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Has anyone written up any nifty house rules to make Weapon Focus & company less of a punishment for PCs who want/need to take them for a particular build? I want to give my campaign's martial PCs a nice boost.

Which check, and at what DC, should one make to try to force a typical (non-war-mount) beast of burden like a horse or mule carry a wounded predator creature? One of my players wants to adopt a wolf that was part of a pack which attacked the party (the wolf's currently disabled) and carry it...

Crossposted from CM: Borders bookstore chain has entered Chapter 7 bankrupty. They are liquidating all inventory and fixtures. Currently, their stock is discounted between 10% and 40%, and fixture prices are negotiable--so if you want to buy shelving or that sweet espresso machine, name a...

3.5e, LV 10 party squaring off against EL 10 encounter to test the "declare spell at top of round" houserule. RAW MM3 Critters Conflagration Ooze 2 Arrow Demons Terrain: Flat, outdoors, no cover, daytime.

I was curious about what players & DMs using 3.5e consider the most overpowered spells or spell combinations and about any recommended, houseruled fixes. I've just begun a campaign in a low magic setting and I am concerned about game balance in the face of strong divine and arcane casters. I am...

I recently started a campaign with a group of friends plus a friend-of-a-friend based on a setting I started developing way back in the mists of time. The world's been batted around quite a bit, but still isn't wholly realized; nevertheless, we've liked it for a long time. The last time I ran a...

I've been playing Tales of the Abyss lately. A small note in the fluff on the game's magic system intrigued me: 'friend or foe' marking, whereby a magic seal is placed on individuals caster A may want to selectively affect or shield from an AOE (which caster A casts). For example, the caster...

I haven't really had a chance to read much 4e (though I'd love to try a game someday), but I've read that it handles item rewards and magical items much differently from 3.x. That made me curious about how other DMs & players running "low magic" worlds handle magic items, especially weapons and...

So I was idly browsing http://www.snopes.com, debunking yet another email from my (beloved) grandmother, who is convinced I'm going to be raped for 1. wearing loose clothes, 2. helping lost children, and 3. using public restrooms, when the notion occurred to me that Snopes's trove of miscellany...

I have an old "complete guide to alcohol" fan supplement from 1994, meant for AD&D use. It's kind of interesting, and contains both fluff and rules for the background, brewing, consumption, and consequences of consumption for alcoholic beverages. I was curious as to whether anyone here has the...

I just noticed that the PHB and the revised Bastion arms and equipment guide list the longsword and scimitar at the same price and weight, yet the longsword deals 1d8 damage and the scimitar deals 1d6. The critical range for the scimitar is 1 point wider (18 - 20) than the longsword. In a...

Hi y'all, I'm Paula Deen. Today, we're gonna make... Yeah, anyway, so I'm looking for advice on making exciting overland pursuits. I've already isolated the rules in DMGII, so that's not what I'm looking for. I am receptive to tweaks to those rules and any cool houserules. I definitely want...

This is a software question, so, mods, if there's a better place to move this... :) I want to use OpenRPG to play a campaign with my group, since we're all over the place. I like the promise of the map functionality among other things. I am trying to set up a server, but my problem is that I...

As mentioned in my previous topic, I have a player (with whom I've not previously played) who wants to take the Vow of Poverty feat. Now that I've gotten the Initiate of Honor thing squared away, I'm considering the effect of the RP side of things on the campaign. What I wonder about now is, at...

A player presented me with a VoP monk for my homebrew campaign and one of his selected feats is "Initiate of Honor." I haven't been able to find it in my books, and the main google result links to dndwiki, where it's classed as homebrew. Is there an actual WotC book with this feat, so I can see...

I'm looking for a game to join in the Boston - Providence areas. I currently commute between the two cities for grad school, and I find I'd like to join a game for some fun and for some socializing. Nothing good comes from spending all your free time in an apartment. I haven't played a regular...