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I don't see it as a problem once the novelty of WoW wears off for your players. I have played an MMORPG ever since the beta of EQ1 and it's never been a problem (through EQ, UO, DAoC, CoH, Eve, EaB, CoV, EQ2, and WoW). I play when I feel like, which is usually every night, but if there's a...

So the first attack on each opponent in a round catches that opponent flat-footed. Notice that is says "attacks the opponent," not "attacks an/y opponent." That means if you get four attacks and you take them all on the same target, only one catches them flat-footed, but you could attack four...

An opponent that is flanked doesn't allow a rogue to sneak attack that enemy at range. It would help a melee rogue, but then, so would the ranger standing next to the foe. I don't see how that's terribly overpowered. It really is about the equivalent of an animal companion.

Whatever happened to the DM allowing the players to play whatever they want and designing adventures that are challenging to them without exploiting obvious weaknesses to the point where it's no fun? I've DM'd parties with no divine casters at all and they did just fine. I think that players...

There are still too many skills for the few skill points most characters get. More skill points could help, but the entire skill system in 3e still needs a lot of work to be on par with other modern RPGs (though it's a world better than 2e).

Ban magic too! It's the same thing, after all! Ban class levels! Ban dice! Ban your friends from coming over to play! Ban Ban Ban! /sarcasm Seriously, don't troll.

I read OotS for free online.

I'd say they did defeat them. They set out to accomplish their objective and they did. Give them XP based on the CRs of the creatures involved and a bonus for accomplishing their story objective. If you want to knock of 10% from the combat since they were interrupted, I guess that's okay, but...

And he just carries thousands of gold worth of diamond dust around with him? Where'd he get it? If the party is willing to do a side quest in advance and be permantly keeping some of their wealth to the side, then why is it a problem?

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You said you wanted "low magic item, not realy [sic] low magic," but then you said "Spells [are] going to require rare components for higher levels, [I'm] thinking anything after 3rd." How will that work? If you make components for spells higher than third rare, you won't have any spellcasters...

For one round, until your opponents ready actions to beat the snot out of you when you pop out of the sphere.

Thanks, I can't believe I missed it! :)

You know, I can't find that in the rules, but it seems like an important distinction. Maybe the SRD is lacking that caveat, but it's in the PHB? Could you point me to a reference?

The problem is with the way D&D handles skills in general. I would love to see the skill system become independent of the combat/level system, but that has its own problems. (Once you start trying to make D&D realistic, it ceases to be D&D.) It sounds like the best solution would be to leave...

You can't make a full attack with a spell-like ability that requires a standard action, thus you cannot use Rapid Shot with Eldritch Blast.

Except that Scorching Ray is a volley so only one of those rays gets sneak attack. You're better off using a Ray of Frost for touch attacks or just throwing daggers for multiple attacks.

Spell Components

Sounds like a good campaign. Sh*t happens in the real world and world-shaking events can make a wonderful adventure. Again, expect the unexpected should be par for the course for adventurers.

How do I respond to this? It's um.... really silly... I think that's about as PC as I can get.