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The Nethack dev team thinks of everything. :D

My biggest complaint about the Tarrasque is the lack of a radiation-based breath weapon. Seriously, what self-respecting kaiju *doesn't* have some kind of special weapon?

It seems I read your post as the opposite of what you actually meant. My apologies.

That's a bit disingenuous, don't you think? The complaint is not that martial heroes are "unrealistic for being realistic", but that D&D martial heroes are not only not larger-than-life like their models, but even fall short of reality. "Smaller than life" rather than "larger than life", if you...

As a death effect, it prevents the use of Raise Dead.

That is correct. There is no level-based limit on the use of a wand or staff, so long as the character has spellcasting ability (IIRC, Rangers and Paladins have to wait until they get their first spells before they can use wands or staves).

This class was pretty much written for the Adept NPC class.

Chalk me up as another "I hope not" vote. It makes more sense for becoming a drider to be a reward--driders are literally closer to their goddess, even in shape.

"Blood and souls for Arioch!"

IIRC the AOE damage aura stances were daily powers.

Did you not take the AOE encounter powers available to fighters? There aren't a huge number, but there are some.

What do you give the fighter to keep up with said other martial+something classes, then?

Mutants and Masterminds 2nd and 3rd edition has a similar system that works about as well.

IIRC, aren't levels 1-2 supposed to be an introduction/apprentice level, rather than serve as real adventurer material? Fine if you want to play there, but most groups aren't going to want to stay, even if that's where they start.

Kind of. You still got it if you were a rogue and the DM used the optional individual rewards rules.

Here's a thought--Fastilbras did the whole Goetic thing to try to purify himself, right? Maybe he came up short--maybe the Soul Gem encounter should involve completing that purification somehow. And maybe his body won't come back--it could be that this means giving up the things of the world...

High stats. I want to play a hero (or at least potential hero), not some shlub who struggles to lift his weapon.

You don't necessarily have to stay close with Chill Touch for this; it also makes a good coup-de-gras to finish off an incapacitated troll. It *would* make the battle easier, though.

From a d4+trivial side effect to a death effect with a first level spell? No thanks--I liked the idea, but higher-level effects were way overpowered for its level.

There's a legitimate complaint there, though. The monsters not serving themselves on a platter with buffs implies that they would be unbeatable without; it makes a cleric (or other buffer) mandatory, and a team of them better than a mixed team.