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As a DM who has players who power attack and as a player who power-attacks, that would suck. Characters would need the DM to help them calculare the math out at the beginning of every combat. I just want to roll a die and add numbers to that...PA is easy to do in combat. Power Attack is...

I'd like to weigh in of the "setting specific fluff" discussion. I personally like it. I like that they have organizations, and even that they tided PrCs in 3.5 to those organizations. It gave a certain amount of life to the PrC and gave me something to plunk into my homebrew if I wanted...

Yes, absolutely I do. Not all the time, but as needed. I like acting out characters. I like getting into the feel of it, the nitty-gritty socialization and back and forth. But I'm not about to spew out "Low, who does walk through this night?" and expect my players to reply in kind. Won't...

I always liked the Blood War. I like the difference between demons and devils. Devils want to steal your soul...they trick, seduce, and deal you out of it. Demons want to destroy and devour your soul...they rend you appart and eat your essense. But they both want your soul. I can see how...

It is useful for abuse, too. I like to reward creativity, but I do try to balance such things. Such a case as this, I would either apply a modifier to the save or require a second save of the like, or even requiring two applications of suggestion in this case: one to suggest the demon...

Agreed. I took it that they were removing things like paralysis ("I'm held fast for 10 rounds? I'm gonna go play Guitar Hero...call me when the fight is over.") which just weren't fun. I have never, however, taken a player's character and played them as an NPC when that character was...

My only memory of Quicklings comes from one of the old TSR golden box computer games (maybe Pool of Radiance? Once you were out in the wilderness?) Only fought them once or twice, but they had ridiculous movement (characters could move 12 spaces unencumbered, 6 in plate, or 3 if fully...

Awesome pics! Again I must say I am much more impressed with your sketches then the original piece (which might be better fleshed out in a MM, I'm still holding out hope). I also see the hunched-foward body as being both a way of lowering itself to reduce wind resistance and lower the center...

I think 1 flayer can easily be central to a fight along with 4 thralls (even better if its 3 thralls and 4 minion thralls). He can make it the most rivetign fight ever, depending on how some of his abilities actually end up working. We don't know that a flayer thrall is effected by the mind...

I don't think fey should be "alien," but other-worldly. Things from the fey seem like they should be similar to things in the prime (it is a parallel place after all), but there should be differences that belay a certain otherworldly aspect. Things are a little too beautiful or grace or a...

Right, but fire and electricity attack the body differently. Yes, electricity can burn you, but an electrical jolt can also damage your heart or your brain or your muscles without burning your skin. It travels through you, and through other conductor. Rubber gloves will prevent being zapped...

Which looks a lot like Puck from the Sandman. Not that I'm complaining about that...and I believe you already said you liked the idea of the fey as drawn in those comics. I'm a fan of that look and concept as well, so I'm all for it. I think such a character could and would make for a great...

Thanks! This thread is full of good ideas, though, which could easily make for a campaign or two (or an entire campaign setting!). It was a fun exercise, I must admit.

Honestly, I was so thinking this through most of this talk. In relation to both the wood-breastplated chick and the berry eating girl, if both are druidic in nature, the need for any clothes at all in the forest is gone. If you can walk unhindered through briar patches, you aren't worried...

They might have changed the 2d20 to 1d20+4 because rangers were the only ones who got a 2d20 roll...Biggie does imply he was the only one doing it. And they might have found rangers were unfavorably recieving bonus crit due to it. Perhaps it did interfer with the elven ability and other...

Gotcha. Yeah, I have always like the idea of the Dragon-led Empire. The idea that all lands (even if they are just islands) being ruled by dragons (ala Council of Wyrms) is a little too much for me. I just can't imagine that many dragons carring enough about little, short-lived fleshings...

There already was. It was called Council of Wyrmms. The big difference was, all the land was ruled by dragons, and the kingdoms weren't incredibly populated so that the dragons had vassals and servants, but nothing that was as large and as complete as a full kingdom. Different dragon types...

For it all going too well, I was working under the assumption that I was listing Ard's schemes that did work out. I could throw in four or five that did not, due to outside influence. In fact, were I running a campaign around this (which I am now working on building), there would be several...

I fully realize that dragon is uber intelligent and would not be renegging on, say, giving the noble wealth. However, what "empty promises" could mean is that the noble now feels like a pawn, not the power. While in the dragon's presense, he is overwhelmed. When not, his ego is shattered and...

Awesome. Pure awesome. This what I envision when I think of a dragon attack. I just don't have it in me to think most towns have adventure-grade citizens dwelling within, and certainly not enough to muster a counter to repel a dragon attack as it is happening. The best thing one can do is...