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S'mon I don't think those standards of beauty are as universal as you suppose. It would probably be more accurate to say that West African* men and east-asian women are considered physically attracive by our present-day western standards. *And that's without going into detail on the horrible...

This. I'm fine with WotC being squeamish about rape, but do they really need to be that squeamish about a guy or gal with an Orc fetish? I also feel like all of these "ew that's gross" reactions work in the opposite direction for half elves. Why would an elf ever stoop so low?

Pathfinder gets away with it because it stays within the restrictions of the OGL, and only prints the spell summaries contained in the SRD. Ema's character sheets also draw from non ogl splatbooks (spell compendium, phb2, complete series, etc). Even if Ema only used those spells that...

For starters, you need to understand that basically every single thing on Ema's site was offending material in some way or another. Even his basic 3e character sheets used Trademarked Logos and Trade dress in ways that violate both the OGL and the Law. The more deluxe versions included...

Similar Sites? Ema's site is the only one I've ever seen that used non OGL material (stuff from Wizard's Splatbooks) and charged money for its services. If you can point me to a site like that which hasn't been shut down, I'd be surprised

And of course the 'plus one' is Paka, god of (Thread) necromancy

Not a perfect match, but: Physics = knowledge (planes) Chemistry = knowledge (arcana) Geology = knowledge (dungeoneering) zoology/botany = knowledge (nature) microbiology = heal psychology = sense motive

Technically, yeah, the various settings will work better or worse in with certain rulesets. But I think in most cases, it boils down to implementation. Most settings are great and/or suck regardless of their ruleset, not because of it. And when it comes to a 4e dark sun, I think that will be...

It's only 32 pages, though--pretty scant for a magazine. Still, I wonder if it'll do well in retail stores (or for that matter, if retail stores will carry it at all)

I'd either go: Str Con Dex Int Wis Cha or Str Con Dex Int Wis Cha The colors seem to fit fairly well, and the familiarity of the order means you never have people confused as to which color represents what ability

Just a series of feats is my guess. And I think familiars are going to end up a much more out-of-combat helper this time around--Quite possibly granting bonuses to ritual use, among other things.

problem is, Flavor is a really big word that covers a lot of different areas: Theme, Plot, Setting Detail, and more. Some of those are easy to sustain, and others are quick to fall by the wayside.

Now, are your 'square counting, attacks of opportunity, optimal feat choice' players your less favorite players in addition to their emphasis on rules mastery? Or simply because of it? Because, like you said, the game expects them to be invested in it (And though it's hidden, it expects rogues...

It's the best one-handed spear in the game. And if you're going for a thrown-weapon build, it's worth the feat--better range than you'll get by taking Far Throw and using a trident.

Why is this--it runs contrary to the pattern established in the first two PHBs. Plus, If Dark Sun is the year 3 setting, then I'd expect to see some elemental classes in that PHB.

I was thinking more that the wild sorcerer is easier than the dragon sorcerer. No close blasts, so you can stay back (apparently at better range than the warlock even). And the effects of your powers are so random that you're not really making much in the way of tactical choices. You just...

Maybe it's just me, but the sorcerer seems like it's only half a striker. When originally defining strikers, the designers focused on two things: High damage, and Maneuvering. Sure there are some close blasts in there, but that's about it. The +Str/dex to damage is an always-on thing...

Speaking of the disparity between Dal Quor and Kythri, I'm curious as to how well you'd concepted the various planes. Was it "Here's Xoriat which is really cool because[...], Here's Dal Quor which is really cool because[...], Here's Thelanis which is really cool becaue [...], and here's where...

For a sort of 'generic' D&D world, I'd probably pick the following classes. All from WotC sources, because my OGL tastes run less into "D&D variants" and more into "Pretty much incompatible, by flavor or mechanics, from a D&D game". Core Four: Fighter--The classic 'hits people with sword'...

Do you want to be a "sword on fire" style f/m/t, or a "sword plus fireball" The latter seems much more old school to me. I'd recommend eladrin wizard/rogue or rogue/wizard. The 4e rogue is much more akin to a 1e/2e fighter/thief than a 1e/2e thief. Longsword (with the feat that lets eladrin...