Recent content by Robert Ranting

It is called a tatzylwurm, and while not a playable character race, it is a monster from previous editions of D&D. Your DM probably saw the version of it in the Tome of Horrors by Necromancer games, which does have more of an anthropomorphic look to it. Incidentally, this is a creature from...

Until his recent death, I was playing this character in World's Largest Dungeon: Itsalion gitn Dakar - Litorian (anthro lion) Rogue 4/Barbarian 2/ Samurai 1 / Ronin 3 Currently I have another less jokey character, but if he buys it, I'm rebuilding Itsalion with a new name...Kumtehkenya...

First of all, I think that one of the things that needs to be made clear when converting between AE and Pathfinder is that the design goals are different. AE races often have penalties that seem to defy their descriptions in flavor text, making them suboptimal at the classes they are supposed...

Pathfinder in another setting? Since the beta came out, I've been playing in an Eberron campaign using a mish-mash of PF and the various 3.5 Eberron books. Our Pathfinder/Eberron DM is himself playing in a Ravenloft game being run with the system by another guy. Myself, I don't think I'll...

Wow, that's a lot of classes! Nevermind my previous comment, clearly there is plenty of room for a few more variants on a theme in this world. If you have a continent or region to spare, just plug in the AE races and classes there and run with it. They will sink or swim on their own merits...

I guess my first question is what other classes from 3.5 are you planning to use? The Warmain, Magister, and Greenbond more or less cover all the same bases as the D&D Fighter, Wizard, and Cleric/Druid. You can chalk up some of this to regional / cultural differences, but ultimately, they are...

Glad to hear it, Knightfall, I hope you get a great deal of use out of it!

As I said, except evocation. Note that in AE, the best "Save or suck" spells, including Resilient Sphere, and Chains of Vengeance, are of the evocation school. That said, evocation is a bit over the top in AE, as opposed to being the redheaded stepchild of 3.5. Everywhere I go online I run...

Regarding new spells, the Spell Treasury also converts a goodly number of spells from the Books of Hallowed Might that Monte wrote for 3.0. If you don't have those, then yes, there are new spells in the ST. Many of the spells from the SRD are significantly changed, especially with AE's lack of...

AE also makes some revisions to various existing classes and equipment. For example, Champions gain the "Avatar's Allies" ability at 16th level, many weapons now have a parry modifier, so when used in conjunction with the total defense action or in the hands of an Unfettered, they grant a...

I recently ran a fire dungeon for my 10th level PCs, so I'm familiar with the sort of monsters you'll be looking at, although generally speaking my DM style relies more on environmental/terrain factors than Gygaxian deathtraps. That said, consider that in addition to flames and heat, volcanic...

Currently a player in: 3.5 D&D in a homebrew setting Pathfinder Beta in Eberron Currently running: Arcana Evolved/3.5 hybrid in a homebrew setting.

The Diamond Throne campaign setting of Arcana Evolved is decidedly non-human centric. In the 10,000 year history of the setting, humans have seldom been ruled by their own kind, and when they have, war, famine and magical cataclysms are the norm. Currently the known world is divided up...

Heh, I will be 25 in June, so I make the cut. I respect Tolkien's contribution to the genre, but do not like reading his prose. I like Pratchet, but not enough to read all of the discworld novels. China Mieville is among my favorite authors of all time, and I have read most of his published...

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