Recent content by Methos

Nitpick, but I'm pretty sure you mean "ultimate", here. "Penultimate" refers to the second most awesome thing. Funny, but I actually did mean "penultimate" since their are always greater things than "wishes" for any character, e.g. ascending to demi-god status, achieving lichdom, etc.; just to...

Good question as to what I'm looking for. For a bit of background, keep in mind that I'm a definite dinosaur by D&D standards since I started playing 1e back in 1980 and still have my old 1e books kicking around........albeit they haven't seen the light of day in many years. So, I've seen...

Ok, Admittedly, I have finally capitulated to 4e. For 3 years, I have refused to acknowledge its existence and have been still chugging along with 3e and Pathfinder. However, I finally decided to give it a chance and purchased all of the core books as well as most of the follow on books such...

I like them; but have not used them yet, partly since the campaign I'm running is focused on core, with only bits and pieces of non-core thrown in. The non-core material is a lengthy list of feats and about 11 prestige classes that are non-core. In my next campaign, I will introduce the...

Dungeons and Dragons are all right!! In my current campaign which is set to begin within the next couple of weeks, I will have "dungeons", although I prefer to think of them as "site based" adventures as another poster referred to them as too. Having said that, I must admit that I likely will...

IMO, the key to pulling off a low-magic campaign Having played in one of these campaign styles before as a player, I believe that a "low magic" campaign can be a lot of fun. However, in my experience, campaigns of this nature tend to start breaking down at mid to high levels unless they are...

I haven't had a chance to look at it in real detail, since I only just got the book a few days ago, however, my cursory view of it indicated that it was too powerful, even with the requirements. However, like another poster indicated, by enforcing some strong role-playing considerations, you...

Personally, I love bards, both as a player and as a DM, but it does depend to a certain degree on knowing what style of campaign you are playing in order to come up with the right build as a player. If I know that the campaign is urban driven vs. dungeon driven vs. wilderness driven, as a...

So far, there have not been any complaints about the basic premise of advancing to a prestige class and I know that the players have all read through the Character Creation and Development guidelins. I have not provided a final list of prestige classes, except for the fact that all prestige...

That depends on whether the players have been given opportunities to still meet their character concept within the campaign. If a character has a well thought out character concept, they will be able to achieve their goal with 100% certainty in my campaign. The player will have the...

As part of the Character Creation and Development Guidelines for my campaign which have been distributed to the players, I have a section on what prestige classes represent in the campaign and some general guidelines as to possible additional requirements in addition to the stated "technical"...

Thank you, but I'm not sure all of the other players will appreciate it! LOL cheers Methos

I don't have my books in front of me, but I thought both the Sacred Exorcist and the Church Inquisitor received ongoing improvement in their Turning ability? I'm not sure that I see modifying these classes as a penalty, I do think that there are potentially some balance issues with these 2...

I agree completely which is why in my campaign, prestige classes are there for character and campaign development and are considered truly prestigious.

Sorry, my bad. I meant to say 1 or 2 levels in total. So, I would remove the spellcasting progression at 1st level (a certainty), and then possibly at one more level which would occur at one of the levels 5, 6, or 7. Also, I might only remove 1 level from each class, or 1 level from one of...