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The character or the player? If the character is naked, I think I would stick with 10 + dexterity modifier. If the player is naked, I would rate his or her appearance on a scale from 1 to 10 and set their AC to double that value -- so my players should probably keep their clothes on. ;)

For the intoxicated spellcaster, I think I would add that his targets have advantage in their saving throws against his spells. For an "infallible" spell like Magic Missile, maybe try a DC 10 intelligence check to fire it at the correct target (otherwise it is fired off randomly at either...

I think this may have been one of Monte Cook's contribution. If you have a copy of Arcana Unearthed or Arcana Evolved, take a look at how spellcasting works in that game. It is almost exactly the same as how a D&D Next Cleric's spellcasting works.

The limitation was that it could not bring a character above half hit points. The Dragon Shaman in the 3.5E PHB2 had an aura that worked in a similar manner. In 3.5, either of these methods made it easy to heal to half of maximum hit points -- but healing above that value required either...

What we don't know is the effect of his wisdom on how many spells he could cast.

"Core" has a variety of meanings and has evolved over time: 1) In the earliest editions, "core" meant the basic rulebooks that every player and DM could be assumed to own. "Everything is core" automatically fails here unless you seriously limit what you publish. 2) In 3rd edition, "Core"...

I think I have exactly one misgiving about using pregens for the initial playtest. Let's say that we play through all 10 levels with the pregens. All goes well, and there is a general consensus that everything works well and is well balanced. Then we get the character creation rules and find...

The descriptions plainly say that these are updates of the 3.5 rules. I think WotC will pepper their schedule with such products during the lull between the announcement of 5E and its actual release. But that is only one month after the 1E books -- shouldn't they be spreading things out a bit...

The "die in a fire" quote was from Robert Schwalb. The full quote, from a seminar at DDXP, is as follows: "Rob: (jokingly) I really want skill challenges to die in a fire. The plan was great for those, but I always felt it subtracted too much from the narrative. I think we can do complex skill...

Editions before 3E got by fine without automatic ability score increases, so why can't 5E? If ability scores are understood as raw talent, then they should actually matter less as you gain levels but give you a big boost at lower levels. Here is one idea: Set attack bonus equal to a formula...

The problem with 4E multiclassing is that it does not allow you to undergo a career change as you level up. Let's say that you start as a fighter and multiclass into wizard -- even if you go for paragon multiclassing, you will always be less than half a wizard. Hybriding has the opposite...

Supposedly, one of the design goals of the new edition is compatibility with all earlier editions -- and Pathfinder was specifically designed for compatibility with D&D 3.5. So if that goal is met, we should be able to mix and match material between the two games freely without Paizo making any...

Okay, let's assume that your character is human (so you start play with two feats) and that you begin play with a dexterity of 18 (including +2 from your racial bonus). That would let you raise your secondary ability score (strength, constitution, or wisdom, depending on your build) to 16. For...

Maybe we should just wait until Morrus gets back from his vacation and see what he says to clarify his Tweets from GenCon? I am sure he will have something to say a day or two after he gets back.

There was an article with feats for combining Essentials and non-Essentials material -- for example, Knights, Slayers, and Thieves could exchange one use of Power Attack for a Fighter or Rogue encounter power, and Fighters and Rogues could exchange one of their encounter powers for one usage of...

My current PC is a hybrid ranger|monk with Five Storms as her at-will monk power. She is great a picking off single targets at range or going into melee against a large number of opponents. Since her melee attacks are implement attacks, she doesn't even have to change weapons when switching...

Well -- A passage that is less than 2 1/2 feet wide is theoretically "impassable" to a Medium sized character who is squeezing, but I think that all but the most overweight among us could squeeze through a passageway as narrow as one foot in width. So if a 4 foot wide hallway won't work (on the...

Keeping Eladrin and other teleporting races confined is not really all that difficult -- it is just a matter of architecture. Set things up so that the prisoner does not have a view of the outside or of any open 5' x 5' area (the definition of a square in which a character can fit without...

There is something in your DM's e-mail that makes me wonder if you left out something -- the part where he talks about a thrown rock doing more damage than a battle-axe. Assuming that your fighter has higher strength than dexterity, wouldn't 1d4 + dex mod be a lot less than the total damage...

The simplest way to integrate a vampire into a party is to make him relatively young (as a vampire) and give him a connection with at least one other party member. It is one thing to want to want to destroy all of those blood sucking monsters -- it is quite another to want to destroy your best...