[DND3 Pg 122] Combat Fundamentals [Week 21]

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the Fundamental Actions in Combat table in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Steve Dee's blog post about MDC: https://dconstructions.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/ecce-homo-ecce-ludus/ Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the two-part illustration spread across pages 120 and 121 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for saving throws described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for determining Touch AC, as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss one of the dumbest things about 3e D&D, the five-minute adventuring day, as implied by the conclusion of a combat example in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest rule -- and one unfairly maligned rule-- described on page 117 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about Jozan's performance in the example combat that opens Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the framing of the extended combat example that begins Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss one of the dumbest and best things in Chapter Seven: Equipment -- the rules for masterwork items -- in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest and saddest thing about the combat mounts offered in Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729