Recent content by Codragon

No I did not To the OP: I didn't. I've run FR since the grey box and never had the "uber-NPC problem". And I don't read/use material from the FR novels in my games.

At the risk of thread derailment, this is a great point. Fly and invis. are on par with what the greatest super heroes can do, yet they are relatively low level spells in an all editions of dnd. So what we end up with are elaborate, contrived DM countermeasures and "nerfing". I would be in...

Swashbuckler The Swashbuckler is a niche that should be filled in the core PHB ruleset. It should be taken from the CW and put as a core class in the core rules. The fighter/rogue multiclass is an OK approximation, but there needs to a full-BAB, light-or-no-armor warrior base class. The...

Thanks for the heads-up, Krug!

Well? I lurk on these boards sometimes, and I am very interested the Eberron setting. Like others, I was skeptical at first (so I ignored a lot of the early Eberron threads), but I've spent 2-3 hours perusing it at B&N; and I'm probably 90% likely to buy it now. I've seen some of the Eberron...

I voted: "A Holy Warrior, ordained by their god to bring fire and death to the forces of darkness!" "D&D" stands for "Dungeons and Dragons", not "Debates and Deliberations"! :cool:

I'm definately in the "DM is God", "DM is always right" camp. But it is not because I am a "cocky tyrannical rat bastard" (tm). It is because the game HAS to have some sort of final authority during the game. HAS TO. Or else it breaks down and slows down into an endless series of...

Linear point buy is OK Not sure if its too late...... Try one-for-one point buy with 76 points. Before racial modifiers, of course. Players will MIN-MAX no matter what you do. Let them create the characters of their dreams, and all that.... combos possible 18 18 14 10 10 6 16 15 15 10 10...

I definitely agree with your post, although I'm getting sick of the word "nerf" :). I mostly DM, and the few characters I have played are rarely casters. But you make a great point; and it is often lost among these discussions. It is most definitely a letdown to have an oft-used spell (or...

I mostly disagree with this one. While I know WotC reads message boards; and even takes them into account when deciding what changes to make to the game; I also think playtesters/customer feedback play a much greater role into how WotC changes the game. I have no formal proof or numbers on...

Great replies! Some interesting points are being brought up.... What about this? Given that a shield can be used as both a weapon and as armor, but not in the same round unless you have the shield expert feat, I propose the following: If someone Quickdraws* a shield, then he can 't use it...

Does the Quickdraw feat apply to shields? Specifically large steel shields? My guess would be no, since the feat's wording specifically says "weapon". Also, a large steel shield cannot simply be grasped, it must be strapped to the forearm. Any thoughts on this? I am looking for offical...

Anyone have a link to the aforementioned thread?

In Green Ronin's Assassin Handbook, I'm not sure whether to allow the assassin's Killing Blow attack as written in my game. For those unfamiliar, the GR Assassin base class has the ability to use a Killing Blow a limited number of times per day. A killing blow is basically a coup-de-grace as a...

Just to interject.... I think it's less fun when players know "everything" about a given campaign world. "Everything" meaning the NPC stats, monster stats, secret city locations, etc. The most fun I have as player is when I don't know where exactly I'm going, or the average hit points of the...