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I have to second the pick up Savage Species suggestion. That will pretty much lay it all out for you and has rules for converting the MM into characters.

Good advice ;)

In 2E you could dispose of it by not using the insta death spells or putting the players up against the monters and casters that could do those things. 2E was just as much a set of tools as 3E. More rules doesn't make something more complete. And in this case more balance doesn't...

My thesis is that the fear of death drive dramatic tension more then knowing you will probably win because the game is balanced. We've all seen movies where it never felt like that hero was in danger, and it never felt like they were truely challenged. These movies feel very flat and...

I didn't say any of those things. !?!?!? In fact I said that random death is a bad thing. I've said that several times. What I said was that a credible threat of insta death was a good thing. I did say the nobody is falling victom to the "good" design of the CR system, because it isn't a...

It can be more variable. And I definitly feel that 3E characters are weaker and are easier to attack then their 2E compatriots. All good things, really. However, I don't believe that what I tried to point out is all "a player problem" Like I said, they guy I was refering to was a great 2E...

That was a flaw. My favorite was when you would come across a room that would have some random type of monster that A) couldn't get out of the room. B) Seems to have been there for ages with no obvious source of food, and C) was ready to attack you the instant you showed up. It was silly and...

Since I was directly commenting on how the CR system and module writing which come out of it is a bad design, I guess I don't see how I've gotten off of the flaws of 3E. I find it funny that you say I think gamers are dumb, when you have openly insulted people many times by calling them...

I like the bloodlines concept, so I might modify it so that it works in my game. I like some of the varient spell casters and power items for powering up metamagic feats. I'll probably try add some of that into the game.

I think his point was not that arbitrary death was a good thing, but that the threat of arbitrary death was a good thing. It wasn't that DM's went around killing parties with insta death spells all the time, at least not in the games I played in or DM'ed. It was that the players were more...

Hello My wife and I recently moved to Seattle as well. We are looking to hook up with some local gamers and play a little D&D. We are currently playing 3.5, but we’re not against playing 3.0 or 2E. Quick Gaming Bio: We’ve both been playing since 1st edition. I’ve been playing for...

All core classes are open in my campaign. I can sympathize with your plight. I was in a campaign once where the GM hated Sorcerers. He had decided that they were "lame one trick ponies" that were easily defeated in combat. (This is not my opnion of the class.) Of course this decision came...

I'm just speaking from experience. It "seems" cool, but seldom works. One of those theory vs reality at the table things. Players rarely enjoy being pushed out of the spotlight so that someother character can get the glory. It just seems to go badly.

IMHO it almost never works to have a goal that only one player in the party can accomplish. There are a couple reactions from the other players, but what you described is one of the most common. Players hate thinking that they are second rate in the party. When you set a goal like "John is...

Why not cast it on the feather on the back of the arrow. This would allow the offending emanation to stick out of the target. In addition, there is no evidence that an emanation would be held "inside" the body of the target, should it enter. After all, the arrow that just passed into the...

I'd take the following. Offense Colour Spray Ray of Enfeeblement or Sleep True Strike Defense Shield Protection from Evil Specialty Identify Charm Person Disguise Self This gives you stuff to do both in and out of combat. Other top spells that I would try to get/recommend are: Comprehend...

First of all, you've said that 2E was unbalanced many times. I would agree with this on a character creation level. Not all characters were even remotely equal in 2E. However, in a combat by combat basis, the balance between the players and the monsters was never an issue. You have a tough GM...

They used an XP system, which wasn't perfect, but did give a fairly good representation of the strength of the monsters. I don't think CR is adding to the GM woes under 3E, I just wouldn't say it is some revolution to the game that makes 3E better either.

I would disagree that earlier editions didn't have a CR system. It wasn't coded the same way or called the same thing, but most GM's knew what threat level of an encounter was before they ran it. They knew when it was an easy encounter, they knew when they were about to break the party with a...