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That's actually a very interesting prop. So at 20th level, you could have max 10 caster levels and cast up to 5th level spells (which fortunately include Raise Dead).

OK, so you're saying if they're hit even before they start casting then they cannot cast that round? But they could choose to do something else in their init since they never started casting? In that case, I like it.

My very first D&D character, a half-orc fighter/cleric (limited to 10th/4th I think, how sad) rolled 18/76 (using 3d6) and got +2/+4. I was "broken" at first level!

I think you've done a good job here, but I don't like the part where casters that lose initiative automatically get their spells off. Since they don't decide on whether to cast a spell until their initiative, this is the case.

We originally did 3d6, arrange to taste. You could scrub up to 2 characters, but had to take the 3rd (no lookbacks, you scrub it, it's gone). Not many paladins or bards. Although if you rolled 2 17's by some miracle, paladin was popular - that PFE 10' radius rocked. Eventually we went to 4d6...

Gestalt warblade / wizard

I promise I won't tell you how much riches you'll receive - is that the same as untold riches?

Spring:

Interesting - my mental image was <snap><pop> if you get my drift...

Feral template from Savage Species. Everyone says it is undercosted at LA +1, especially if class levels count as "hit dice" for the special attacks, and I agree. However, if you gave the feral template for free to every barbarian as an additional class feature (i.e. barbarian levels count...

I would go specific rather than general - pick the classes you want to add it to (barb, monk, ?) and just specifically give it to them. You could even make it start at 2nd or 3rd level to discourage dipping.

So, Haste, massive step, cast out of reach? Or would this only work for melee types?

Hard to do this mid-campaign. I would suggest you tell the player that he feels like all this shifting is causing a great deal of strain on his health. From now on, polymorph = 1d3 of Con lost for a week, no restoration possible. Or some such penalty --> whatever will leave the spell very...

I like this ability-based concept. Str: offensive melee type ->> barbarian, warblade variant Dex: stealth and missile ->> rogue, scout Con: tank ->> crusader, hmm can't think of anything else good here Int: arcane --> wizard, sorcerer variant (1 prepared, 1 spontaneous) Wis: healer, zen -->...

1) No. The uses need to be limited (both in amount and variety). 2) 1d4 Wis damage (or similar) PER NEGATIVE POINT. So when you go to -2, you are saving vs 2d4 Wis damage. And the DC escalates faster too. 15 + (2 times negative points) or something. I still think you need to spread the 1st...

I would give those rules a shot.

Recently there have been a lot of threads on how to restore caster/meleer balance in 3E, and I have suggested the restoration of real casting times and the nerfing of Concentration. But, now that you have me thinking about it, this was another equalizing factor. Items saves were based on the...

That's EXACTLY what we did - and the backpack failure was always dramatic. We had high level wizards doing spell research to get new spells to protect their backpacks! I would do it the same today. Since GP / magic value = XP, all you have to do is drop more magic and less GP to make up for the...

As I implied in the original thread, I think you'd have to go pretty far afield to be considered "homebrew" in 1E as the whole idea is that the DM ruled and everyone lived by the results. I mean, if you abandoned ThACO and went diceless, that would be homebrew. Gygax intended for the rules to be...

See below. I respectfully suggest you relook at the thread title. This is a 3E thread. It sounds like you haven't played much 3E. If that is the case, I suggest you play a few hundred hours of it, then conclude on where the Fighter needs a kick. Or, you could take my reading suggestions to...