Recent content by frankthedm

It can be helpful in spotting stuff that might be problematic.

No. It is not right. A CR 19 is supposed to take on the whole party, challenge them, but not typically kill anyone. Vs. one level 19 character, CR 19 should be significantly favored. 2nd level character should definitely fall to an ogre. On the other hand,anyone else think DMG CR-ing rules...

Same here. Even looking at the art gallery of the Book of Vile Furries (BOED) should tip one off about that book. And here is the Book of Vile Darkness art Gallery

Good call on how this breaks the concentration mechanic. Not really, combatants often have good con saves.

Defilers should not get more power. They are the ones using magic as they are supposed too on Athas. I'd use the defiling radius straight out of the original box set, cast an arcane spell, wham, mundane plants are ash in an enormous radius. Preservers are the supposed to be giving up...

Maybe if they get the same guy for Lo Pan.

Huh, apparently pandius archived a document I cobbled together for my own campaign years ago. Lots of copy and pasting from other sources and many tweaks for my own campaign, but here is a 'player's handout' for a Mystara-like setting. http://www.pandius.com/oldempir.html I use the known...

Feats can be very strong, so you should think long and hard before allowing them.

Airship fleets.

WHOO HOOO!

Delete please wrong topic

This can't be said loud enough.

I'd say the mob should just bigger. Letting it split into four mobs would be tantamount to letting it quadruple it's HP with the way mobs work. But I'm no fan of the mob template since it negates the abilities high level characters have earned to fight lesser foes. Treating the mob as once...

The 3E version had an anti magic grapple because too many folks overused Freedom Of Movement and Dimension Door because too many monsters had Improved Grab.

They gave the XP, so their stats should fall into those XP parameters Normal: 175 Captain: 3,000 10th-level fighter Lieutenant: 1,400 8th-level fighters Whip: 420 3rd/3rd-level fighter/thief Monitor: 975xp 56HP, attacks as 7th-level fighter and knows Kung-Fin