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So you're either going to wear armor and get the benefits, or go with your class-based defense. That does make sense for a swashbuckling campaign. Although it does have that multiclassing problem that others pointed out. I guess I was really hoping for it to be more of a dodge bonus that stacks...

Hmm. With this system, a 20th level Monk will have the same AC as an unarmored 20th level Fighter or Cleric. I would have thought it would be related somewhat to Reflex save, or have the characters choose an "Offensive" or "Defensive" option, like in CoC. If a character picks up an armor...

Basically, the character only has a Wisdom of 10 and wouldn't really even giving up spells to be a CW Ranger, so IMHO allowing him to use wands seems a bit gratuitous. If you do want access to wands and other magic items, though, see if you can take the Cosmopolitan Feat (from FRCS) or...

I think a lot of the options in UA that don't work so well for D&D (WP/VP, M&M's Damage Save, etc.) aren't in there primarily for use with D&D, but so independent publishers can use them in their d20 products.

No true munchkin would use an ability score generation system from any official source. ;)

Jeez Louise. Unearthed Arcana isn't currently anything since it hasn't even been published yet. Andy Collins himself has already said that UA will be Open Game Content. Unless you know of some third party publisher with access to a time machine that's going to use material from UA before it's...

In the Forgotten Realms, the Drow were always a dark-skinned Elven sub-race. All of the sub-races of Elves have different colored skin (Moon Elves have blue-tinged skin and Sun Elves have bronze skin for example). Also Wild Elves have dark brown skin, so there wasn't a problem with the fact that...

I picked Vancian Magic myself, although I'd like to see Armor reduce damage instead of giving an AC bonus. Vancian Magic works better in literature, where a Wizard character will have (or won't have) a spell prepared because it furthers the plot. It doesn't work as well in a game, and, like the...

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The stats for a 3.5 Wemic are in Races of Faerun (actually, they're the same as in 3.0). If you're starting the characters at 1st level, you might want to use RoF and Savage Species to create a Wemic "class", where the character gains all of the Wemic's abilities over 8 levels (the equivalent...

I just got a second copy of Dragon issue 313 today (still waiting for issue 314) along with notice that I have 3 issues left and it's time to renew my subscription, although I renewed online earlier this month (although on Paizo's website it shows 15 issues left, so the notice was probably sent...

I've been having problems with my Dragon subscription too. It started with issue 306. Before issue 306, every issue arrived like clockwork, during the first week of the month. I was kind of surprised that, living in Japan, I was getting my copy before many subscribers in the States. Now I have...

As a DM I wouldn't have the players roll. As Madfox mentioned, it tempts the players to metagame since they'll easily be able to figure out what their opponents need to roll in order to hit them or succeed in their saving throws. If, for example, a party spellcaster casts a spell that calls...

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I start each ability score at 6 and the player has a pool of twelve "die rolls" (1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6) to distribute to each ability score (two per ability). Basically, it's like rolling 2d6+6 for each ability, but the dice are already rolled. MadBlue

I like the way it works in d20 Modern better (1 minute/level, but fixed +5, and the ability raised is chosen when the spell is cast). At a fixed +4 and six separate spells, IMHO 10 minutes/level would be a better duration. MadBlue

There are two Ranger characters in Dungeon 100 with good Reflex saves. Also, the Druid/Ranger's Animal Companion gets a boost. There;s a 9th level Druid whose Animal Companion has the Special Qualities of "Link", "Share Spells" and "Devotion" (+4 bonus on Will saves vs Enchantment effects)...

Actually, it's +5, which is very nice. Also, in d20 Modern, it's one spell and the effect it chosen at the time of casting. If that's the way it works in 3.5, having the shorter duration wouldn't be so bad, because you could just prepare a few "Enhance Ability" spells ahead of time and cast...

I think if "giant" was going to become a type of humanoid, the text would have said "giant subtype". Humanoid goes from Fine to Medium. Giant goes from Large to Colossal (at least in d20 Modern). MadBlue