Recent content by Gooba42

I played EQ before I played D&D, that count? Started with Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy NES-era stuff, on to PCs with Hero's Quest (later Quest For Glory), King's Quest, The Sierra Network (later the ImagiNation Network)'s version of Betrayal At Krondor continuing through Final Fantasy is...

Why is the ship made of wood? Modern yachts are sometimes made of concrete. Wouldn't a soften stone or some similar enable a stone ship to be crafted? Totally watertight and if the temperature change is fairly gradual more or less immune to the heat... Anyway, more on topic... No, the air...

In my current game they're all newbies. I figured it was probably best to introduce this as an option early before there were any habits or expectations built up. Nobody's taken the bait yet, but they're all a little timid about even the core rules so I can't say as I'm too surprised.

I didn't say they should stop publishing items for individuals in your situation. I'd just like to see a separation between the mechanics and the canonical items. Players use, and expect, the big 6 items in every game because they're in every book. It's also not like there wouldn't be anyone...

The ability to create my own content and play flexibly with a group of players all free to do the same is why I play this instead of D&D Online, EverQuest or any of a handful of competitors in the market. I'm sure it's better for WotC's bottom line this way but honestly I'd love to see them...

How is this not already fixed with the variant magic items mentioned in the core books? Vest of Resistance, Hat of Dexterity, Amulet Of Deflection, etc. are all *very* simple substitutions... Is this another case of lazy DMs and players who won't make their own content but then complain about...

I use a custom spreadsheet. Best $0 I ever spent was OpenOffice.org.

I wouldn't ban the weapon but I might ban the player with the cheesy build. Seriously, if all your feats and stats are built for a single weapon build, how shallow is your character concept? In fact, before it got to that point, I might start docking intelligence points or something. If they...

This is as much or more the fault of the DMs as it is the publishers. Prestige classes as written are primarily flavor elements. If they increase or decrease a character's power level, that's incidental. Besides, taking the advice of the DMG we'd all be writing our own PrCs for our games anyway...

Awesome! Just what I was looking to hear! I'm looking at the Advanced Bestiary index and it caps out at a +6 template so this is right on track with the EoM chart. I may, for the meantime, have exhausted my supply of questions.

The 0.9 per XP is something I had to pick out of the combined charts myself. I may have screwed up the numbers at some point but I did a couple spot checks and they matched up so it's the system I'm using in any case. Edit: Yeah, it breaks at 6th level but isn't a big problem until 8th. I'm not...

Easiest, or so I hear, is to grant XP up to level 10 rather than simply 10 levels. XP deductions and level adjustments are then able to be taken into account. I'm not sure if it was DMG or PHBII where I pulled this from but the wealth per level is actually calculable as a wealth per XP. The...

Solid guidelines internally and in the published content for building classes, spells, creatures and abilities in balanced ways. If it means an official "Feature Points" system or whatever, it'd be great for the community at large if we didn't necessarily need to consult the local guru as to...

This thread is drawing out further and further but I guess I'm still on-topic here.. Using a Transform spell list, I can increase the CR of a creature 1 level for each 2 MP spent. Is it then reasonable to build a spell that confers a Template to a character for the same cost through an...

What is the practical difference between a Feat and a Feature? I'm introducing Elements of Magic into my game and the Traditions aspect of it has me intrigued. A similar mechanism would allow me to frame, say, the Rogue and the Scout in the same way with feats for Sneak Attack and Skirmish...