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The problem is there is something beyond just getting rid of what I don't like and keeping what I do like. Huge, sweeping sections of the setting would simply be done away with. At what point do you say, "Why bother? Use another setting that fits closer to what you want."? That's part of the...

I just feel overwhelmed every time I read the Forgotten Realms campaign setting book. There is a wealth of ideas but somehow there is a lack of structure...a lack of background. I get the sense that Forgotten Realms tries to BE everything. Every setting/genre is represented from Arthurian...

I think they intend to make it distinctly noticeable. They don't want to cause confusion between the two. Amazon quite often has mockups that differ greatly from the final version, also.

Wait for his explanation and then depending on what happened, dock him a level or two, force him to play the original character, or just call him a dips#!+ and move on.

If you are using farmer commoners as part of the baseline, you might want to consider how much wealth they bring in on a weekly basis. According to the Profession skill in the SRD, the amount of gold pieces brought in on a weekly basis is based on half of the check result. If you accept that...

I find this fascinating, but I have to wonder "What's wrong with the SRD demographics?" I don't want to start a debate about this per se, but if someone can give me just a general idea of why they're flawed, it'd add a lot of value to the discussion (at least for me. :) )

Stuff that I've used in the past: 1) The group are members of a military unit on a warfront and are asked to scout out an area together. Some characters didn't exactly fit into a military mindset and so it seemed somewhat awkward. 2) Ask the players to figure it out before the first game and...

I voted No. It really doesn't matter to me what the environment of the adventure is (dungeon crawl, city based, overland, mix), I'm burnt out on massive overarching storylines. In the past several years, I've played or DMed The Rod of Seven Parts, Return to the Tomb of Horrors, and Return to...

Heck, no. Besides...there are dwarven WOMEN? I thought there were just male dwarves and they sprouted up from the ground.

Use that Disintegration ray to create instant pits to keep PCs away from the beholder. Alternately, make use the beholder's flying ability. If the melee guys cannot engage the beholder, it's going to be a much tougher battle. There is no reason that a beholder HAS to use its central eye...

Even then, it would've been a heck of a drive from Leesburg!

Something tells me I would dig your campaign, Bendris! :)

IMC, prestige classes are almost always based around organizations that have their own rules, benefits, and demands above and beyond what may be in the core rulebooks and splatbooks. An assassin will belong to a guild or organization of assassins who will expect its members to act in certain...

Just because it's printed somewhere in Dragon magazine or a splatbook doesn't mean the DM is obliged to use it nor does it mean you are entitled to have it. If he's decided, no PrCs...then fine, no PrCs. Given all the various combos of classes and feats in the PhB, I have a hard time believing...

Give the sword a dancing ability that only comes into effect if the paladin is incapacitated in some way (either falls in combat, or is held, etc.) The sword does not move from the area near his body, and only defends the paladin from anyone looking to do him further harm.

Personally, I'd get rid of the Magic Focus ability and replace it with something else. A lot of Archer PrCs have something similar, and it almost seems obligatory. However, there are few (if any) fighter PrCs that have an ability that says if the fighter is using a normal weapon, he still hits...

If you try to include all the various feats from all the different sources out there (WotC splatbooks, Dragon mag, d20 publishers), you are definitely going to have too many feats on your hands. You need to be selective. Some feats as written will not work for everyone's game, however a lot of...

Headlong Charge might be just a bit too powerful for my tastes. Normal charges are easy enough, and I don't know if incurring AoOs helps balance out the pretty disgusting amounts of damage that can be dealt out with this.

I think you could substitute another spell such as Power Word: Kill, Circle of Death, or something similar. A spell used in the creation of an item doesn't necessarily reflect the abilities of the item 100%. The spell requirements for creating an item are more for flavor as opposed to being an...

Hmm, I usually look at what effect a class or a race will have on my overall campaign, and whether I can provide an appropriate challenge without making it seem that I'm trying to stack the deck against the PC. Acid test aside, what is going to have the biggest impact on the race (as far as...