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Also: don't forget that for most people, alignment is pretty forgiving. A Paladin or an Exalted character could have major issues with this scenario, but I don't think that any other LG character would be in a position to expect dire penalties from the heavens to rain down. Still, if the...

Ehh. This is one of the rulings of the FAQ that I actually agree with. But I'll agree, at least, that it's a highly debatable decision. :)

Er. Actually, I seem to recall that it *is* allowed. In fact, a monk can do TWF with unarmed attacks, and get further bonus attacks (although taking penalties to AB as normal.) The most major constraint for a monk (who can normally attack during a full attack routine with any weapon on any...

Er. And just in case it wasn't clear, yes I realize (and Iron Lizzie realizes) that this is going to be airships, and likely they won't be quite the same thing as ships at sea. Still, there's probably enough in common to learn the ropes. Or, as Iron Lizzie puts it: "Sure, it ain't the sea...

Iron Lizzie Ahh, life on the sea was a fine fine thing. Of course, that was before the debts started to catch up with her. And the threats. First in dark alleys, and then, eventually, in open daylight. It wouldn't have happened if she'd been a little wiser, or a little more diplomatic. But...

Shuriken: The key thing with shuriken is that you can perform a Flurry of Blows with them. Combine this with enchanted shuriken (or an item that enchants shuriken for you, to make up for the fact that they're the only "ammunition" in the game without a weapon that enchants them on launch) with...

I've always pretty much assumed that magic items do count for feat prereqs--of course noting that if you lose the boost, you lose access to the feat (as you would if you lost your stats permanently in some other fashion.) On reflection, though, this should *probably* be treated the same way...

The division between being in-initiative and being out-of-initiative can be slightly tricky. The first thing is to make sure everybody has the same idea of what it is to be "in-initiative" vs "out-of-initiative". This can vary from group to group, but I think it'll tend to settle on a common...

There've been some pretty interesting comments in this thread--just thought I'd chime in with my thoughts. I've just recently gone on a spree, and bought all of the Eberron books since the ECS--I like this setting, and (except for EXPLORER'S HANDBOOK, which I'm not sure about yet), it's some...

I think this is a typical problem of "power offset by roleplaying constraints". The stuff in BoED is potentially overpowering, if you just hand it out without thinking about what the "exalted" part is supposed to mean. My interpretation (and I'm playing a character with the Vow of Poverty feat...

I have had similar situations come up twice in games in which I was playing. (Both involving the same player, but with different characters.) The first time, the party voted the character out--it pretty much came down to the CN fighter and his (CE) cleric cohort leaving the party, or the mage...

I'm playing a halfling right now (3.5), and I have to admit that in some ways, they're rather bland. But in other ways, that's a good thing. If halflings were characterized as kender-like or hobbit-like, it would put a stamp on things that was hard to ignore. Instead, I've been able to come...

I don't hate level systems, but after recently playing though KOTOR2, I started to become itchy about them. (Admittedly, this isn't the first time I've thought about the problem.) The essential problem with a level based system is the huge gulf between "high-level" and "low-level" characters...

Oh... good lord... Good thing no sane DM would let that fly.

In our Greyhawk Irongate campaign (I'm a player), we've recently determined that our first step in satisfying the long-term goal of freeing the surrounding area from the tyrrany of the Scarlet Brotherhood is to look to Onnwal. (The campaign is set during the GW.) Unfortunately, there's only so...

Aye, I don't think spellcasters have it as easy as you think--we've already noted a ton of things that can make this more difficult, and having archers with ranks in Spellcraft was only one of them. I will admit, though, that the player in question was being rather obnoxious. If I came up with...

Just a note on this one, which I just noticed in the last reply: of course it is reasonable to take damage in order to safely get a spell off. Here, we have a situation where there's a high probability somebody is ready to attack you. If you try to cast the spell without using any tactics at...

Of course, the very best in throwing-weapon specialists are multiclass rogue/monks with two weapon fighting feats and enough monk levels to get good flurry of blows ability... Since shuriken are a special monk weapon, you can flurry with them. Sure, they don't do much damage, but that's what...

I agree with (what seems like) the majority of the people here: this sounds like smart tactics to me. A very nice trick, and well within the spirit of the game. The bad guys, however, have ways to one up this again. If they see him do it a lot, they can look for something that isn't there...

We recently had an evil character in our campaign--secretly evil, and fairly well done. Well, for a while, anyway. We were just entering the Vast Swamp (Greyhawk) when we ran into him--and he seemed reasonable, although a bit suicidal. Then we finished things up there and zipped quickly back...