigating this so if anyone could tell me or point me in the right direction, I'd be really appreciate it.</p> 
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				<title>Teamups!</title>
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				<description>The place for figuring out PC partnerships.</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>TheMany</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1648863</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I'm looking for a low-level PC who would like a VERY pretty housecat (Maximum Cha) as a &quot;pet&quot;. Anyone interested?</p> 
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				<title>Traveling again</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>I will be unable to participate in any games from June 21 to July 7. If any games need me to be there, please do not schedule them during that time.</p> 
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				<title>Terrible ideas</title>
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				<description>Those things we&#039;ll never do, but love talking about.</description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>TheMany</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1648863</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>I once had an idea for a Clan-backstory based class that was kind of horrible but the concept was entertaining.</p> <p><strong>The Swallowed Ones</strong><br /> A strange semi-cult of treasure hunters and fanatics. They seek out the largest of monsters that usually have been the downfall of legendary figures (Party-killers) and attempt to retrieve the historical artifacts and magical items that tend to be&#8230; left behind. For them the story of &quot;Old Man swallowed by the whale&quot; wasn't a parable, it was their elder.</p> <p>Due to their nature, the Swallowed One slowly gains Resistance to acid throughout their career starting at level 2 (culminating at Immunity much later).</p> <p>The more fanatical and religious minded revere the Tarrasque as like to a God. The vast amount of epic or legendary equipment, items, armor, weapons, gems, metals, etc. that could survive it's stomach unable to be digested,</p> <p>Lower levels are referred to as &quot;Muckers&quot; for their habit of sorting through monster droppings for anything that survived digestion. Think of the coins hapless halflings or kobolds may have had on them when swallowed whole. Luckily for them, and anyone they go near, the two starting abilities</p> <p>&quot;Breathless&quot; (supernatural ability) : they no longer <em>need</em> to breathe except to smell or speak.<br /> &quot;Neutralize&quot; (spell-like ability) : Cleans the Swallowed One, equipment, and all non-living material (treasure) they are holding of residual acid, smell, and filth. This can be used once per day with an additional use per day every five levels (6th, 11th, 16th, etc.).</p> <p>At 4th level, the Swallowed Ones earn their name with a new ability -&gt; &quot;Gastronaut&quot; : when being attacked by a creature more than 2 size categories greater using a bite attack they make a DC 20 reflex check to avoid all damage and be completely swallowed by the creature.</p> <p>At 14th level they gain &quot;Escape-hatch&quot; (supernatural ability) 1/day. Usable only INSIDE a monster (dead or alive). This teleports them to 100ft past the physical sensory range of the creature they are escaping.</p> 
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				<title>General Questions</title>
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				<description>Newbies ask the darnedest things.</description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>TheMany</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1648863</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>So I have a question about using the Profession skill to make money when I'm not in the midst of an adventure. The skill rolls say that it's one roll per week, and this site says one day between adventures equals 3days IG downtime. Who makes those rolls and when if I'm specifically looking to take advantage of that?</p> <p>Secondly, what's living quarters look like in Dragonport or other local villages? How much would a house cost? Long-term rentals?</p> <p>Are there any reputable banks or money-handlers where you can store your cash? (50gp/lb adds up quick)</p> 
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