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Most of the CR 26 treasure will be gold, a the magic items will be rolled randomly. I don't buy this argument. The 26th level NPC fighter in the ELH isn't a proper CR 26 either, IMO. A CR 26 encounter should use up one-quarter of the resources of a 26th level party. It is quite clear that...

Yet the precedent has already been set with the Ring of Evasion that class abilities can be folded into particular items. The multiclassing as a Pious Templar was more as a rejoinder to your argument that if the character you described took a Ring of Mettle then he would somehow become...

The problem with the MM2 is that the CRs of the monsters rely on them being able to fight the PCs on their own terms. For example, I've been throwing a few Century Worms at my PCs recently, and when they've managed to use their Swallow Whole ability (and, let's be fair, Century Worms are a bit...

The key problem was that no matter how one tried to divide it, there almost always seemed to be a "better" sub-ability. Everyone took Fitness (which gave bonus HPs) over Health (um...system shock rolls?), and Muscle (hit and damage) over Stamina (encumbrance). I see exactly the same thing...

Rystil, your point seems to hinge on the fact that if a halfling Paladin/Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker etc. got a hand on one of these rings then he'd be nigh unstoppable. However, this begs the question: what if he actually took a level of Pious Templar? Would this really make him an...

Dexterity is generally regarded as the cleric dump stat (though I suppose Intelligence could be compromised at a push), so heavy armour is usually the order of the day. Very few clerics wear anything other than heavy armour, in stark contrast to the plethora of fighters in light armour. Medium...

If an NPC has joined the party and acts like a regular party member (so-called "recruitable NPCs"), I calculate XP normally and level them up accordingly. For non-recruitable major NPCs (key allies, villains, plot characters) I level them up as much as I feel is appropriate/necessary, though...

Sure. But it's not good, and this *is* an alignment debate, albeit perhaps thinly veiled :) .

Never mind the road to hell being paved with good intentions, how about the road to falling from paladinhood being lined with disproportionate punishment. The chain of causation from the "murder the slavers" side seems to run as follows: slavery is evil, therefore we can kill the slavers...

This works for low-medium Charisma (say, 8), but the problem with Charisma is that after a while it reaches "convergence". Essentially, a Charisma 16 character might have supermodel looks, or be a solid orator, or a good leader, or be able to keep the audience rolling in the aisles in his...

Personally, I'd say that this is beyond the bounds of the charm spell. Charm makes you friends with the PCs, but doesn't convert you to their beliefs; imagine if you had a strong political or religious opinion and a close friend of yours had an opposite one and tried to persuade you of the...

Disintegrate is the single 6th level spell that stands out. It is a decent offensive spell, and the fact that it works against undead (as opposed to death spells) makes it all the more versatile. However, it's far more than just that: its utility purposes are legion, such as getting through...

Slightly problem: Stone to Flesh still requires a Fort save DC 15 to survive the process. So the majority of the refugees are going to die with this method even assuming you could get it to work.

Granted, but it seems to me as though that this isn't a simple case of that. If a PC refused to allow a new PC into the party, repeatedly ignored plot hooks and caused the campaign to grind to a halt through role-playing, then I would call for "constructive metagaming". This isn't the case...

There exists the conundrum of what I call "constructive metagaming". This is the dilemma of where pursuing the goals and intentions of the PCs mean that the game goes badly awry. For example, in the group where I play, we were deeply suspicious of a new PC replacing the player's old dead one...

The chief problem I see with nearly everyone being low level is that it really throws off the campaign dynamic. My players commented to me when they saw an advancing enemy army of some 50,000 men why they couldn't simply assault it head-on (they're 18th/19th level). I told them that there...

Your only realistic bet is to break the siege. Even today, with modern logistics and transportation, 200,000 refugees arriving in one area is a major humanitarian problem. In the Middle Ages, you can safely say that the vast majority of them are dead. As for sieges themselves, I'm skeptical...

The two key feats for class skills IMC are Educated (+1 to any two Knowledge skills, all Knowledge skills become class skills) and Cross-Class Learning (any one skill becomes a class skill).

Well, first off, his EL is going to be such that he's scarcely more effective than a regular fighter, and perhaps even less so that a well-built one. The reach dilemma is more often a characteristic of the notorious spiked-chain wielder than large creatures. I'd just reiterate all of the...

Granted, but surely the point is that unless you have a very unorthodox method of character generation, you don't just "happen" to play a half-orc bard. You don't roll randomly for class, and nor for race, so choosing to be a half-orc with a reliance on Charisma and Intelligence is a conscious...