Recent content by Taryn

I feel pathetic now... in the game I'm running none of the players has even considered trying to stake a vampire in the middle of combat... lol

If you really wanted to start getting into the cost per item (when did D&D players turn into interior decorators...?), you should probably look at the base prices for items that are listed in the PHB (a chest comes to mind: 2gp), find out how much the equivilent costs in the real world (for a...

I'd say that allowing the character to take the skill as a cross-class skill that they'd have to put points into would probably work fine... mainly I'd allow that for reasons of character customization... a fighter who spent the first 18 years of life in the forest, or a wizard who, because of...

Erk... you know, I'm pretty sure there was a reason I posted that part... but... I can't think of it at the moment... so, yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right on that part. Now, as for something else I thought up while on my way into college today... what happens when somebody spends half their...

Something about this just seems... horribly wrong... perhaps not the most helpful of statements, but... it seems more like it would be a horrible abuse of the system, rather than a step in the right direction. The players spend experience to get -a feat-, a very powerful thing. It is my...

Well, for starters, it'd probably be a good thing to say that you can't deliberately level yourself down by taking an extra feat or skill. This would solve a few problems (Bad fighter, no de-leveling for you!), but... I can still see where there would be problems. And my brain just left for...

One of the previous DMs I played under had a system for one of my characters (a swordsmith), where I simply gained a version of synergy. For instance, I had: Craft (Weaponsmithing) - 5 ranks Craft (Swordsmithing) - 5 ranks So, on all swordsmithing checks, I got a +1 bonus. When I advanced...

Actually, if you consider things, it's not all that easier for a low level character to learn a 'new' feat: Level Cost for new feat XP to level up 1 700 (70% of cost) 1000 2 1400 (70% of cost) 2000 3 2100 (70% of cost) 3000 ... 20...

It took me 10 seconds after reading this to know that one of my players would give me hell if I actually implemented this system: he bitches at me for reworking magic, and that's less of a change than this. However, I definately like the system, and, should my group agree (yes, my group demands...

Also, Libris Mortis has the 'Master Vampire' prestige class... but that's if he has some spawn that he's created.

I was thinking more like Diablo 2... I tend to try and not remember Fable whenever possible...

Oh... they did? *would go read up on it in his copy of UA but is too lazy* lol... somehow, I completely forgot about UA as having... well... classes (despite having had a character in my campaign whose taken a few levels in Urban Ranger)

Wizards already did a class that is something like this: the spirit shaman from Complete Divine... I will note that it's not a direct Druid conversion though. They concentrate more on the... well... spirit aspects of things: hence, a spirit companion, etc etc. So, as for sorcerer SPD/SK for...

I think as far as armor goes, you could probably just use the price differences between gear for exotic riding creatures, and non-exotic riding creatures as a baseline. I like the race, though...

Looking at Witness' comments, and your replies Merlion, wouldn't it be feasible that the less diversified, non-spontaneous casting ability of the Elementalist is balanced out by the Elemental Companion ability? (at least in part, anyways... it seems we're not considering that a minus in one area...