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In my humble experience.... I don't know how much this'll help, but here's some anecdotal information. I was in the Army Infantry, and had a number of friends go though Ranger School. Among other sleep-deprived moments, one stands out. At one point, I was involved in a week-long live fire...

I run a Greyhawk campaign, and I'm toying with making Monks a kind of Stoic philosophy brought to life. And introducing a Martial Artist class for those who don't want the RP restrictions. The downside (for the player) is that the Stoic code isn't necessarily tied to longevity in a gaming...

Easy to overlook, but... A Yahoo Group - Email, files, stories, polls, databases, etc, all for free. We use the heck out of ours. This is probably the most important tool our campaign has. HeroForge - 5 minute NPCs, complete with skills, feats, spells, etc. Prints out in a D&D standard...

When your player asks (for the umpteenth time) if he can move, attack, and then "shift five" in one round, you can hand it to him and say, "Here. This is for you." Telas

Lizardmen (sorry, I'm an unreconstructed 1st Ed. gamer) can be tied to Kobolds and Dragons for a scaly good time. IMC, Orcs, Ogres, and Ettins are all related. Interesting combination there, too. How about a nocturnal race, like the Goblins, who only come out at night to hunt? Of course...

First level, definitely. There's something really cool about having a character start at first level. As a DM, the first adventures aren't very hack & slash for my players, and I'm pretty generous with the XPs until about 3rd level. I prefer a lot of roleplaying in the town they begin, so...

To add an in-game rationale: Most monsters either haven't experienced a Web spell, or they've come up with the means to deal with them. Or (says Darwin) they're already dead. Telas

I think it's how things were done in 1st Ed, but I don't have my books handy, and it's been a long time since then. I know it's how we used to handle it back then, but I was in high school, and probably did a lot of stuff the wrong way.... Telas

My rule on the Sphere was that it spends double-movement on brush, just as the PCs do. The base DC is 15 for the brush to resist the flames, with recent rainfall (or lack thereof) affecting the roll. Every round the Sphere remains in one square, reduce the DC by 5. SRD: It can be extinguished...

I'll add my vote to those who say "Shadowdancer levels only" are used for calculating the passengers. And I hope my Shadowdancer-wannabe player doesn't see this thread.... Telas

To add to the questions, since I've got a Flaming Sphere-happy Sorcerer: Would a Web spell inhibit the FS at all? I say no, but half-movement sounds reasonable. Would brush or small trees inhibit the movement? I commonly use brush as an environmental speed-bump and penalty for missile combat...

Yeesh. I'd cut that off at the +20 mark.... I agree with the Monk not "fitting in" with everyone else, especially in a Northern European-ish setting. I'm thinking of splitting the class into "monastic" and "urban" flavors, with the former being the monk as written. The latter would have no...

Not a bad idea. I generally DM a party of 6-8, and someone always blows a Hide or Move Check. It's really frustrating, because I usually leave a "stealth option" on most of my modules. How about everyone rolls against a DC15 (or whatever the DM decrees, see below), and you add/subtract 2 to...

Interesting. When I read the title, I was prepared to not like the idea, but that's a good way to handle it. I haven't seen Deft Strike, but if it's a good substitution, you may want to use a minimum BAB and Proficiency (Heavy Armor) as prereq's, instead of using Sneak Attack. If you don't...

Nerfing the Web Houserule on Web spells: Movement within a Web: Characters who make the DC10 Strength or Escape Artist check move the exact number of feet that they beat the save by. So if you roll a modified 13, you move 3 feet. We mark it on the mat, and round to the nearest square for...

A picture may say a thousand words, but a book paints a picture of the person owning (or buying) it. And this one's ugly: "Not only am I a geek, I'm a dumb geek." Telas PS: The cutoff's 45? Crap, I've only got six and a half years left in me! T

First, get some time to build your setting. <-- Very Important in GH Get the LGG, it's really not that detailed (sorry Sean, but I'm comparing it to the FR encyclicals). Each country gets maybe 2-3 pages. The 32-page Gazetteer is more of a player's resource. Have the players chip in on one...

... and your character never died, did he? :p Funny how that works. Telas

My problem's not with the price of the books, it's with the lack of useful material inside them. I like most of the new feats, I like about 10% of the prestige classes, and I have no use for a great deal of the 3.5 fluff, since I run an old-school Greyhawk campaign. Frankly, I could probably...