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In Monte Cook's Book of Eldritch Might, his variation of the Sorcerer doesn't make use of any material components (cheap ones are ignored, expensive ones cost XP) but all his spells have verbal and somatic components. I think it balances out and generally use his version of the Sorcerer...

My monk character is a 2nd level Anthropomorphic Tiger monk (total ECL 5) from Savage Species. I think he is poised to become the party's premier melee combatant, notwithstanding the fact that we have a 5th level half-orc paladin with a 20 strength. We're all 5th level characters built on a 32...

Now I understand the frustration of Cubs' fans, whose team hasn't won a Series since God was a baby, but dammit, I've been a Yankee fan since they sucked back in the 80's. I feel entitled to enjoy their success. Hehe. But if they don't make it to the Series, it'd be nice to see the Cubs...

I think you need to discard the image the PHB has of the spiked chain so that, for the most part, the spiked part is only on the last couple links, or something like that. This way you'd wind up with a chain with some added nastiness for striking on the ends. A character wielding one would...

In terms of character ideas, your cat-warrior doesn't need to be from an established race. There's magical creations, planar travelers, and what not to choose from. Depending on whether you have the levels to play with, there is always the lycanthrope route, as well. In addition, Savage Species...

Hmmm. The monk I'm playing in my current game uses one. If you've ever watched Jet Li or Jackie Chan use a rope, belt, chain, or other similar weapon, that's how I envision carrying and wielding it. If you've ever seen Shanghai Noon, Jackie fights a bunch of gunfighters with a rope and a...

I've found "alternative" parties work better with more members in it. One I like is Ranger, Monk, Bard, Druid, especially in 3.5. It's a little light on the spellcasting damage, but higher on the combat damage than a "normal" party and the Druid is still a respectable battle caster, especially...

I think my favorite one thus far comes from Arcana Unearthed. Characters have daily "spells known" slots and a number of "casting" slots per day. So like a wizard, you decide what spells you want access to that day, and like a sorcerer, you can cast X number of spells of each level, per day...

Dread pirate Roberts, be comin' fer all your souls! Be no survivors... Arrrr...

Well, you have to be lawful, so that's a starting point. I had one of them in my game and they're extremely nasty. Basically, their class features all involve bonuses to attack and damage rolls of one kind or another. If you're looking to devise a fighting system for your character centered...

Star Wars d20, if I remember correctly, simply imposes stat penalties for young children that are pretty similar to the ones in d20 Modern. Anakin, who's about nine in Phantom Menace, is listed as a first level Fringer (essentially a Rogue), so yeah, nothing says a kid can't have a class level...

It depends on the GM. If he's being nice to you, sure, he'll give your Wiz 15/Archmage 5 and your Cleric 10/Runecaster 10 a break when they start running low on spells. But when your party consists of 5-7 18th level characters, two of whom are full-progression casters, if you don't start seeing...

Actually, there is. I think it's in the Epic Level Handbook and it's like DC 100 or something. <g>

I've rarely ever had a Barbarian survive long because they are *so* optimized for melee combat that they never survive to get there. Combine a crappy AC with a scary amount of offensive firepower and you wind up with a half-orc pincushion because the bad guys fill him full of arrows so fast he...

Hang in there, Angel. You'll pull through this!