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It seems this idea is more in the direction of Role Master; a pretty old and I believe dead game system. It was nick named Chart Master due to all the charts it used. In some regards it was the best RPG ever IMO, in other ways ... it was a bit rough; especially for new players. NEway ...

Okay ... I know D&D borrowed heavily from Tolkien in the first place, but I am considering running a campaign in middle earth and I would like some of the mechanics to reflect this and not just a map. I'm fairly certain I could do well on my own, but it would be a shame to not glean from others...

It really depends on your application. If you just want a trinket or two for players then making them magical is no big deal, but if you want some thing that standard troops could have/afford then thats some thing else. Silk 'armor' could be an option. Perhaps a +1 dodge bonus vs missles...

A critical strike may be seen as hitting in a critical location only therefore discounting certain creatures, or a critical hit could mean your best swing of the day generating more force. I think the former is considered more than the later. Another option is to go ahead and roll the multiple...

The discrepancy is more evident at low levels where most campaigns and npc's live, but at higher levels the one with a weapon and a magic shield will start to break even, or even surpass the two handed weapon fighter. If you want to implement a new game mechanic requiring a die roll because you...

Interesting, I have thought of going to a weapon group system as well since such things as weapon focus and exotic weapon seem too narrow. What is the difference between blunt and hafted? I assume hafted could be an axe or pick, but isn't a mace just a different shaped piece of metal on the...

Others already said the obvious, but just to give you an example: add 2 levels of fighter to an orc. +2 BAB +10 HPs +3 Fort Save +2 skill points (would be four, but "duh" orcs) 2 feats, could be weapon focus and toughness for straight combat ability. Quite easily much tougher than standard...

Just make one dice roll instead of two. Example: Syris the rogue is sneaking up on a bug bear gaurding the front of a cave. Syris has +10 with move silent and a +10 with hide. Syris will try to stay in the shadows along the face of the ridge as best he can, but the DM decides that the torch...

Interesting. I thought medium armors got hosed and are pretty much useless. Very few characters actualy use it. I also bumped up chainmail, but I went a head and bumped breat plate also. I then added two medium armors at the plus five AC mark and bumped all heavy armor up one. So in short...

It's amazing how perceptions and experience is so different with different groups of people. I have never seen any one take the toughness feat and I personaly never will; even if I play an arcane spell caster. If I die I die. Three hit points is nothing. Sure, it looks great on paper at...

A ranger from a barbarian society could have: Power attack cleave great cleave

It's been a very long time since I cruised these boards and a long time since I had a system for this (that I don't remember off hand), but here are some things to consider. The system was created for the armored person to have the best defense in most situations so if you give high reflex save...

It's been a very long time since I've crunched all the numbers, but as a whole the shield fighter is better than the two weapon fighter in most situations. The trouble with TWF is that most of the time it makes you a worse fighter than if you had just fought with either a two handed weapon or...

Hmmmm I think the cleric needed help exactly for the reason that no one wanted to play them and I'm not sure they are too uber now. Don't get me wrong, they are a good class now, but before they sucked. Fighters usually still fight better and once a Wiz or Sorc gets high enough level they...

The increased cost progression on skills reminds me of Rolemaster. I'm not going to say it's definately a bad idea, but it might hose Rogues since they rely heavily on their skills. Fighters do not gain BAB at a slower rate at higher levels. A 16th level fighter can "run amuk" with a sword...