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What percentage of your RPG time are you DMing? More than I want.

I think this is the part where someone mentions that the rules (aka RAW) shouldn't get in the way of the game. For me, DR/- applies to falls and cave-ins. It's not like DR is going to save someone when they fall a couple hundred feet, and if it's a shorter fall, who cares if it helps?

Party reaches a chamber with no other exit. The floor is covered in 2' square black and white tiles (think chessboard). The party must pass across the chessboard to reach another area. The tiles have various effects, including teleporting to another square. One square teleports past the...

Sorry, no clue. 500gp? Might be useful in limited situations, but not in any major way (that I can think of). If you put it on an animal you bring along on adventures, the animal will likely be killed in short order (adventuring is pretty hazardous to animal companions). If you try to put it on...

Consider starting with the organization used in the latest PHB. It starts with general info, then races, then classes, then skills, then feats, then equipment, and so on. Essentially it uses character creation as the organizing principle. This has the advantage of focusing your rules on the most...

Just don't forget to patent the patent law after its reformed... :p

My group created a "metamagic specialist" feat that reduced the level cost by one (minimum zero), but could only be taken once per metamagic feat (so empower never goes lower than one level, maximize has a minimum of two levels, and so on). It's a bit overpowered, as Pyrex mentioned, but...

I agree with MR, though I strongly recommend using an ID field as your primary key, instead of the customer's name. Why? Two people/companies can have the same name. You also don't have to remember if you keyed in the company as "The RPG Source" vs. "RPG Source". That said, I would also...

The Unnameable has Cthulhu-esque references, tho I don't know how close it is to the real stories. Fun, in a "bad horror movie" kind of way. And it does have John Rhys Davies in it.

It's been a few years since I last did the same thing, but here are a few observations: 1. I only converted Dungeon adventures, not full modules, and certainly not an adventure path. If you plan to convert any of the larger adventures, I strongly recommend only converting the pieces that have...

I like the idea of situational limits (such as not being in sunlight). Depending on how it was used against them, how about having the shadow arrows dissolve in sunlight (so the shooter, target, and path of the arrow have to all be free of sunlight). Could be a cool effect to have the arrow...

I could probably pull it off with Hero system, since the rules specifically allow for customizing individual games fairly well. Playing D&D strictly RAW (assuming everyone could agree what the RAW were)? Not a chance.

Ok, just so I understand. The players who have elven characters are suggesting that if you put the door to a safe in plain sight, they get no benefit and have to figure out the combination like anyone else? But if you hide the safe door (say, behind a picture) and the they find it, they...

Just so we're clear, it's still your choice. If you babysit, it's because you chose to. If you don't babysit, it's because you chose not to. No one is forcing you to do anything. You seem to be griping that life's not fair, because you had no good choices in this situation. Not to sound too...

Instead of an entire template, you might try just giving a few extra abilities. For example, Earth Glide and Tremoresense would make for some nasty surprise attacks. Ethereal Jaunt and Greater Invisibility as supernatural abilties would have a similar effect, though not as powerful. Change its...

If you're comparing to Core races, it's too good for +0, but a bit weak for +1. What jumps out at me is that this race gets a +4 to Str, +2 Con, and bonus hit points. Ignoring the other bonuses, the only real penalty is the -4 Dex and -2 Cha, which don't really balance the above. Eliminate the...

I encountered the same problem with Kinko's, and the PDF I was trying to print was a legal, purchased copy of some "cardboard heroes" - something that has to be printed to be useful. I only went to Kinko's because I wanted them printed in color on cardstock. Their response: I have to have a...

Give Code of the Lifemaker by James Hogan a try. It's a bit of a rant against religion, mysticism, gullibility, etc., but it has an interesting premise for machine evolution that mirrors much of human evolution.

Using them now, with tweaks. I personally find the rogue is a bit underpowered, but nothing that a few extra feats can't fix.

Magic: *Replaced all specific stat buff spells with one general spell. Choose which stat gets buffed when it's cast. Only one such spell can active on a character at any one time. *Stacking = 1 mundane source, e.g., masterwork weapon, feat. 1 circumstance, e.g., bad lighting, slippery. 1 magic...