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After spending 3 levels and 1 BAB to get the first +2d6 sneak, you're spinning your wheels with an extra (4th) rogue level each time you "purchase" +2d6 sneak for 1 BAB. (You need to buy levels 4, 5, 6, AND 7 next, for example) Moral of the story: Unless there is a special rogue ability...

The thread is long and pretty rehashed, so I'm going to write in general here: Speaking as someone who, whether or not I have AS, it seems like it sometimes, it is possible to change. And I've had it worse than the OP: I so had trouble making friends in public school, I went from roughly 5th...

Well, I see some possible brute force approaches. 1) 225 squares, no one symbol currently has more than 75 of itself I think, so: add sufficient numbers of each of the three symbols to add up to 75 of each, regardless of placement. 2) The two empty spaces to the left have none of the third...

To see the power of the druid, as with any other caster class, you have to look at all 9 levels of spells, identify the best spell or spells at each level, and then presume the player is an excellent wargamer (not powergamer, wargamer) and casts those spells over and over. 3.5 Druid has...

Popping in for a moment here, some minor history as learned from Sean Reynolds site. It used to be that Keen (weapon enchantment) and Imp Crit stacked. This is what made the low-damage/high-threat weapons comparable to high base-damage weapons. This is in the days of 3.0 Power Attack. And all...

They're all pretty cool, adjusting for the fact WotC was using unusually less competent out of house editors through CD, and went in-house for CA and CV. My homegame Dungeon Delver (rogue4/ranger4/delver2) was middling on the 3.5 update, but happy DD was used as the sole 3.5 Epic class...

Of late, I found myself enjoying (finally) use of alchemical fire with my rogue in living greyhawk, and (cause I was fighting non-sneak-attackables) contemplating the wonders of 1d6 alch fire + sneak dice that add in as more fire damage. Great way to keep a troll down :-) I made an alchemist...

Sometimes a given PrC seems attractive, so I make a character around it, but I also try to have a backup plan. In Living Greyhawk, my first character was and is a wizard. Pure wizard is pretty good. No PrCs demanding you spend 2-3 feats on them, so you have a good power build as a pure wizard...

CON 10-11 is healthy. 9 or less would be slightly sickly. I pick Wisdom. It's good to have the best possible chance to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. And "All things are possible through God..." covers anything you might need the other stats for.

HeroForge characters should be 232k each, not 10MB. Hey, you apparently don't understand how the Import/Export feature works in HeroForge. Allow me to reduce your 10MB per character down to 200k. On the Races & Stats tab, load up your fave char and hit the Export button, then choose the...

I know the purists will scream at me, but consider Robotech (at least the first series, though the other two are cool too) and an oldie but goodie: Star Blazers. Oh, on Ranma, a few (3 or less) of the very early episodes mix in comedy scenes at the shower, with some brief nudity, as the other...

I'll think about it whenever I run a campaign in the future, but I already have so much material... and mostly only time to be a player, though I donate some time to judging RPGA events. It's a cool challenge, but I'd probably end up trying some stuff from scratch, using a mix of monsters I...

RPGA has the same spread of gamer types as homegames, EXCEPT: those who espouse "Who needs rules? Let's just inhale deeply of the toke of freeform gaming. I mean, what is D&D but a bunch of friends talking?" will be fed to the monsters in the first encounter :-) Format is key here. If the...

Wow. I'm a G.I. Joe fan too, and this sounds like a great d20 Modern setting, with maybe a couple shots from d20 Future so if someone wants to play sci-fi (the laser trooper) or battleforce 2020 (haha!) they could. Not to mention the cartoon G.I. Joe w/ red and blue lasers instead of the...

In no particular order: Greyhawk (I play Living Greyhawk, and would like a bit more than the gazetteer) Forgotten Realms (My "standard fantasy" favorite. IE, whether high or low fantasy, it's #1 within that group.), especially with FR Underdark. Dark Sun (It's my preferred "harsh world"...