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One of the games I run uses a very simple fumble mechanic. If you roll a 1, -and- you hit a total ac of 0 or less, you must make a DC 15 Reflex save. If you fail the save, you have the option of being disarmed, tripped, or flat-footed. It rarely comes up. But it does encourage fighters to -not-...

I only game twice a week, but one group plays almost weekly (the first three firdays of the month), one monthly (the forth Friday of each month), and two play every-other week on Saturdays (alternating). These four groups have a fair amount of crossover, but I' the only person in all four.

Actually, the more common magic items are, the better a deal the monk's belt becomes. See, because it doesn;t stack, it;s not early on it's useful. Of -source- you buy the deflection bonus item and the natural armor bonus item, and even the armor bonus items first. But once you have the +2...

The favored soul can learn healing spells if it wishes to. It -cannot- exchange some other spell for a healing spell automatically, as the cleric can. This is only important if you don;t select healing spells, since you can cast them without preparation anyway. And no, favored souls do not turn...

Those sheets were done my Erik Haddock, a WotC employee. He talks about it on his blog. You might be able to get him to fix whatever problem you're having if you respond to his blog. http://www.livejournal.com/users/mysticalforest/

I think the main problem you run into with this sort of thing is assumption clash. People think they know gnomes already, so when you turn them into creatures with odd gender and breeding issues, people freak out. As long as I knew in advance of makign a gnome, I wouldn't care what the GM did...

Without taking a side on Wis +1 AC vs just +1 AC initially, I will say it's worth noting the AC gained stacks with dang near everything. Stacking defense is a big deal. It's normally a no-no (items don't give dodge bonueses for this reason). So you've got to figure that if an ioun stone that...

I like the idea of classes you have to qualify for, with bonuses and abilities that stack (though WFRP did the idea first). However, I think the d20 version wasn't properly implemented until d20 Modern. The breakdown of baisc class (simple core concept), advanced class (specialized concept...

If you build a character around shot on the Run, it can be fantastic. It's most useful for characters with higher than average speeds using weapons with short range increments (because the shorter the range increment, the more important it is you be able to maneuver). It can also be geat for...

Ther will never, ever be official d20 versions of werewofl or Vampire. It just doesn;t make buisness sense, on many levels. Fan versions may exist, but I'd suspect they'd lack in completeness and quality. There is a d20 version of Adventure!, which was originally done in the d10 die-pool...

I consider 2-handed power attack rules in 3.5 to be broken. At mid to high levels, it is simply to easy to plow through things. especially if you;re hitting a stationary object, characters can just smash thrugh stone walls or even adamantine in mere minutes. I limit the damage bonus to 2-handed...

IDA has new products? I thought after there were no more Stand-Ins for so long that you all had gone bankrupt, or suffered in the d20 glut shakedown. Are there more Stand-Ins?!

I think everything random that can be taken out of character creation should be. No rolling for ability scores, no rolling for hit points, and certainly no rolling for exp. To me, that doesn't make any more sense than rolling for race, class, or gender. Is a game ever perfectly balanced? No, of...

Most of the groups I play with end up namaing their group, generally after the first few games. I've been part of the Warriors of Dawn, the Raiders of Rappan, the Five, the Six (unrelated, oddly), the Heratics, the Loyal Opposition, the Matadores of Maya, and the Spellknights, just off the top...

Yeah, I guess it would work like that. Good call. It would be worth it under the very limited circumstances of going to bed knowing you;re going to go adventuring the next day. Especially if you;re a sorcerer, you coudl cast it just before going to sleep, and enjoy the benefit if you need to...

It's kind of hard to jump in after Clark, who after all has experience and perspective with what publishers and distributors are saying and doing that most of us lack. That said, I do have a thought or two. Yes, there is at least one backlash against d20. It's a distributor/retailer backlash...

If you really want to prevent Take 20 searches, just build dungeons with conditions that don't allow for them. For example, build a dungeon with a thick ground mist that clings to the floor. It's poisonous, and knocks out anyone who fails a DC 5 Fort save. But it only applies to people very low...

When just looking at the core rules, gnomes are the best choice for wizards. They can have an effective build despite a low Str, gain the benefits of a small size (increased AC and a bonus to all attacks, especially effective with touch-attack spells), gain extra hit points, and can use magic to...