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Oh, they will. This is just a mechanic for starting characters. Also, my campaigns don't feature ressurection, so when a character dies he must roll a new character. This character isn't nearly as experianced as his comrades are, but gets more points to spend on character creation...

I want to create a kind of point buy system that allows characters to have backgrounds that effect play. I'm not playing d20 so I don't need specific numbers from that system, but I do need to have a system where the reletive power gained from one point is equal no matter where it's spent...

As a player and a DM, I've very lienent when it comes to combat actions for Paladins. IMHO since the paladin class doesn't give any bonus feats or class abilities for non-lethal damage I see no reason why a paladin should ever be expected to be anything less than lethal in combat against true...

Guys, let's try to move on with the thread: No one disputes that a paladin has some kind of code of conduct, and everyone has a different opinion on what that should be, more evidence in my opinion that morality is a learned concept. In anycase you can duke it out all you want; I've already...

I bought this dragon magazine specifically because the sage answers a question on paladins on that page. I can't find it now, can anyone transcribe it so I don't have to buy the magazine again on ebay?

Champions or Paladins? Once again, I'm going to pimp that article that Firelance brought up. It's really amazing; the author provides the background on the OD&D paladin concept as well as making his own assertion on what's the core of a paladin: Sacrifice. Sacrifice lends itself to...

But wouldn't that make them pirates? That article is amazing: I'm going to read the rest of his stuff right now! Thanks for that, seriously.

Thank you to everyone who’s responded so far. We’ve got a pretty good consensus on the basics. Now I’d like to answer some harder questions. Let’s keep this discussion very civil because it’s all about opinions anyway. Most people replied with a righteous warrior who is chosen by a deity...

What is a Paladin And this isn’t a question of someone who’s new to the game either. I’m not talking about the d20 paladin: I’m not looking for a synopsis of the abilities and level progression, or a collection of stats, what I want to know is the core concept “What is a Paladin.” I’m making...

I don't think there's anything wrong with the damage progression from dagger to greatsword. Remember, you could be using that other hand. I think that your biggest beef is with Power Attack. The feat is insanely good, and there is really no other way for a melee fighter to come close in damage...

I've been doing all sorts of home-brew for this upcoming Eberron campaign I'm going to DM with my peeps. Let me give you a little background on what I want to accomplish. First off my buddies and I are huge fans of the tactical feats and weapon styles from Complete Warrior. What we like about...

Thanks for all the feedback so far. I tried searching for all posts since the begining about races, and I didn't find any about half-elves. I knew this couldn't be right, and I think I limited my finds to two pages, so that was an error. Sorry for bringing up these old tired arguements again...

I'm wondering if the community here thinks that Half-elves are a little weak. If so, what would you do to make them more enticing to players? I've been DMing with a bunch of friends for about 5 years now, and none of us have every rolled up a half-elf...

I'm working on a class based Defense bonus by level, sort of like what D20 Modern looks like. It works in my game (or I should say I HOPE it will work) because armor provides DR, and also lowers your defense. I worked it out so most melee characters would have a pretty smooth progression of...

I can see the issue from both sides of the story, but first I'll just tell you to play the rules as written. Then I'll discuss the flaws and merits of both, and again say why you should stick to the rules as written. As written: Yeah, the fireball keeps it's normal radius and if you want to...

Thx everyone!

Is there any prereqs for it? And thx for the quick response!

We need to know the name and effects of the feat from the Complete Arcane book, that raises your spellcasting level by 4 (to a maximum of your HD). It's for the game we're playing right now.

This is basically the responce that I got from my friend who also DM's. In his opinion this can all be balanced with good DMing. I personally don't like that approach to it. Getting good deals, fiscal or social, is a function that already is taken by the diplomacy skill. Appraising should...

I've heard that before too. What about Wisdom then? Granted it modifies Spot, Listen, Sense Motive, and the like, but wouldn't that make Wisdom the lame stat?