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We've gone through a couple variations of crit fumble rules. Most either over-penalized the experienced characters (more attacks = more chances of it happening), or were more of a hassle to resolve than crit hits. Sticking w/ the idea that HP are more than physical endurance, we've settled on...

Just an FYI on the trap rules for Xen'drik. There are actually two DCs. The first, and lower DC, is to locate the trap trigger(s). A second, higher DC, locates the trap itself or from where the attacks might originate. There can also be multiple disarm points for traps, some with lower DCs to...

I've always intuitively picked out a single one of these concepts and acted accordingly. Granted, I didn't have this concise division (thanks for that, btw), but I always knew that Law/Chaos wasn't a one size fits all deal. Because I always made a clear choice, it has always been easy to diffuse...

I learned "drow-as-in-crow", and so it will remain, no matter the canon or how much the rest of my group mocks me.

RouseRouse is an over-optimized Brand Manager, a demonstration of the unintended consequences when taking the best aspects from various sources (management, marketing, etc) and combining them into a single, powerful internet character. RouseRouse was not meant to be used. That WotC constantly...

Hussar/RW: eLAHdrin (assuming the "LAH" is the "a" sound in "lad" and not "law")

I thought the answer was pretty clear. Seriously, I'm not being flippant. If you don't trust WotC to do their job, there is no acceptable, quantifiable reply that won't get someone in a tizzy. If you do trust them to do there job, then in their professional estimation there are enough playtests...

Mike was commenting on the vocal negative reaction to some of the published info on message boards. I can put DM advice into a book, which frankly based on reviews and comments everyone ignores anyway. That vocal reaction has been strongly negative, and view the advice given as either useless or...

Very true. It'd be excellent if the developers were able to effectively impart the concept of "role first, pick classes to suit" on new players. In my experience, that type of thinking is an "intermediate" level approach. "Novices" tend to look at the class name first and go from there. At the...

The alternative is having new players jumping into the game thinking Monks are awesome front-line combatants, that Spring-Attacking Fighters are a great idea, and the best types of spells for Wizards are blasting spells. In reality, none of those classes are supposed to be doing the examples I...

Good deal. Thanks for that.

Do the Farsight ability of the Cragtop Archer and the benefit of a Swiftwing arrow stack? "A swiftwing arrow incurs only half the usual penalty for attacking at range (–1 per range increment, rather than –2)." "A cragtop archer takes only half the normal penalty on ranged attacks per range...

Ah, the alternate class abilities. Forgot to check those. Thanks so much for your help.

I'm hoping you all can help out. I'm not able to find a reference to (what I think) is a feat. Either what I'm remembering is wishful thinking, or I'm not stringing together the right search terms to find what I'm looking for. The benefit is (roughly) as follows: Whenever a character makes a...

I liked the IH system as well, but in terms of streamlining play I can see why they chose not to go that route. The Bo9S mechanics for managing special powers/maneuvers are simpler than managing tokens. However, there is going to be (... well, supposed to be) a bigger focus on doing things...

In my mind, Soldier links up with a formal military force, and Warlord links up with an ad-hoc warband. Forced to choose between two choices I don't like, I have to go with the one that more closely fits with an adventuring party.

I'm not particularly fond of Warlord, but Soldier doesn't at all evoke what we've heard of the class so far. It's also a bit to militant for my taste for a core class. The best alternative I've heard suggested has been "Commander". Though, as I'm in the middle of playing Oblivion, "Doyen"...

I'm normally a martial guy simply cuz I never really liked the purely Vanacian system. But I'm interested enough in the changes that I think my first char is gonna be a Wizard.

Gotta agree with IR. Any books attempting to explain a set of rules (e.g. RPGs, math books, computer programming books) are much easier to understand if examples are given showing how the rules are applied. As long as the rules themselves aren't built on/around the sample traditions, I...

We're not talking about how well common people can use weapons, we're talking about how well *heroes* can use weapons. It's been stated that 1st level PCs will be heads and shoulders above the common man. A first level PC isn't assumed to be green ... he's either already somewhat seasoned, has...