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Thing is, exterminating evil is not enough to be good. At best, someone who uses any means necessary to root out evil is neutral. At worst, they are evil themselves. That said, I don't think Saito qualifies as evil (though my memory of the show is a bit rusty, like Arkhandus I haven't seen it in...

I wouldn't say extraplanar creatures are anathema to the concept of an evolutionary fantasy world. To put it in scientific terms, think of it like the theory of island biogeography, only on a fantastically large scale. If we assume that there are naturally occurring (but rare) planar breaches...

Ditto what Pinotage said, high level parties tend to chew through appropriate CR encounters quickly (in game time, in real time it can sometimes slow to a crawl... but that is a different thread). Also, watch out for touch/ranged touch spells and Wraithstrike/Deep Impact. Dragons have **** for...

It's not an arms race unless your players are immature. Thing is, every single book has some measure of power creep. However, only the "absolute power" in terms of abstract numerical bonuses needs to change with power creep, the DM is always able to keep the "relative power" (which is the only...

So, all the members of my old group have moved/gone off to college and I'm looking for a new group. If there's anyone with an open spot I'd love to hear from you, and even if you don't I'd like to get in touch with more Nashville area gamers as I might try to run a game at some point.

If you have access to Tome of Battle, then you should look into the Crusader. High damage output, plays well with parties (White Raven maneuvers), and great at soaking up damage (he even has an ability that gives him bonus damage based on how much damage he has in his delayed damage pool).

There's the Blightspawned template in Unapproachable East.

Not trying to be insulting or anything, but this doesn't have anything to do with what I posted. You are talking about how you (an actual DM) limit leadership in play. My whole point was that when you are talking about the "most powerful feat ever" it is necessarily a theoretical discussion, and...

You are correct, but the multipliers are being applied to different quantities. Wielding a two-handed weapon multiplies your power attack bonus damage by two. This is then added to your total damage, which is multiplied by three (excepting variable damage like sneak attack). Now if he also had...

Stormguard Warrior. I had a twink-gasm when I read it for the first time. Also, I don't really think Leadership should be included in this discussion, it is simply too good. Typically in these kind of theoretical discussions you need to assume a highly permissive DM (any semi-competent DM...

Powerful Charge is not a very good feat, to be honest. There are much more effective ways of boosting your charge (even without becoming a damage monster). If you can talk your DM into it/get a high enough jump modifier take Battle Jump (UE). The idea of a dude in spiked armor jumping fifteen...

The idea presented so far seem pretty solid (tokens increase as combat goes on, more tokens equals big attacks, expend tokens for uber-attacks, etc.) but I had a few thoughts that might make it even more anime-like. A pretty common conceit in combat based anime is some form of transformation, so...

Why not just buy a DM Screen? They are usually fairly cheap. But anyway, there is this.

The final version of the Ubercharger did somewhere around 40,000 damage per round. Good luck using that in a campaign. If you just want to make a charge centered build look into Leap Attack, and some way to get the pounce ability; that should be all you need in a normal campaign. Frenzied...

Alright, so this build assumes you are married to the shadow creature concept, if you are not you might want to consider getting rid or it. In a stealth/intrigue based game HiPS and the hefty hide/MS bonuses are great, but from your descriptions it sounds like this game is more "intense combat"...

Yes. War Mind and Psychic Warrior powers are two separate things, even though they draw from the same list. (Edit: I got scooped! But yes as well to the fact that power points are one big pool usable for for manifesting any class's powers.

What exactly is DPS? If it's damage per second, then your character is inferior to builds like the Hulking Hurler, Spank the Monkey, and the Ubercharger by orders of magnitude. Literally. Monkey grip is a very poor feat, mechanically speaking.

I'll look into the feat that allows you to use bardic music as a swift action, thanks again everyone. Words of Creation probably won't be allowed, but the DM likes the Bo9S so he'll probably accept the other feat.

I'm planning on playing a bard in an upcoming game and I want to focus more on my bardic music abilities. Thus, I'm looking for spells/feats/etc. that improve bardic music. So far I've found Song of the Heart from the ECS, and a few feats in complete adventurer. I'm not really looking for...

Does anyone know of a source for good ship combat rules? I'm putting together a pirate-themed adventure and it would be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance.