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Wow, let's see. the PHB will have a horned devil looking creature right on the cover, a demon blooded race as a PC race, a giant demon on the cover of the Monster Manual, and now they decided to make Asmodeus a god. Wow. So much for trying to cultivate a new crop of young gamers. There are...

Funny, I have one player that almost always takes leadership, and neither of us realized that they changed what classes followers could take in 3.5. They used to be restricted to NPC classes only in 3.0.

Sword and Fist had a Rules variant called counter tumble, basically the tumbler had to beat the standard DC and a tumble check of whoever they are tumbling past. I guess they never added it back in during the switch to 3.5, good rule though.

In my games I've switched the 5' foot step to a reach step instead. Basically creatures can take a step equal to their base reach instead of 5' feet for all of them. It seems to work out well, and as far as making enlarge to powerful a spell. Enlarge also typically makes that PC a huge target...

Quick question foe Ari. How powerful are the Mysteries intended to be compared to regular spells of the same level. Are they intended to be equal, or more powerful. I know the fundamentals are supposed to be, but wasn't sure about the Mysteries. As far as some of the changes go. I'm not a...

Most of my dislike for the the FAQ or Sage Advice came from the 3.0 days (ahh partial actions, I can't help but wonder if I had small role in their removal from the game), and yes I was one of those happy to see Andy take over. One of the main problems (and benefits) with the FAQ is that it is...

Sorry, posted on the wrong thread.

In my own games, I allow caster levels of the type of magic to stack. for instance Arcane with Arcane, Psionic with Psionic and Divine with Divine. By caster level, I am reffering to actual caster level, not the +1 level of existing spellcasting class. Basically the spells they already have...

It's funny, but I remember the previous editions much more differently then you. I most remember scouring every inch of a dungeon looking for every single gp and magic item that I could find. What magic items we found defined our character since for the most part once your class was chosen...

As a DM and on the few occasions I get to play I just do the same thing I have always done. I use a scratch piece of paper (ok, sometimes I'll use the dry erase board or even the battle mat. I did have a player who did the excel spreadsheet thing though. I also had a player who made a 2' x 3'...

If it already too "complex" why do you want to add even more complexity? If what you don't like in the current system is that it is arbitrary, why do you advocate an even more arbitrary system? WotC offers at least two variant rules that address this somewhat, one is the damage save from UA...

You don't use free parking?

No, I don't use the rules as currently written, a lot of my house rules are what I use from 3.0, and what I use from 3.5 though. I also don't use any of the noncaster classes as written, all have been tweaked here and there (the fighter included, though the rogue not so much). But then...

I wouldn't say I have too many, but I do have alot. I use some more than others, some I only use to cull ideas from, some I almost never look at, and have no plans to do so any time soon. I can sympathize with the storage thing, I have had three different bookshelves collapse on me within the...

One of the funniest uses I ever saw of improved bull rush was a monk with improved initiative also. He would try to start most combats by moving to the opposite side of an opponent (tumbling if they weren't flat-footed), and then bullrushing the enemy into the rest of the party, allowing them...

Core rangers don't get trackless step. Scouts on the other hand...

When 3.5 came out, I really had mixed feelings about the Ranger Loved 6 Sp per level Hated d8 Hit Die Favored Enemy was handled much better, but is still the most DM dependent of class abilities The new class abilities were all pretty cool Having options for the combat style was cool Only...

First off I don't believe that WB snuck into into his house one night and stole his creation (B5). He chose to sell it for whatever reasons. They have a say because he sold it to them. He sold his baby, he loses the right to say what is and isn't cannon with it. He can say he doesn't like...

Fluff is good, it what helps propel our imaginations. However, I have to agree that I would prefer to see fluff presented as possible examples, as opposed to being tied directly to Crunch (with the possible exception of prestige classes). The base mechanics of Incarnum are actually pretty...

Those were my thoughts as well, When I told her to get out of my home and that we wouldn't be gaming with or even calling her again, she see didn't see it as her being the jerk, she saw it as me being "intolerent to her political beliefs" (actual quote by the way), and that I didn't have the...