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does anyone understand the logic behind disallowing the stacking of the weapon focus and weapon specialization feats? how about making weapon focus accessible only to 4+ level fighters, instead of those with a +4 BAB? what would be the effect of scrapping these rules? i hear a lot of...

i got to thinking about NPC classes, and once again i got in trouble trying to reconcile d&d with reality. how do 1st level commoners survive in the monster-infested wilderness? why does a child have just as many hit points as a grown man? why does a cat have half that many? how can a 1st...

greetings, all. i haven't posted here for awhile, but some of you may remember some of my former posts when i was trying to formulate a new race of vampiric elves. well, i've rethought the thing a bit lately, and decided that it would be a bit cleaner to scrap the idea of a separate race and...

A lot of the complaints I hear about low-magic games is centered around the perception that the full caster classes outshine the others when magic items are less common, especially at higher levels. I'm about to start a game using a variant that will hopefully alleviate this issue and add a lot...

For a variety of reasons, the combat system of standard D&D is unsatisfactory to me. Basically, it's just not gritty enough, and it relies too much on spells and magic items. Please don't suggest Iron Heroes to me (it has its merits, but it's not for me). I've been through several variants...

I hope you all know the joke that I'm referring to. But how would the situation be handled in D&D? Say your PC is having a conversation with an NPC in a tavern. You're both a little drunk, and the NPC says, "What did the hand say to the face?" to which your PC responds, "What?" Is this a...

I would really like to run a campaign based in a setting that has strong traditions against magic. A place where wizards are burned at the stake, where they are accused of consorting with demons (maybe they really do consort with demons), a place where wizards' guilds are very secretive, and...

Does the treat poison use of the heal skill provoke an AoO? Oh... and can you use the Heal skill to replace your own fortitude save?

Don't PCs only receive one hit point per level for each two points of CON? Why the inconsistency?

Faiths and Pantheons had a PrC named Doomguide, members of an elite order of clergy of Kelemvor. They had an ability called "rite of passage" that let the priest lay someone to rest in a manner that greatly decreased the chances of the person rising as an undead. Has a similar class or ability...

Is there a deity similar to Kelemvor from FR in the standard pantheon (i.e. Greyhawk). You know, a lawful neutral protector of the dead, anti-necromancy type god?

So what's the penalty while moving at your full normal speed, but not running?

What's the caster level for a potion? Is it the minimum caster level required to cast the spell? Some spells are available to different classes at different levels. Which class determines minimum caster level for, say, a potion of invisibility. The crux of my dilemma is how long will my...

The only place I've found good info on the githyanki is in the XPH. I'm looking for something a little more comprehensive, like the entries that races get in the "Races of..." books. Anyone know where I can find info of this depth?

I'm building a 6th level dwarven gish on my way to EK. What feats should I select?

I'm looking for race concepts to pilfer for a homebrew. I want to violate most, if not all, stereotypes/tropes of the traditional (PHB) races. The name of the race does not have to match what I'll eventually put it with. To give an example, I took the flavor text for minotaurs in the...

Not really. I loved LotR when I was a kid, and JRR made a great contribution to the fantasy genre. However, I feel like fantasy in general, and fantasy RPG's in particular, have been copying his work ever since. I want to get away from the Tolkienesque fantasy tropes and play something...

The d20 Modern SRD has this to say about FX: However, I can't find anything related to spellcasting in any of the Advanced Class entries. Are there Advanced Classes capable of using FX in supplements, or am I missing something?

How do the ToB martial adept classes stack up to the PHB classes? Are they balanced well? How do you feel about having a mixed party: a Fighter, a Warblade, a Wizard, and a Swordsage, or some other mix? Do the ToB classes outshine PHB Fighters, Paladins, etc.? Is it possible to pick and...

It concerns me that there's next to nothing that a knife-wielder or an archer can do to really deal damage with a single attack. The case in point above was a Rogue, who has the SA option, but a knife Fighter can do no more than 1d4+str with a dagger (you can't even use PA with light weapons)...