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I agree, I like the flavour of it but if you put this class in the ring with a regular fighter it would get turned into paste. It might be a brainy paste, but it's still paste. I like the extra skills so I would keep them but I would change the bonus skill focus feats into regular bonus int/dex...

As for hide in plain sight, yes, it is essentially invisibility in this situation but gives no bonus to hide and move silently checks like being invisible does. However if the rogue (or in this case Shadowdancer) was able to beat the opponent's spot check he would be essentially invisible to...

Interesting options but the whole point of this system is to avoid the need for 24 hours of rest in order for meaningful natural healing to occur. The second one similarly is a little complex to constantly be working out and also, from how I read it, as levels rise it increases the ratio of...

This is a situation I've always wondered about as well. As far as I can tell there's no raw governing it but essentially they are readying an action outside of combat. In my opinion it's a little stupid to say no readied actions outside of combat. Let's say there's a closed door that you know...

I quite like the look of the class, it's interesting to say the least. One thing you may want to consider though is looking at ways of giving Geishas the freedom that is often required in an adventuring party. Admittedly the initial plot hook is quite simple, your Okiya's "mother" tells you to...

In a recent discussion I took part in regarding a low magic setting where the PCs were (of their own volition) playing solely combat based classes the topic came up of healing. Normally a party without magical healing is going to be spending days on end shacked up somewhere recovering from even...

Actually, I can see how these could be argued to be SoH checks. SoH is all about having swift and sure fingers, steady hands and the ability to be quick and nimble with them. For actions requiring generic manual dexterity such as the aforementioned needle I believe I would allow SoH checks to be...

Remember, the point is to challenge the players, not kill them. It's easy to TPK a party of level 4 PCs with kobolds, even without class levels however that is not what he's after. Besides which, if he equips and stats each kobold as has been suggested the PCs are going to have trouble fighting...

In my campaign interaction such as you described leads to an automatic success on a disbelief save so someone leaping through the blade barrier would automatically see it as illusiory though others around him would not. For other, less obvious interactions such as a wet object being made to...

I think this could work quite well. You could even use it as an adventuring plot hook. Maybe he's been posioned with some exotic substance, the only cure for which is rumoured to lay deep in these "unknown territories". Or if you go the cursed route, the mentor can use his abilities/insight/edit...

I would say yes. Think about it, if a creature is summoned behind you while you're fighting you are threatened. Now say that that creature is constantly missing you and deals no damage. But you still percieve it as a threat and so you are still flanked. Replace the creature with an illusion...

ah, right, didn't realise there was a seperate house rules forum, could a mod please move this? Thanks for your ideas though all, the 10+ modifiers idea is one that I quite like. As for the Grim and Gritty rules, where could I find those? Not seen anything like them before.

This is a system of combat that I've been thinking of trying out in my group which I feel would work a little more like real combat. A basic attack action would work thusly: You declare your target and make your attack roll. Your target makes an opposed roll (their attempt to parry) to which...

I'll soon be starting a group at college playing several games and I've decided to use a laptop to cart around all the campaign notes and e-tools stat sheets to save having to print off reams of paper. Also I want to use it for a lot of general college work. The thing is when I look online I...

I don't think that's quite what he meant, he was just demonstrating that there is perhaps some truth to the rumours. All of the questions you raised were valid though and seem to stack with what I've heard from others. As long as you're careful in getting yourself checked out before and after...

Being severely short-sighted (about -6.5 in each eye for those who know about such things) I've long been considering laser eye surgery as a way of lessening my reliance of glasses and contact lenses. I've asked my regular optician and he has mentioned that such a thing is best done on a pair of...

In a beholder section of undermountain, the cave is dotted with mushroom like rock formations that rise above the acid mist on the floor. Some of them shine with a magical glow that we've identified as an anti-magic field, perfect for fighting against beholders. This fact had been recognised in...

Just remembered one we developed a while ago. Our party cleric had been polymorphed into a Lizard but made the will save to keep his mind/spells. However, since no-one in the party could remove the spell and we were in the middle of the High Forest he stayed that way for several sessions. During...

The classes tend to depend on the size of the group. In a large group you can get away with not having any heavy tanker or a pure caster as the chances are two or more people will have some skill in it and be able to synergise in that area. As our group is rather small we've got the classic...

Declares that he is in fact "The Lizard King" and that he "Demands your pumkin pie!"