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Seems like a[ny] "Lich King," who has had decades, if not centuries, to pursue their magical research and expansion would have any or all, as many as you want, custom items. Some staff that does a bunch of things. Rings/amulets/medallions/bejeweled armbands/et al assorted jewelry that do stuff...

My response to that would be... This is the inherent (and oft overlooked) advantage to a class that doesn't rely on magical power... This is exactly the "edge," forgive the pun, of a mundane (vs. "magic dependent," not meaning "boring/run-of-the-mill") class. When a paladin is "out" of smites...

I think you want prof bonus times per day/"long rest" at a set damage. Extra d6 radiant (+Wis modifier?). Period. If you want to do more extra damage than the feature, get an added d6 per spell slot level you care to expend, or use the smite spells, as intended, for additional/special effects...

I haven't seen it elsewhere, but the art is definitely Jeff Easley. As for material we never received...I suspect we shall never know. Of course, it never hurts to...speculate.

Heh. No problem. hm. Ok. I guess, if the above isn't clear, I"d handle it "D&D meets Abyss as a flipbook."...so/or "...as all genres?" Everywhere you go is going to be something different. Often jarringly so. No rhyme or reason to it. It's going to be something that is...unpleasant and...

The thread about making your non-magical PCs into capable rulers/"kings" got me to thinking about a few things. 1. How many people, anymore, in the game world are looking to create their own fiefdom -or kingdom or nation or entire empire!- the "dominions" we used to call 'em in the BECM-times...

Well, the Abyss being the Abyss, and the home and, literal, manifestations of embodiments of Evil Chaos...the stage is rather wide open. You can literally get away with any genre you like...or find evocative of the themes you want to portray. If it's the classical kind of...

I don't think anyone is suggesting that having intelligence, wisdom, or charisma, as a king (or any kind of nobility or simple leader) "hurts." But the premise of the OP seemed to be "Since Fighters dropstat any mental stat, weshould get a feat to let them be effective rulers." I think (and...

Sooooo, not really familiar with real life kings/rulers, then? Pick a point in history...ANY age or culture's history. You take over the neighboring territory. You call yourself king. Some magical/religious person says, "Ya, sure [don't kill me], you're king." And now if someone wants to say...

John Dee? Nostradamus? Edward Kelly? Isaac Newton? Both Taliesin and Merlin (if they were, in fact, separate people) were considered scholarly wizened figures. Hermes Trismegistus? So, yeah, I kinda think the "scholarly wizard" definitely has an analog in history.

Witches can easily be priests, too. It's an interesting idea/angle for a setting.

It was 3e, wasn't it? Or 3.5?

I'd say a "general theory," like a general relative theory of party comp, could be boiled down to The ratio of "Frontline/fighter-types/combat classes" to "casters, experts, and other support classes" should be 1:1. That is, for every caster, skill monkey, healer there should be a meat shield...

Yes.

Having clicked options before reading the first post (not always advisable, I know. But these things are usually fairly self-explanatory) I had to go back, because clicking 6 wasn't an option, and then read the post and just hit "I'll explain." First, I thought the caster options were referring...

For my homebrew witch class, I have a series of specific supernatural powers (akin to Pathfinder's "hexes" for their Witch class) that I call "Crafts." [Geddit? "Witch's Crafts?" I crack me up.] Among them, what probably most fits your desire, is called "Poppet." As you might expect, it's a...

I wouldn't say I don't agree. I definitely think psionic powers is an integral part for any witch class iteration. I differ in whether or not it should be the "base" of the class and all class function...but there should certainly be something in the base class features that is psychic-based...

1. Down the middle. A typical game/group would be given about 10 "standard" options...then there are...well, about 10 more for those that want things a little different. 2. There are the group that are considered 'common" and gradations out to "very rare"...and I'll probably consider a "unique"...

RE: Druids and Shamans For me/my setting and system, they are easily distinguishable for a few reasons. Some is setting fluff that isn't really relevant for your purposes. But the definitional fluff and mechanical distinctions would probably be helpful/translatable for you. If nothing else...

Isn't that...already what a Warlock is now? A Warlock, as written, only exists because of a Pact with an otherworldly (but not godly) Patron. So the warlock is already the Spirit Connected/dependent one. I don't think so. If you define/fluff their magic sourcing as completely different...