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Can't understand that myself. Real-life combat is not some "fun and games"; it invovles a lot of tatical and strategic considerations. And it always has throughout history. Why should combat in a game not also be about tactics and strategy rather than "abstract cinematics". Same here. And...

I agree about the 'Ranger' class, but then again as a DM I never let any player just grab 1 level of anything. Perhaps its a throw back to the years of playing 1st edition, but mixing ~5-10 different classes (prestige classes too) at 1 or 2 levels a piece always seemed extremely silly to our...

Nicely said!

Yeah, seems to work well. And isn't everyone proficient in unarmed anyways? I could have sworn it was just considered a simple weapon, just that unless you take the Improved Unarmed Strike feat you aren't considered "armed". It's a modified City of the Spider Queen campaign; the real...

Yeah, the player that is doing the giant is pretty darn good as a player or as a DM, so its not an issue. Should be quite interesting next session when the giant gets introduced. Actually I do this quite a bit too.. but its usually just a trade of a class ability for a feat of some sort...

Considering there will be a stone giant quasi-PC (i.e. an NPC run by a player who also DMs) involved for a variety of plot-line reasons, I highly doubt it! :) Let me ask you this, since you had some excellent playability suggestions... Do you think allowing a barbarian character to trade in...

Considering there will be a stone giant quasi-PC (i.e. an NPC run by a player who also DMs) involved for a variety of plot-line reasons, I highly doubt it! :)

Yes, I think your comments helped make sure that it did not get overbearing... and its usable. Think it'll work just fine!

Hrms... did you not read the post? :( I specifically said "Going the route of making him of 0 rank deity I nixed because only Ao can make an entity a deity". Thanks.

Yeah, and why shouldn't they? I can attack a weapon, why not an arm? Or a leg? Especially considering there is already a rule variant in the DMG for damage to body locations! Anyways, a -4 penalty seems a bit small honestly so here's my house rule... Much like attacking a weapon or object...

DIVINE BLOODED TEMPLATE "Divine Blooded" is an inherited template that can be added to any living, corporeal creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature). A divine blooded uses all the base creature's statistics and special abilities except as noted here. Size and Type: The creature's...

Ok, I found I have the need for a NPC thats the offspring of a human and diety. Looking at the options available, I found none appealing. Going the route of making him of 0 rank deity I nixed because only Ao can make an entity a deity; and that brings up lots of other issues. Celestial...

Thanks AudlGrump.. was beginning to think no one had an opinion for once. :) Anyways, yeah I got my hands on a copy of the Seafarer's guide, seems ok. Might due for what I have in mind, although their every "5' of deck, hull, etc" for damage seems a bit out of scale as far as detailed in...

Looking for a supplement to deal with naval aspects in an FR campaign. I've read what reviews there are out there for Pirates! & Broadsides!, Seas of Blood, Seafarer's Handbookd, et al. But has anyone actually played and used any of the naval combat rules in the books? How do they play? I'm...

Looking for a supplement to deal with naval aspects in an FR campaign. I've read what reviews there are out there for Pirates! & Broadsides!, Seas of Blood, Seafarer's Handbookd, et al. But has anyone actually played and used any of the naval combat rules in the books? How do they play? I'm...

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I think you have a misconception of what the term "common format" means. Some of what you've attempted to explain has already been discussed. Anyways, not sure this thread is really going any where... so I'm signing off.

While, yes, its an extensible markup language in order to communicate, exchange or store data in a flexible format(s). Thats not to say that you should not attempt to have one model or format that is easily exchangable without the need for unecessary formats. The point of having a common...

XSLT is nothing but a new acronym on an old subject. Much as HTML, XML, VML, etc. are all markup language derivatives. Markup languages have been around for over two decades. Nothing new really here. And while, yes, XSL style sheets allow you to transform XML markups, its rather pointless to...

Henry, I really hate to disagree with a moderator, but if you are running an older version of Windows [say 95] on a older PC, Java is definetly not the answer especially with 1.3+. The performance is not very good, and in actuality the virtual machine really isn't that optimized. Applications...