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Hey everyone! I'm trying to stat a Xenomorph (From the Alien Movies) for an upcoming encounter and I've come across some challenges. First of all... would you say they are Medium or Large? Second, as movie monsters, they are REALLY stealthy... should a +8 racial be enough (Plus max ranks...

Pathfinder got it right with archetypes. I would be thrilled if WotC did something similar, since it is such a great idea... not saying it is original (it was inspired by 2e kits, I would think), but DAMN they have a good implementation of them!

Agreed. The Step up chain of feats is also worth looking into. Great bang for your buck.

On level 1, 2 and 3 Weapon Focus is strictly better than furious focus, since you "negate" the -1 penalty on ALL attacks (like, on opportunity attacks too). Some may argue than Weapon Focus is rubish, but I say it is worth it, since Weapon Specialization requiers it (and it boosts your attack...

Seems to me that someone at Wizards really doesn't like Pathfinder art.

Objection!!! The Elven Curveblade doesn't have reach, but it has 2 special qualities: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/weapons/weapon-descriptions/curve-blade-elven Basically, +2 against sunder and can be finessable. It might not be much, but if you are an elven rogue with 14 STR and...

Ok, Steeldragons beat me to it by some time, but here it comes: The Warlock Design Goals The warlock has made a pact: The power that the warlock wields is not her own, it is borrowed. Maybe she didn't make the pact herself, it might have been an ancestor of hers. She may command the power...

I think my barbarian goals differ a bit from yours. A barbarian is angry: Regardless of gender, race, culture or general behavior, a barbarian is ANGRY. This anger may spread to all facets of her life, but some barbarians are known to be pretty likeable individuals. The trait that their...

This! Basically, at least two pages per monster. One page full of fluff, another page full of crunch. If the designers can't think of AT LEAST one page for mechanics and one page for the flavor of the monster, chances are that the monster is not worth including in the book. And, as someone...

Well, as you start to level up, it gets increasingly harder to have a meaningful AC, so yeah, you get hit more often on higher levels. 4e had a table (on the Dark Sun book, if I recall correctly) that said which bonuses should the characters get from magic items at each level, but that's about...

Awesome flavour! I concur that it needs something that increases the stealth component of the class... It is a BIT overpowered, in my opinion (the crit multiplier and crit range, specifically), but not enought that it really bothers me.

Yeah, but Whirlwind Attack is different from Cleave on a key feature: Whirlwind Attack is a full attack action. This, in my experience DRASTICALLY reduces the applications of the feats.

In my opinion, the difficult part of first level play is actually HITTING the enemies. Once you manage to land the hit, then 2d4+4 is more than enough to put most monsters out of the fight. Consider the common goblin, or the orc. They both have 6 HP. Unless you roll double 1s, you knock them...

Is the race set in stone? If 3rd party is allowed, Oakling and Half-Giant (Both on the SRD) are great. If monster races are allowed, I'm sure some other race with +2 strenght should be around there somewhere. The thing is that a 2HF reeeealy benefits from hight STR. A starting 16 is going to...

This, this, a million times!!! Ever since I finished reading 4e Player's Handbook I've been saying to myself: "Great Scott! When someone adapts this into a videogame, said videogame will kick untold amounts of ars!!!" Sadly, such a thing never came and we where left in the dark with crap...

Actually I haven't! I stopped buying 4e after MM3 (not because it don't like the game, I just started playing Pathfinder more often). But, in light of this new discovery, Monter vault might be worth a look! The fact that I have to BUY it to know how the monsters are built annoys me... why...

When you said: Things wrong with 4e: Dragons I thought you were going to talk about PCs Stun-locking them, or that they suffer from action economy related issues (like most Solo Monsters). Those, in my opinion, are the Things wrong with 4e Dragons. Disclamer: I actualy like the design of 4e...

This is how I think monster building should be handled: First, you pick a role (as in “4e monster’s roles), then you pick a level and consult a table that gives you all the stats for a monster of that level/role. Say I need a 7th level Brute. I look up 7th level on the “Brute” table and get...

Well, if we are being nitpicky, 4.5 is the average of 2d4... Putting that aside, yes, doing your second attack usually has a greater damage output than Vital Striking. The idea is that you are not allways able to perform the full attack, because you have to move. On those circunstances, you can...

This. Also, consider the Vital Strike Feat-Chain. Use the move action to get into flanking position and then unleash a brutal 4d4+ALOTOFDMGLOL 20x4 attack. If you claim to have problems hiting your enemies, then it won't be worth to try to get decent iterative attacks. A couple multiclass...