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I agree with your statements, but fail to see your argument. Are you saying, "D&D is too complex to new gamers, and should therefore be made more simple" or are you saying "D&D is too complex for some new gamers, so they might prefer other game systems instead"? If you mean the former, I...

I do not agree with the OP about "rules bloat" being such a problem in D&D 3.5, but I am entirely cool with him choosing to play something else (either just now or even forever). That is no loss to me one way or the other. But your blaming the *system* for being too complex based on the...

When I played through that module several months ago, I remember that being a very tough fight. Because of the layout of the main room entering into the elevator shaft area, it is possible to hunker down in one of the hallways to the cults, using your tanks up front with ranged weapons and...

Well, as you said, the biggest balancing factor is because it allows an arcane caster to heal himself, which is nothing to sneeze at. That said, it is probably not worthwhile for a straight wizard or sorcerer due to their frail hit points. For a dread necromancer it is not so bad-- the DN is...

If you can dig up a copy, Dragon #310 from a couple of years ago had several alternate Fighter classes, like the "Exoticist" (built around exotic weapons), a light-armor fighter, and some others (an Archer, I think?).

Yup, but remember: the earliest possible to qualify for Swift Hunter is level 6, so plan your progression carefully.

Scout/Ranger/Human Paragon Skillmonkey Goose- That is good timing; I was playing around with character concepts over the last few days for a new Eberron game, and wanted to make an unusual character to fit the "thief" role in the party. I came up with a Scout/Ranger/Human Paragon which uses...

HOLY CRAP!! I GET TO PLAY IN A D&D GAME WITH *MONTE COOK*?? I *LOVE* GAMES PLUS! :D Buzz, please sign me up for: Slot 1, Game 2: Expedition to Mt. McCraken (A) Slot 2, Game 2: Famine in Far-Go (and bless you, pb, for taking a pass on the original GW rules this time around. :D)

Maybe I am just an idiot, but I honestly cannot figure out what is even being sold for $600k! :eek: What is an "original computer game" anyway? And if it is some type of prototype or something, how can he offer 2 "in stock"?? I am confused. :confused:

A Monk can use his Two-Weapon Fighting feat along with his Flurry of Blows ability, but has to apply the penalties for both to all attacks. Similarly, a Monk with Natural Weapons can use them as secondary attacks after the Flurry, again applying all penalties to all attacks. There are specific...

I feel generally the same way, but truthfully, I would rather it be d20 Modern than D&D3.5. That will make it lots harder to just graft onto other modern setting books (like Delta Green-- yay!) especially if it adds more high-magic as in D&D. Still, I have heard enough about WOD to be...

Wolfgang- Just to confirm: will this be pdf only, or a print magazine? I love your stuff, but would not subscribe to a pdf mag for the same reason I will not be using WOTC's digital intiative. Print is not dead (yet)!

Quote: Originally Posted by rowport In your RL, did you not plan out your eduction goals, choose a career path, possibly earn specialized certification credit or training courses, and once there, choose opportunities for specific projects and/or jobs that would further your advancement...

If the GM allows the retraining rules from PHBII, that problem will go away. That would let the character have mid-stream changes but still reach a good outcome, similar to your RL experience above, Jurgen! :D (As an aside, your RL advancement path is really pretty interesting. In contrast...

Jurgen- Why is early planning annoying or even metagaming? In your RL, did you not plan out your eduction goals, choose a career path, possibly earn specialized certification credit or training courses, and once there, choose opportunities for specific projects and/or jobs that would further...

I am disappointed-- I thought this was going to be a tread about Dr. Evil's plans of villainy. :D

I am not finished reading the book yet, but so far, I would echo Glaurung's opinion. The character bits are really fun-- I especially like the drow-themed feats that really reflect the traits most associated with drow (like pet vermin, using two-weapons, improving drow spell-like abilities...

Cool. I moved from kinda snarky (but kidding-- seriousy!) into seeing where you were coming from. I hear you. I was equating 'fudging out of bad stuff' to 'cheating out of *all* bad stuff', and could not see the point. You are not saying to avoid all bad dice rolls for the party-- just the...

There seems to be two different thoughts here. You seem to be saying that one-way storytelling (e.g. my wink/nod example of campfire stories) is not a good result, since it is not interactive. Your follow-up post to buzz about 'not knowing where the PCs might go' also implies that. I agree...

Warbringer- I really like this option-- I like the idea of having the players being 'active' for both attack and defense. I might try it in my next turn at the GM seat.