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While I never really saw the CoDzilla in play due to mature players in my group (mature mindset, not age), and never letting them pull the 15 minute adventure day thing, I'm not so naive as to think it wasn't easily possible back in the day. Edit: Sorry for the length. tl;dr - just check the...

I'm not sure I'd say that it was too big of a problem before either, since the interdependency in actual gameplay kind of brought the stuff wizards could do in theory, down to a reasonable level. Most games, for instance, didn't allow wizards to completely research and prepare his way to a...

The tiers* haven't really changed that much (except that the disparity is a bit less), however that never made the game unplayable. In my own personal experience, the casters tended to be much more necessary because of their unique problem solving skills, but they could never just do everything...

With 3 players, you aren't lacking too hard on the action economy. Especially if your players have animal companions, or you are agreeable to the Leadership feat. If the players aren't keen on playing secondary characters (even if they are simple in tactics), then here's where Gestalt would...

The Wish spell itself has limitations built in... limitations that epic spells were designed to actually perform beyond that. Plus, stuff like empowering a spell by burning magic items (or souls!) to get greater desired effects, etc. However, as the E20 name would imply, you'd have to rewrite...

There's also 6 new base classes, and 8 new prestige classes (14 total classes, compared to the 21 classes in core). That's without taking into account over a hundred new archetypes (which amount to replacing many of the PrCs from the past WotC books). That's a lot of character concepts and class...

The Smite Evil that the celestial template gives is different from the Paladin's smite ability. If it were the Paladin ability, it would say "as a paladin", similar to how creatures with the evasion ability might say "see rogue", etc. For a direct example, the Half-Celestial template (which is...

Yes, they did. I mean this in all politeness, but it'd be a good idea to reread the class if you are going to make judgments on it. Pathfinder also lets you decide what skills and feats it gets (which it didn't seem to in 3.5e, at least not to the degree of versatility we have now). This is...

The change basically means that a Druid who wants to excel at physical combat will need to focus on it, instead of being a wicked spellcaster that could suddenly become a monster in melee combat as well with barely any effort. Most "battle" clerics need to forgo a high Wisdom score and rely on...

While looking up something completely unrelated, I stumbled upon the Woodland Archer tactical feat from Races of the Wild. If you have that one, it basically gives you three maneuvers: - Bonuses to hit if you miss (adjusting sort of thing). - Ignore miss chance by striking the same spot (so...

Perhaps a free-hand Fighter that focuses on Unarmed combat? The Barbarian option for Brutal Pugilist, or Fighter's "Savage" Warrior might offer types of unarmed combat, or at least a better set of abilities to focus on unarmed combat. The Ranger also gets new combat styles, which might include...

*shrug* I was under the impression that scouting utility (and spells) were more important that murder-death-kill for this character.

While normally I'd agree regarding skills, it's just not as quick and dry for the Fighter in this case. The problem isn't just about class skills. Rangers get half their level in bonus to tracking, swift tracking abilities, and in their favored terrain they have bonus to initiative, perception...

Quickdraw doesn't let you sheath or put away a weapon though... meaning you'll likely have to drop your primary weapon (the heavily enchanted one) to get that secondary melee weapon. In Pathfinder, Catch Off Guard and eventually Improvised Weapon Mastery are two good feats for this kind of...

It's a bad idea to get caught up in the name of a class for flavour ("Scout" sounds good, but mechanically?). Honestly, your character in-game will describe himself how he describes himself, whether he has the Scout class or Ranger class or Rogue class, is really immaterial to how you flavour...

Regarding Power Creep... There's a difference between adding more pluses and adding more options. Power Creep in the form of making PrCs that granted more damage or attack bonus or whatever towards a themed concept is power creep at it's worst. It causes problems because it specifically goes...

I've glanced at it so far.. I"m really liking the expansion on little game situations (I really like the idea presented for making chase scenes!). As a DM making (and remaking) stock NPCs for a campaign setting, the NPC Gallery is an AWESOME starting point for a huge number of character types...

The second my players heard my Giorgio voice, and his request, they immediately stated (out of character): "It's a trap. He's going to kill everyone." Without even excitement in their tone.. they seemed almost disappointed in how obvious it was. So, after they made their attempt at swaying the...

I'm currently running a group through WotBS using Pathfinder rules, and am converting things on the way. I've been able to get by with quick conversion rules (quickly coming up with Combat Maneuvers, redoing skills, etc). A true conversion would take time, but I've started doing that in my down...

I'm thinking of a Rogue (the typical person who needs to flank and has acrobatics and dex), using point buy to get a 16 Dex, and having a racial bonus of +2. Considering it's most likely his primary stat, a 16 in point buy isn't ridiculous. By 10th level, getting a +4 item (or, an ally casting...