Recent content by Jin Chi

Folks- I'm of the opinion that the Psion as presented in the PsiHB is an unfortunately underpowered class. I'm running one in a campaign and it's terribly obvious that it doesn't hold up to the other classes. So I'm looking at the alternates out there. The If Thoughts Could Kill psion is...

There is switching and then there is "switching." We have one player in our group who regularly changes characters in games. It has gotten to the point where it's almost ridiculous. She'll always justify it with a vaguely suitable role-playing reason, but the end result is always another...

No no no....you guys have it all wrong..... You need to cross T20 with Call of Cthulhu. Space horror is such a cool genre if done correctly. Exit from a bad jump and perhaps you picked up a passenger along the way.... What's another stat when you're already adding Education and Social...

In one of our long-term campaigns (jeez....well over 12 years now and counting), we hit a particularly ugly snag around 5th level or so. Halfway through a meal with the Drow queen of the city's underworld, my character remembered someone mentioning that Dark Elf Vampires usually poison their...

Todd- I'm very disappointed to hear that WOTC continues to prove that they've lost what little sense they had remaining to them. More than anything else, your fantastic art set the look and tone of the 3E books, breaking D&D out of its poorly designed and illustrated earlier editions. Know...

They seem to have really good prices on all the hardcover books. I'm very tempted to pick up all the books I don't have from Buy.com. Oriental Adventures, Manual of the Planes, Star Wars, etc. And yes, I certainly ordered the ELH from them already. I don't need this book at $40+ but at $15 I'd...

Psionic Combat is pretty much worthless. Vs. that same Psionic opponent, the wizards and sorcerors will be doing many d6 of fire and lightning damage, the fighter types will be hacking and slashing them to bits, and what is the Psion going to contribute? 1d2 of some random ability drain...

If Thoughts Could Kill I bought and downloaded ITCK today and took a look at it. These fixes are pretty timid. The aforementioned 8th Level Psion (forgetting bonus points) gets 1 (!) extra power point, 2 extra 0 level powers and 1 extra 1st level power. That, and they get to pick 2 other...

I've been playing a Fighter/Psion for the past few months and it is becoming increasingly clear to me that they underpowered the Psion class. Compared to a Sorceror or Wizard of the same level (lets say 8th), the Psion is woefully inadequate. 8th Level Psion: 6 0 level, 4 1st level, 3 2nd...

Creepy? Were we watching the same movie? Disappearance takes a vaguely interesting premise and turns it into a dull and near-incomprehensible mish-mash of bad writing, uninspired directing and dreadful acting. I think the basic ideas, however, can be used for CoC though. In fact, that was the...

Dropping ranks sucks. Dropping tiers sucks worse. But mostly because the game is so damn random. Once (if) we make some adjustments to the generator, and the defenses start to feel more tied into the attacks, that might help somewhat, but right now skill only plays a small part. Perhaps we...

I had suggested something similar to this a while ago with a slight difference..... I think you should only lose a rank when you lose to a lower-ranked fighter. There should be no penalty at all for losing a fight to an equal or greater ranked fighter.... Of course, if you get rid of lost...

Chen Shing moves in fast, launching a spinning kick at the larger warrior and then leaping over his attack. <MeowthBot> 2: The needle spins underneath the hells; protects against the chaos of the rosewood as it leaps from the cut of the ember!

ummmmm..... DIRTY TRICK!

Chen Shing aims for a cheap kick to Sabaron's privates. <MeowthBot> 2: The rose petal kicks near the valley; absorbs the cut of the amphibian while it negates the stab of the steel!