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Wow- what a blast from the past! The Dungeon! boardgame is what got me interested in D&D way back circa 1978 or so. I remember really enjoying it (as a 7 year old). I bet this is still at my parents' house... somewhere... :)

I really enjoy playing my Ninja character. He is a bit weak, but I attribute that more to multiclassing (Ninja/Ranger/Cleric) than to inherent weaknesses in the Ninja class itself. The Ghost Step abilities are a bit tricky to maximize tactically, but are useful in the right circumstances...

Fantastico! I know where my first GenCon bux (TM) will be going! How fast will Rich sell out *this* year's books? Inquiring minds want to know! :D

Dog- Looking at the feats you have chosen, and keeping in mind the DEX and INT racial bonuses, you might consider Swashbuckler instead. At level one they get Weapon Finesse, and at level three they get INT bonus to damage. Unfortunately, they kind of taper off quickly after that, so perhaps...

Right! I getcha. But, you have to consider the use of monster stats in context of running games; if you only ever play (and not DM), then arguably the monster books are not only of no use to you, but reading them might actively encourage metagame-y behavior! ;) If you DM, even occasionally...

Buzz- I voted to get rid of all setting material (FR, Eberron, and Ghostwalk) presuming that you can always play in homegrown or Dungeon modules. If you would never be running games (and you rarely do GM D&D) you could also lose the MM2, MM3, and FF. I would keep the rest of the list, as all...

I bring a massive bag filled with dice to every session. As I get organized to prepare to play, I dump out the entire mass o'dice and sort through to create multiple sets sorted by color (plus color-contrasting dice for Sneak Attack or Skirmish damage). Then I consider two or three different...

Full disclosure: buzz is in one of my D&D groups. ;) I absolutely agree that "even the ones of us who buy the least own more product than they'll ever use." I am less sure about us being representative, though. I have read any number of posts here talking about the GM being the only one who...

Well, keeping in mind that anecodotal evidence is pretty meaningless in small piecemeal chunks... and especially so since our little group tends to buy *far* more game product than most AFAICT... a couple of years ago I bought much more loosely than I do now, even with some games I knew very...

I did play two characters in one of our campaigns for a while (a Dwarven Exoticist Fighter and a Wererat Monk), but did exactly what BlackMoria states above. While I initially tried to give equal 'stage-time' to both characters and make them both interesting, I quickly gravitated to the more...

This came up occasionally with my Ranger, whose favored enemy was Magical Beasts. My GM just had me make a Knowledge check at low DC to make sure that I recognized the type correctly, and would give me more details on the specific creature the better the roll. For instance, if a Ranger has...

I wondered about this solution for you, also, except that I would recommend Swashbuckler instead of Fighter. It would give you your Scimitar proficiency and Weapon Finesse, as well as better skill points, Insightful Strike, and not wasting med/heavy armor prof. (which you cannot wear as a...

I wondered about this solution for you, also, except that I would recommend Swashbuckler instead of Fighter. It would give you your Scimitar proficiency and Weapon Finesse, as well as better skill points, Insightful Strike, and not wasting med/heavy armor prof. (which you cannot wear as a Scout).

Well, the Favored Soul idea is not a *bad* one, but personally I find the class weaker than the Cleric, and unless you have both high WIS and CHA scores the switch will really hurt you, since it relies on both abilities. It is also more focused on combat than a traditional Cleric so it might...

I think that glass sums up the two camps' positions pretty well here. In the interest of full disclosure, let me add the factors on the other side that I have heard offered in other threads: 1. Whether one chooses to ignore the FAQ or not, it really does speak clearly on this issue, and says...

Scout

This is nearly identical to the 'Barbarian Archer' variant class from Unearthed Arcana (p58). It trades Rage progression for Archery Combat Style and Favored enemy. I have seriously considered playing that class variant.

I am considering doing this for my Scout PC (INT 14) for exactly this reason. And you called me out! I am ashamed. ::hangs head:: :lol:

I am currently playing a Wererat Monk. While it was rough for the low-levels (using the template levels from WOTC's web site), now at mid-levels he is pretty effective. If you start at ECL5 you will enjoy this combo. The lycantropes' WIS bonus synergizes well with the Monk AC bonus, and the...

The very way you are parsing your answer implies that it is *not* "broken". It requires two feats, with a high-INT prereq (which is unusual for most Fighters), and will only be useful in limited circumstances- either against a low-AC BBEG or mooks. Put another way: every frontline Fighter I...