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Hello, just been reading this fairly crazy thread, thought I'd answer the original question about why things are immune to crits or not: D&D is about approximating cinematic reality, not real-life reality. It is *specifically* not for use as a way to simulate our physical world. I would think...

Zerovoid: And of course you've playtested that, right? :) I did. +2 skill points for all. The result: People who wanted to play normal, competent characters didn't have to artificially pump up their Int, or play humans just to eke out a few extra points. Even better, some people took hobby...

Crothian: I never thought about it much as a player. I haven't used a proper Wizard since 3E came out. I just don't like wizards selling their mightiest secrets for dirt cheap. :) Bronn: I would. The last time we played a low level game, I took a 16 Cha Sorc. Another guy took an 18 Int...

I don't like 2 skill points per level for *any* class, so I just bumped everybody +2. Also, while Clerics aren't necessarily good at social skills, I consider the following necessary skills for a warrior-zealot: - Concentration. 'Nuff said. - Spellcraft. Necessary for countering enemy mages...

Oh, right. You wanted a nonspellcasting version. Sorry. I recommend giving them bonus Turning Feats, to make up for the lost spells. (Like, Extra Turning at 3rd level, and every 3-4 levels after that, just pick one.)

Hrm...this thread is too cool to pass up posting on. :) My group switched from GURPS to 3E when the PHB came out, and we've been loathe to go back. It really has nothing to do with the genius of D&D, so much as the money... *drumroll* Money spent on *playtesting*. D&D has immense playtesting...

I've been down this road. Led to a cool, cool NPC or two. Unfortunately, I got a real idiot player who thought that being a NG Champion was a free license to lie and run away on the job, so I dropped the class. :( Here are my thoughts: - The Paladin makes good sense as a PrC. However, this...

OK, coming to this whole discussion late, and with only two things to say: 1) A Perry Rhodan conversion for a roleplaying game, any roleplaying game. YAY! :) 2) I haven't been able to find a Perry Rhodan novel past issue 110 or so, locally. (I live in Central Washington which, as it turns...

That's a reasonable way to look at stuff, but it's not necessarily true. 1st possibility: LE characters can work together for extended periods of time, as long as they have a common goal. (You can say a lot of things about fascists, but they work well in groups...) 2nd possibility...

Who cares about Hide? For one thing, it's easily defeated by Extraordinary senses. (Tremorsense and Scent basically neuter a nonmagical thief.) For another, the *party* frequently renders it useless - I mean, it's great to have Hide and Move Silent +20, but if you're adventuring with a bunch...

Yep. We found out when I tried to run away from zombies, one time, and the zombies started very close to me. IIRC, a human moves "5 units." Any human, Olympic athlete or granny. Whatever a unit is. The other thing I'd like to bring up is, I *love* AoO on Mythos creatures. If we ever did...

I understand. I'll be happy to share any info I come up with. (Like, if the game folds due to terrible game imbalance in 2 weeks. :) ) I've already noticed that Miracle is a little too good - I'm charging 100 XP / pop for spell emulation, now. (One of the gods ended up with it as a Domain...

Well, first, I ran my first gods session last Saturday, so I've got some general advice: - The only thing that can really fight a *group* of gods is another god. I mean, one demigod can have trouble taking down an Elder Wyrm, or big Outsider. But a whole group of gods has so much firepower at...

Since we're repeating our positions about this stuff, here's mine again: Archfiends are the "divine" version of devils and demons. Like gods, they can draw on the power of the souls they rule to fuel big, nasty powers. (This is why fiends are never gods - they "evolve" in a different...

I've always wanted to use Ghouls with a level or two of Rogue. Try those. :)

*giggles* Spellcasting Prodigy. :)

I probably couldn't have talked my players into this either, without offering the "you get to play them" carrot. :)

I've done stuff like this. Loved it. If you really want to have an in game excuse for it, just give the players bad dreams that include a few details of the Evil Plot. Call it a divine nudge in the right direction. :)

I allow any alignment. Sometimes, I have a scenario that requires good or evil. Mostly, I just encourage PCs to make characters that will work well together. (I'd ban Chaotic alignments before I'd touch evil. Frankly, LE characters are usually better for a game than CN ones.)

Yeah, we changed them. Not to make things easier for Wizards, though. Scribing: - Takes the same amount of time as before. (Scribing precisely by hand sucks. :) ) - Costs 1/10 normal. (How much can ink cost, really? :) ) - Cannot be done using scrolls. This *requires* spellbooks or similar...