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Ferret, You're going to need supply more detail before an analysis can be done.

I don't recommend recharge. I do recommend the spell point variant found in UA combined with fatigue/exhaustion rules. If you haven't skimmed them you drop to fatigued once you go below half your spell points, and exhausted when you drop below 1/4. It makes spellcasting much more fluid, and is...

Not really. A higher Con also improves your Con checks. Fatigue and exhaustion are a real b*tch, especially when your players do lots of fighting or traveling. HP isn't everything :)

My, I am replying too much today. Sometimes a samurai fails in this duty--he can be knocked unconcious, poisoned, posted away from his lord, ect. In these cases it is assumed the samurai has lost heaven's favor. He can commit seppuku, try to avenge his lord, or walk away. Remember, ronin...

Forgive me, but <rofl>. You sound like a pompous Crane making excuses. Go read Way of the Scorpion and Secrets of the Scorpion (if you don't have 'em, go read the L5R fiction on Alderac's website). A Scorpion does what he has to fufill his duty, even if it is nasty, unpleasant, or dishonorable...

Courtiers are exactly what they sounds like--conivining political social guys. IIRC correctly they have Poor BAB, d6 HD, Good Will. They gain a variety of social abilities (the charm person-like ability comes immediately to mind) and bonus class skills as they progress. Regardless of whether or...

Realistically being more alongs the lines of: IMHO battling divine beings, be they demi-gods, avatars, or full-fledged gods, so not be a regular or even semi-regular event. Such encounters should occur at the climax or turning point of campaign. To otherwise cheapens the mystery, and lets be...

"The use of the following "low" skills is considered dishonorable: Bluff (when knowingly telling falsehoods), Craft (other than Armorer or Weaponsmith), Disguise, Escape Artist, Forgery, Mimic, Open Lock, Pick Pocket, Poison, and Profession. There's no specific rule against it, but role-playing...

Dead, First off, are they killing avatars or the deity? Either way, I'd suggest the following formula: BASE CR = Outsider HD + Class Levels (yes, full CR for outsider HD) +6-8 CR for divine rank 0 to cover all your basic divine traits +1 CR per divine rank Thus Zeus would have a CR of 97...

Subsonics, definitly the way to go once you hit 7th level (10 ranks perform requirement) You can use your bardic music to affect your allies w/out opponents noticing, and can affect opponents w/out them noticing--the best of both worlds! Also, Lingering Song is good as well.

What does PITA stand for?

I'm not a publisher, I am consumer...wanted to get that right out in the clear. I have purchased several eBooks--and it was *horrible*. Copying files from PC to another (specificially home and work) was a pain in the *bleep*. And requiring a MS Passport? Has any even bothered to read what...

You could have the Master Sword grant the wielder the Exceptional Deflection feat (from Epic HB) when wielding it. That pretty much covers the mechanic you describe.

First off, I agree with you. Being a specialist in 3.5 blows. Lose 2 schools for 1 extra spell per level per day? That is sooo not balanced This one is easy fixed from my perspective: make the benefits of specialization feat based. For instance, arcane defense (from T&B), spell focus, greater...

Why not just make your plane-touched creature type into a subtype called "plane-touched" and change all outsiders (native) in humanoids (plane-touched) or something similar. This also solves the problem you mention withe the extraplanar subtype. You might also want to consider examining the...

Not a bad idea, but it sounds like a monster pain-in-the-butt from a book keeping perspective. A possibility is grant benefits similar to the martial arts styles presented in Oriential Adventures, where accumulating a select list of feats and skills grants you a special ability at no...

First off, thank you all for your comments! TEWLIGAN 1. Thanks! Glad you like it. Definitely have no problem ignoring the D&D sacred cow of "Only divine magic can bring back the dead". In this respect I a definitely more of an advocate of Unearthed Arcana and Revised Elements of Magic approach...

Hmmm... Been here since it was originally Eric Noah's site...yes I am that old. As for what's on my desk: 5 cubic feet of stuffed animals (all tigers except for Biff the Satan-lo, a fiendish stuffed buffalo) 25 pounds of D&D books L5R Player & Game Master Guides (2nd Ed) Computer Speakers...

First, there probally are hundreds of spells out there that don't reach the general spellcasting public. This is typically for one of two reasons: 1. The spell is researched for a specific use, for instance shape ice, a variant of stone shape researched by a wizard who likes to make ice...

Hmm, well it seems to have chopped a bit of the qoute, BUT, anyways: A spell-like ability IS NOT the same as the ability cast spells. Otherwise they would be called spells =). Just because they behave like spells does not allow them to grant access to PrCs that require the ability to cast spells...