Recent content by A Powerful Necromanc

Yes, but I'd also like to avoid my players being able to surmise my altered stats on monsters (Since I only vaguely go by the MM, find them too be too feeble). Fixes lots of problems, like players using out-of-character knowledge on monsters (since the party is all VERY experienced) as well as...

See, I roll well. Obscenely well. Every battle, most players anticipate MANY criticals against them, and I've even removed my screen to verify that I am indeed rolling like this. As such, I am prone to more TPK than any other DM in my local area, and have never believed in fudging the rolls...

You should never HAVE to create house rules, or change the base rules in any way to introduce difficulty into the campaign. 1HP goblins, man. Seriously. Not only will they leave their magical items in the poorly locked treasure chest in the middle of their camp, but have 1 freaking HP? The only...

Yes, but then again the vast majority of consumers of any product could be generously described as mindless. Ever since I started DMing, I strove to add a level of... difficulty, forcing my players to outdo themselves in the level of teamwork they display. I just don't think I can do that...

I don't even consider 4th edition D&D anymore. Far as I'm concerned, Pathfinder is close to taking up that mantle of greatness.

I choose... Name: Zera Albrack Race: Human (PRB): +2 assigned to str, favoured class: bard Class: Bard (PRB) Drawbacks: Poor reflexes, Inattentive Stats: Strength, constitution, dexterity are most important (in that order). Nothing else...

Once again, you're still proving it to be playable; but not in any sense overpowered. For every advantage it's got, I could make a dwarven wizard or even sorcerer with even more advantages. Or, human wizard/sorcerer. Oooh, human wizard with four choosable feats and two traits at level 1, and...

Which still isn't a valid point; you can break ANY base race by playing to its strength. This one just happens to have far less strengths than, say, the master race. When you speak of equal number of feats, don't forget; the gnoblar took a flaw without a feat. Which, according to the source...

Yes, but with a "reach" weapon they'll have five-foot-reach. Or, just get grappled. Also, without a reach weapon at their disposal... They can't sneak attack in combat, because they don't threaten squares and thus don't flank. How would you like your 1d6 reach weapon? Studded leather armour...

It really does have zero redeeming traits. For a fair comparison, build this character as any class you want (using the only balanced method, point buy: 28 points) and compare to a level 3 human of the same class. In order for this character to ever make a "good" sorcerer you have to dump at...

I've always used a "range" for what a LA 0 race might look like. The worst LA 0 base race would be half-orc (with nary an ability to its name, not all that impressive stats), the strongest would be dwarf (with enough abilities to choke a moose). I've even had players propose that dwarf be given...

I'm sorry to necro such an old thread, but I do have something to contribute. In order to have a negative level adjustment of -2 (I never tried for -1) go for THIS level of " Name: Gnoblar Stat modifiers Strength -6 Dexterity +4 Constitution +2 Intelligence -6 Wisdom -6 Charisma -4 (Optional...