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Hrmm I guess Children of the Corn or the Omen are bad inspirations for adventures. Yet it's perfectly fine to beat up on dragon wyrmlings. Methinks they have a doublestandard ;)

Also keep in mind that however mindboggling complex the blood war is it's largely seen as a distraction by the higher-ups of the Hells and the Abyss as most the Lords of the Nine largely delegate it to the Dark Eight on the infernal front and many of the Demon Lords view it as a waste of time in...

Ehh, for some people the goal (especially if thier aim is Epic progression) is to get 4 iterative attacks and 9th level spells at 20th level. Generally the only way to do this is via the SRD is to take two levels of a melee class and 8 levels of wizard plus the 10 eldritch knight. Sure it's a...

One thing that really find useful as both a DM and as a player is to have multiple statblocks written out that show common buffs and debuffed states. That way if the BBEG gets hit by a targeted dispel magic I know he's losing x/y/z without spending a handful of minutes and refiguring a/b/c...

I'm not sure I was clear in my post but DR/adamantine would still not stack with DR/- under that sort of a system as they would be from two types of DR bonuses. Under that type of system only multiple DR/- sources stack multiple DR/magic or DR/adamantine or DR/epic do not stack. The reasons for...

I believe that there are a handful of PrCs from the Expedition to castle Ravenloft that might be good for your character. However if you are tempted to be the best fighter possible you might consider staying fighter and qualifying for the advanced fighter feats from PHBII which can but a...

It's a commonly used houserule that many people allow DR x/- to stack with other DR x/- sources thus allowing barbarians with DR to also benefit from adamantine armors. While this change was originally meant for games using armor as DR I've found it works fine in regular games as well.

I find that unless the DM is willing to seriously sit down and read all the expansion books to determine what does and does not fit in thier campaign opening the floodgates to additional source material requires that the DM surrender some control to the PCs to determine what fits the game and...

I'm assuming that you are talking about the ability to rage, rather than the increased movement ;). The problem I see with a dragon using rage is that it prevents the dragon from using spells during the duration of the battle. So for an increase in melee effectiveness you are basically negating...

While that might be interesting I kinda doubt it happening anytime soon as permanent spell really increase in the relative power with each spell added to the permanency list. For the most part most permanent effects are better handled through the magic-item creation rules.

In SRD only it's somewhat difficult to survive early levels without a tank and a character with trap sense but it's not a hopeless cause. Using full expansion classes then it becomes relatively easy task, a party of wizard(sorceror or warmage would work as well), cleric, beguiler, duskblade...

Hrmm I'm not sure I buy this interpretation of the flaming whip as sneak attack bonus damage or even bonus damage based on strength is still based on the original weapon (in this case a non-lethal weapon) however flaming, etc is bonus energy damage which is from a separate damage source. Thus a...

I think the poster was comparing many of the 3e dungeons to both the 1e and 2e counterparts. In comparison to some of 2e modules and boxed sets the 3e dungeon and module seems to be a compromise between the two extremes. As to this point I'm not sure I 100% agree as there were still plenty of...

In my experience it's kinda hard to break out all the special abilities of races like dwarves and elves and determine their relative value (what example is stonecunning the equivalent of). As a result it's generally best to take the three simple core races: Human, Half-Elf and Half-Orc and...

I think the problem being expressed is the trap of designing NPC foes who never take certain feats and abilities because they are one shot wonders or designing NPCs specifically designed to counter PC abilities. In the first case Metagaming might help provide greater challenges for the PCs but...

I'm not sure my previous answer was clear :\ but yeah the bonus energy from the whip doesn't get turned to non-lethal, technically speaking the energy damage is a separate source than the whip's slashing damage. In terms of laying down the groundwork for whips that do lethal damage you might...

Heh, so much for my skills at adding correctly :o But as Rangerwicket points out SRD only makes it kinda hard to reduce some of the ASF penalties. I'm not sure the mounted caster is the best strategy though, I might be tempted to go with Polymorph to Annis Hag, buff the character up and then...

While dungeon often has substantive dungeons in thier pages there is a substantial difference in scale between something like a 30 room dungeon and the 15+ level monstrosities like Undermountain and Castle Greyhawk. I'm not saying that old school dungeons like those are out of favor (look at...

Sneak Attack dice are only valuable at short ranges whereas a ranger should be focused on ambush from longer range. The ranger should then use relative speed (light armor means-30' whereas many parties have multiple 20' characters) plus stealth to withdraw from his ambush location then lather...

The Barbarian level is mainly in there for the improved speed rather than the rage (although the speed could be boosted via feat or magic) but rage would also be useful when the Orc has worn down the party and he wants to finish them off by his own hands. The paragon levels are primarily useful...