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Although I think some of the suggested alternatives are interesting and balanced, I don't see any problem with the original suggestion of adding BAB of all attackers threatening the space. In fact, I use the same rule, but with 15 as a base. BAB does *not* outstrip tumbling. Anyone can add one...

If I may play devil's advocate here: Are these DCs really that bad? Sure, they're not that hard to overcome, but consider: 1) Is the DC for a regular fireball much better? Only by virtue of the presumably higher intelligence of PC wizards. Why should the staff of the magi shoot fireballs that...

What you seem to have done is thought of everything that you think a U.S. Army ranger trains to do and given them every ability that seems to relate to that training. The problem is that the sum of all of those abilities is probably greater than the balance of a given core class. I would agree...

Remember that rangers are around in 1e, and that a lot of what you see in 3e is due to the fact that people have since come to associate rangers with certain things, including the abilities in 1e. The question, then, becomes, what was the basis for the 1e ranger? I don't know for sure, but I...

But Alchemy also has other uses, particularly identifying potions. Is that something every class should be equally able to do? --Axe

Comment on front-loading: I agree (and have already said) that rangers are front-loaded. Yes, every character gets a bunch of things at first level, but rangers are different in two ways: 1) Hardly any of their initial abilities changes with ranger level. That's generally not true of other...

Okay, another comment, this time on the rumored proposal to give some classes 6 skill points per level: Doesn't this cut into the attractiveness of rogues? A friend suggested that if they did this, they should increase the rogue to 10 per level. --Axe

Just another comment about the ranger, which I'm sure has come up before in the many threads on this topic. I'm all for being able to design your ranger as an archer/hunter, or even to model him after Driz'zt. But why are these the only two models anyone ever talks about, especially when they...

In discussions that I've had with other players, only the druid never came up as needing fixing. Actually, I should clarify that to say that animal companion kept druids from needing fixing, which perhaps is something to fix. It isn't always fun to only be appreciated because you brought your...

I run a druid in a campaign. The DM has lately been reminding me (grumpily and with great frequency) that Entangle is a very powerful spell. Of course, it only really works outdoors, but it has a 40' radius (at first level). If you save, you only move half, and if you don't make the reflex save...

I was very interested in this thread, because only a few weeks ago I had a spirited discussion with a couple of my fellow gamers about whether or not chain shirt is broken. Frankly, the suggestion to eliminate chain shirt is an attractive solution, but let me ignore that for the moment, in part...