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For one, Stunts, Feats and Skills seem to be fairly inter-woven. In the playtest spotlight (I think) they mentioned how a Thief could do jumps the Archer couldn't, even though they had a similar number of ranks. For another, I expect the Hunter is near the high end of the SP/level range, and...

Or as Mearls put it, System v. Story. As I see it, AU and D&D had a lot of story stuff built into the classes (as you noted). The Fighter has about zero 'story' elements, but every other class has "more than zero", with the Paladin and Druid probably being the high water mark. IL seems to be...

There probably would be room for a "beastmaster" type character, niche-wise. You certainly wouldn't be stepping on any of the other character's toes. Hmm, maybe. The horseman, probably. The more generic beastmaster, who's also good with dogs, hawks, etc., I'm not so sure about. I don't know...

Mounted PC's I think you're going to have to be "content" with Traits (Son of Horses), Feats, and Stunts. Personally, I think any Stunts that allow you to jump from one charging horse to another, or a Trait that allows you to speak to them, would make a really kick-ass Horseman. You could...

Yeah, but my PC doesn't ... Oh well. I guess that's the DM's problem, not mine. If he wants to do it differently, I guess he'll let me know. Thanks.

Are there synergies between 'sight' tracking and Scent tracking? None are mentioned in the RAW, but it seems strange that a character wouldn't get them. Logically there would seem to be a feed-back loop between the character's eyes and nose, one leading the other. As I read the RAW, it would...

I usually do what you did. I'm happy to let the PC's mess up their quest, but I try to warn them first. Usually one or two PC's pick up what I'm getting at and talk down the PC who's being a moron. I'm actually a little more "Are you suuuure?" at the gaming table than I am in real life. At...

But HOW does he do it? Forget WHO is Crothian?, or WHY does he do it? HOW does he do it? Seriously. I don't think I read/ type fast enough. Just the page-loads alone would keep me from posting as often. Crothian, do you have 2-3 browser windows open for every thread you're participating...

Agreed. I'm the DM here though, so I really don't have a dog in this fight. I can "win" any time I want. :] I really am looking for "balance" in the PC v. PC sense. Halflings got the shaft! ;) Ley lines? Cool. I wasn't aware of those rules. I spent 10 minutes re-reading the Spells & Magic...

Hmm, good point. That would put elves at CR +0.144, as I count it. Better than humans, but still below the dwarf's CR +0.21. Thanks. One, I was thinking that given the GT spellcasting mechanic the -2 Con was is a bigger problem than in regular D&D, and would discourage taking elves as...

First all, this chapter in amazing. I can't even begin to imagine what kind of mental process produced it. Anyway, this is actually a "PC race" question. I wanted to make the elves (and half-elves) better casters than the other races, while keeping them balanced (if possible). My thought...

I have started a Story Hour with excerpts from my Quest Notes. Hopefully, gameplay with follow soon. http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=115429

Full Disclosure: Game play will be erratic, as law school permits. Posting can't exceed game play, so... The following are my quest notes. I'll let you know how it actually goes in a future post. I thought it would be interesting to put my expectations "on the record", to see how badly my...

The Zhentarim, all the way (with the caveat that I'm not familiar with all of the listed organizations.) Of course, I'm saying that as a DM. The Zhents are the "best" evil because they're neutral evil in pursuit of profit. They can have ANY motive as long as they make money off it. This...

Well, I use Grim Tales now, but when I played D&D, this was how it worked. Characters are referred to by their profession mostly. A Fighter would be referred to as a mercenary, soldier of X, Knight, etc. depending on who pays him. Monks are sometimes called monk, but usually referred to by...

Ha ha, so this funny thing happened. I got an email from someone entitled "Grim Tales + Dragonlance", but I accidently clicked on Yahoo's "Spam" button, and Yahoo took the email away from me, so I never got to read it. I'm really sorry. Whoever that was, if it's worth your time, you're going...

Sure, that's no problem. Keep in mind that when I say "post War of Chaos", I mean like 200-300 years after, not immediately after. I'm trying to get away from all of the characters and storylines that Weis & Hickman set in motion, and, to be honest, I hate the great dragons thing. If I want...

Whoa, star-powered responses! :) Good stuff. Thanks for the quick responses. Now I've got something to work on and distract myself from all the relatives I'm trapped with this weekend ;) Merry Christmas to all, and thanks again!

Hello all, My beloved spouse got me Grim Tales, and I'm putting it to use building a post-War of Chaos Dragonlance setting. Now in the front of Grim Tales it says I should have d20 Modern. In short, I don't. I have the 3.5 Core books from WotC and the d20 Dragonlance setting. Can anyone...

Something to keep in mind .... Karin's Dad and I kicked some numbers back and forth some time ago starting with the question "How much money does a peasant need to survive?" According to the DMG incomes tables NPCs can't afford anything. Literally. Warriors can't afford weapons, farmers...