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I just lower great sword damage to d12 in my game.

So why not just use the kobold stats add fly 30ft (good) and give it a +1 LA.

If want to run a game like 300 then you don't need to worry too much about history or mythology since the movie pretty much makes up its own. Having only run modern and medieval games you'll be fine since you know how to run a game and watched the movie that you want to theme your game off of...

My sentiments exactly. Very tactically unsound, except against guys you need a 20 to hit anyway, and then you should be running away not swinging at him. I don't think you need a special rule to prevent stupid fighters from doing stupid things.

Druids are definitley one of the most powerful classes but I'm not sure they are the most powerful or even over powered so much as that shape shifting is generally overpowered in D&D (such as when you high level sorcerer turns into a balor or a lower lever one into a troll). Cleric and druid...

In most games I've run there has been no dedicated healer but the players have made up for by using wands as others have suggested. After all paladins, bards, rangers and anyone with use magic device (usually rogues) can use wands of cure X wounds any between battles. Usually everyone will...

One problem. Even in your high magic scenario you are 10k GP shy of being able to have a weapon with the full +10 worth of bonuses unless you only have one item, which would suck. Also from a power perspective your 'normal' sets are better because you can have more items (even if they are less...

The real david vs goliath tactic involves staying out of melee range with the big guy and pelting him to death with ranged attacks. To do some of the things your players want to do just make the options of the tactical feat in complete warrior available to everyone at a penalty.

Physics are over rated, after all my D&D world is flat. Its possible creatures would have evolved/created with lower strength scores as with less gravity higher strength wouldn't be as necessary. On the other hand having a higher strength score would still be useful for the uber jumpings.

I saw the movie and thought it was pretty good (2.5 stars) if can ignore the glaring historical inaccuracies and just get along with watching (I was drunk and that helped). The fight scenes were well done and the CGI was excellent. Ironically Leonidas won't let the hunchback fight with him...

lol I was tempted to lie and say I never cheat.

Exactly what my group did. Didn't help the fact that most people treat kobolds worse than a three legged dog though.

Might as well go with a classless system. My group has done so a couple times and its pretty fun.

Don't forget buffs from casters. Owl's wisdom (2nd level, +4 wisdom 1minute/level) and resistance (0 level, +1 all saves 1 minute) could help you. Short duration means you'll need to know you're to be fighting a caster (or opponenet who targets will) soon. If you're worried about fear effects...

I've allowed NPCs/PCs to use leadership to gain a horse cohort who advances by hit dice (for determining ability scores use whatever is your preferred method with cohorts then add the horses bonuses/penalties, int automatically 2). Sometimes they'll have the animals awakened in which case I...

I went with something from your list, the arcane/divine distinction. But I could have just as easily picked the proliferation of magical items or PRCs.

Usually just leave them to rot. Sometimes they might burn/bury corpses but its more likely the corpses will be descecrated in some way.

I did this before, then I took TWF and stunning fist and punched people with the offhand.

At high levels I once asked a player to do this who was a little slow at math and was playing a two weapon fighting character who routinely got 8 attacks a round (12-20 crit range too, both weapons had extra energy dice of damage). He agreed, even though he'll normally roll for anything rather...

Or take leadership and get a cohort that is a mount, like a pegasus. Oh yeah, I'm in the camp who says fighters (or rangers if you wanna be more robin hood) make fine archers no need for a specific class.