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Yes, we now know that, at 12th level, every Warlock EVAR will take the Quicken Spell-Like Ability feat. Actually, the requirements of the meta-SLA feats aren't cumulative, so it's probably likely that every Warlock will have Empower, Maximize, and Quicken SLA by 12th level.

Hey, Jack: those classes look good at a glance, but one thing immediately sprang to mind. Your Dragoon class has the option of choosing between Ranged Combat style (w/guns) and Melee Combat style (w/rapiers, I gather). That's all good, but the 4th level and 10th level class features are...

Well, the ability clumping is because I deliberately arranged everything in the class to happen at a level that the character didn't get a feat or a stat-up. Only levels 8 and 20 overlap in that regard. As to the frontloadedness, I know, and it's something I'm working on resolving. Thanks for...

This here is my attempt at getting an Eevee (The Mummy) meets Indiana Jones type character, with a little magic mixed in. Tell me what you think of it, balance-wise Scholar HD: d8 BAB: As Rogue Saves: Will high Skills: (8+Int): All non-exclusive skills. Code: Spells and Features by...

Any class that gains more than 1 partial action beyond the norm is going to be broken instantly. I hate to say it, but that right there means this class will never make it out of your home campaign. If you're looking for Ninja classes, check out AEG's Rokugan book. They did it better than...

The problem I have with this idea is that it highly discourages PCs from trying to start their own schools/PrCs. And from a strictly logical standpoint, it leads to chicken-and-egg syndrome: if every member of a PrC needs to be trained by the previous group, where did the group start? I...

I'm very curious to know what people think here: what PrCs are horribly over and/or underpowered? I've a short list that I have put together already: Blood Magus: giving up 5 caster levels for the abilities this class grants is harsh enough; having to lose a level to get in makes this a total...

I love it! Thank you for the work you've done; it's going to make playing a summoner much more viable.

Geomancer is a class that allows you to mix the spellcasting parameters of your Wizard and Cleric spells. But really, the problem exists for even a Cleric 10/Wizard 10, or for that matter a Wizard 10/Sorcerer 10. You become a 15th caster level Wizard and 15th caster level Sorcerer. That's...

<grimaces> OK, I've never been in an honest fight with a sword. But I've studied iaijutsu (katana), ninpo taijutsu (ninjato and aiguchi with lots of other random toys), and kobujitsu (naginata and sai with lots of other random toys), as well as doing a whole bunch of live-action RPing with...

Just a note. Under the offclass=1/2 rule, a 5/5/10 Wiz/Cler/Geomancer can have effective caster levels of 15th and 15th in both Wizard and Cleric. That's 8th level spells for both classes. That's kinda scary to me. Essence

Psionic Initiative has a couple of rules issues. Firstly, if you're flatfooted, you can't spend power points; if you're not flatfooted, you've already established your initiative. If you allow spending pp to up initiative after it's already been set, than you allow spending upping your...