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Isn't that what Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was? The ship from MA crashes in a remote part of Oerth ... Somehow I always imagined the initial product pitch as involving alcohol, or possibly weed. "And then, the fighting man picks up, like, a laser pistol ..." "Whoa, awesome. Should there be...

Connecting the dots in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Heh. :D

You do, it is, and very probably. :)

It's not a question of your game being badwrongfun. It's that your system, as well as it works with your playstyle and your particular set of players, would not result in a good game for the vast majority of gaming groups, were your assumptions made part of the published ruleset.

The what?

My group uses a hex grid in 3.5, and I have no doubt we'll continue to use it if and when we convert to D&D v4.

4 levels behind. When the half-fiend character has 10,000 XP, he's a 5th-level character, just like anyone else with 10,000 XP. (He just has one class level and four ECL levels.) So, he needs 5,000 more XP to get to 6th level-at 15,000 XP, he'll be a 6th-level character, although with just two...

This sounds to me like a great reason to rule the other way, whether or not it's RAW, actually. It's even more ridiculous to be able to make yourself immune to Shadow strength-draining by draining your own strength. :\ Makes for easier bookkeeping & more believability, IMO. Very simple: A...

I'm pretty sure that it's already been established that it's not. There was some talk about moving the base timeline a few (like 2-3 or something) years up, but IIRC, even that idea's been scrapped.

I didn't find anything. Although I can't say I read every word on every page, I didn't find a likely spot for it to fit.

PHB2 are optional rules. My answer was based on the PHB and the PHB errata ...

He'd have the physical stats, attacks (including extraordinary attacks, but not supernatural or spell-like abilities), size, natural armor, mundane movement capabilities, and racial skill bonuses and bonus feats. So, a human polymorphed to a troll would become size Large (with the associated...

I haven't found anything relevant to this in RC ... The monk special unarmed abilities are 'rules exceptions', so I'm thinking that's why there's nothing about them in that book.

IME with actual real-life humans ... they are boring. Why do you think I started playing these games in the first place? ;)

DC is based on spell level, not caster level. And the DC only goes up when you prepare the spell in a higher-level slot if you used the Heighten Spell feat--that's exactly what it's for.

I'd be inclined to say no. I have horrible visions of wizards readying spells where they follow up with a quickened spell on the same action. YDMMV. (Your DM may vary.) I doubt there's anything explicitly allowing this in the RAW.

Why wouldn't you? He'll have to spend a 5th-level slot to Empower it, a 6th-level slot to Maximize it, or an 8th-level slot to do both. If you compare those enhanced Ice Axes to other spells of those levels, I don't think you'll find it overpowered. (If he's getting those for 'free' using...

One way I've thought of to help players of Barbarians to keep better track of where they stand is to factor those extra hit points into the unconscious and dead levels on your character sheet when you're raging. Eg. when your 10th level barbarian goes into a rage, instead of adding 20 hit points...

Wild Shape Variant: Aspect of Nature (Unearthed Arcana, pp. 67-69) is what you're looking for, I think. Yes, the class feature variants are split off from the class variants in UA. Nobody knows why. :p

I agree, but for a different reason. It looks (from the tidbits we've seen) that the mechanic of XP as a resource that can be spent (for casting powerful spells or creating magic items) or stolen (by level-draining monsters) is on the 4E chopping block. So this question won't even arise ...