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I agree with Iuz, XP just seems more apprpriate to the video-game style of gaming than role playing and adventuring. We are experimenting with a 'no experience point" system. We game as normal, then when they reach the beginning of a significant adventure (having discovered the plot of the...

How did this old discussion get dragged up again? My last comment. If the spell gets cast every adventure (not counting sorcerers) as opposed to other spells, then there is probably something wrong with the spell. I switched to Arcana Unearthed and I am much happier.

I would say you need to count the ECL, otherwise they could be more powerful from the reincarnation. I agree that it can run havok for a PC to become a badger or something. I considered having reincarnation turn people into that thing from Savage Species (anthropmorphic animals...) the idea...

There are a couple simple and some more complex methods to get teh feel. It depends how long you imagien them to be there. 1. Fatigue - Change the forced marching time from 8 hrs to 1 hour. After one hour of treking through the hot steamy humid swamp characters must make fort saves or take...

I think a play balance issue is important. I've seen 'dump' stats in lots of games. Charisma usually, but wisdom and int often too for fighter types. So if you took away the Int bonus for skills, there would only be expertise to encourage high int fighter types. I wish there were more benefits...

Warmain are Tanks.. big fighters, with big armor.

I agree that the DM should have some means of controlling the access to certain spells. I like giving spell scrolls and books as treasure, but their value changes a lot when you can take any spell you want with the free 2 spells. I instituted this rule as a stop gap, I would allow non-core...

What is wrong with being sexy?.... Uh, that's "sexist". Oh sorry. -Spinal Tap I lke having wierd cultural differences, and prejudices. They are fun to roleplay although most PCs have trouble adapting to them. That is one reason I am running Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Diamond Throne (there...

You might want to look at Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed's system. I don't have it handy, but it is very similar in that you can't do it easily. Personally I think the regularity of death and the kind of game you play should be factored in. Are your games (A) episodic campaigns, (B) unrelated...

I think this could work, I am not sure it is better than the RAW system though. But here is a simple solution to the Full Attack problem. At the beginning part of a round if a character can make a 5 ft step and attack, she does so (at their full bonus). If the second part of the round comes...

Another analogy.... Imagine the time it takes a novice D&D player to pick spells for his or her 1st level Magic User each day. Usually, the reading the books, understanding the rules etc... an hour of actual play time is not so unusual. Then look at the time it takes that same player years...

Calrin's rule would certainly make Sorcerers a lot better by comparison.:p But seriously folks, Obviously this is a game playability issue. Requiring magic users to spend hours memorizing (or prepring spells) just slows things down for everyone. I find that even the sleep and spell selection...

I agree Core Specialists like the Illusionists were very cool. When 2nd Ed came out, I was very disappointed that they made magic specialists so generic. I wrote up 200 or so new spells and made mine own Specialists based on Illusionists. They were not always the most creative, I tried to make...

I wasn't really suggesting giving everyone the skills so much as getting rid of them, and using instead just difficulty rolls for various things. Just stipulate that some people can't do certain things (only thieves can do it) So, for example, suppose my Cleric 5th is trying to negotiate the...

Here is a simplifying suggestion. Get rid of skills entirely, by simply giving them to everyone in effect. Make most skills just characteristic rolls but give class bonuses. Class skills are used at a bonus of class level. Cross class skills are used at a bonus of half the level Class...

Alcohol is generally not the beverage of choice at any game I have been in, but if someone brings something, or we have something to toast it will appear. I do have to anecdotes. 1. Back in college I ran a game and someone made the fairly elaborate (for a gameroom) drinks of white russians...

I might add something about AOOs, like a peson with a Pike is effectively a ranged opponent and does not threaten any squares. If they want to attack a charging (or otherwise closing) opponent, they need to ready an attack. True this makes the Pike not very useful, but I think threatening 30+...

I am running an Arcana Unearthed Game Ice Breaker Arcana Unearthed - Adventure 4-6 Players level 5 (Pre-Gen) You've been captured, tried, and found guilty of various crimes throughout the Diamond Throne. After serving incarcerations of varying lengths you've been offered a reprieve. Accept...

I am a long time DM plannig to run an Arcana Unearthed campaign in the near future. I am looking for one or two players to add to the mix. I want to be very discriminating because I want party cohesion, and longevity. I am particularly interested in people willing to 'get into the game'...