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That's true and it's not true - the specialized spells and skills are so expensive for unrelated classes as to make them impractical to learn. Sometimes the DP cost is so high as to make it virtually impossible. I say D&D is customizable because of its multi-classing option. That doesn't...

I recently played in a RMFRP/RMSS game. (I didn't play long since the other players' characters got killed and were replaced by assassin dark elves that didn't really mesh with my original animist :-S) The comments here have been pretty positive, but RM has some definite negatives, too. 1...

I agree with most of the criticisms of save-or-die and save-or-sit-out effects. As some have already mentioned, long duration fear effects and the mind flayer's mind blast are the worst offenders. I sometimes wonder what the designers were thinking. Right now my players are really only...

It seems like 4E is better suited to avoid this type of thing happening. However, just because a DC 13 is "low" doesn't make it easy. I don't know how saving throws progress in E6 games, but 6th level characters in regular 3.5 have an excellent chance of failing a DC 13 saving throw. 6th...

I was just thinking today that if you use the Skill Challenge system in 3.5, you should get rid of synergy bonuses. For instance, it would be overkill to give a +2 synergy bonus to Diplomacy for having five ranks in Bluff since you probably would have Bluff be one of the skills you check during...

Do you mean ranks or skill points? In other words, could a character get higher than the maximum number of ranks? That's a bit messy. What I have done in my campaign is give all PCs an additional 8 skill points at 1st level and +2 every level afterwards. The problem is that 3E has too many...

I agree with the OP somewhat. I always thought ENWorld was pretty positive overall, and debates fairly objective. Recently I've been reading threads and seeing more nasty arguments where before I would have expected all interesting posts. I think the mods are trying what they can to reverse...

Gnomes' problem is their name. Gnomes should have been the creatures that are called elves in a lot of fairy tales. That includes Santa's elves. Seriously, do you remember Herbie, the elf who wanted to be a dentist? What race would he have been in D&D? Dwarf, no, halfling, no, elf, no...

Remember that an additional reason you provokE an AoO when leaving a shared space while prone is because you are crawling. Each time you leave a space while crawling you provoke an AoO from enemies that threaten you. Crawling takes double normal movement. This means that leaving the space...

The difference between the example from the FAQ and the example from the OP is that in the example from the OP, the two people are allies. One problem with the FAQ answer is that you can still do a lot of things while prone - you even threaten squares around you. The FAQ answer implies (but...

Yes, you can step into an unconscious ally's space. They are essentially an object lying on the ground at that point and do not require space to move or fight. If the ally regains consciousness, then you are sharing a space with them. The PHB is not clear about what to do when this...

Note from a Mystara purist: Lupins resemble dogs, not wolves. And yes, dogs and wolves are technically the same species, but Lupins are dog-men, not wolf-men. Also, lupins are not lycanthropes, and in fact are enemies of werewolves. Therefore it doesn't seem to make sense to give them a bonus...

32-point buy in the campaign I run. I've been a newcomer to two groups in which the friends of the DM quietly used different methods of "rolling" their stats when we were supposed to use the "official" method from the PHB. Their characters had much higher stats than those of the "honestly"...

Children who are Small size would also get +2 Dex, -4 Str on top of everything else. Tiny children, umm, can't remember - +4 Dex, -8 Str?

They don't exist. Children and adolescents don't have stats in 3.5. You could give ad hoc ability penalties that give children a range of abilities between birth until they get their base stats in young adulthood. I suggest giving all children a d4 for hit dice that could potentially...

Darkvision only trumps a successful Hide check if the Hider was using the cover of darkness.

Although I've never played in Greyhawk and never played AD&D until the mid-90's, I'm of the opinion that Dungeons and Dragons is the RPG system that was created to portray the Greyhawk fantasy setting. I read through the Greyhawk gazetteer a few years ago, and only there are the Dungeons &...

I figured he'd get himself Raised, and I'm glad. I like that kobold.

That is a ridiculously smart post.

Up until the gnome and oracle, Belkar hasn't been portrayed as a wanton murderer. I killer, yes, but there's a difference. I think he killed some "innocent" guards in Azure City, but it was somewhat justifiable by D&D standards since they were armed and trying to imprison Belkar. Two murders...