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Not only that, but the healer eventually gets a unicorn. The healer is a support class. It'd make a great cohort, or an NPC for a party that's a little shorthanded. But as a PC, it just seems lacking. I mean, the healer can heal. And, well, heal. Oh, she can also remove paralysis, that...

Oh, sure, it's a good thing. Just pointing out that multiclassing isn't always the best choice... mostly because I like hearing myself talk sometimes. Running AoW, I'm becoming quite fond of the possibilities Gestalt allows- multiclassing without the drawback of deciding which class your...

One thing I'm notcing particularly with the PHB2 classes, the choice to multiclass is very difficult. Abilities are so spread out that switching between classes can really delay useful class abilities. Even with the PHB classes, the decision is a little harder; it was almost expected to multi-...

Normally, we allow new characters to be outfitted as per the standard starting gold for their level, no limits on items. For my Age of Worms campaign, anticipating multiple character death (2 at the close of the second adventure, but there have been many, many close calls), I ruled that new...

I may not be psionics biggest fan, but I don't hate them. It is one more thing to keep track of, so I typically don't allow them; I do, however, have them in my Eberron game. The Psion seems like a wizard with a spellpoint system, but the Psychic Warrior is a pretty cool fighter/mage (although...

In my AOW game, the sorcerer has the dragon breath feat. It has been pretty handy, and allows him to concentrate more on utility spells since he can always convert slots into the breath. He hasn't hit 4th yet, so he's still limited to 2D6, but it is an area effect spell, and it was very useful...

QFT. One of the contributions to a near-TPK in my AE game was one of the (8th? 9th level? it's been awhile) characters, rather than running, was summoning monsters to block the powerful pursuers, but was down to low-level spells. His 2HD elementals didn't even slow the enemy down. This does...

My cases arrived today. I arrived home and they were waiting at my door. I wanted to dive in, but managed to restrain myself. I did some dishes, a few other chores, then I grabbed a drink and settled down. Once I had the two cases open, I grabbed two boxes from each and set them aside-...

Casting the first vote on a poll like this looks pretty neat. Everything at 0, except the Hexblade, getting 100% of the vote. I was very disapointed with that class; CW Samurai I barely glanced at, but the Hexblade made me think it could be a good fighter/mage, and it failed.

Spoilers for Three Faces of Evil below | | | | | | | | | | Started TFoE for my group last night, after spending the first part of the session converting everyone into Gestalts (7 players, so I've added additional foes, but the path is pretty deadly as is, so I thought a little extra oomph would...

When we play, everyone tends to be a paladin (even if there's more than three of us) with the occasional wizard. We toss out the GP goals and play clear the board- kill every monster in every room, whoever has the most treasure afterwards is the winner. We also use the option for varible...

Don't have it yet, but I wish it was out when my campaign was in Xen'drik; since the game is now set far to the north, other books take priority. I'll still probably pick it up in a month or two, and I look forward to putting the contents to use (such as the prestige classes- I'd been...

I haven't seen it in play yet, but I think I like the change, for the same reasons I like the polymorph change. Wild shape gives a lot of options, and becomes more powerful as more books come out. A druid in one of my games changes into a sabretooth tiger from Frostburn, pound for pound a...

You've got a tentative sale in South Dakota, then. Hundred Years War is one of the periods that always grabs my attention (mostly toward the end, spurred on by Europa Universalis 2). A bit of a shame that all the good games work best with 5 players; my boardgame group (focused mostly on the...

That sounds interesting. Hundred Years War period? Anything you can tell us beyond the name?

With all the feats available through various sources (and I'm just thinking of those published by WOTC), a feat every three levels just doesn't seem like enough. Even with extra feats, the fighter still comes out ahead, allowing them more options. PHBII, in addition to adding great feats for...

Combat Focus is the gateway feat. An okay benefit, but nothing to shout about. Combat stabilty is very nice, particularly after spending time in a game where improved grab and swallow whole happened far too often (and I'm going have to look closely at the description and consider intent)...

I blame Mike McArtor for letting the main thread fall behind, but I've also enjoyed reading up on Tyralandi Scrimm. It convinced me to check out the Tomb-Tainted feats for a new character. I really like both threads because I stumbled across them while preping to run my own group through AOW...

Congrats to James. Between this thread and the Golden Age of Dragon, I've been thinking. The older issues, I've read them enough to feel like I know Roger Moore, Dale Donovan, Kim Mohan, and others. The present staff, the names don't scream out recognition to me. But, in this age of the...

I'm with you on this. Just the thing for when the players wander off the trail and you need an orc village now.