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Personally, I tend to think that Turning should be lessened rather than removed. At present only the Cleric (which is already powerful enough) and the Paladin typically have access to the ability. What if it were returned to its roots? The whole turn undead motif came about from the belief...

I have enjoyed occasionally discussing various possible game mechanics and house rules in general on this forum, but recently I have become curious. What other forums exist on the net where variant game mechanics and d20 house rules are discussed? Is this House Rules forum on ENWorld one amongst...

:blink: :blink: So, you think that perhaps Hasbro is preparing to sell WotC to the highest bidder? That's an interesting idea, but I can't quite see it at the moment. Not that it is impossible, but I still find it rather unlikely. At least not unless Hasbro can think of a way to keep MtG...

The only problem I see with this is that any books they create for DL will inevitably be compared to those priorly released for 3.5e - and unless they are excellent to a degree not yet seen from WotC they will at best hold even - and make the players and DMs angry at having to, in effect, re-buy...

OA is not a significant license at present. In fact, it could be non-renewed and nothing would happen, as nothing has been done with it since it was published for 3e 4-5 years ago. Rokugan is not part of OA. In fact, I think they have in recent years re-released Rokugan under a different...

Which, in turn, strongly suggests that Haley survives. A nitpick, but wasn't Belkar supposed to kill two of those he listed to the oracle? Maybe I am just mis-remembering . . .

I can't think of any off hand. Part of the problem with creating such is that they would have to apply to all the NPC nobles, etc as well - and most of them, by the RaW, barely have enough wealth to buy a backpack. Indeed, if you want I would suggest something akin to having to buy noble...

I second this. And the dragonfire adept is a nice class - not overpowered, arguably a bit on the weaker side of balanced, cool fluff, and interesting mechanics. Note that many of its invocations are the same as a warlocks - even if sometimes the names are different. Indeed, I've actually...

I can run a canon D&D adventure, but it will often be filled with various minor house rules. By minor I mean things such as suggested class and level demographics (most are Experts 3-5 rather than Commoner 1, and the Expert class gets (non combat, non magic) bonus feats at first and every fifth...

It depends. If it is something they need to roll a natural 20 to succeed on or something they can take a ten on I'll likely tell them, especially if there is a penalty for failure. Their characters should know their limits, after all, and they should similarly know whether something is a...

That brings up an interesting point - after about five (?) years, just how much of the "old WotC" is actually left? Has turnover replaced (just about) everyone, or do a few still exist? And are their positions the same, or have they significantly altered (from design to admin, for example, or...

Didn't WotC recently start a pay-for section on their website, or something like that? I seem to recall them having a poll some time ago regarding whether anyone would pay a regular fee for access to a section of the website having more content, etc. Perhaps this is the reason they've chosen to...

Had this advice come from a more respected author - Orson Scott Card, Terry Goodkind, Anne Bishop, Diane W Jones, to give a few examples - I probably would have given it far more consideration. As it is, it comes from a name I have never heard before, and I can only wonder whether this might be...

You missed the second block, which stated that one PC of 12th level had a party equivalent level of 8, and if you entered 20 CR 1/2 five times it will also state in that middle block that the encounter has an equivalent level of CR 11. Then go back into the calculator and enter in 1 CR 11...

So it is impossible to determine the CR of an encounter involving, say, 8 Half-elf Fighters (half 2nd level, half 3rd level), 1 Human Wizard (8th level), and a Wight Fighter 4 (CR 7)? Granted, you would use an Encounter Level calculator, but if the Encounter level has a given CR that could...

If I recall correctly aren't there rules for combining individual CRs to determine the CR of an encounter? If so, I would have to say that killing ~100 1st or 2nd level hobgoblin warriors is probably at least close to if not within CR 7-12 - in which case he should get some xp. Granted, many DMs...

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eo/20070413a&dcmp=ILC-RSSDND Was I the only one that, upon seeing the stirge was the choice monster for the elite article, was surprised that a vampire (or vampire spawn) stirge was not listed among the various elite versions? Considering that a few of...

That's likely true. However, if it works and seems popular with the D&D fans then I imagine they will strongly consider such changes for 4e.

Campaigns. One shots are occasionally nice, but they don't have room in which to grow or develop (either as a character or in levels).

Ahh, now I see. No, I haven't had an adversarial DM (as you describe one) as of yet. The closest I've come is a story-type DM who tended to have us follow a planned general outline (although we could deviate a bit from it, to a degree). On the other hand, it was still quite a bit of fun as he...