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Yes, we converted from a Trailblazer/3.5 Dark Sun game. I had DMed myself into a corner story wise and the gritty and mercenary survival outlook of Dark Sun was getting me down after two years. Hoard of the dragon queen was available: heroically taking down Tiamat, you say? Hmmmm. Thought I'd...

Try page 11 of the FAQ https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a

329) Replacement blade: If you are disarmed or your weapon is sundered and this weapon is in its scabbard, it immediately replaces the lost weapon in your hand.

The "Magic Point thing" is the Base Magic Bonus. Every class has one. You check your BMB total with the spells per day table (which is universal for all classes), unless you have no spellcasting classes. Stuff like extra spells per day (sorcerer) or domain spells prepared (cleric) are then...

Dickens is often referred to as a Realist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_realism That's about as simulationist as it gets, literature wise. Basically, take poor people, put them in either normal or extraordinary circumstances, and see how the world chews them up.

First, non-spellcasters are buffed (rogues and fighters most spectacularly). There is a 10 minute rest mechanic that recovers 50% of hit points, but only a select few other resources. This nearly forces the spellcasters to be more frugal with spells. Druids are severely nerfed (no natural spell...

Seriously, have you guys checked out Trailblazer? It solves this problem admirably.

I've got an eight and a half hour Dark Sun playlist. It consists of the soundtracks of 300, Fallout 1&2, Rome (TV series), Gladiator and Conan (minus a few tracks here and there - 300 and Conan especially are not too fitting at times), supplemented with a few Lisa Gerrard titles.

The only real difficulty is spellcasters with spells that have changed, ie. Haste and Harm. Some stats for outsiders have been buffed in 3.5, but as long as the original encounter was balanced, just run with the 3.0 stats. With the spellcasters though, you will have to think of other ways to...

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Hmmmm... on the fly conversion into PP... interesting, hadn't thought of that one. This must be the way to go if I want to stimulate Magic / Psionic multiclassing. Really the best way to go about it really. However, I think I might want to scare people out of doing that for this specific...

Yeah, that was my first instinct. Of course it still doesn't restrict ritual powers, but then neither did standard 3.5... That leaves me where I still need to figure out a unified Psychic Warrior / Psion power list and unified power point progression. Yuck. I think I may better off using slots...

Some Googling brought me to this thread in the Pathfinder forums: http://www.enworld.org/forum/pathfinder-rpg-discussion/275022-pathfinder-trailblazer-other-3-75s.html Looks like I have bitten off enough to chew on, as few people seem to have figured this out already. I'll let you know when I...

I stopped playing 4e after about a year and a half of play. We had fun, but the system's upsides weren't worth the downsides for both me and my group. Even if we had continued playing, we probably wouldn't have purchased any more material. It was getting to be a bit too much to cope with for us...

I believe Trailblazer could do Dark Sun well. But Dark Sun needs psionics. Specifically, I am thinking how to deal with the recovery of powerpoints (pp) when resting for 10 minutes. You could do it the same as for spells (pp spent on multi target spells are not recovered after a rest etc.), but...