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Perhaps they were there all along, hiding, and the temporary decline in the human population allowed for a resurgence. Mutations would work too. See Elfstones of Shannara, for example. It's hinted in there that some of the races are mutations from the human, born of radiation and inbreeding...

You could do an interesting storyline where the bad guy coerces or tricks a good-aligned cleric into summoning a celestial for him. Maybe kidnaps the cleric's family or something. Or I could see a storyline where a former evil henchman appears to lose everything, asks the PCs to help him...

Oh, interesting idea! I was planning on taking the Wetware feat, as you mentioned, then shelling out for cyberware -- a neural link and a vehicle control port. I really wish the book was more specific as to how everything interfaces. For this game, the DM and I discussed it, and the Wetware...

I'm playing a robot in the d20 Future campaign our DM's starting two weeks from now, so count me as a vote for more cool robot stuff! Some of the existing stuff doesn't make sense to me, either. No feats at first level, but several feats that seem (can't remember if they're actually restricted...

Interesting. We have always played that opening a standard closed door is part of a "reasonable" move action, but then, we're kind of loose about stuff like that where it seems logical. I mean, can't you draw a weapon as part of a move action? That doesn't seem that dissimilar to turning a...

Great suggestions, everyone, thank you! The big issue with the Martial Study/Martial Stance line would be the level requirements (thanks for the heads up on that, I missed it completely) -- the player definitely would like to be able to at least start to play his PrC before the end of the...

I have a player who is currently a straight-up wizard and considering the Spellwarp Sniper prestige class. One of the prerequisites is 1d6 Sneak Attack damage, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any feats or other methods to get that without taking a level in a class with it? I've seen...

Now that's an idea. Don't know why it didn't occur to me before, since one of the players in my d20 Modern game was pretty fond of that tactic. If I remember rightly, I just used the d20 Modern rules for crashing into stuff pretty much as is, but I was pretty lenient on the damage to the car...

The thing is, if one of my players came up with a brilliant, creative, hilarious idea like this, I'd want to reward them by having it work, even just if it's for token damage. So threads like this help me out a lot, even if it's just in seeing how to extrapolate a ruling like this properly. :)

I did a high point buy this campaign and most of the players ended up with a similar spread to what you're offering. The only unexpected (well, to me anyway) thing I've discovered is that it makes the characters quite a bit more powerful for their level, to the point where I'm regularly running...

Aww, now I feel old... my first thought was of the movie "The Great Race". (More brandy! More brandy!) I absolutely love the idea, although I probably wouldn't do it Star Wars, just generic space. I especially like the idea of planet-hopping, with the PCs having to be win the coordinates to...

I hear you -- I always hate to rule against my players when it comes to creative ideas. One of the things I've discovered though, running a straight D&D game, is that some rulings open up cans of worms that should not be opened. My players are very creative and clever, and if I ruled that they...

In my d20 modern game (Poltergeist: The Legacy meets Buffy meets the Bureau 13 novels -- I would have used Supernatural and Dresden Files but I hadn't discovered them yet) I just did a standard "mysterious employer" bit. I had each player figure out a way their character had interacted with the...

We considered that, but I didn't want to nerf the druid's summoned wolves and wasn't sure if just eliminating the AOPs would do so, or make monsters with trip less powerful? Or maybe that's not factored in to the CRs? It was a pretty frustrating experience, I'll admit (kind of like losing a...

I was wondering these same things, actually. Last session, my druid player's summoned wolves tripped, mobbed, and murdered a pair of leucrottas that should have been a serious challenge for the entire party. Admittedly, I was rolling poorly all night (lost initiative, 2s for opposed checks)...