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IME, 9/10 of the time nothing major happening when you're out and about or at night when you're asleep in an inn really translates into about 4-5/10. This is one of the reasons I distrust DMs. If it's really 9/10, you need to make darn sure you keep it at 9/10. Otherwise, as Joe says, if...

Mummies. Athas is dry as hell, so mummifying dead should not be terribly difficult. Sure, they won't have enough all the time, but it happened In The Real World. Brad

From what I understand, the title character's impending serial-killerhood was recognized by his foster father, and channeled into something relatively productive. I.e. his victim of choice is other serial killers. Brad

Dexter: The PC likes to kill things. But he doesn't want to get himself hanged as a murderer, so he confines his killin' to underground dwellers and other threats to civilization. Brad

Oh, that would be AWESOME. Brad

Oh, of course, he's there to Figure Things Out (soft sciences stuff is his area, hard stuff with math in it is Carter), and he's certainly not one of the fighter-types, but at least his knowing which way to point a gun and how to use it can save everyone's lives. (And then, once he does start...

Our eyes didn't glaze over so much as brim with rage over the complete and utterly bizarre machinations found in many box texts. "You're mad, mad as hell at the AI..." (interrupting) "The hell we aren't, we just want to be left alone!" DM: HA! It's box text, it can make you do ANYTHING...

The bonuses weren't really so hot, though. Looking in Bo9S, the weapons there have abilities that are kind of meh at best. They're either highly situational (and thus prone to be forgotten) or something that is covered in the rest of your panoply, or they come in at so high a level that they...

Indeed. People forget that towards the end of 3.5e prestige class and magic item formats started to bloat horribly. The worst offender, IMHO, was Champions of Valor, which spent the better part of two pages discussing the history and legends behind a +3 Evil Outsiderbane bastard sword...and...

Cleric takes mostly Str powers, but has one or two Wis-based (like, say, Bacon, which I pop out when I need to start panic-healing). The pursuit avenger has mostly Pursuit powers, but not all. Brad

IRT weapon, I'd go with an Executioner's Axe or a Mordenkrad instead, as Brutal is quite helpful for a class so utterly dependent on the weapon die for your damage. Probably Executioner's Axe, as it's High Crit and you'll theoretically* be critting 2x as often as the other classes. Brad * - I...

And if you're not completely enamored of the name "wizard" for their class, a drow makes a fine darkspiral/feylock/semistarlock or chaos/stormcerer. Brad

Hrm, you're right. I wonder, though, how it'd interact with an already Brutal weapon. The feat would probably take precedence. Brad

Hrm, you're right. It's almost certainly meant to go just with the weapon dice, as otherwise it's even better than brutal. Man, I can't wait for these to make it into the character builder. Brad

When's your open enrollment? This, really, is why you want to try and keep your insurance. To quote Chris Rock, it's really meant to be "In Case S**t", not to pay for the occasional prescription. As I should point out that a friend's brother's auto accident cost literally millions of dollars...

I feel the same way. Resisting the urge to commit homicidal neglect does not a hero make. Brad

It was okay. It'd be very good for someone new to gaming, and had some interesting ideas on characterization, but for someone who's been around the block a bit, it doesn't offer much. Brad

Also, note that it's Range 10 and a LoS power. So if the party member's not able to see the banner (like if he's blinded or chased them to another room), then he doesn't get the bonus. Brad

Also, he's not really much use if he can't fend for himself in a firefight. Now, he's likely the last person to go on the firing line, but still, it's handy to know. Brad

Action budget. If he's stunned or dazed, he isn't going to be able to do nearly as much. And I don't know about you, but my DMs throw those at us like they're candy. I've fought plenty of monsters/npcs that at no point targeted my AC in the entire fight. As Victim points out, many things...