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This is a feat version of Favored Terrains. Very good as a class-granted ability, frequently an adventurer would find them a wasted feat unless the campaign stayed put.

Which is why I probably wouldn't let them stack. Maybe these feats should provide a competence bonus? That way they don't stack, and some forms of magical enhancement will also not stack. I agree, the skill system would be more realistic if different skills have different point costs. But...

I seem to be latched onto this concept. These planes move like 'seasons'. So might a material planar ice-age correlate to the plane of fire being on the other end of the planar system? (Oh, wait, maybe its just an orbit- well either way)... Maybe every thousand years a different element...

What was that item, Nolzur's Fabulous Pigments? Whatever you painted became real. I always wanted to create a rogue that had a wand-paintbrush with 50 charges of that and a magical pallette that could recharge it once per day... I would have given him a french accent and a berret. Those were...

Ah, I thought it was a rules-interpretation question. Well, the reality of this is that the individual is ready to do a particular thing- his muscles are tensed, a specific action is rehearsed in the mind. If I were going to expand Ready action, I think it would be something like 'you can...

Been thinking about it, and really, the Beastmaster idea, particularly with the Familiar, should really be a PrC. While the approach of this variant is individual flexibility, I think that one is just a little to far off the beaten trail. And as to trails... here is an ability of the...

Yes, and the chaotic skill development that real-people do is represented by the skill-system. The feat that modifies the skill represents something more like a PhD in a specific area of study than extra development of non-combat abilities. Of course, mechanics alone, either way is perfectly...

Readying an action is not just waiting for someone else, its waiting for something specific. It is more like Bad Guy is casting a spell. I choose to observe his hands and mouth and be ready to counterspell with whatever I have. Since I am doing that, I could not choose to be ready to jump...

Um. We are talking about completely scrapping stuff WotC has done. Whatever Wizard's said on the subject is thus moot, unless their reasoning is good enough that we wish to retain it, as I have not with Favored Enemy. In thinking about it, as a standalone skill it would not be good- it...

Okay, now I get what you're doing with Ash. I think that would be the next plane to describe :) I think some of the elementals that could be created with this will be very kewl. As far as Material plane tie-ins, I meant on a planar level. Is this planar system a replacement for the inner...

A good idea, but I think this should really give the prince a circumstance bonus to Intimidation. The effect against npc's might be -1 to attack, or more severe. But PC's should not be be affected by Intimidation less than actual magic.

Anyone have any thought on how looser counterspelling rules would impact the game? Wizard feat selection? Etc?

Best description of an Elemental Plane of Wood I ever read. Okay, I think understand what you're getting at now. I can't believe I was thinking World of Earth instead of Plane. So, where is this in relation to the Material Plane? Do the shifting planes effect elemental magics on the...

Do you mean low magic, as in not much power, or low magic, as in subtle effects? Either way, maybe if he gets a slew of spells between 1 and 3rd level and no higher level spells it would add to the effect. I can just picture the Artist doing something artsy whenever he wants and it subtly...

I want to make spellduels in my game more interesting. As it stands, a spell duel is about each wizard absorbing fireballs and resisting enchantments. If the spell-lists in the game are pretty much restricted to the PHB, it might even be possible to fire off a counterspell. I want more...

Sorry, thought an attachment didn't take and was letting you know. First reaction: cool Second: Some of those lesser elements don't deserve to be ELEMENTAL FORCES. They would seem to be areas that should exist at the rough clashing of two Greater Elements. I suggest that while these are...

I partially agree with Plane Sailing- rangers don't necessarily maintain a maxed-out state with Wilderness Lore. I do think that for the very nature of the ranger, they should maintain at least 3/4 max. Afterall, its about survival. But granting a bonus to Wilderness Lore as a class ability...

Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I was referring to the WoT Woodsman as my non-magical ranger starting point. The alt.ranger link in my sig is on a friend of mine and myself made a couple months ago, and are trying to tweak into shape. Your ideas are helping me there a lot :)

That would only make in-game sense if the shock of adding the template did a partial brain fry. Its perfectly reasonable to think adding a major template would do that... But I suspect most players would scream blood murder. :D

<Humor> I think the problem is that the horse isn't leveling as fast as the party. Maybe the DM could make a more powerful Horse PrC that gives it a reduced XP table?</Humor> Nevermind, that was unworthy of a Humor tag. This is where the battle between fun game and realistic game exists. In...