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If it's acceptable, to keep the story moving how about I have Jaceth, and whoever's still active set about trying to disable/steal the garrison's horses or something so the story at least tries to creep forward?

Chalk me up as interested. I think I'd like to try playing a ninja, but I don't like the flavor text for them so I put together this backstory, tell me if it's too comedic to fit this game: Velka: Velka's history is always going to be entertwined with the dragon that raised him, the legendary...

And a bit of backstory: Lex, the Unorthodox Paladin Lex's story doesn't really begin until he was eight years old living on the streets of Ardev with his parents. They met an exceptionally charismatic man and joined his group. Lex hated the man on sight. Even so, soon Lex and his family were...

Yes, but I can't see how I can add anything to the proceedings. Is it Orb's turn to perform?

Boy, it's like you don't even want to supply more fodder for the "Throw Rocks at Paladins" threads. But seriously, anytime a Paladin's involved making sure everybody's on board with what behavior is in-code is a good idea so I'm glad you've made a point to work it out ahead of time. EDIT...

Yes, I know of that quote. I've never understood the reasoning, apparently somebody just thinks playing a non-basic (Really non-human) race is badwrongfun. Obviously I disagree with the sentiment.

I'm not sure how the class system is less prone to imabalance and abuse than build point systems. With builds like the Hulking Hurler, Nasty Gentleman, the +256 Diplomacy build, and Pun-Pun floating around one can hardly argue that DnD's classes aren't prone to certain abuses. For me...

He's a streetwise force of goodness who could be anybody, even somebody you know. When corrupt officials plot their evil deeds, one of the trusted bodyguards isn't who he seems. When the cultist is about to conduct their final sacrifice, guess who's secretly replaced the executioner? He's the...

I'm always tempted to try to figure out how to use VoP for a "Conan" like character who blows all his cash on wine, women, and song after getting rich. Totally in-genre for most fantasy but utterly impossible in DnD with the huge dependence on magical items to stay even with CRs. So far I've...

If they simple summarily executed everybody the sorting hat picked for Slytherin the world would be a happier place. Seriously, between the fact that everybody who joins Voldemort (Including Voldy himself) is a Slytherin, the heir of Slytherin deal, the fact that the guy who founded Slytherin...

Because it doesn't work like DnD magic does. The huge multi-mile blast radius, an evocation that only affects plants, they're totally inconsistent with the rest of the spells. Magic has rules too.

Somehow up until 351 I was expecting Elan to do something, being as Bards pretty much have Sonic on all their damage spells. Silly me.

Steps made of Gelatinous Cubes + Flesh to Stone + traps that dispell the flesh to stone. If arguably, flesh to stone doesn't affect jellies make it a custom spell, ooze to stone.

How do you deal with the low levels? (when other characters < level 4)? I don't think normally GMs allow them at all. Savage Species doesn't have a level system for those templates as it does LA+ species themselves. What if anything is unbalancing about the features of the half races? I don't...

Hibernation Target creature falls asleep for three months. During this time the creature requires no food or water, and uses only 1 minute of air per day (thus a hibernating creature could survive 10 days inside a portable hole). Any environmental damage such as frostbite or heatstroke are...

Well, the Nasty Gentleman build can show you how to use Symbiots to inflict 8 million damage per round, but keep in mind that this build isn't particularly optimized and many people think it can be improved with a little min-maxing.

I've always wanted to play a really civic-minded necromancer, a good-hearted fellow who uses his undead to do things like trash service, helpers for the elderly, that sort of good deed. It doesn't work in DnD because undead are innately evil and creating undead is an innately evil act. The...

If you want a different system use Mutants and Masterminds. It can create virtually any character fairly well. Xena at PL 10 would have a maxed out BAB and BDB, Around 5 points of Amazing Save (All), weapon (Ranged, Stun or Physical damage), the Sidekick Feat (Gabrielle) and 10 points of...

I know of three other bot-fly speed experiments although I can't seem to Google-Fu up any references, two wind-tunnel tests provided results of 450 and 650MPH, and a doppler radar test gave a speed of 90mph. I did hem and haw and provide a bunch of disclaimers on that figure (I consider...

It would be unfortunate if double weapons couldn't get advantage of this feat, from a balance perspective most double weapons are greatly inferior to a normal weapon twice anyway since: a: You usually have to take an exotic weapon proficiency, burning a feat. b: Almost no double weapons are...