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Does anyone have experience in the mid- to high-levels with a dex-based fighter? I'm wondering how he would stack up against a traditional str/greatsword fighter. It seems like he may wind up falling behind due to the higher feat requirement to get dex to work? Also I'd be interested in...

*nod* This makes sense. At this point I'm not sure what the other players intend to bring to the group. We are usually pretty good about covering our bases though, so I expect there will be at least 2 full BAB melee of some sort, and quite possibly a rogue. Yeah, we'll have to see how things...

So it's your belief that the value of the person you kill affects whether or not killing them is acceptable? :uhoh:

While I might personally be inclined to brainstorm something small and interesting for the males I agree that a 3g difference is so miniscule I doubt you'd encounter any problems just leaving it imbalanced.

The classes have all been tweaked, so I would definitely read through them all to get a feeling for the differences. In general melee classes are potent in combat, whereas casters maintain dominance out of combat (and don't do terrible in combat, just not as well, generally, as the new melee)...

The reason Eberron's magitech resembles technology is because it is technology. Magic in D&D is completely reliable, it's just another kind of science. People are going to use it to build civilization and that civilization is going to look a lot like ours. So if you want to change the nature...

Right, but what I'm asking is how often you need to cast defensively, in general, not how often you make the roll. I'm thinking that at least levels 1-10, I can avoid the need to cast defensively most of the time. And if I do need to do so, I can use Spell Combat to dump a +5 circumstance...

If I'm reading it correctly, the magus, like a wizard, would lose the shield bonus on any round in which they cast a spell. Which for a magus is quite often. I'm thinking the Shield spell is definitely my best bet. At low levels that's not an issue at all, I can cast it as I engage. At...

So I've been thinking more about Combat Casting, and I'm wondering if it's a feat I can do without. At low levels, it'd mean casting defensively would fail over 50% of the time, which is why I wanted to pick it up early to begin with. But then it occurred to me that at low levels, I'm not...

Thank you Steel, that's an extremely helpful post. I'm definitely loving the complexity of the magus. I'm just barely starting to work out the basics I may go with, and haven't even started delving into metamagic rods and other magic items that might be ideal for a magus. The DM has indicated...

Found a pretty nice magus guide over on the Paizo messageboard that helped point out a few things. At this point I am leaning towards a strength-based magus and playing with various options. It does appear that resource management will be key. Even at mid to high levels, it seems like I'd be...

This says it for me pretty well, however I'd be open to creating some old ex-assassin hermit who might teach the exact same abilities without requiring the PC to actually be an assassin. I am open to using PrC's as "bundles of abilities," but only allow one PrC per character. If you want to be...

Thanks! I'd been using the reference document at the paizo site itself, this one is much more complete. :D

Almost every campaign, I ask for an NPC somewhere along the line that my PC can, off-camera, fall in love with. But I never see them. It just gets lost in the shuffle since I'm the only player in my group that tends to think about my PC's life outside of immediate gaming. As a DM, I've never...

Haven't considered anything yet. My first objective after reading over the base classes was to try and get a gauge on whether the ones which caught me eye were feasible, then work from there. :) Reading quickly affirmed fighter and wizard being workable, but magus was somewhat unclear, hence...

While I agree there's already some caster overlap wrt spells, I definitely would prefer--as others have stated--that each class be as mechanically distinct as possible. This was, in fact, one of my biggest issues with 4.0. The mechanical homogenization. It's great to be able to switch from a...

Hrm...I'd have to say average confidence. No more or less than, say, my confidence that Ang Lee's next movie will be amazing (though it looks good). He's given me some great cinema, and some...not so great. 3.0 was as huge a departure from 2.0 as 4.0 turned out to be from 3.5. 3.5 turned out...

This is definitely a player issue. I and my DM are rules lawyers as well, but if we don't reach a quick consensus (which we usually do,) we just go with his ruling and move on, period. I've even stopped myself from arguing with other players when it felt like it was going to get protracted...

Assuming we're talking about a game system entirely unfamiliar to both the GM and the players, I'd definitely say an intro adventure is necessary. Even if the GM doesn't run it, he can read through it and develop some familiarity for how the new rules work. Part of this can be accomplished in...

Hrm...I am liking what I'm hearing. I don't need or expect to be the top damage dealer every fight, given the versatility of being able to cast spells, but I'd definitely need to feel like I wasn't a chump either, and it seems like the magus may be able to fit the bill nicely. I'm still mulling...