Recent content by Moab2

I love the concept of spell components and spellbooks. I'm a big fan of the little things that add flavor. To me, wizards would lose a lot of their appeal if we took away the dusty tomes and vials/jars of random creature parts and gooey bits. That said, I think the spell component rules are...

Wow, I have to say I'm surprised by the amount of people who think the original poster is wrong to be disappointed by the clerk's actions. He is certainly within his rights to push away the customers at closing time, but at a time when the internet is threatening a lot of small stores, the only...

All I know is that it doesn't get cheesier than the floaty shield idea. Make sure you give the character a floaty shield, even if he can't use it. No card-carrying cheeseburglar should be without one.

A few weeks ago, I posted a thread asking for help accepting psionics in a traditional fantasy setting/game. I got many helpful suggestions, but one thing that really helped was Claudio Pozas posting an illustration that "singlehandedly helped [him] accept psionics in D&D". I thought it would be...

I don't know which book they were from, but there was an exerpt on the WOTC website that gave the stats for alchemy beetles. I don't know much about Eberron, but those constructs struck me as very cool. Maybe this wizard (or artificer) found the recipe for creating these constructs.

Wow, i go away for the weekend, and i come back to 2 pages of replies. Thanks everyone for chiming in with your suggestions. Many of them were very helpful. It seems for me that the problem is one of terminology more than anything else. Thinking of them as more of internal spellcasters (and...

Thanks everyone for chiming in. I think Kenobi has it right that the biggest problem stems from the names. I would have no problem if they just made a point-based magic alternative. I didn't balk at the warlock's new system, so it's not that i just don't like other systems. The Eberron...

Hello. I need some help. As a bit of background, I am one of those narrowminded individuals who can't stomach any guns (no matter how primitive) or technology (no matter how well explained--Eberron I'm looking at you) in my fantasy. As such, psionics has always rubbed me wrong, as it seems a bit...

I agree with Mieric. I was really hoping there would be some material dedicated to familiars. I think the fact that most people avoid a basic class feature shows that the rules need some adjusting. I'm not looking for more power necessarily, just something to make them more appealing.

I like it a lot. But then, 2nd-level spells are usually my favorites. It's a little stronger than most feats, but the one time I used it was as a regional feat in a Forgotten Realms campaign. It doesn't seem any stronger than most of those. On a side note, what do you think is the best choice...

displacer beasts. I can't help it.

I, for one, would love to read more. Very fast paced and exciting. Thanks for posting it.

Tome and Blood for 3E listed the ferret as a possible familiar for small characters. If I remember right, the benefit was the same as the weasel's. (As an aside, does anyone see any reason why a medium-sized character couldn't select one from that list? The hedgehog made a great familiar.)

De-lurking just to say how thrilled I am that you are undertaking a new story hour. So far this one seems to hold a lot of promise. I am particularly happy with how interesting and unique your characters are without them needing to be extra-planar or half-dragons with five different classes...

I created an enemy transmuter that had two shocker lizard familiars by using the Extra Familiar feat in Dragon. One of the players complained that the transmuter should have had to take the improved familiar feat twice, once for each familiar. We agreed to disagree. It was a great tactic for...