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I'm trying to find an old 3.x campaign setting folks here were doing several years back, and am hoping people remember it. I don't remember much, but some of the things I recall are; The God or King was a massively leveled Demonic T-rex which gave it enough of an int boost to be a decent...

I see it mentioned all over the place, usually when talking about multiclassing or gestalt, or to make another class just better somehow. But why? I don't have the book it's in, and I don't see people talking about why it's so great for a few level dip, or as a second half of a gestalt, or...

To "Walking the Walk." Since there's a Talking the Talk forum for OOC discussion.

I've got a 1st level Goliath Warden with a longspear right now, that I'm hoping to play up through Heroic. So one of the items I was hoping to pick up is Wintersnap Armor. But upon further reading, Form of the Winter Herald gives all the stuff that Wintersnap Armor does, and more. So, what's...

This question came up when I leveled up recently. I'm playing an Essentials game, but it applies to any game with feats, really. I was torn between two options, one that gave me +2 to Nature, Perception, and Initiative, and the other one which was practically blindsight (with +2 perception)...

Just a thought I had, since it seems like pretty much every monk in every tabletop game is an Eastern monk. Based on the Shao Lin monks, practicing martial arts, wearing their robes or similarly styled clothing, with heavily wushu based abilities (slow fall, abundant step, quivering palm, for...

Does anyone remember an old worldbuilding attempt people were working on what would have been a few years ago now? It was something like the Roman Empire, only run by... hobgoblins, I want to say? Who rode dinosaurs, and worshipped a giant monster T-rex, and kept humans as slaves. Does this...

I'm just wondering if there's anything short of upgrading to a Greatbow that would give a longbowman (Ranger Hunter) some extra range beyond the 20/40 you start with. Though that's in no way something to sneer at, I think it'd be neat to get even more insane amounts of range.

I'm in a game that just started up, and I'm playing a Hunter from the Essentials, Heroes of the Whatever Something, the ranger variant. And one of the stances I took is the Aspect of the Cunning Fox. And part of it says, *You take only half damage from attacks made against you during your...

Quick backround. I'm starting a Dragonborn Paladin 1. With a 10 dex, plate armor and heavy shield, I'm looking at a -4 for practically everything that requires armor checks. I'm wondering if dropping down to scale armor would be worth it, to get back that 2 armor check penalty, for the cost...

I seem to recall the question coming up before, but I can't find any sources. We blew an ambush, so, per my usual tactics, I glitterdusted the other guys. Actually worked, even. Then, things went poorly for the enemies, and one of them tried to go invisible. I brought up the idea that...

I'm soon to be playing in an Ebberonish game where we're sky pirates. I'm the captain, playing a bard, obviously less fighty, but more talky, get the treasure without a major fight, etc... What are the essentials, what suggestions would people have for neat trinkets...

I'm just curious. Oversized TWF would allow a medium character to fight with two longswords. Would Monkey Grip on top of that allow a medium character to TWF with large longswords (greatswords)? What else would there be? Anything else that might make things even sillier?

I'm wondering if other people bother spending the coin/weight to give their characters other stuff. Everyone's got the rope, or the grappling hook, or the torch. But does anyone buy the bell? Or the mirror? Or stuff like that?

A question I had. Celestial armor is +3 chainmail with some other goodies attached, it's exceptionally fine, light, and so on. Now, it has a max dex of +8, ACP of -2 and counts as light armor, etc... Normal chainmail has a max dex of +2, and ACP of -5 Mithral would add 2 to the max dex, and...

It could just be me, but I think so. For the cost of a feat, you add a single d6 + half strength damage. But, most TWF characters don't ramp up their Strength the way a double hander will, so they'll have a moderate strength, most likely. And as late as they can get it, 11th level at the...

An idea I had. Start stockpiling a bunch of necklaces of fireballs. Be a paladin 2 for divine grace, and rogue to get improved evasion. If you were to willingly detonate that pile of fireballs, would you get a reflex save to lessen damage, or not? It's not like the fireball actually was...

Simple enough question. Someone posted another thread asking about what was wrong with Union, the Epic version of Sigil. 15th level cooks in the stores, 18th level guards. How would you do it right? Mithril Golems manning the streets? A verdant paradise with each person's garden always...

Right, I know the above concept is a lot like saying "So, I've chopped off this guy's leg, can you help me train him for the marathon?" But, that's the plan. Right now, I'm planning on taking rogue all the way down, and drop paladin right before the mount shows up (or turn undead, whichever...

I don't know about all of you, but I actually enjoy writing up new characters, even if I don't get to actually play them. However, I'll be running a one shot (little bit of wilderness, little bit of city, some intrigue, low politics) soon, for a bunch of friends, and don't have time to pregen...