Recent content by scars_of_carma

These are just some thoughts I had the other day... I'm wondering how other DM's define the power of magic? To understand the nature of magic one must first comprehend the nature of the great wheel. Time is the mechanism that keeps the great wheel of The Planes turning. As time moves, things...

My Mass Combat Rules Cont. I did give reach weapons (such as polearms) a higher attack bonus then melee weapons. I figured it was appropriate because generally polearms cost more and do more damage. However it is kind of subjective because polearms aren't always practical or necessary...

In order to simplify combat on a large scale Units have 2 values to consider. Attack and Defense. These are generalized values and modifiers used when considering a units weapons, armor and level of training. Attack Bonus Primitive or Small Weapons (-1) Simple Weapons - (-) Melee Weapon - (+1 /...

Ayodya (a-yod-ya) was my first serious effort at world building. I ran various live-games on ayodya for several years and then retired it after the old group broke up. Now I’m bringing it back in all its glory for online play. In a nutshell I would describe ayodya as a semi-traditional setting...

Hi I am looking for 3.5e players for an online campaign. Here is the link to Trel on obsidian portal. Trel | Obsidian Portal

I think these rules make sense and I agree pc's shouldn't be exactly sure when their characters might die. I've never actually tried to think of a way to keep them guessing like this it's cool. I've already made many extensive changes to combat in my house rules so this version won't fit mine...

Natural Healing I've also decided "living" PC's will recover their level + their con modifier per 8 hours of rest.

House Rules for Construct and Undead PC's A few recent game sessions involving a construct PC have prompted me to add some more house rules. Special rules for Creature Types Humanoid Constructs and Undead ARE NOT immune to critical hits. Any humanoid creature needs to remain intact in order...

It was a joke... Any good DM can humble a player whenever they want.

I'm not out to kill PC's every session. I've killed off two pc's in the last 2 sessions but it wasn't because of called shots or critical hits. They were first level, they were spellcasters, and they were either wandering off alone or standing their ground when they shouldn't have. In both cases...

Well the problem is... the old group is the one that came up with the 2d20 thing and they were the first group to play in my new world. For the sake of consistency I didn't want to change the rolling method per group that just wouldn't be fair. In hindsight I miss the days of 3d6 for stats lol...

This is what you said... I couldn't figure out what you were trying to say but I tried to answer you anyway lol

That could work except the minimum stat would be a 9 instead of an 8. That's true but my old group was spoiled. They used the 4d6 subtract the lowest, re-roll ones, if you roll 4 identical numbers add them all together. Typically the DM would throw out 4-8 points, per player, on top of those...

Oops I forgot to say that reroll anything under an 8 lol As for Power Attack, I will change it to say that you must have a BAB of +5 and -5 from attacks to be able break to bones/impale/cut-to-the-bone. Power Attack is supposed to be the equivalent of a Called Shot except that Called Shots...

*shrugs* comments always welcome... but i was also just putting this out there to give others ideas.