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Hey, if you're really going to make the spell list, please share it when you're done if you get a chance. My other ideas to go with this variant rogue are: * Unlike the bard, light armor still causes arcane spell failure chances * A bluff check can be used to mute (but not eliminate) verbal...

I'd chose ride and sense motive myself. I've always thought that clerics should have sense motive.

I'm thinking a rogue varian who can cast sneaky spells would be fun. Does it sound balanced to trade the sneak attack progression for the bard spellcasting progression? I'd tweak the actual spell list a bit, and make it INT-based, but it would be about the same power level (i.e. no fireballs...

Is this because you think specialists are slightly better than Wizard generalists?

Yeah, I'm that kind of bastard DM as well. ;)

I think I'm beginning to see why WotC doesn't use Average saves in their products. ;)

The scenerio I'm picturing is the rogue hides at the start of combat (assuming the party doesn't suprise the enemy group), then he uses his insanely high hide skill (this is a size fine creature) to remain hidden on his turn while moving full speed and attacking. Obviously after he hits he's no...

I'm wondering if a successful use of the hide skill could ever result in an opponent losing his DEX bonus to AC, thereby allowing a sneak attack. There are two possible scenerios that I can see for this: Sniping: Under the hide skill, it talks about how one can shoot a ranged weapon from a...

I like this version, except that I think the CHA penalty really fits for flavor reasons. Also, I'm not sure that stability really fits. Dwarves get this because they have a wide frame; about the same shoulder width of humans, thick limbs, etc. So, I'll probably use this version for my next...

Just figure out each ECL reduction individually and go from there. Assume the character had the minimum XP to be the level where he could buy that ECL off, figure out how much XP that costs, and subtract it from the total. If he has enough XP left to qualify for the next ECL reduction, figure...

Another limiting factor is that the favored soul has to worry about two spellcasting stats: CHA is used for bonus spells and max spell level, and WIS is used for save DCs.

Oh hey, I just thought of another idea for a special ability in place of the +2 on bluff and diplomacy: Hybrid Grace: Half-elves combine the best features of their parent races, and are good at dealing with others based on their exposure to both human and elven cultures. As a result, a...

Yeah, half-elves need work, too. The +2 to bluff and diplomacy is okay, but is only useful for a very narrow range of character concepts. I'm thinking that that option could be one of many choices a half-elf could choose at character creation. Another might be one of the martial weapon...

I like it; it seems to help all of the classes fairly equally. I'm not sure if for the martial weapons if you meant one martial weapon or the entire list; I'd make it just one weapon myself. Since I wanted to continue this discussion further, I created a seperate thread in the proper forum...

For those of you who think the half-orc is underpowered or uninteresting, what house rules do you have to make them a more appealing choice? They seem to make good barbarians, as expected, but suffer really big drawbacks in nearly every other class. They make pretty good fighers, but the INT...

I agree with this. I've always thought that sorcerors should be much different from wizards, not just a tradeoff for more spellcasting at the expense of versitility. They should have their own flavor and abilities, so that having a sorceror and a wizard in the same party doesn't seem...

Considering that Augment Summoning gives summoned creatures +4 STR and +4 CON (much better than any feat), having a feat to have summoned creatures have certain feats doesn't sound overpowered at all, assuming it's one of the creature's normal feat slots, rather than an extra one. Maybe even...

I'm pretty sure the Warmace does 1d12, not 1d10 (which is presumably why they also added the AC penalty.

Does anyone do a point buy system where all stats start at 3? Or does this lead to to many characters with 3's and 18's? :p

I agree that it's definately way overpowered. Maybe 4th-level would make more sense.