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I was given a great definition of "epic" in my fantasy/sci-fi class about four years ago. My notes are currently in storage. It was something to the effect of: A grand story wherein an under-equipped hero or heroes battle against overwhelming evil forces. One of the key points in the...

Before MacSoft got involved (back when BioWare was planning to do the Mac version themselves), there was not going to be a toolset for the Mac version. MacSoft's involvement means we will probably get one (though it might not come out with the game). So we wait a few months, no big deal. It'll...

Keep in mind, also, that the spell doesn't necessarily give the charmer any control over the charmee. There is an opposed Charisma check if he wants to convince his charmee to do something he wouldn't normally do for a good friend. In most cases, treat it like a good friendship. So, if your...

I just want to point something out for you because I think you're missing it. Experts can take the Wizard class at 4th level. All other classes must be 13th level. No other class (in your primary list) gets all Knowledge skills and Spellcraft as class skills. Sorcerer has the same problem...

Well, it's a story not an adventure, so I need to worry about it in a different way than a DM. The character will initially run away, but he will have to deal with these critters by himself. He is a Dwarven Rogue 9 and has no magical items. I can give him an adamantine dagger (which is a +1...

Bummer about the adamantine. (Are you sure about that?) I can't give him any special weapons other than that, but you have given me an idea. The undead will be using halberds which could be seperate from their bodies and would have to be Ghost Touch for them to use them. It would just be a...

Well, it's going to be difficult because they are good undead (he doesn't know this and they are trying to kill him). The best I can do for him--maybe--is give him an adamantine dagger, which can hurt them. He's basically in a small dungeon with very few critters in it. There are no magic-dead...

I'm writing a fantasy story where one of my characters is going to fight two incorporeal creatures (undead). He has no spell-casting ability and no magic items (particularly no +1 weapons). I want to stay true to the d20/D&D rules, but he needs to defeat the two undead somehow. He's pretty...

I wonder how practical it is to require 8 ranks of knowledge skills to become a Wizard? That's 13th level for most classes. (Only 4th for Experts--under this system--though.) I like the premise, but I'm going to have to disagree with you on the details. (Of course, we probably have different...

Here's what I would recommend, if you don't want to change the system too much. (And I haven't seen Kalamar, so I can't comment on those rules.) Speak Language 1/2 rank--knows a little bit, Hi, Goodbye, other important phrases, but not too much 1 rank--technically fluent with the language...

Magus, you're still wrong about the per breach thing. The wording for geas/quest is "the subject takes 3d6 points of damage each day he does not attempt to follow the geas/quest." So if you are commanded not to steal and you do once in a 24 hour period, you take 3d6 points of damage at the end...

Cat out of bag... I believe Matthius had used the very same bow to fire an arrow at the BBEG earlier in the movie; it was deflected. In fact, when he did it the first time it was under less than ideal conditions. The second time, the BBEG had time to prepare to deflect an arrow that was being...

Wow, 5 pages and I'm the first person to complain about the ending... Okay, I enjoyed the movie. I wasn't expecting much, and the opening scene was so far over the top that I was able to turn off the historical-accuracy and realism portions of my brain and just enjoy the movie for what it was...

I would like to point out that while there are quite a few Arcane spells in all of these supplements, there are very few Enchantment spells (at least on the Wizard list). In the books I own/have access to (all WotC class books, Magic of Faerun, FRCS, and Manual of the Planes--I'm missing Lords...

Okay, here's the way it works... You gain the specialization of Abjuration while retaining the specialization to Illusion magic. You must take additional prohibited schools as described in School Specialization under Abjuration (PHB, 54). You cannot take a school already prohibited to you OR...

I would say that with Waterdeep, if it's for sale any where, it's for sale there. That said, I won't be allowing anything worth 100,000 gp to be sold any where in my campaign. If someone wants to commission a 100,000 gp item, that's a little different.

I would love to see a supplement that details the stars & constellations of a specific world (I favor the Forgotten Realms myself); detailing the major worlds would be really nice. The details of how Astronomy works are less interesting to me, since I've got a pretty good understanding of this...

***Bump*** Any comments? Please?

Okay, before I post my changes, here are my goals: 1) To give the ranger a little more customization (like all the other classes in 3e got). 2) To prevent people from taking a single level of ranger to get two very useful combat feats (at which point the ranger class is promptly forgotten). 3)...

Hey, thanks again for all the replies. I'll be going out of town for a few days, so I won't be able to read any comments until I get back. I agree that the Ranger is front-loaded, but so are many other classes. The problem is that the Ranger is front-loaded in a very bad way. They give you...