Recent content by Cactot

Yep, I mixed those up too. Got 16/22, I also missed awl pike (looked like normal pikes to me), and switched up lochaber axe and bardiche, which was just thoughtless =P

I totally agree that the melee character has many things going in its favor, though it holds its own against a decently well made (but not super optimized) melee character. Assuming the following: Both have weapons 2 sizes too big, one uses a greatbow, the other uses a great sword. 2h barb 12...

Yeah I know =D I do not see anything (RAW does not make any mention of similar situations that could be used to compare) that would indicate that just because it fires energy it would not benefit from a size increase. (A bigger energy blast would be more damaging, no?) You do make good...

Sure you can make archers tear it up, you just need a specific setup: Buy (~72,000 gold) or create a Splitting Energy Bow, and then focus on strength. (A whirling frenzy or ferocity variant barbarian works VERY well for this.) For each attack you have you do: 4d6+2xstr+4 With improved rapid...

Does it? I was under the impression you could not summon creatures that have templates applied, perhaps I misremember that rule? To the OP, I know this doesn't fit exactly within your guidelines, but the shadowcraft mage Shadowcraft Mage Handbook is absolutely my favorite mage build ever, and...

I was not able to find any hard and fast definition of mount, so given the loose definition, I do not see any reason why (if you pay for a proper harness) you could not use it as a mount with the RAW.

At least there is one thing that I DO like about monkey grip, it somehow seems more "realistic" to me to be able to do mortal damage to a huge (or larger) creature with a more massive weapon. The way I look at it, if I was fully armored and a 6 year old came at me with a 6 oz ball-peen hammer...

The Alexandrian - Misc Creations Give this a read, it will help with the stats of quite a few of them.

Crusader all the way, if possible coordinate with at least one more player on your team and try and build in some synergy as Axel mentioned. The two most obvious possibilities I can think of involve 2+ crusaders. Iron guard's glare is absolutely amazing in low magic settings, especially with...

WHFRP was my first thought, though shadowrun (1e/2e/3e) with the tech stuff stripped out could work well too.

The whole point of playing an elven spellcaster was to be able to use longbows (and if you are lucky get a + to hit because of the dex bonus). Until lvl 5 or so it seems like MOST of my caster's actions were "shoot it with my bow". Save the spells for the big bad boss =D

I agree with a lot of the points you make, but I get a much different perception of the numbers concerning how many people play which editions. I wish there was a way to get a realistic number. My estimation (which is not necessarily any more accurate than yours) would be somewhere around...

The only thing I would be absolutely sure of would be to have different "power" mechanics for each type (Arcane, Divine, Martial, Psionic, etc). That was the biggest thing that turned me off to 4e. There were a lot of issues with 3e, but I loved how there was such a play style difference...

I fricking love these boards, you guys rule. I dont think converting to 4e will be a problem, i tend to favor 3.x (although 4e seems more tactical wargamey to me, and i love tactical wargames... strange).

Fantastic responses guys, thats exactly what i was looking for. It really helps me flesh out my ideas. My initial thought was having a campaign map just like MTW, and i still think that it has potential. Now that i am considering it, another cool plot device for the adventure phase could be...