Recent content by DarkJester

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get into a game, or get one started, in Cincinnati Ohio. I'm in medical school at the moment and don't have a lot of time to run a game myself anymore but I'm getting the urge to play an RPG again. It'd have to be on either Friday night or anytime on the weekends...

Yep, no armor check penalty for scale. Plate only has a -1 penalty itself. There is a paragon tier feat out there that gets rid of Scale's movement penalty and grants +1 ac as well.

Divine Regeneration grants regeneration to your highest ability score, not ability score modifier. But I agree, a party could probably do more in the equivalent time frame, albeit not with the same certainty.

I say take bloodied hp damage each round, counts as difficult terrain. Creatures with fire resistance are granted a save with a bonus equal to their fire resistance value to avoid damage.

Well, dwarven weapon training gives proficiency with axes and hammers. It doesn't specify which axes and hammers, and halberd is an axe so it would qualify.

You just want to use him for his books. Admit it. :)

Me and the players had a talk and we ended up giving the crusader a stronger mount than he could really get with leadership. I almost went with handle animal but I wanted at least some investment from the PC. I didn't think that the mounts available from wild cohort were really worth it. We...

One of my players is looking into going down a mounted combat path. He is not a paladin. If he goes this route I'd like him to be able to get something better than just your standard horse, as I know that would not last long. Within the 3.5 rules, what are his options? The character is still...

Well, the cost is spending skills points in concentration. It's never been that big of an issue in my games. As I said, spellcasters who ended up in melee never lasted long, regardless on whether or not they were casting defensively.

The main item that people want out of stormguard warrior is the portion which lets you trade touch attacks in one round for +5 damage per attack in the next round. It's really only usefully on great big things with lots of hp, but it can be fairly effective. It's devestating with the Diamond...

Weapon Focus and Specialization? I don't normally recommend them but since warblades can change what weapons they apply to, they tend to get a lot more millage out of them. Cleave is always good for an extra shot every once in a while, but Great Cleave is overrated. Iron Heart Aura and then...

If the spellcaster wants to get into melee I'd let him. He doesn't have the hit points to last any length of time up there. They tend to go splat fairly quickly once the enemy realizes what they are. After a while, concentration starts to outstrip the DC for casting on the defensive and so any...

If you want a bit of reading material as to good spells in general take a look at this:Clicky Clicky It's meant for wizards, but some of the stuff can be applied more generally to arcane casters as a whole. You just have to be more choosey about what you get. The "artillery" role for the...

I've only got 3 players this time around and I think I'm going to let the PC's be gestalt. I'm trying to figure out how some of the things concerning gestalt classes would work out. For example, how does b.a.b stack? If multi-classing is allowed, and you start as a fighter 1 / rogue 1, and...

I believe it is +1 per 2 caster levels to a maximum of +5. The energy resistance also increases with level though I can't recall the exact amount.