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This query is in regards to the 1st level Plant sphere (I added it to Travelers, too) spell for priests. In the description it says that the spell basically masks both scent and footprints ...

SirXaris

The spell allows the caster to transport up to 500 lbs of nonliving matter, or half that amount of living matter.

Lanthorn

ps. thanks for your input

Greetings once more,

The description of the 4th level wizard spell Dimension Door states that "Recovery from use of a dimension door spell requires one round."

Does this apply ONLY to the wizard ...

Greetings Naughtical,

And well met! Thank you for your input. I like your reasoning and will offer that perspective forth. I guess, then, that a door, not being integral to the overall structure ...

Califor,

EXCELLENT point! I never thought of that counter. This is why I enjoy posting my inquiries to the general collective. Many heads are better than one. Just ask Tiamat! Evil Grin

The ...

Potential for abuse, indeed. I guess it comes down to what is defined as a single item or object, especially once individual components are 'melded' together into a larger object.

Nevertheless, I ...

OK, more questions with regard to what the spell does, and does not, permit. Please answer the following:

1) Can you enlarge/reduce a SINGLE brick or stone of a fortification, house, or any struct ...

Hello

I decided to post as an 'answerer' for once instead of always being the one to ask for input. I am no historian whatsoever (but hang out with a whole bunch of history teachers and consider m ...

Hello, it's me again, with another Lanthorn query, specifically about the 1st level wizard spell "Enlarge/Reduce." I am interested in your collective input regarding what I consider a potential abuse ...

SirXaris,

Your counter-arguments make complete sense to me. And yes, you are correct. I am a science guy. :)

If anyone else has something else to add, please feel free.

my thanks

Lantho ...

Hello

I would tend to agree that unless the rules state otherwise then high Strength bonuses should be honored, even during a charging attack. The rationale that my colleague gave, though, was a b ...

Friends,

Got into another discussion/debate with my fellow DM/player once again. He posits that a character with a high Strength rating does NOT enjoy the 'to hit' or 'damage' bonuses whilst charg ...

Osmund-Davizid,

Your words are eloquent and the tribute worthy of this grand collection of Greyhawkers who join, prowl, and post, irrespective of edition.

I feel exactly as you described. Thank ...

I want to thank you ALL for your collective input (and more is welcome).

I was mainly thinking about how military units WITHIN their own borders (not necessarily across borders) would divvy up loot ...

Greetings All

Been a long time since I've posted an inquiry, and this one has come to my mind, especially since my player has a few characters that serve in a military capacity.

I know from a hi ...

SirXaris, precisely!

Furthermore, most likely the extra-planar creature also has Magic Resistance ON TOP of having a decent saving throw. So, yes, I fully agree with you.

That being said, if th ...

Hello All,

Been a long time since my last post, so I guess it's time to break the silence with another Lanthorn query. This regards the 5th level priest spell, Dispel Evil. The duration is 1 rnd/ ...

Sorry for the shameless 2e plug, but check out the Complete Book of Dwarves for any ideas regarding dwarven culture, customs, attitudes, and the like. It might inspire you how to run that adventure y ...

House of the Dragon!

Coming "soon." :)

Very excited, and hopeful.

-Lanthorn

Forgive my ignorance, but not familiar with a Blaspheme.

However, if you want a powerful undead alternative, that's pretty easy.

Lich
Vampire
Spectre
Ghost

take your pick,

Lanthorn

Greetings All,

Been a while since I posted another infamous Lanthorn query. This is not a 2e specific question, but open to all editions. It's more of a philosophical question, but feel free to i ...

Silvermane, coming up with a 3 to 4 hour self-contained adventure for beginners is no easy feat. So I'll give it a try. Here are just a few ideas to consider.

The surrounding Cairn Hills offer c ...

Silvermane, if a module is not forthcoming, prepackaged and created, offering what you need, might I suggest making your OWN adventure?

I have long made a DMing career alternating between home-made ...

DMPrata,

I have indeed cross-referenced that source for potential ideas!

Anyone else?

thank you,

Lanthorn

Gents,

This is very unfortunate and aggravating news to read, but I thank you for your input. Mad

Oh well.

Does anyone have suggestions as to the following with respect to both Wenta and V ...

Hello once more All,

MANY moons ago the writers of the now-defunct Dragon Magazine helped round out the Oeridian Powers by writing some articles about Atroa, Delleb, and Kurell (Sept 1999, #263 iss ...

Friends of Oerth,

I am really thankful, and pleased, by the outpouring of suggestions, philosophies, and viewpoints on this topic.

For the record, I was the proponent who argued that the dogma o ...

Praytell, then, what you think upon which side of this debate you believe the clergy falls, in general. For, or against, taxes, as part of the portfolio of Zilchus.

Lanthorn

Hello All,

Got into a debate with a fellow DM/player and had to agree to disagree in the end. I won't tell you who had what position, but it came down to this, and I want YOUR collective input to ...

WOW.

Ok, that is VERY extensive. And a bit overwhelming, but thank you all the same.

Is there a consolidated chart or table that lists ONLY temples and religious sites, their locatio ...

VERY much appreciate all this good feedback!

Thank you all for your contributions, and feel free to add anything else that might arise.

yours,

Lanthorn

Forgive me for asking what might be an obvious query, but where might I find this aforementioned Index, good sir?

Lanthorn

Hello again,

Wondering if anyone has a list of the various sites listed on Anna's maps with respect to Temples, Monasteries, and Churches in terms of their locations AND the Power/Deity worshipped ...

I assume that the Knights are responsible for paying their own subordinates unless they are able to negotiate that from a patron.

Also, do you think the government (being Lawful in the case of both ...

Greetings All,

I could use some input from everyone regarding how members of the Order of the Hart (for my purposes, mainly focusing on the Velunese faction specifically) are funded.

I have read ...

Cebrion

Thank you for chiming in and clarifying your point. Not sure that I actually agree that the familiar has the same lifespan of the mage, but I can appreciate your stance.

I looked up wh ...

Ceb,

I appreciate your feedback. So...if I interpret your answer correctly, you suggest that the familiar has the same lifespan TABLE as the wizard, not necessarily the same lifespan of the wizard ...

Hello All,

Tis been quite a time since my last query post. High time I amend that! Happy

This is not an edition specific question (hence, the reason why I placed it here), though many of yo ...

Looks I am in good company with SirXaris (hello, 'old' friend!).

I am in the above 40 bracket as well. I started playing 1st edition when I was about 11 yrs old back in the early 80's. I picked u ...

Fellows,

In the Options books of 2e (2.5 I guess you call it), it is possible or mages to wear armor if you buy the skill. Thusly, it is quite possible to have an armored mage.

It gets interest ...

I appreciate the feedback as well as the logic behind the reasoning of your answers.

thank you all,

Lanthorn

Upon reaching 7th lvl, druids can shift into animal form once per day (but three different animal categories).

Splitting hairs (or fins, fur, and feathers, I guess), but does that mean-

1) One f ...

Gotcha. Makes sense.

Thanks everyone for your input! You KNOW I will have more queries to come. Cool

Lanthorn, Always Asking

Ceb,

Clever use of Rock to Mud...but is it possible to Dispel the Dispel and revert the rock back to mud dispelled back to rock then re-dispelled to change BACK to mud once more? < Did that even ...

SOMEWHERE in my collection I think I recall seeing not just a list of module locations but also when they occurred...

I want to say it's in a 2e source guide which is the ONLY reason I dimly recall ...

Another situation has come up and I would like some input. It really doesn't matter if this pertains to the 5th lvl wizard or 3rd lvl priest spell. They are pretty much the same in what they can do ...

Love it, everyone. Wolfling, great idea. And Cebrion, I appreciate that you delineated it out clearly for everyone for easy comprehension and access.

thanks all,

-Lanthorn

Check your DMG for this item's full description, if needed.

The last paragraph states "Fully 50% of these horns are aligned and will summon only fighters of the horn's alignment. A radical alignme ...

Gonna make my feeble plug for 2e products...

"The Complete Book of Elves" goes into elven psychology and relations with other races as well as their life style and overall society. Might be worth ...

I also believe some information is written about Etterboek and the entire region up and down between Celene and Verbobonc in an older issue of Oerth Journal. I will have to do a little digging but if ...

I would agree with you on this. Just wanted input.

thank you

-Lanthorn

Thanks, Cebrion, for your input, as always.

I guess what I am really getting at is...

...does the reader know, upon reading the protection scroll, that the effect will last for, say, 15-25 minut ...

Query:

Do protection scrolls tell the reader for how long the recipient will be protected (the range given in the description, for instance)?

Or is this NOT imparted by reading the scroll and is ...

Drelnza is the product of Iggwilv and Lerrek the lich, not Dahvlier. Lerrek is a high-level priest of Erythnul residing in Delvenbrass, I think (or some such other location in the Vesve). I believe ...

Thank you SirXaris. The specific wording of the spell is as follows with regards to duration:

"The animals summoned aid the caster by whatever means they possess, staying until a fight is over, a ...

More questions about this VERY open-ended spell.

1) The duration is exceedingly flexible, and does not give a definite duration. This is obviously both good and bad, but there has to be a maximum ...

Hello All,

I am wondering if anybody knows of, or has created, an expanded 2e Monster Summoning Table (all Wizard spell levels), that you are willing to share. If you have found one in a Dragon Ma ...

Hello everyone!

First Name: Peter
Age: 34
Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
When you started playing D&D: 1996, age 11
What rules you started with: AD&D 2nd Edition

Nice to meet y ...

Interesting. In the early 90's when I was first learning population demographics, I used the data in the 1E MM to estimate birth rates, death rates, population growth rates (r), carrying capacity ( ...

Nice find, but that's not the one I had in mind.

It's whatever the September 1984 issue is. The article is entitled "Survival is a Group Effort," pages 8-12.

This article covers age ranges fo ...

You all tapped into the sources I would use, but I recall somewhere reading an article in an older "Dragon Magazine" issue about humanoid lifespans. I will see if I can't unearth it somehow...

-La ...

It seems to me that I asked this very same question some time back...

And I believe the answer was "YES."

Add the Strength bonus to natural attacks, so things like demons, giants, and the like a ...

Get your hands on "Monster Mythology." There might be some stuff in there you might like.

-Lanthorn

Greetings,

Personally I DO use Neutral as an alignment and would not counsel ditching it. A Neutral character, or being, doesn't necessarily kick a puppy today b/c they helped an old lady yesterda ...

Get your hands on a copy of Manual of the Planes. It will answer most of your questions relating to what powers and spells operate in the Planes, including those pertaining to paladins!

-Lanthorn

Recall you have to teleport onto a SOLID surface. If you wanted to teleport high, you'd have to do so in the rigging or the crow's nest (but if somebody is in there, that could spell trouble). Telep ...

Rasgon nailed all my top picks. I fully concur with his choices, but I can speak from personal experience that my own PCs were indoctrinated into 'Village of Hommlet" lo those many years (decades) ag ...

Check out the Greyhawk "Wars" boxed set. It goes over details of the Wars, start to finish. Osson is also mentioned as some length.

-Lanthorn

This is a question right up my alley! Happy

I would say you could teleport onto a ship, regardless of its location, because you have to know what it looks like. It's still a place, but it just ...

I like what SirXaris mentioned.

I do occasionally add a creature with a class, but they typically are humanoids (coincidentally I own The Complete Book of Humanoids). As for non-humanoids with cla ...

Monster Mythology has stats for Demogorgon, and many other demon lords who are worshipped (except Grazzt and Orcus).

If you don't own or have access to a copy, and need some information, let me kno ...

I just had a lucky epiphany...got a crit success on a memory (or research) roll and cracked out my 1st edition copy of "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth." Somehow I vaguely remembered (maybe b/c of my ' ...

Ok, final question...promise... (maybe)… Happy

The summoning priest, the spell notes, must have erected a Protection from Evil spell, stand within a protective circle, or possess some type of d ...

Insane conundrums are my speciality! Razz

I totally agree with your caveat statement and appreciate your input on the mechanics of the spell.

Accessory question:

What if the summoning pr ...

This question pertains to the 6th level Summoning clerical spell, "Aerial Servant."

The cleric uses this creature, summoned of the Elemental Plane of Air, to fetch either an item or creature and re ...

Greetings again.

I could use some historical (and 'fantastical') perspective in how hired military soldiers divvied up 'spoils of war' when on campaign. I know this is largely based on which civil ...

Again, thank you all who posted! Your input and suggestions are MOST helpful and have given my MUCH to digest.

I have decided that each Diocese (and the Archdiocese) will have a Knight Commander ( ...

She is both a fiend and a goddess in my games. I have used Monster Mythology to great effect in terms of running her clergy and what she grants them.

-Lanthorn

Ragnar, you played the Iuzians in your campaign in much the same way that I did mine. I quickly found out that they were stronger offensively than defensively, given their relative lack of healing, p ...

Ragnar, I am humbled to be your muse. I likewise consider my own campaign of the Lost Caverns to be have an epic adventure, rivaling, perhaps exceeding, my saga series against the Slave Lords. I am ...

Love this thread and the ideas from everyone. I have to agree with Lanthorn (as I usually do)....

Happy

Thanks! I will try NOT to get accustomed to it!

-Lanthorn

p.s. yes, Slavers book i ...

More questions, with my take added:

There are roughly 70 Knights in Veluna (something like that), but doubt they are equally divided across the Dioceses (and Archdiocese). I imagine there are more ...

CruelSummerLord, thank you for hitting point by point. Happy

Ok, liking the discussion so far and giving me things to consider. I guess I can see the government paying overhead costs for the O ...

My interpretation from various readings (including the one I mentioned) is that the Order is truly independent, meaning neither religious nor secular governing powers rule over them. So I imagine nei ...

Greetings,

Some more questions regarding this 3-part Order of Knights. I realize they are supposed to be independent of the religious and political spheres of their respective regions (Furyondy, H ...

Perfectly fine, and ultimately your decision. I just never made the disasters center-stage in my campaign, but rather the battle between the Slavers and those who finally rose up to oppose them (the ...

Maybe you get bonuses??? Question

-Lanthorn

You're quite welcome. I appreciate it when people reply to me relatively soon after I post, so I try to pay it forward in turn.

I'm trying to recall the reason for picking Erythnul (this happened ...

Disclaimer: I used the 2e format, so keep that in mind.

LOVE the Slavers epic module saga. Been a player run through it, and ran it as a DM whose Heironean paladin got mixed up against them. I di ...

New to the website, but started playing in Greyhawk in 2e days. Still the best setting around.

YES!!!! Another 2e fan! Cool

Glad to know we aren't all extinct! Emongnome, welcome aboard. ...

Thank you two. I have relied upon what information that I can find in the 1st edition DMG (I really like that book even though I'm an ardent 2e fan) on this subject under Economics. I also own The C ...

I do believe there's one located in Greyhawk City, if that helps.

For some reason I also want to say there's a school for bards in Verbobonc too.

-Lanthorn

Introducing this into my campaign, and need some input:

1) How are bridge tolls collected? Is there typically a 'toll booth' manned by guards by each major bridge? Or is this fee collected at the ...

Yet another Lanthorn query:

Does the magical bonus of a shield also apply to hit and damage rolls? Or does this merely apply to AC?

Ex: When using a +2 small shield as a weapon (shield rush or ...

Welcome aboard rredmond. You are obviously a Jethro Tull fan (me too).

happy posting and prowling the boards,

Lanthorn of 2e

Depends really on the spell.

Those that effect the mind still get a save (though you could penalize them I suppose) since the unconscious mind is still, on some level, active.

Physically damagin ...

Cebrion,

Thank you for your point by point response (that's what I was hoping for).

Ceb, interested you have temples and churches pay taxes, b/c in 'our world' they are exempt, aren't they?!

...

Got into a good, almost heated, debate yesterday on this topic. I won't offer my thoughts on the matter so as to get an untainted opinion from my respondents.

1) Do the temples/churches of the var ...

CruelSummerLord, DITTO!!!

Yeah, pretty much what you said, for the reasons you noted, and nearly in the same order.

-Lanthorn

Good information all.
Cebrion, very interesting video segment. I also like the explanation how that works (yes, science is cool).

Does anyone else have information regarding how much cold iron an ...