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As I see it, the fundamental problem is that preferences regarding dragons tend to be both very diverse and strongly held. With demons/devils, it is not difficult to justify a menagerie that accommodates many styles. There is resistance to the idea of having multiple distinct kinds of...

There is certainly a place for demons and devils with an assortment of abilities that may not get used in most encounters. I do not see any good reason why that should be the norm for their kind. I think we can have it both ways. As for dragons, the designers are damned if they do and damned...

Yet somehow a game between skilled gamblers is exciting, even though the rules and probabilities are out in the open. No, the element necessary for suspense is hidden information. Simply hiding some specifics of the encounter is all that is really necessary. Only a foolish DM says: "You meet...

The Barbarian is an appealing 1st level character and is often underestimated as a long term commitment. Hit points, Rage, and fast movement really improve combat survivability. The other nice thing is the skill points. With a modest 10 or 12 Int you can have a few out-of-combat tricks to...

Even what you are describing is a half-baked application of the table. What about the monsters? Do you apply them to monsters or not? What is the modifier if my AC is 1? WvAM is simply a very poor retread of an already known mechanic of strong "Armor Type vs. Weapon Type" effect in...

IMNSHO, making it practical for a party to not have a Cleric is a Good Thing. Wands such that the party can heal up between battles is a good start. But this belt fills an important gap. One might own a Potion of Cure Serious for a dire emergency, but you must be very very wealthy to...

I agree with Mistwell. IMO, the fundamental problem is the formulas are broken. Nice try. Reasonable, albeit very conservative, starting point. But they do not work. Not only do they not work, but I am certain that if you drop half the items in the DMG into the laps of the PCs, most PCs...

(Jumping to the end...) Rulewise, the Fireball is a physical bead that could fail to reach the intended location for a number of possible reasons. Would you allows someone to Ready an action in order to purposefully interfere/block this bead's path and thereby save his friends? If yes, does...

Clearly Eugene was a heroic and ardent LG in his adventuring career such that he has earned the right hang out in the Waiting Room of Heaven for the blood oath to be fulfilled. The recent reveals regarding Eugene's disturbingly CN relationship with his family seemed to have been forgiven for...

Depends on whether or not the bounty hunters are fair fights. Another idea... There is an old (real) world solution for deaths under ambiguous circumstances: weregild -- literally "blood money". Once upon a time, the world was run by very violent men. Violent men have a bad habit of fighting...

There is no tactical advantage to shouting "I attack now! Now! Now!" the moment a target is in sight. There are huge potential disadvantages to attacking the wrong person. A good mystery creates ambiguity about who is a bad guy, at least in the outset. Create NPCs who have important...

Many spells were revamped for 3.5, but does that make 3.5 more item focused? I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean "top heavy" or "frontloaded"? Frontloaded implies very significant class benefits in the first 1 (or 2) levels.

Now that is funny.

You are looking at skewed statistics. I am certain even those who are the most down on rolling have known a number of people who were considered to be perfectly honest. So the "ALL" part is surely not true. But who would feel a need to vent about the honest ones? Where is the fun in that? :p

There are 11 different classes in the PHB. Even if a stodgy DM forces the players to all use 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8 to generate their PCs, there are easily at least two dozen highly viable PCs that are reasonably different from each other. That is the absolute worst case scenario. If the PCs...

I am quite sure the intention is that you can "Standard Action (Teleport) + Full Attack" as a Full Round Action in the same spirit that "Charge (move 2xMV in a straight line + attack)" is a Full Round Action, or in the case of Pounce creatures that "Charge (move 2xMV in a straight line + full...

If randomness were always a good thing, we should just randomly generate all encounters in the dungeon and dispense with this silly superstitious thing called writing up adventures, right? A certain degree of unpredictability within encounters is a good thing -- that is why we roll dice in...

The, um, <whisper>Mindflayer</whisper> rated Roy a tastier meal than V. So he has a lot a brains by every measure.

Or you can just cast away on your Companion. Self only is not a restriction at all when it comes to Companions. If you cast directly on the Companion (and not yourself) there is no range restriction on how far your Companion can wander. I can understand that a DM may want to amend NS, but...

In a simpler era, I can see some merit to the idea of AC 1 (or AC 0) as some sort of top of the food chain armor type. But that concept was thoroughly demolished early in AD&D1e.