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I'm a 3e/Pathfinder fan, but one thing I've always found a tad ridiculous as stat bloat. Oh, the mental stats aren't too insane, usually, but it's not unusual to see a monster with a 30, 40, or even 50+ Strength score. My suggestion for 5e is: don't do this. Size should have an effect, but...

So, here's a question to ponder: will 5e have some actual, well thought out system of social interaction? The social skill system in 3e/Pathfinder is... lacking, to say the least. It doesn't do much and it doesn't really do it well. I never played 4e, so I don't know if it does any better...

Some enemies will fight to the death. The horde of zombies will keep coming until the PCs have defeated it; the construct guarding the crypt will not stop until it is a pile of rubble. Some enemies will run at the drop of a hat. The goblins WILL skitter off as soon as they hear the Balrog...

This idea just popped up in my head today when I was flipping through my PHB. I haven't seen many feats or class abilities to improve armour, and I haven't liked the ones I've seen. I'm aware that these feats, as presented, might be a little on the powerful side. In their defense, however...

Okay, I have known since almost day one that LotR was not a big influence on D&D, despite the fact that it has elves, dwarves, and hobbits. However, it never occured to me to turn the question around: if Tolkien wasn't a big influence, why did Gygax and/or Arneson put 'em in? Was it a...

I'm tinkering with a campaign idea that would involve the characters travelling to many different worlds, and I'm having trouble thinking up ones I haven't used before. Between the Manual of the Planes and Beyond Countless Doorways, I have plenty of alternate planes, but not so many alternate...

I heard someone say it was, but that doesn't seem right and it's not in the hyperlink SRD. Did I hear something crazy?

I'm working on a little project where I'm trying to make a single big spell list, using all the PHB spells. I just finished the spreadsheet page and I've got 588 lines. I think I've got all the spells (including lesser confusion, which isn't on the bard list, at least in my first printing 3.5...

No, this isn't in the Rules forum, because there's no possible rules basis for this question. This is purely about the psychology of game designers. Every WotC class (base or prestige) and every third party class I've ever seen has an even number of skill points per level -- 2, 4, 6, or 8...

I've never played an enchanter in any version of D&D. Spells that have no effect on a save are, in my opinion, useless -- especially with all the DMs I've had over the years whose NPCs make their saving throws suspiciously often. But I've been vaguely wondering -- is there any way to make a...

When 3e came out, I had played Final Fantasy I and the Shining Force games. Coming from that background, I assumed that prestige classes would be *better* than the base classes. Since you often have to "waste" feats and/or skill points on things you would never otherwise get (like Widen Spell...

I have made many a power build (some of them played, some of them not) in 3e and I'm looking for a new one. I've decided to munchkinize for movement rate. I've got some good tricks, but I'm looking for others. One obvious thing (to me, at least) is to take a level of cleric of Ehlonna, with...

One of the stranger changes in 3e is that they cut out all magic that can extend a character's lifespan. Even things that have no conceivable reason to stop working -- like Timeless Body -- still click off when you hit the end of your lifespan. This is strange for a number of reasons. I've...

The designers at WotC think game balance is extremely important for a roleplaying game. How important do y'all think it is?

Feats, prestige classes, anything? I know that there are ways to use bardic abilities against undead and plants, at least, but that's different. Has anything similar been made for enchantment spells?

Okay, I never play enchanters, and rarely use enchantment spells. I think any spell that has no effect on a failed saving throw has too much chance of being a wasted action. Especially when you figure how many DMs out there will cheat on saving throw rolls for their favourite NPCs... So I'm...

Okay, so I've been playing a lot of Exalted recently. In that game, you can do things called stunts. You describe the cool way you're going to do an action. The DM determines just *how* cool your action was, and gives you an extra 1, 2, or 3 dice on your roll. It's a fun concept, but it...

One of my favourite specialists to play is the diviner. Why? No one else plays them. However, there's a darn good reason no one plays them. They suck. The divination spells available to wizarads are *terrible*. I can't even count the number of times the rest of the party has asked me...

Okay, Darlena was checking her email yesterday whilst talking to me on the phone. She wasn't paying full attention and saw she had gotten an ecard. Or thought she had. She clicked on the link, which then led to a screen asking her to re-enter her Yahoo ID and password. Yes, yes, she knows...

Yesterday I went out in short sleeves with no jacket. I could have gone out in shorts early in the day, if I had wanted to. Today, we're getting 6-12 inches of snow. I love these weather mood swings Colorado has. :)