Recent content by Vedic Wizard

I agree, and we've thought about some kind of XP buying system for feats in our game. The problem is that not going up a level, while it hinders the character slightly, means they earn more XP for the same encounter than the rest of the party who've leveled up normally. So they earn the XP back...

A little optimization is fine, but it's a very story based game, so I'll have to justify any class or combination of classes I select. Particularly niche builds will be hard to justify, as will classes that would look unkindly at the more nefarious activities that the character is involved with...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll take a look at Crusader, what book are they from? I guess I'm looking for a Cohort who will primarily work well with my character (the Fighter/Rogue/Wizard), as he sometimes adventures without the rest of the group. He's based around two-weapon fighting, sneak...

An epic character of mine (LE, Fighter 8, Rogue 9, Wizard 7) has just acquired the leadership feat. With all the adjustments he can attract a 17th level cohort. The area he's in is populated mainly by (Human) Barbarians, Ogres, Dwarves, and Drow. The cohort should be either LN or LE really...

Overall the games I'm running (different parts of the same world, based more or less around a common theme) are Mysteries, but they often start off as Puzzels. i.e at first the players have no idea who is causing some nasty events to unfold, before long they uncover more and more info until they...

A friend of mine owns the original 1st Ed Gods and Deities book with the Cathulu pantheon. We did a one off special adventure where our characters were responsible for stopping Cathulu & Hastor coming into our universe. First we had to locate the "Elder sign" then locate a portal that would take...

If a rogue gets multiple attacks, and is flanking an opponent, can he sneak attack multple times in a single round? Or does the rogue forgo his normal BAB attacks for a single sneak attack? Also if he has TWF can he also sneak attack with his off hand?

I've been converting some of my old characters across from 2nd Ed and noticed that the "Sword of Sharpness" and "Staff of Slinging" don't appear in the 3rd Ed DMG. Do these items appear in any of the other books/supplements? If not is there a generally excepted conversion for them?

I find it alot easier to sit down and work on my own creation than read the published stuff. Though I admit I could have read a published setting and all its supplements a couple of times over in the time I've invested in my homebrew. As a few other people have already said, I find the process...

That's the best reasoned "Evil God Theology" I think I've heard - nice :D . This style of thinking is definately the way forward with the darker side of the deities. To often in games I've played (and I'll admit sometimes run :uhoh: ) evil has been portrayed as thoughtless, malicious, sadism...

Fascinating thread btw :D

I'd say that arcane magic is a perversion (or misinterpretation) of the ideas of Hermetic philosophy, Kabbalisitc beliefs etc. where people believed that all creation was part of an imminent but not sentient god. Similar to the ideas of Taoism or Buddhism. The magical rites performed in these...

Hi, I'm new here so I'm still finding the lay of the land. I run a number of games in a world I designed from scratch (albeit borrowing heavily from various influences). It's very story based, but this seems to give the combats extra edge - and a couple of years in its going really well. I've...

Hi Just saying hello. I've been a D&Der for over 20 years now, and recently converted across to 3.5ed. I run myown world which is growing ever larger by the day, and play whenever I get the chance.