Recent content by phillcalle

Gurps D&D can be quite lethal and mysterious in my experience; just don't run it like a video game. The DM can take away raise dead and the like and not artificially limit the monsters to what PCs can defeat (of course, give them clues that they are walking into a death trap...hmmm, this part...

I still enjoy 3E more than 2E, and your story didn't change anything. As for your main point. It is now much easier to play D&D as if it were a video game. I don't, but I appreciate its new rigor. I challenge my players. My monsters have brains (if a wolf pack can be cunning, a group of...

I understand that FRCS is high-powered, but Thug and Blooded are not. Don't forget that those two feats are regional--to take them you've got to be from some particular place or have spent time there and (IIRC) have spent some skill points on Knowledge (Local). Still, even if you relax the...

What you need (and what I have in my by-the-book semi-satirical game world) are character assassins. Destroy your victim's reputation and will to live before you kill him--if you do your job well enough, you can get him to kill himself. Essentially this is done by framing the victim for...

It's average, but it can be really good if your DM is like me--I love to have monsters charge into combat. Going slow just gives the party a chance to hit them with missiles first, and charging does provide that +2 to hit. Of course the monsters try to avoid the guys with the spears (and...

I don't see much of a problem. In real life, sometimes a tool (or several tools) make all the difference. Give me a gun and I can kill a guy who could otherwise beat me up. Give me a car and I can win a race against the fastest man in the world. Give me a plane and I can fly. Give me a...

--Wicht If you're friend brings up these points, counter with WWJD (what would Jesus do?), since by these standards, Christ wasn't a very good Christian. He was a rebel who shook up the community. One "mistake" he made was to associate with tax collectors and other disreputable folks. He...

Time, time, time It took me twenty hours to write and rewrite my team's proposal. It's hard to count drafts when working on a computer, but I do know that my proposal went through four major stages and twice as many minor ones. By the way, as an answer of sorts to those who think good writers...

I already allow totally free multiclassing in my campaigns since I see classes as a collection of skills rather than actual campaign world constructs. Once everyone gets free multiclassing, humans and half-elves need to be improved slightly. Half-elves get their choice of a feat or +1 skill...

For uv23: What if the requirement were Wis 19+? That would keep it rare and reserved for a character who could use his wits/intuition to precisely place his attack.

In my games, armor reduces weapon damage by an amount equal the armor bonus to AC divided by two, rounded down. Natural armor is treated the same way. However, I also keep the AC bonus that armor provides (I'm inspired by GURPS). The reason is that armor has been designed to both reduce...

I like the idea of a generalist fighter. One thing that would be almost necessary would be a way to make life tough for a specialist fighter. I'd suggest Improved Disarm and/or Sunder+Improved Sunder. Suddenly that weapon master with improved critical, specialization, focus, etc...doesn't...