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Prune the base Cleric list viciously, give them three Domains, and let them cast as Warmages. Cut the right spells and it's a nerf.

I'm working on something similar, though I'm simplifying it in some areas (feats, multiclassing) and making it more complicated in others (class features, magic). Be happy to compare notes with you.

The Bard is as good a healer as the Druid and the best buffer in the game, period. If your campaign involves any level of interaction with NPCs, there is no class in the core rules with better abilities for dealing with them. I add a number of spells to the Bard's spell list and allow them to...

They didn't have any power to lose. Real life clergy don't have magical powers to be rescinded by a disapproving deity, and I reckon you would be hard pressed to name a saint in any religion whose miracles were tarnished by corruption. (Not that I'm encouraging you to try, given forum rules...

Since other effects provide inherent bonuses of greater than +5, I would rule that the entry for the wish spell only applies to inherent bonuses granted through that spell-- and that a +5 inherent bonus is a benchmark for establishing how powerful 9th level spells are. Any other effect that...

The information's in the old book. I'm hoping there's more of it in the new book.

Oh yeah. Really, all the classes have received significant upgrades. The melee and skill based classes have gained a respectable amount of power, and the spellcasters have gained some much-needed longevity. All of the core Gish Prestige Classes gain new powers to represent synergy between...

I like the standard spell slot system, but I am trying to adapt the magic system to feature more at-will powers and ritual magic. I'd certainly be interested in seeing your results.

My experience with rules lawyers, especially on Internet messageboards, is primarily with people who insist on strict literalist reading of the rules and then deliberately misread those rules in support of either the most advantageous interpretation or the most perverse and nonsensical...

I prefer having a broad selection of races available in fantasy games, as long as they are all distinct and vibrant-- they need to have identifiable culture and a niche to occupy in the setting. Where D&D falters in having too many races is that they have too many races that are distinguished by...

I'd second this. Normally I'm a big fan of the Skills & Powers system but if you're looking for a simple system with little focus on build mechanics, you're better off just adopting the proficiency systems.

I'd take them straight over. If it makes sense, it isn't that the levels mean different things in Pathfinder and 4e, it's just that Pathfinder stops at 20. Kinda like how the levels worked in the OD&D boxed sets.

Had my name legally changed last year, and I now prefer to go by my legal name online. Thank you to Plane Sailing for handling this for me.

Yes, it is. If the opponent has a bonus to its Defense, the attack will hit less often and will thus be less effective. There's your problem. You seem to be assuming that Fighters don't know how to fight.

I like the gun stats in the playtest; before that I used the guns in Shadow of the Spider Moon. Costs for firearms and ammunition depend on the local economy and tech level, but are generally drastically reduced. I'm just not interested in the new classes in Ultimate Combat. I am assuming the...

I like guns in my games-- longtime Spelljammer fan-- but I don't see any reason why Gunslingers should be anything other than standard Fighters.

A spellcaster needs to keep his spellcasting ability score maxed out or they're not even capable of casting their higher-level spells. Aside from spellcasters, high ability scores are nice but not necessary.

Doesn't really help the OP's query, but in my games Paladins can be Any Good and Blackguards can be Any Evil, as it is Good and Evil that the classes represent. I seriously despise the notion that Lawful Good is somehow "the best good" and that Chaotic Evil is "the worst evil"; if alignment were...

Warlock. 1d6 ranged touch attack at-will and you only need one free hand to use it.

Yes, I see from some of the examples that it can become extremely problematic, especially with the use of the three-class feat. That one would definitely have to be scrapped. What do you think specifically of the first feat, with the condition that classes must remain within one level of each...