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Armor spikes are more inspired by the Lambton Wurm than by aesthetics. ant they might be useful against attacks by natural weapons. But against manufactured weapons they would catch blows that would otherwise glance off, you'd be catching the full force of attacks that otherwise would slide past...

Thank you for answering my questions the best you could notjer. Without more info I can't be sure but, I think your fellow player is reacting in a slightly immature manner to some unforgivably bad DMing. From the perspective of your fellow player: The NPC in the party is actualy the DM's PC...

Let me ask some questions here. You mentioned the DM fudging die rolls blatantly in order to keep a PC alive, and elsewhere you mentioned PC fatalities. Is the DM fudging in favor of certain players? If not, could it look that way to the player about which you are complaining? You mentioned a...

If it required proficiency in all martial weapons and it couldn't be taken twice that might almost be balanced. At least then you'd need to choose between 3rd level spells and BAB 6.

That's the problem with fortresses, not taking them could cost you even more. Untaken the forts block your lines of supply and retreat. without a secure supply chain your army will need to send out many vulnerable foraging parties. Did I mention that fortresses are a great place to base raiding...

Which says nothing about him and everything about the people around him.

I've seen "The Man Who Bites His Tongue", and I'd say that When a man has been immobilized in a dark closet and subjected to a sustained program of emotional and sexual abuse, that is the first thing you want to look at as the source of his psychiatric problems.

I'd rule that abundant step can escape area based entangling effects (like a web or an entangle spell) but not targeted effects. If somebody controls the trailing rope on a net I'd let them chose whether they keep the net and you're free or you have the net still entangling you.

"Can I fast talk him?" is a practical question. "What is humanity?" is a philosophical question. There is a huge difference.

I'd say that putting a black and white answer to one of your genres core questions into the rules of your game is probably a mistake. Is my character still human? Let me check my character sheet. Nah, that doesn't work for me.

No, a longsword threatens a critical hit on 20% of hits; it confirms 50% of those for 10% of all hits going critical. The battleaxe likewise only confirms half of threats. In this case only 25% percent of threats are confirmed. As it gets harder to hit threats become a larger portion of all...

The cyberpsychosis rules in RTal's cyberpunk are inspired by Molly Millions' psycological problems, but that misses the point. Molly had herself turned into a killing machine because she was already a basket case, her modifications probably made her more functional rather than less. Everyone...

Was it your intention to make axes and picks better than swords? A longsword crits on 10% of hits for +100% damage: 10%*100%=10% more damage on average from critical hits. a battleaxe crits on 5% of hits for +200% damage: 5%*200%=10% more damage on average from critical hits. the same as the...

Until another reasonable explanation arises, we must presume it is to violate the board's rules against name calling and personal attacks without being reprimanded by a moderator.

It is understood to mean a level of magic item availability upon which the speaker heaps bile and contempt. It in no way communicates how available magic items must be before the speaker expresses this contempt.

The negative connotations come from the people who coined the terms, they were conceived as pejoratives.

I don't think it's as hard as it seems given the abject failures of earlier attempts. It would probably work better as a d20 fantasy game like Arcana Unearthed/Evolved or Iron Heroes than as a D&D setting. Give acanists some spell slots they can cast safely and some spell slots they have to...

The simplest solution would be to switch from rectangle door icon to a pie slice shaped one. edit: In maps.

The main effect of the "smart hero" type class(es?) in earlier editions is to define everyone else as dumb; Even when they manifestly shouldn't be. It goes anywhere and everywhere. Anakin is a Jedi with strong technical skills, Chewbacca is a Scout with Strong technical skills, R2 is a...

It makes perfect sense. When the gods want cool magic gear beyond their skill to make, who do they go to? The Dwarves. Also I think you are underestimating the disadvantages of having a 20' foot move in a campaign that tracks speed and positioning in combat, or one where the PCs find...