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  1. Robert Ranting

    PHB2 Variant Druids and Con Items

    Thanks for the clarification. It looks like having the Con item put on after-the-shift is the only way to go, then. Just a note, In AE, magic is slightly less powerful, but more versatile. While there are equivalent spells to Mage Armor and Bear's Endurance, they are considered "Exotic"...
  2. Robert Ranting

    PHB2 Variant Druids and Con Items

    To start off with, I'm not terribly familiar with 3.5 (I've been playing Arcana Unearthed/Evolved since 2003) but PHB2 had some interesting variants that made me want to pick it up. Among them is the "Shifter" variant Druid, which I have been working on converting for use in AE. I have a...
  3. Robert Ranting

    Arcana Evolved - how do Giant racial levels balance in play?

    Giant Racial Levels Balanced in Play After playing AU/E for three years now, I can definately tell you that the Giant Racial levels are worth it, and not just for "fighter" classes either. In the first game I was in, we had a Giant Unfettered wielding a pole-arm, who eventually finished out...
  4. Robert Ranting

    When Did You Start Playing D+D?

    1999...I think. I was a sophomore in Highschool, and a friend of mine had bought a discounted 2nd Ed. starter box with some pre-gen characters. I spent about 6 hours beneath a small town and interfered in the wars between Bugbears and Xvarts as Mitchifer the Cleric...I think I had a Dwarf NPC...
  5. Robert Ranting

    Character Concepts

    As-yet-Unused concepts I mostly play Arcana Evolved or hybrid AE/D&D games nowadays, but I picked up PHB2, and it's given me an idea for at least one new character, an as-yet-unnamed Warforged Duskblade. While I'm not terribly familiar with Eberron, I like the idea that he was involved in...
  6. Robert Ranting

    What is the “home base” for your party?

    My current Arcana Evolved campaign has seen the unnamed and ever-shifting group of Adventurers take up residence in various places. From levels 4-12, they resided in a series of inns, haphazard camps, and at a two-month stretch, aboard a pirate ship called the Ebon Gill. Eventually, they moved...
  7. Robert Ranting

    Non-Core Class Survivor: Round 7

    Voted for the War Mage, for mechanical issues, and flavor ones. (I prefer versatility to specialization). As for the Heroes of Horror classes... Dread Necromancer is pretty much what the name advertises, a caster who specializes in reanimating the dead and commanding/bolstering/generally...
  8. Robert Ranting

    Everyone, Tell us about your games, please!

    Gaming Statistics 1.) How many players in your group? Usually between 5 and 8 players, plus the DM. I'm fortunate to be affiliated with a large gaming club from college (although I have now graduated), as well as having friends at other colleges and back in my home county to game with, so...
  9. Robert Ranting

    Guns in D&D?

    For my Arcana Evolved/3.5 hybrid game, I use most of the rules presented by Fantasy Flight's "Sorcery and Steam", with the addition of the gunpowder critical fumble rule (or Malfunction Rating 1) given to firearms in the WarCraft d20 RPG. In the event of a natural one when handling any sort of...
  10. Robert Ranting

    [AE/AU] Arcana Unearthed supplements...

    "...if I have both AE and Transcendence, does Mystic Secrets bring anything additional to the table? I couldn't really tell, as its blurb seemed a bit general, and I thought most of it would already be included in AE." Nothing from Mystic Secrets was reprinted in AE. Basically, it's a...
  11. Robert Ranting

    Arcana Evolved spell for Identify

    Analyze, a first level exotic spell is the direct equivalent of Identify. In AE, Magic items are supposed to be mysterious and unique, so it's not as easy for people to determine the exact functions of a magic item. In order to cast analyze, you need to either spend a feat on Exotic Spell...
  12. Robert Ranting

    What weapons, classes, races...

    Weapon Insanity In my current Ravenloft Game, which uses a hybrid of Arcana Evolved and D&D 3.5 rules, we have a great deal of variation in weapon styles. My character, Sir Mayhew Engels is a Warmain 8/ Psychic Warrior 1/ Holy Liberator 6, and all-around Communist Revolutionary, wielding a...
  13. Robert Ranting

    Arcana Unearthed - Mage Blade question

    "I'm sorry. I was just wanting to make sure that I am reading this properly. Is the mageblade in Unearthed Arcana? I have been looking for it, but seem unable to find it. Thanks." Sorry PenKnight, but no, you've got it confused. The Mageblade appears in Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed, which...
  14. Robert Ranting

    Arcana Evolved: Transcendence

    Transcendent I've owned the book for a while now, and I'm allowing portions of it into my own Arcana Evolved game. The book is about 90 pages long, and the interior artwork is all in black and white. I'm not sure where you'd find a Table of Contents online, but I can give you some idea of...
  15. Robert Ranting

    Spell: Crystal Shard??

    Crystal Shard I'm resonably certain that the spell Crystal Shard is from one of the Books of Hallowed Might produced by Malhavoc Press. It also appears in the Grimoire II supplement for Arcana Unearthed/Evolved. The spell doesn't allow a save because it requires a ranged attack roll to hit...
  16. Robert Ranting

    What Movies Inspire Your Game?

    I had a player insist on interrogating a captured foe by going through the entire dialogue of Samuel L. Jackson's interrogating that guy in Pulp Fiction...."Do they speak Common on What?! " Worse yet, this was all done as he held the poor schpoo out over the side of the boat, above his shark...
  17. Robert Ranting

    Warcraft: The RPG

    Technically, while it says "World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game" on the cover, it has been billed as the 2nd Edition of WarCraft the Roleplaying game, not a direct conversion of the WoW computer game, since it was announced. The current title was a change requested by Blizzard to promote...
  18. Robert Ranting

    Next environmental supplement?

    A couple of ideas for titles: A Swamp Environment book? "Quagmire: Mastering the perils of Marsh and Fen" Forest/Jungle "Briarthorn: Mastering the perils of Woods and Wilds" A Plains book? "Meadowsquall: Mastering the perils of Winds and Plains" Despite the images these names bring to mind...
  19. Robert Ranting

    What monster killed your first PC?

    In all the time I've been roleplaying (5 years or so), I've only ever had one character die. My Wednesday night game for the last 2 years has been Arcana Unearthed/Evolved, though our DM has been adapting adventures from Dragon Magazine. After two years, Anaphris Larkscry, Loresong Faen...
  20. Robert Ranting

    Warcraft: The RPG

    Warcraft: D20 Speaking as a person who owns all of the first edition books save for Shadows & Light, I was wary when the second edition of this game was announced. On the one hand, I was elated that the powers-that-be had recognized the serious problems with the first edition and were working...
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