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I can't seem to find anywhere where they mention how armor affects your speed when you have a base land speed of more than 30ft per round. For example, if your base speed is 60ft and you're wearing full plate, is it then cut to 50ft (-10ft) or 40ft (2/3 base speed)?

I was looking at the bugbear, and I think they're a good candidate for powerful build. I think it would probably add +1 to the level adjust, and possibly 1 to the CR for a bugbear, but IMO it fits the species. They are nearly as tall as half-giants and stronger to boot. Opinions?

I created a feat called Brew Greater Potion (with BP as a prereq) that was the same as Brew Potion, but let you create potions of up to 6th level spells.

That's sort of how I was leaning, but I wanted a bit of validation to make sure I wasn't the only one who read it that way. Thanks.

I was working on an NPC for a coming encounter, and I was wondering if the extra damage from a character's strength modifier for each arrow. Take a Composite Longbow (+2 mod) fired with the manyshot feat and a BAB of +11. Would the damage be 3d8+6 or 3d8+2? Based on the text: ("Both arrows use...

Well, with these being undead, they are immune to crits, but i wanted to have the added flavor of them having a single weakness. Giving them DR/magic is kinda pointless IMO, because DR/magic is way overvalued as I see it. By the time characters get to level 2 or 3, they usually have access to...

Well, the HD does specifically say drop all hit dice from class levels, which was copied straight over from the original zombie template. Since I don't have a real CR for these pinned down yet, I can change the wording of the CR block... I'll probably just base it off the new HD of the horror...

Updated. I took out the fast healing and the scent and added in a couple feats. I also reworked the frenzy and curse DC. I think it's starting to gel a little bit. What do you guys think thus far? Side note: The fluff text about creatures living for weeks with the curse is because the 1d3 is...

Wow. Thanks for all the advice. As with Nifft's first post, both of you are bringing up several ways of getting some of the same effect and flavor for what I want. I'll rework the template and post it later tonight.

Another new update. The numbers here are somewhat arbitrary, but I looked around at different creatures with poison or gaze or other attacks requiring saves. With the cap of 30 on the DC, it makes the higher level versions of these creatures slightly less broken. Original Hit Dice Challenge...

After thinking about it a bit more, I decided to cap the save DC for the curse at 30. It's still enough of a challenge that even high level characters will fail from time to time. Of course, by then, high level characters should have the means to get rid of the curse. I did the math, and by the...

Well, I guess I should have done a bit more explaining of the thought behind the template since it's been awhile since the last version of it. Basically what I'm shooting for is a zombie-like creature that seems nigh impossible to stop and exists for the sole purpose of attacking and feeding on...

Likes? Dislikes? I'd really like to know what people here think of what the challenge rating could be.

I've been working on a variant rule that removes the racial hit dice for some of the monstrous races. Basically, you can choose how much of a race's racial hit dice to take on, with a level adjust varying accordingly. Here is the link. I've got the base races from the SRD at the top, then all...

Since I've made a couple changes to the original, I'm making a new thread with this template. At this point, I just need help figuring out what CR the resulting zombies should be. Horror Zombie Creating A Horror Zombie "Horror Zombie" is an acquired Horror Zombie that can be added to any...

This is actually something I've been thinking about doing in my campaign. The specific weapons have a lot of interesting abilities to them, and it would be nice to have a starting point for figuring out how to add these abilities to other weapons. (Greatsword of venom, anyone?)

Inspired by the OP, I created just such a bow. It's not a powerful magic item, but it follows the logic that many composite bows can have their tension adjusted to varying degrees of strength. It's not something that can be done in combat, but as a character grows stronger over time, they can...

Perhaps making it an immediate action, then? I'd be hesitant to give players an option where they can basically cast boatloads of buff spells at the beginning of the day while saving a good chunk of money on component costs in the process. Didn't use it today? That's ok, you still have the whole...

I had actually just made a feat similar to this. Delayed Spell

Well, the thing is, the dead levels options aren't game breaking by any means. They primarily add small abilities to help round out a class. Simply adding bonus feats to every dead level for every class would mean that some (like the cleric) would get an additional 19 feats, while others (like...