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I second True Sorcery. The main thing you have to do to keep it from getting broken is to severely limit Spellcraft-boosting magic items; since there aren't any that I recall finding when playing TruSorcs (with the possible exception of an item in Magic Item Compendium that boosted Psicraft)...

Arms and Equipment guide had some mediocre rules for stone weapons and some pre-metal armors (bark, bone, wicker, wood, and whatnot), but most of the book wasn't particularly relevant. I believe Frostburn also had some stone-age style equipment (primitive weapons, mainly). One of Against the...

Your kin solution reminds me of the mass combat system from Alderac's 3e Swashbuckling Adventures Campaign Setting. Effectively, you group every creature of the same type into a 'unit'. When making rolls with a unit, a result within +/-5 of the DC still results in some successes; hitting the...

I distinctly recall a 3.0 Rog3/Wiz 5 and Fighter 6/Ranger 1 once having their asses handed to them by an Ogre Mage indoors without the use of invisibility or cone of cold. Don't remember the gory details, but I do remember a lot of failed SR penetration rolls and then getting pulped by a huge...

In my experience, slowdown comes primarily from piles of iterative attacks and high-level spellcaster havoc. My group tends to be pretty prepared, though, so it's just a question of rolling everything. Iterative attack fixes: Trailblazer's was interesting. It only allowed two iterative...

Very nice modification. In my group's games, we tend to use Warmage as a class for newbies who want to play spellcasters, since you don't have to prepare or choose known spells. We also basically let them use any Wiz/Sorc evocation that does direct damage, just to keep them on par, and replace...

Hello! I recently bought Trailblazer and am quite impressed, particularly by the spellcasting system. I've tried a number of alternate spellcasting systems and this is one does a superb job of balance, universality, and simplicity. Anyways, kudos. Had one question regarding the rules: in the...

I'm not at all familiar with WHFRPG, but from your description, they sound identical to purity seals from WH40k.

I would recommend d20 Warheart, but regrettably, I can't find it on this computer and their website (Roleplaying in a grim way) seems to be pretty thoroughly down. Tyranids and zombies: two great terrors that are even more terrifying together.

On a related note, I've been wondering about combining Rage and ToB maneuvers. I've been unable to find any prohibition against them in general (though Diamond Mind is kind of out due to Concentration). Thoughts?

On the Glaive: very cool. I'll have to remember that one. On LA: yeah, that's pretty much the necessary conclusion of using the LA rules. Turtlejay: I could actually see using Barbarian for Wizard+. Use the d12 to make yourself less squishy, use the BaB to make your ranged touch attacks...

One of these days, I'm going to use Codex with Iron Heroes... maybe over the summer.

Where is the Glaive from? Yeah, it was very broken. But it was fun, and the concept of the game was to try it out, so it was within the social contract. You're probably right about the templates (which have seen standard play in our group with some success), but we had found the monster...

Eh... Hideous Blow is not so great, unless they patched it since I last played a warlock. Provoking an AoO to improve melee damage with a standard action (thereby preventing full attacking) is not optimal. Rogue // Barbarian is better for improving melee damage through sneak attack, since you...

My family played (and quite enjoyed) a short campaign using IH in post-apocalyptic Atlanta, and I'm currently fermenting a WH40kd20 houseruleset based on IH (or perhaps more accurately 'running on a tweaked IH core'). I also once had an IH Berserker in a normal D&D game; he wasn't allowed to...

Neat idea. Personally, I prefer alternative spellcasting systems that allow all-day casting (spellseed casting, TrueSorc to a lesser degree), but if you have to use the standard, this is definitely the make reserve feats really worth the feats.

Note: this post is not related to the OP's question, but to the resulting discussion of gestalt combos that ensued. How about Warmage/Warlock? Crank charisma and dex, add moderate int and con, dump wis and str. Wear light armor and never run out of firepower. The saves aren't so hot, but you...

That's not unreasonable, as long as you give them chances to get spells elsewhere. Plus, it's much more rewarding to acquire a spell by defeating an enemy, and makes spell acquisition a memorable process/event. As for clerics, you could justify it as only knowing certain prayers. Perhaps they...

I've looked at several mass combat systems for 3/3.5e, and must say that AEG's mass combat system from 'Swashbuckling Adventures' is my personal favorite. It's both simple and versatile, allowing players to fight groups capably and vice versa, running off of the standard d20 mechanics, and not...

I'm a fan of races with low LA and no HD. My feral half-ogre (SS) barbarians have been banned... who needs a greataxe when you do just as much damage with claws and can improved grab and grapple like nobody's business? Plus, the feral template version of improved grab has a clause to the...