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Polearm Master seems really quite good. An extra 1d4 + 3 or 4 dmg. + Magic bonus per attack seems quite good. Level 1 Paladin with 17 Str. and 17 Cha., and maybe 18/18 at Level 4, would be doing 1d4 + 8 damage with the Devotion Paladin's magic weapon buff. This is on top of any attacks of...

Has anyone played around with this? The thought of knocking an enemy of my choice prone and slowing it perpetually sounds fun. Closing Pledge might help me maneuver away from any additional baddies sent after me. Level 1 Razorclaw Shifter Avenger Censure of Pursuit DEX/WIS: 18 Theme...

One player thinks the fights should be shorter, since I've been running fights that were Level + 2 recently, 4 times a day. (Though I think the players could be much quicker with their decision making, but they're all new RPers, and we've been having big gaps between sessions recently.) I'm...

Burning Wheel has a nifty system involving Instincts and Beliefs, and you're rewarded with Artha points for doing certain things, with said Artha points basically giving you a bonus to a roll. An instinct is something that your character is assumed to do, but won't do if it'd get him in...

The quest for balance is eternal! But, a simple house rule to buff some of the weaker classes is what I'm after. In particular, I once read something that suggested the warlock use their secondary stat instead of intelligence for their powers. I.e. +Intelligence to damage reads +secondary...

First off, this is to allow Animal Companions who can attack every turn the Ranger does, as if they were a creature. The major advantage here is an increase in minion killing capability, so that's why some Ranger perks were removed, and some other advantages that companions could reasonably...