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    Does the Psion Get a Psicrystal for Free?

    Yes. The Psion does not get a psicrystal for free and must burn the feat. Unlike the familiar for the wizard/sorceror, it is not listed on the psion table as a gained ability. Furthermore, in the SRD, it says: {Emphasis mine} Sorry, I don't think this is the answer that you want.... :(
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    Needing Help

    Are your players complaining about your rolls after you removed the DM screen? If not, then let it go and worry about other stuff that is more important. If they are complaining about your luck, why change the game and potentially unbalance it? Just use another method of rolling ... like have...
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    Pick Your Own Class Features

    You could split off arcane from divine and run different progressions. But just remember that everything you do to to the wizard you do half again as much to the sorceror. The whole 6 slots instead of 4 slots messes with the numbers. The only thing that the wizard gets in exchange for all...
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    Pick Your Own Class Features

    Certainly not necessary, but I see it is already done. Just out of curiosity, were the results what you expected?
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    Pick Your Own Class Features

    You let me know what it is and how to get ahold of it and you got a deal! Can do, and will do. However, there is one very specific reason why I didn't do it in the work. That is because people will immediately see one class in particular (the wizard) and notice the points required to build...
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    Pick Your Own Class Features

    Thanks for the promotion! Sweet! :cool: As the author, I'll be happy to answer any questions. Obviously I think it is worth it, but I'm also just a bit biased. It is on sale for $6.00 during the GM Day promotion over at the DSP storefront on this page. The reason I suggest DSP's...
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    Which 11 feats would you pick for a 1st level character if ... ?

    Okay, I'll choose the psionic version of the wizard. (yeah, I know. Not the same. But, ignore my post if that bothers you. And as a concession since I broke the OP's class restriction, it'll just be SRD) For this character, I really only need two feats to make the character massive...
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    Question: Can You Delay Taking a Feat?

    Short answer: no. Long Answer: Game balance as far as PrCs go is built on players only being able to take feats at certain levels and if players can delay feats they can actually get into PrCs faster than conventional balance dictates. So if a strict understanding of balance is important to...
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    Trapfinding as a Feat

    I haven't used class skills in years now. So, my suggestion is that you don't fold them up into the Trapfinding feat - just throw them out completely. Skills aren't powerful enough themselves that dropping the class skill mechanic is going to truly change the game that much. As for making it...
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    Allowing PCs to choose which skills are class skills?

    Or, you could just get rid of class skills altogether like our group does. You want to take a rank in a skill, go for it. Who really cares? Realistically, it makes sense. Take any occupation. You can find members of that occupation who have talents/interest/hobbies in just about any area of...
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    Transforming the Gestalt rule into a template ?

    Your bump worked! Just curious ... are you doing this because you want an uber powerful character or because you want to combine different class abilities without loosing effective level in those abilities because of multiclassing rules? If your answer is the latter, please keep reading. If...
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    Forked Thread: Maximum lifting capacity for multiple lifters?

    I disagree wholeheartedly, especially in areas where being trained is necessary. I've sat in many high-school, college, and grad-school classes where the student comes up with thoughts and questions inspire the teacher/professor to think from a new perspective. Granted ... the times when the...
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    Forked Thread: Maximum lifting capacity for multiple lifters?

    About as meaningful as the +2 bonus becomes, sure. A Medium character with 40 (+15 Mod) STR should be able to lift 6,400 pounds over his head. Let's say for some reason that character needs to make a STR abilty check against a DC 30. They have a fair chance for success, but it would be better...
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    Forked Thread: Maximum lifting capacity for multiple lifters?

    Oh, sorry. I thought that was where your problem was. As I'll say in a bit, I don't have an issue with the level of someone's training so long as they are trained. Then this is where we differ. I think anyone - no matter how weakly trained - can always add something. Since the bons is only...
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    Forked Thread: Maximum lifting capacity for multiple lifters?

    I would argue first that any skill that requires training to be able to be used can't be the object of Aid Another unless the person trying to aid has at least one rank. If they have at least one rank in said skill, then the Aid Another check is at least logical. Back to the original...
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    My DM is retarded

    [I'm not posting the quotes to be snarky. It's just that sometimes people forget what is in posts that are a few days old. Please don't take this as me trying to make fun or get irritating.] Now, back to the argument... I amwith the other posters. I would walk so fast the door wouldn't...
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    Maximum lifting capacity for multiple lifters?

    I think there is a significant difference, jreyst. And it is a difference which once understood makes me desire your #2 to the proposed #3. Let's take 2 people. One can lift 150 lbs. while the other can lift only a meager 50 lbs. It is reasonable to assume that so long as they do not need to...
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    Alternative Magic System

    Honestly, if simplification is your goal, then my advice would be to do away with casters completely and just go psionics. Or, have that player use psionics until they master it. Realistically, psionics is a much easier system because it has augmentation. The upside is that it is all...
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    RAI: Pinning a Dragon's Mouth Shut

    Considering that either can bite with 3,000+ psi (iirc), I don't think this is true. I have heard that you can keep both of their mouths closed as the muscles that open their mouths are considerably weaker than their muscles that close their mouths. But, I'm not a biologist, either.
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    RAI: Pinning a Dragon's Mouth Shut

    So long as the dragon was the same size or smaller than the character in question. I would not let a character pin a mouth of an animal larger than the character. So, sure ... for all those Medium or smaller dragons out there.
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