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I'd also like to throw in my 2 cents. A low-intelligence, high wisdom person would be very perceptive, but might have trouble with things that aren't immediately in front of him. To put it another way, he isn't very strongly aware of things' continued existence when he can't see them anymore. If...

I was running a group of bizarre elementalist mages, and the PCs broke into their stronghold in order to destroy a big magic crystal that was doing nasty things. So they come up with a good plan to distract most of the guards and the charmed hydra guarding the vault. One invisible barbarian...

*steps forward* *holding the wrong end of the sword* "Wow, if it's making me bleed this much, imagine what it's gonna do to the other guy!"

Summoned monsters are automatically subservient, and usually only last for a little while (1 round per level for SM and SNA). Calling, on the other hand, brings a real life, flesh and blood outsider to your door. No energy patterns, he's there and he's pissed. Those are the ones you need to make...

Barry the half-tarrasque. He has the tarrasque's ability to regenerate, but only halfway. His wounds never close, appendages never grow back, but his hit points come back all the same. Nothing can kill him, but he's been so badly maimed over time that all he can do is scream. Which in turn is...

(Is this based on Diablo II, by chance?) Class looks alright, I'm not sure about the "Paladin-flavor" but I'll just get right to the critique. I would also propose that this is a prestige class and not a base class. It's just too specific to be a base class IMO. Skills: If you want it to be a...

How about this situation then: a hungry kobold sorceror casts a Mount spell to get a light horse. Knowing that it will disappear if killed, he only maims it (maybe cutting off a leg). He then cooks up and eats the detached meat before the 2 hour+ duration is up. It may or may not be evil to eat...

Given who Elminster's friends are, I'd say that if he were to actually die, he'd be ressurected within hours of apparent death. So he needs to be imprisoned somehow, have his soul trapped, or be in some other kind of "dead plus" state. According to his CR in FRCS, you'd need a whole mess of...

Actually, 15 DR off of 20d6 is gonna be about 20% off the final damage. Taking away 15 from 60-80 is a pretty big difference, IMO.

Check out Nightfall's Scarred Lands game. He posted a want-ad on this board for it. It runs Friday nights. He's looking for a wizard, if you think you're up for that, but maybe he'll have something more interesting in mind for you.

Where drow are evil, silent killers, I see duergar as evil, sadistic, well... bastards. The stereotypical drow sneaks in, knocks you out, and coup de grace's you. The stereotypical duergar sneaks up, breaks your arms, stabs your dog, and then laughs at the little crybaby. Maybe give them some...

I always lose evocation. IMO, 3E evocation spells got the shaft. Basically, hit points got a lot higher since 2E, and saves are probably about the same. But there are a lot more elemental protections around, and the evocation damage spells didn't really get any more damage. Basically, fireballs...

Perhaps you could have one of the divine spellcasters (or arcanists if they have the spell) use a Calling spell to get an extraplanar critter who will help. With a Planar Ally spell from the Cleric, you can get 5 tritons to come and help. It's also entirely possible that an outsider could have...

Tone of voice is also important in this kind of setting. During the lulls in terror, make sure to use a controlled, slightly monotone voice, and speak softly. (If you're really good, the players will lean in closer to you to compensate for your low speaking voice) When the action rises, your...

+2 is too much. The weapon only works when raging, and then is only slightly better than a normal +1 weapon (extra hp per level, and +1 to 2 saves). Besides that, it doesn't beat DR or get extra hardness/hp. The situational drawbacks at least make up for the bonuses. +1 should be fine.

This is also frequently an issue with sense motive. If someone is telling the truth, but it is either hard to believe or coming from an untrustworthy source, a sense motive check is probably in order. On one hand, high ranks in Sense Motive would likely be better at determining the truth. On the...

mouseferatu has some really good points. You don't necessarily need to describe the exact layout of each room, at most you probably only need to tell them when they have to choose at a fork in the road. Aside from that, I find that being cautious is a trust issue. The rules are vague enough for...

For background on the clans and the history of the world (not counting the recent 30 year leap forward), the old D10 books are excellent, and usually pretty cheap. Most of the mechanics are incompatible with d20, but they are wonderfully written and really flesh out the world of Rokugan. So if...

This is a great example. All four of the first things are reasons to grant no quarter. If every prisoner set free automatically came back for revenge at the earliest feasible opportunity, then there would be little reason to take prisoners. However, any intelligent creature has a drive for...

For ECL +2, I'd say you deserve more. My suggestion is hand-picking some spell-like abilities rather than giving everyone some pitiful level 0 spells. Perhaps Whispering Wind 1/day, (1 level 1 Transmutation) 1/day, (1 level 1 Enchantment) 1/day, (1 level 1 Conjuration) 1/day, and (3 cantrips)...