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There's Hide... Basically, he's probably going to be taking -20 to his hide checks after sniping begins. Bringing him down into a much saner range of spot checks. It takes him a move action to rehide after an attack. Regardless of whether he moves or snipes. So a single attack only. Hide in...

Agreed with the OP, they do seem weak for LA+1. Albeit a touch strong for LA+0. I did the same as Kishin for my last campaign - adjusted them to LA+0. Again I play with 32 point buy, so it's a little less of a difference than at 25. I did tone them down slightly, player picked either -2 Wis...

Ah - picked that think up from the spoiler at the top about items. Hidden under the brain casing IIRC... Also where the Dampsuit was from. Although I keep wanting to call that a stillsuit. :)

I think barbarian is a little front loaded, but nothing to write home about. Compared to other classes, I don't think it's the 'strongest' choice out there. Although a lot of others encourage 2-3 levels of dipping instead? One DM I know had exactly the same issue, along with rogues in mithral...

I'm pretty happy with my submission as it stands... unless there's anything in particular you'd like me to add in?

Hear and speak no evil will hopefully be following shortly. :) Thanks for the writeup!

I'd go with gates. They take a very long time to be maneuvered into place. Vastly speed up travel between them. Any technobabble reason should work. Stealing from Richard Morgan: The gates are based on duplicated alien technology. Who's to say there aren't other gates out there - just don't...

Refering to 'default' DnD. I'd say it depends on a number of things. Is the cleric alive? Does he/she have true ressurection. Do you have 25k gp of diamonds? Are there house rules on death/ressurection? If the answers are 3 yes's and then a no, then you're probably better of dieing. :p...

Nice writeup there Mr Steve! :) That gave me a good giggle. :)

Yup - we sorted you out! :) Although we really did ourselves no favours trying that bit without you... it hurt a lot! :uhoh: Hope you're feeling better mate?

A simple answer: In terms of non buffed effectiveness, somewhere between 8th-11th level depending how the groups made up. Somewhere around 10th for an iconic party. More detailed: IMO, depends hugely on party composition and the nature of the encounter: Assuming a couple of spellcasters with...

gief now plx Sorry, the excitement made me forget how to use punctuation or spelling. :)

One PC started a bookshop in a DnD city based campaign we played in. It ended up trashed by the mafia, and the stock was too expensive to replace. So we started looking for a cheaper commodity. Moved onto selling 'rat on a stick'. The mafias protection money demands were too high, so to make...

I use 28+4 for my games. Everyone gets 28, there are 4 bonus points available for writing certain backstory elements - what those are varies from game to game. Effectively 32 point buy as everyone will write backstory. :) Find 32 PB sets the tone about right to me. I don't find it too...

Oh. My. God. Why did I click that link. Why did I then go back and flick through the rest of the thread. It had a warning on it and everything. I want to scrub my brain with bleach.

I think that's a pretty reasonable system you've got there... although I know at least 1 player who'd probably start sabotaging peoples transport if there might be +10% xp in it for him. Like you, I prefer to play if we're only missing a single player. Seems a shame to spoil an evenings RPGing...

If there are lots of new players around, then I'd probably go for a fairly 'straightforward' wizard or psion, to make sure they get a clear picture of how the class works? The generalist build would cover arcane bases well, few interesting abilities, but they're all solidly within the wizards...

Alienists are fun, if the pseudonatural realms have a space in your cosmology. I like the idea of the Occult Slayer - part of a loosely knit society who hunt spellcasters. IMO, something most magical settings should have? Mechanics aren't much to my taste, but meh. In the way of proper...

Definitely some interesting ideas flying round here! Can see what people are saying. I was wondering if it was a little too strong, which is why I posted it here. Seems that hunch was right! I did consider people dipping into other classes for armour proficiencies, but IMO, losing a level of...

Like a lot of others, I really like elements of Ars Magica, Shadowrun and 3.5 Psionics. Saying that, I still having a soft spot for core DnDs vancian system - it's hard to match the amusement of throwing a fireball into a room full of goblins. It's iconic or some such thing. Playing in a DC...