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The last fighter I played was a multi-classed fighter/bard that went into bladesinger and fought, of course, with just a one-handed weapon. Which, in general, is I prefer to fight. Or at least have as an option. That, or with a sword and shield. I honestly wish both were a bit more supported...

Because, you know, those aren't reasonable circumstances in which the PC might find himself in. Not to mention having moral restrictions for a character like a Holy Liberator or a Paladin have no point at all if some form of conflict to them never arises. And as has already been pointed out...

You know, I plugged in 3-4 with the nagging feeling there was another, then I realized, oh yeah! One character got raised from the dead! So 5 deaths, albeit one with a raise dead involved. I'll just keep it at 3-4, though. Heh. It's a Scarred Lands campaign, currently level 11. The first...

Lead and teach by example. Free some evil creatures now, and they very well might start having a change of heart. Start killing them, though, and should any escape, you're only going to make things worse when they go back and say what happened. As for "Help us free slaves or die," that's...

Divine mandate does not lawfulness make or secular authority trump. Two guards walk in on a cleric of a god of thieves, catching him in the act of theft. Guards: "What happened here? Did you break into this home and steal those jewels?" Cleric: "Yes. I am a priest. I was doing my gods will."...

Drow as in "go" sounds too...Old English for me. A bit too subdued due to that. Not how I envision the race. It makes me think of humble plump monks or the like, of the sort you might find a Norseman putting an arrow into. Drow as in cow, however, seems to flow better - it's more fluid. Which...

Faith comes before the secular in my opinion. The Termana hardcover doesn't make mention of whether or not That Which Abides monks who can multi-class freely as clerics are Lawful or Chaotic, but my opinion is following your gods tenets comes before anything of this mortal world. And having...

"I did it 35 minutes ago." Ahh, the wonders of villain speeches - when done right. Honestly, they're good - when they make sense. Generally, I think a show of power followed by a speech is one of the better ways to get the players to listen. Hit them with something hard, then show that the...

Character perspective. I like wiggle room. I also think it's more exciting for a player not to know certain things, and be surprised when they're finally made clear. The events should more or less be clear, and things shouldn't differ too far beyond what the character would reasonably know...

I count 5, myself. The World of Darkness, in its various incarnations. D&D, in various incarnations. In Nomine Legend of the 5 Rings. Star Wars I believe that's it; however, my books are in a constant state of disarray, so I may have missed some that I've never really played/thought of in...

Very true, Nightfall. As you yourself have said, the Scarred Lands seems to integrate fan comments. Thus why I continue pushing for the detailing of forsaken elf nations as opposed to high elf - as thus far, there's a good deal of antipathy that I've seen towards the Faithful and the Forsaken...

No, I'm just using the plot hooks that were already set up. I'm in no way using the actual plot they themselves set up; just the hooks that they decided needed completing, thus killing some of the story potential for the setting by resolving the plot hooks themselves instead of leaving it up to...

That's rather the point exactly; discovering the lie means he can split the alliance of the gods as Corean seeks justice, Chardun uses it as an excuse to try enslaving Hedrada and Enkili and so on and so on. It provides a convenient distraction by turning all the gods attention to Enkili and...

Most important books? Easy. Ghelspad hardcover, the Creature Collection Revised, Divine and the Defeated and the first Relics and Rituals. In that order. You can conceivably switch out the Ghelspad hardcover with Termana, but it lacks some information, and isn't quite as good a book as...

It may just be an explanation for scantily clad ladies, but it's a rule I use in my Scarred Lands game. And Forge, Creature Collection Revised was supposed to have Monster Manual info in it about how those beasties fit into the Scarred Lands, but it got cut. For space reasons, if I remember...

No. No, no, no, no, no. At least not in normal D&D. For that matter, it'd be a hard sell to try and make any claims that a woman couldn't be a fighting class no matter what the campaign setting. Even if there's a strong patriarchal mindset to the game setting, saying a woman couldn't be a...

Color me curious. How many PC's have you had that reached level 5-10-15-20 in the span of all of one year, at the age of, say, 18, 20, 21 or something like that, hmm? I'm certain a few people could pipe in that they've had characters go from level 1 to Epic in the span of one in-game year...

At the moment, I'm running a Scarred Lands campaign, so the religion is fleshed out to the extreme. However, whenever I've run a homebrew, generally the first thing I start with is the religion. That, or a map of the continent the characters are on. Gods or clerics may not necessarily even...

Just at this computer for a wee bit longer, but as one quick note, there is Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead, which is split into three sections on zombies, ghouls and skeletons, which may be helpful. I may go a bit more in-depth later, or perhaps someone else could elaborate for me.

The last time I PC'ed, it was a bard with a number of knowledge skills, and while I didn't look up monster stats during a fight, the DM was fairly decent with me using what I knew off the top of my head in-game, though there were the occasional bardic lore checks and the like. There was also a...