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3.5 has incresed the casting time of many "scouting" divinations to 10 minutes. How about a feat or magic item to reduce that? Wands and scrolls of lower level divinations are great for excreting a continuous stream of divinations during an adventure. Augury is good for "Is what we are able to...

If you can access it, the August 2000 Dragon magazine issue had an article from Monte Cook that laid out several metadesign principles of D&D 3e. I don't have the issue number, but it is the first D&D 3e issue.

My DM changed srcy so that it works just like claravoyance, but you can select a different location at the beginning of each round. It's not able to find and lock on a person. He was inspired by the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty (I think) where the enemy was using a scrying mirror to find the...

I quit a game that was comprised of longtime gaming friends. A few days after the "backbreaking straw" game session, I e-mailed the DM: "Thank you for having me in your game, but I'm going to drop out of it now." I decided to not elaborate because when I brought up my concerns in the past, he...

I have been improving the TWF chain, since I think that the feats are weak when balanced against the prerequisites. With Improved TWF, I also have the featgrant the ability to use a one-handed weapon as a light weapon for the purpose of TWF penalties. Two Weapon Rend would make a good boost for...

I prefer to be treated with respect, dignity, and honor, particularly from those whom I consider friends. My friends can expect the same from me.

I think that the beguiler in the PH II makes an excellent successor to the 1e illusionist.

Redhurst Academy supports this kind of campaign.

The Dungeon Master's Guide II has a chapter on medieval life.

The Player's Handbook II describes the consequenses of an unbalanced party, and provides several recommendations for dealing with this situation. It starts on pg. 154, but it's best to start reading at the beginning of chapter six.

In Arcana Evolved, the Magister can cast all simple and complex spells. An exotic spell require a feat to learn. Most other spellcasters can only cast simple spells, and possibly certain complex spells.

The Mighty Ducks? How about Stormbringers? The name isn't important. How it is presented by the DM and regarded by the NPCs is. On that note, emotionally evocative names are better than cleverly descriptive names. Names that are three or more words or sylables tend to get abbreviated. Here's...

RPGIndex has a site registry of the various player finder sites around the web. I have had good success with AccessDenied.net, but that was back in the Seattle region. Check these sites out, then add yourself to the relevant ones.

"If I didn't call for the die roll, and I don't see the number on the die, then it wasn't rolled." I believe in creating a gaming environment that is hostile to cheaters. :) Cheaters should game with other cheaters.

Well, since using a spell-like ability is a standard action that provokes an attack of opportunity, there would be a noticable effect of the one using the spell-like ability, such that anyone would notice that the [caster?] is no longer aware of their surroundings for a moment. A moment that can...

Ranger animal companion is a good way to buff up your horse so that it can survive higher level combat when you are on the road. Everyone elses horse will die with the first fireball, but yours has a decent chance of surviving. Whatever you get, put some barding on it. Barding prices are in the...

Yeah, less gravity in a D&D world than earth. I think this is a case where realism was sacrificed for ease of play. The 3.5 Jump system is easy to memorize and use quickly. And to do that it needed to establish an unrealistic 1:1 correlation between rolled skill check results and distance in...

80) D&D is unplayable at high levels.

If you have access to it, the Shackled City details Skie's Treasuries magic item shop, which includes defenses and what she does to protect her stock. If you don't, I can post the relevant details.

Start off with the basics. A solid door with an excellent lock and an alarm trap. Then have two professional guards (multiclass expert/fighters) staring at the door all night long. And they have a well trained guard dog. Each guard has a tower shield, a signal whistile, and a thunderstone. In...