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I was actually going to suggest mites for the forest. They're a good low-level fae enemy that helps convey the idea of a faerie-haunted wilderness without the light and zany aspects of including sprites or the like. As an added bonus, mites can give you a lot of added mileage out of giant...

For me as a consumer, it's mostly a matter of completeness and efficiency. As long as I can get a book with the all stuff I want and only a few options I'll ignore, I'm fine. As a designer, though, "I could cut out this rule without hurting the game" translates to "time to cut out this rule."...

As far as official Pathfinder rules, I think that spell is it. The rules for creating lycanthropes would be really, really close, though. A lycanthrope that just stays in hybrid form would be quite close to the standard anthropomorphic animal. Alternately, you could build them as a race with...

Honestly, yeah. Particularly if he provided a reasonable alternate explanation like Erik did. All of my knowledge of Mike Mearls is second hand. He's not always the clearest when he's explaining things, but I certainly haven't heard anything to make me believe he'd flat-out lie. Even if it...

Right from the source! Hard to argue with that. Thanks for dropping by! Cheers! Kinak

I don't think you need to include humans. Look at the Dark Crystal, for example. But, unless you're pushing for an entirely new world from the ground up and are ready for the work that entails, both in development and in getting players on board, I'd probably leave it to Jim Henson. Cheers! Kinak

Finishing up Rise of the Runelords, probably taking a short break from D&D/Pathfinder to do some Shadowrun or Numenera or homebrew as a change of pace, then jumping into Shattered Star. My spouse is also thinking about running an Emerald Spire campaign, which would be the first time we have two...

It's worth mentioning that, outside of 4e, hit points are most of martial classes' daily resources. Requiring another class to get them back in the action while spellcasters refuel automatically has always been pretty dubious. You're absolutely right, the current setup requires the campaign to...

The short answer is "I just really don't like it flipping back and forth based on party composition." It's fine if there's no point of comparison, generally, but party composition isn't static and the passage of in-world time is a major factor in a lot of my campaigns. So if the party has to...

I think 4e was on the right track by tying natural healing to the same refresh cycle as magical healing. My main issue with D&D healing has been on the logistical level, where an adventuring party with a cleric can heal to full every day, but one without can only heal to full over the course...

Yeah, this can be an issue. We ended up with a sort of mutual disarmament pact in my group. The PCs don't throw around abilities like that and, in turn, I generally avoid them from the GM side. When they do come up, I either replace it with a totally new ability or a bunch of attribute damage...

@(Psi)SeveredHead pretty much nails it, as far as adjustments. If you have an experienced group, generous stat assignment, or any pro-player houserules, they can overmatch enemies in APs. I've found I actually like this, with Rise of the Runelords, because it lets you play the enemies more...

Evil wizard and evil priest are classics for good reason. With magic on their side, they can provide a wide variety of potential threats. That said, I think both are improved a lot with modified Vancian casting (like Pathfinder's arcanist or 5e's casters). It lets you adapt the villain to the...

Of the solutions I've heard, in the conversations about this going back better than a decade, this has long been my favorite. Switching up the pace so the characters never get eight hours of peace can warp the story and quickly get you into sleep deprevation, but it's reasonable to expect that...

I'd really like to see a one book basic rules, along the line of the Rules Cyclopedia. Or some sort of release like the SRD. I definitely wouldn't buy into a boxed set, at least not one at a realistic price, or three-book set. I'd definitely read an SRD and might buy a single book to assuage my...

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I'm also a big fan of puzzle fights, especially for bosses. The occasional "standard" fight is nice, but bosses really need something to set them apart. Awesome! Yeah, no reason for rogues to have all the fun :) For Pathfinder, I'm planning on including sneak attacks, critical hits, and vital...

3.5 sneak attack immunities were pretty over the top and I don't think many people would argue with scaling it back a bit. That said, I think the real problem with sneak attack is that it never really gets its time in the spotlight. While your pyromaniac invoker might be hosed against a red...

It's nice to have a release window. Cheers! Kinak

Currently Published, using Rise of the Runelords in Golarion. I've felt way more need to switch up rules than setting/adventure stuff, which is golden. Aside from that, the vast majority of my D&D was in a homebrew world built to order. Nothing directly lifted from other gaming sources, but a...