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Hence the post asking for what soft bonuses would be good for the stats to have in lieu of combat bonuses that very few honest rollers actually ever get. Also, stats are useful for rolling ability checks. Which us one of the problems with combat focused bonuses on things is it makes people...

Well, because stats matter. Str gives you high carrying capacity. A wizard with a strong back can benefit from strength and so can a fighter with a strong back. Points buy is when you get into the "why bother" territory. When everyone point buys the optimal character then just throw out the...

One of the biggest problems with actually running 2E is the attributes = hard math bonuses to combat mental trap that later editions have pushed. Too many people lose their minds when asked to roll 3d6 and don't get a statically unlikely roll. While completely missing the fact that carrying...

The Witherbloom Student background and Divine soul both must happen at 1st level. Both give Cure Wounds at 1st level, divine soul lets you replace Cure Wounds with another cleric spell when you gain a level. Does rolling a character and giving it the first level of a class count as gaining a...

4E was a game ahead of its time that was supposed to come with tools that didn't materialize at the time but we now have. It was basically the virtual table top edition. In short, it was the exact sort of D&D that the roll 20 crowd currently appear to be trying to play. The rules and systems...

Exactly what I'm talking about. I'm glad at least one person can see my point. Just about 100% of the time, it is NEVER worth giving ANY levels of spell caster to ANY monster EVER. The only time giving spell caster levels to a monster is if your not trying to get 'spell caster' levels, but...

Look. +STR +BAB monster classes at least stack with melee based character levels. Spell like ability monsters don't stack with caster based character levels. All this means is that WotC wrote half-baked rules. I'm looking for rules that work, not excuses for why I shouldn't want those rules...

You make it sound like having an Incubus sorcerer that is the least bit effective is a BAD thing. Obviously you can't just make a 13th level Incubus Sorcerer with all the stats of an incubus in addition to having all the abilities of a 13th level Sorcerer. However, having a 12 Incubus/ 1...

I'd like to get some options for monster PC/NPCs, and frankly, Savage Species is just plain horrible. -You can't create a 'caster' monster that isn't pathetically weak. Adding Sorcerer levels to an Incubus is just a waste. Forget about an Imp Wizard. -HP, BAB, and saves are all absolutly...

If a normal sized character takes the Monkey Grip feat and wants to use a Spiked Chain that is one size larger than a standard spiked chain, does it have a 10 foot reach or a 20 foot reach? If somebody with an oversized spiked chain gets enlarged, would the reach go out to 20 or 30 feet? Also...