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The Combat Focus feat from PHB II that gives a +1 dodge bonus that stacks with dodge and allows an instantaneous action to move who your dodge is on is a great feat. TWD may always be on, but the combat focus feats build on each other so if you have 3 of them, they all improve to some degree...

Very well said!! I can see the skepticism towards psionics, but as Herobizkit says it is magic inside. Monks are accepted in D&D so it may not be too much of an addiiton to a campaign. Even if you don't allow PC's, it is always nice to have new rules for the BBEG such as Monte Cook's...

I agree with Hong that is is not very common to get many AAO's in a combat, let alone for a rogue who is not always going to be in the front line. I took this feat as a front line fighter and never had the opportunity to use it more than once in a while and regretted the feat. As a rogue, who...

I agree that it would be boring. After a number of months or years having the same spells, feats, and magic items in the campaign is dull. I see the way it would streamline rules, especially when people don't do a good job of reading their spells prior to casting, but it would be monotonous...

I agree to not punish a character for a good strategy. Ways to challenge him might be to have at least one scenario a night where a archer doesn't do well. Some thoughts to challenge the archer with the environment would be: A narrow tunnel 10 feet wide where the front line make it harder to...

Good counter point, but how many times can this be used in a campaign? To use this strategy you almost need to move the whole party to keep the fighter between the backline casters and the monster. This might work well in a very long 5' wide corridor, but in a 30x30 room or open space the...

I agree that psionics can be unbalanced if there are too few encounters per game day. I think this is more DM style related than player abuse. If the DM has fewer, but harder encounters, it favors the psions point based system where the can manifest more higher level powers at the cost of...

I can't agree enough with everyone that Sprint Attack is not a great feat for anyone but a rogue or scout. I used it twice for two fighter's in 8 -11 th level range and it was a wasted use of a feat tree. It limits your armor (not a problem for a ranger), but with only one attack per round and...

I agree strongly that scouting doesn't work well in the game if your approach is to always be in front. It might work in a wilderness or even in a dungeon until the first encounter. Typically we walk in with suprise on hand, but then it goes out the window when a large battle is heard, foes...

One thing to look at is you are giving a deflection bonus to AC with a "head slot". By giving the PC another AC bonus besides armor, bracers, or amulet you are allowing them to raise their AC even higher than their resources could usually afford. Because you are giving AC bonus to a "slot"...

I believe it is a great rule option. Who hasn't regretted a feat because it is not as useful as you thought it was, or the campaign style doesn't allow the feat to be used much. As a DM I think you may want final approval to prevent people from taking feats for only a level for the next...

I will be playing my first wizard (or spell caster for that matter) in 4 years and would be grateful for some input on an good wizard prestige classes for a new character will full (or near full) spell progression. I will be starting at 12th level and will be the arcane caster so it is...

I agree with more for lower levels, but when you get to mid levels make sure you mix it up between more and stronger monsters. Every DM has his/her style, but if you always go with more monsters then players start taking feats and spells based on your style. At mid levels whirlwind attack and...

Since you have already started play I'll skip the cost and stats and just say that having trained dogs is going to be very hard. As someone pointed out they are trained animals, not animal companions. The first time you have to climb a rope, go into room with lots of fire, or any place where...

This may be the coolest thread title ever! I played a Psi Warrior in 3.0 and I thought it was a little unbalanced as it was pretty powerful. 3.5 fixed some of the balance issues, but that is not your worries. I can't remember the Psi Warrior powers names, but there were quite a few that were...

Merlion's comment is probably the best mechanics point mentioned. I don't think much of the abilty, but if can feed a lot of great feats. Check our the cleric feat thread, it has a lot of good thoughts from people. http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=151869

A good DM gives a little something in the campaign for everyone. Undead are fun for clerics to fight, but not so fun for rogues (no sneak attack damage). I don't put much weight into turning. Imagine a battle against tough undead ("big boss"), you are unlikely to turn them. Turning mid level...

Although everything you need is in the SRD website someone was kind enough to link to, just by the Player's Handbook. Its much easier to follow. I always recommend a fighter as class for a newbie as there is much less to learn to get you up and running with your character and in the game...

We're in a campaign where most of our big battles involve demons or devils. We have no holy weapons and I think the Good/10 DR resistance is making it harder for us. I found Align Weapon as a means to give a weapon good alignment. Does anyone have any spells, psionic powers, or tricks to make...

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and ideas. I believe Churd's post above spoke best about keeping it balanced for casters who will be fighting many other Drow. I've decided to take it out as I don't want to make it to hard to be a caster. Thank you again for all your posts. David