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So, what you are saying is, the bow would grant the user the equivalent of a Greater Deity's divine bonus. Well, almost. An intermediate deity merely adds his divine rank to attack rolls, while a greater deity "rolls a 20" each time he attacks. Yours is somewhere in the middle. You are...

My wife really does not care about my gaming at all. It's my hobby....and she has a couple that I want nothing to do with. We have "our" time, and then I have my game-time. Thus, if she even became aware of 4e coming out, that is a warning sign that I'm either talking about it too much during...

I have no problem with this subject being in the game (core, later book, or whatever). I think (and would handle in my game as such) that the powder would be much more common in forms and uses outside of muskets/firearms. Cannons, maybe. Fireworks, sure! Explosives, occasionally. After all...

Because adding new spells to an arcane caster's repertoire is not a daily event, and because expensive components are not the majority, the level of detail seems appropriate to the amount of power and versatility wizards gain as they get higher in level. Here are the ways I handle various...

Granted, I'm not sure if this has been changed in the errata (I'd never have time to game if I spent the time to hunt down and incorporate errata), but.... Backbiter, the 1st level arcane spell from the SC. Cast from short range, no save unless the target weapon is magical, and the "self-hit"...

This would be a prime example, in my opinion, of using a special material as a power component. It would not really reduce the cost (might increase it if you had to pay for crafting the dragonhide into armor), but it could at least partially alleviate the XP costs of enchantment.

First, my house rule is that characters may only be brought back by a cleric/divine caster of the same god that the dead character worships. Second, I have a house rule that eliminates the expenditure of XP for casting spells or creating items, requiring power components instead. In the case...

Please define what a grognard is....... I see this word a lot; it seems like there is mostly a negative connotation to it....but other times it appears benign. Here's what I am: I started playing D&D when I was a kid. We had those color-coded boxed sets: the red Basic rules, the blue Expert...

Other Rule Tweaks Raise/Res rule: Characters/NPCs may only be raised or resurrected by a cleric (or whatever divine caster) that worships the same diety. Wound Points: Characters/Creatures have a number of wound points equal to their Constitution plus 1/2 level or HD. Furthermore, larger and...

Spellcasting...a point-based system Spells available for characters to cast For spell-preparing classes: They choose a number of spells from the entire host of spells they know (entire list + domain spells for clerics or spellbook for wizards, as examples) equal to 1/2 Caster Level times...

Classes, Feats, and other Character Creation Bits Character Traits: Players may choose up to two character traits (as per the Unearthed Arcana) at 1st level and may choose a third at 10th level. Characters are not required to take these traits. Flaws: Players may select flaws in place of one...

I've had a handful of house rules and alterations to D&D that I've been wanting to make as a standard in my games. I plan on presenting this package to my group pretty soon. Not sure if we will go 4th edition as a group or what will happen. In any case, I want to try some changes. I'm...

I would personally look at the EL tables on p. 49 of the DMG and then triple the numbers of opponents. For example, an EL 13 suggests 1 opponent of CR 12, 13, or 14... or 2 creatures of CR 11... and the chart progresses. Well for your group, give them 3 opponents of CR 12-14 or 6 opponents of...

I'm in the same position as you are; long-time DM favoring games in Greyhawk. The transition from 2nd to 3rd editions worked very well for me. Multiclassing made more sense, allowing simpler construction of concepts like elven gish-types, more easily describing major NPCs who seemed to have...

House Rules in my game (Greyhawk) In no particular order.... Raise/Res rule: Characters/NPCs may only be raised or resurrected by a cleric (or whatever divine caster) that worships the same diety Wound Points: Characters/Creatures have a number of wound points equal to their Constitution plus...

Considering that a VoP character can use simple non-magical weapons and they can carry a spell component pouch, that opens possibilities. There is a short blurb about VoP characters borrowing expensive components and an option for using XP in exchange for gp costs of expensive components...

Two points to consider (purely DM rulings that inject realism more than simply putting a stop to the character): By game statistics, an item might function just as well as a normally crafted item, but the rules certainly don't say anything about its appearance, fit, or function. The item might...

I'll almost definitely at least pick up the new 3 core books....probably give it a test game or two. After that, either 3.5 or 4e will collect dust. If I had to say whether or not I'd get into 4e based on info we have, I'd say absolutely not! However, I remember how 3.0 knocked my socks off...

Crunch is crunch is crunch. Either I will learn to like the new crunch or I will stick myself with playing a dead game for eternity. However, I hope to get excited about the new game. The preview books will most likely determine whether or not I really want to get into switching over to 4e...

Agreed. Maybe not that specific formula...but a simpler system would be great. While I don't like the "slots" idea, as it gives little in the way of representing weight, something should be done about the volume of stuff a character is carrying. Get a decent level fighter (or whatever the...