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I disagree. Failure to communicate properly is one of the primary components of controversy. Now that gave me my big laugh for the day.

I've seen many house rules people use for this situation. For example, I have played that a char gets so many damage points (based on Con and a little on level). In special circumstances like yours, exceeding the dps knocks the character out. In the end though, I agree with the_orc_within...

I know it sounds stupid to ask, but are you talking about a 'Flaw' (as in each Flaw gives you a Feat) or a 'flaw' (as in a roleplaying quirk or trait)? Personally, I think 'shaken' is better than 'sickened' as it is a lesser form of 'fear'. Unfortunately, I don't have UA (our group hates it)...

The original post also included the possibility of healing (and wands cost, or may be hard to come by). Oh, certainly, I agree that a straight class or straight+PrC would probably be better for a whole slew of reasons. However, my erroneous impression (see below) was that you were comparing it...

Great "pro"-tip: Heal much? An MT sucks only if you play it badly. If you're really playing support, and not just combat support like most hack-n-slashers, it gives you a wide range of options. It's drawback is that it can be extremely soft and squishy. You don't like the MT but you do the...

Is the ban on wiz part of the storyline (e.g. wizards had caused all the evil in the world, etc.) or does he just not like them? The DMG's Mystic Theurge is a totally support PrC (gain spellcasting levels in each of one arcane and one divine, per level). Instead of Wiz (if possible) you can...

Um, ir, his question (#2) was about a 10' corridor. And what I left out was "if the rat isn't adjacent to a PC, you should be able ...". If the rat is already adjacent, IIRC, it wouldn't be possible to avoid the soft cover.

I currently don't allow the withdrawal action in 3.5. I simply don't buy it and I'm wondering if anyone would like to "talk me down" from my position. Basically, a withdrawal allows a person to leave a threatened square and move double with taking an AoO from the initial space. The 'penalty' is...

Yes, but if you're going to maximize a dragon (make it ancient), do the same for the Balor, e.g. 72 hps. Also, it is listed as a 'rare' - I had forgotten there were only a few of them. Exactly! That's why I was comparing 1e(party vs. dragon) against 3.5e(party vs. dragon) AND that a 3.5 dragon...

That's as succinct a definition as any. That's what I thought we were talking about: make a save or your dead stuff. Not situations, which are entirely different. Nor basic spells. I would also include the power words, which often result in death (if not outright) and have no save. To the guy...

Go Dawgs! Doesn't UGA have a gaming group?

As primarily a DM, but sometimes a player or GM, I am not terribly fond of save or die. That is, the save or die outright stuff, since a fireball could potentially be save or die. I've always thought that the advantage that D&D had over other game systems (like GURPs) is that, generally, it...

Quite frankly, I've gotten tired of looking through all the posts to see what interesting game mechanic house rules are around, so I thought I'd ask if anyone knows a thread that has a compilation of game mechanic house rules. I kind of expected a sticky but all I see are for classes, feats...

I'm curious as to some extreme, fun subversions/perversions of the rules that people have seen and I hope people will share. My favorite comes from 1e. (Hopefully I remember how it worked) Wish caused the spellcaster a loss of CON. Wish also allowed you to increase an ability score by 1 pt up...

Oh, I completely agree, Parsiflage, but I tend to be sane (I think). We've got to stop agreeing like this.

I'm just saying two things: 1) From my experience a smart 1e/2e party could easily handle a dragon, though not with everyone necessarily surviving. I'm talking more TPK. Remember, an ancient red is the extreme example. AND it is a 'rare' creature. Compare similar ones, such as a Balor, Balrog...

In line with indeggman's answer: From SRD: "To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target’s square passes ... through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC). "...

Well, what I meant was that if one feels that a given answer was, or several were, worthless then it tends to corrupt one's mind into believing that many of the answers are worthless. It's like customer service, a person can get good service a dozen times but get bad service once or twice and...

Which, of course, makes the faq more 'worthless' to the person who disagrees with said answer.

Provided, of course, your DM would allow such a thing. Sorry, jef, but I have trouble believing an experienced DM would allow it. This reminds me of the old "There's a thief in your pocket" magic mouth to prevent pick-pockets. However, jef does have a point about damage. Get some potions, or see...