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At level 10+(earlier if the character is going for it) UMD means consistent use of wands, scrolls, staffs and you name it. That suddenly allows selfbuffs, ranged magic attacks and so on. Low level wands and scrolls are pretty cheap in a standard wealth campaign. The bard suggested loose only...

But its more attractive to the bard or ranger who rely less on sneaky skills and do not care about armor check penalties. Especially the bard will gain greatly. IMO the bard songs are better than fighter bonus feats. I've just spotted UMD on his skill list and that makes it really really strong...

Yes. But I think the intent is that all spellcasters use the same spell list.

Well lets start by assuming that the Wizard is going to be the baseline caster who eventually gets 9th level spells. That means that any other caster that have abilties that the wizard does not have must be worse at casting spells for them to be balanced. That approach works out similar to...

I would expect to see a lot of Fighter1/Ranger X or Bard x characters. All the armor proficiencies and a bonus feat for delaying class abilities by one level. yes please. All in all a ranger looses exactly 4 skillpoints and -1 reflex save. Not a bad deal. I also find your ranger to much like a...

Did you wan't to hear peoples opinions or just a confirmation from the community that your class was great ? I too find your variant overpowered and agree with Elder-Basilisks changes. No class should have full BAB and full spellcasting (9th level spells). You do not loose skillpoints, clerics...

Thx for the offer, but no need. I already have my own rules, yours are nice as well but I treat monsters very differently than the standard rules already. I don't think defense rules would mesh well (or be appreciated much by my players).

A very well written update nemmerle. It really conveyed the feeling of claustrophobia, stress and ancient ruins under the mountains. Kinda like Tolkiens Moria. And could the timing of the ambush be any worse for the heroes :) . I think not. Without really knowing it seems like you don’t dole...

In fact why don't you just use the Goliath stats and call the Half-Giants in your world. Add some fluff (or even rules) about the alignment business, strange as that seems. And presto you have a play tested and likely balanced race of big, strong and tough humanoids of ECL +1. That just seems...

The halfogre has been errated to +2 ECL as far as I know. Which is a much better estimate IMO.

Looks fine to me.

But the classes where playtested at 25 pts, when you stray far from that you have skewed class balance already. Higher scores for example empowers the monk and paladin (kind of like that Dex 19, Int 16, Wis 16 psycic warrior/monk thingie described above). Well I guess I'm kind af stealing the...

Its almost funny to see how every build so far has been nowhere near the standard 25pt build. With 25pts you need to think much more carefully about what feats you really want. Anyway any medium sized chracter with his best attributes in Str and Con, a large weapon and power attack, stuffed...

And for the rogues guild. Let them shadow the players and then inform the authorities of their activities and wherabouts. Thats a very good way of getting back at them without risking their own men.

I have to ask if you did remember that a Minotaur halfdragon even without class levels is a 6 HD creature with a +5 ECL, equalling a 11th level character. Its hard to see how he would dominate the game compared to other 11th level characters. He will of course have great strength (+16) and con...

Congrats with your first roleplaying game experience. I do not have the time to go over this fully right now, but I might try tomorrow. At a quick glance it looks fine. Nothing overpowered though some of the mechanics could use some finetuning. As for roleplaying try not to choose the role of...

That still implies that any member of a race more intelligent than humans are also more experienced. Still does not make sense. Wouldn't be easier to let LA count as levels in regards to feats then ? Anyway my real point was that if you limit yourself to playing races with +1-2 LA its no big...

Then its just a matter of gaming style. Try taking over the dm hat for a while and show how to make a game that includes challenges that needs these skills to do well. It makes for much more exiting games. And actually no I don't think jumping is to hard. Clearing 10 ft. straight up without a...

Ehrr, but thats impossible. All creatures are not created equal and thus some of them most have a LA if they are to be played along weaker races. Otherwise any creature that for instance is more intelligent than for instance a human should also have more HD. That does not make sense. As long...

So you are playing a melee combat character with a base str and dex mod of +0. To me it would seem that your jumping ability should be the least of you troubles. And instead of maxing out skills it is much more interesting (and in general more usefull) to be decent at a larger number of...