Recent content by elbkhm

I'm wondering if there are any good fantasy role-playing games out there that are primarily designed around play without Minis/Battlemap? Yes, I know, theoretically you can play 3.5/4th/Pathfinder without Minis, but in my opinion it's a pain and it doesn't work very well. Are there any games...

+1/level is really the holy grail as far as I'm concerned. Sure, there are other, ways to make it work, but nothing as elegant. Let's take a more detailed look at it. Scaling AC come from: +15 from level +6 from enhancement +6 from Masterwork and/or Stat Growth ------- +27 Scaling Non-AC...

I've been working on a house rule, and I wanted to get some input from other player's. I really like the inherent bonus system, and the way that it takes the pressure off the DM to manage the player's magic item bonuses, continual upgrades, de-mystifying magic items, etc. But I sort of feel...

James/Ziana: According to "Obstacles Filling Squares" on page 284, "When an obstacle fills a square, you can't move diagonally across the corner of that square" Examples of obstacles include large trees, pillars and walls. The statue in question sure looks to me like it fills the square, but...

Ziana/Lucas: That makes sense (although it's certainly a bit convoluted). I guess that the Statue in the NE doesn't restrict the blast in the way a wall corner would?

So, on page 281 of the PHB, there's a diagram showing a burst 2 attack, the squares it effects, some monsters, and indicates whether or not they have cover. It also shows how some walls block bursts. But for the life of me, I can't figure out why the square in the 1st row, 2nd column (one...