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alternatively, for a melee weapon you can use armour spikes. sure, damage may be a bit low at 1d6, but you can 'wield' them at all times without dropping your crossbow and they're hard to disarm.

although strictly speaking it's not steampunk, you could do worse than watching "The abominable dr. Phibes" and "Dr. Phibes rises again".

there's also the ardent, from PH3 a sort of psionic warlord who can grant attacks, like with the lvl 5 daily power fate exchange. (teleport to switch places? nice. Oh? Both get to take a basic attack? nice! For each basic attack that hits? someone can spend a surge and roll a save. nice!! both...

it's impossible to indicate pronunciation for english with english spelling too. This is a language in which you could pronounce ghoti as fish.

2nd edition had the horrible tacked-on system of fractional strength, only for warriors and only for some races. 3.5 was a big improvement, since it made all the stats equal and flattened the stat curve.

You can make them stay longer by having the king/baron/whatever political leader giving them titles and limited rulership over the village. With rulership comes the right to levy taxes. Ofcourse, the characters will get some responsibilities. They in turn have to pay taxes to the ruler and...

problem: elves mature slowly. a 60 year old elf is still a kid, with the knowledge to match a human 16 year old. Now, I could have been mean and give elves -2 to int... but I didn't. It turns out elves have a 45 year larval stage, which is why there's no such thing as elf children.. there are...

hmm.. it doesnt have to be permanent, it can be an activatable item. As long as it is activated each hour or so the effect will effectively be permanent, until the moon rats are kept from activating the item. Since the moon rats are intelligent, one could take an action to activate the item...

If you often use the same amount of dice, you could also preroll your damage. Just grab a piece of paper, start rolling and record each the result of each row. When you need to roll damage, just scratch off the next entry on your table. You may want to talk about this with your DM if he's afraid...

If you're going to use Capo Ferro, Thibault and the likes, I'd get the original fighting manuals written by them. Inigo's fighting masters are not fictional, but real historical figures.

if you're going the recruiting way, you may want to get the fell drain metamagic feat. You give your opponents negative levels, and they turn into wights you can control (or set free in an unsuspecting village). Now a wight may not seem much, but wights create more wights with their level...

almost, with one crucial difference: the reaction takes place after the announcement X attacks you, an interupt would take place after announcing the result of the attack: X hits AC 21. in short, as a reaction: DM: The tarrasque attacks you. Rogue: Oh no!! I escape cunningly! DM: Ok, the...

also, go take a look at the excellent website The Burnt World of Athas

here's a list of sneak attack feats: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66915 Sacred Strike looks especially good. SA's d6s becomes d8s and good-aligned on evil opponents. since you can sneak attack undead, you may want to pick up some acid flasks, alchemist fire and holy water...

I like this idea, but making it a general option would probably be too strong. for a general rule, I'd restrict it to once per encounter, can only be used on your own turn, and apply a -2 hit penalty until the end of your next turn. I'd also add something like a 'Sprinter' feat: prereq...

about once a day, a character is brought to 0 hp in my campaign. deaths are rare but combat at least needs to feel dangerous.

being on higher ground gives a +1 to hit vs adjacent enemies.

play an athasian halfling. eat your enemies (but not enemy halflings... you're not a cannibal!). be ruthless to your enemies, but loyal to your friends.

economical? probably not... but watching the game with 15 others has its own attractions, and there's all the drinks I want. As for other things than sports: I just download what I want to see, which is perfectly legal here in the netherlands.

hmm.. I'm actually not sure about 1 in a milion, I suspect the chance to survive a 200ft fall is more like 1 in 10000. a friend of mine actually fell 60 meter (about 200ft) after a parachuting accident and survived. he made a full recovery and is now jumping out of planes again. not bad after a...