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Well my take on humans in my game is pretty different. They all come from different lands and they vary in looks and stats. Garthans (from a barren rock land) are tougher, bigger and their skin color goes from pale grey to dark brown. Their language is rather rough and hard to master. Every land...

I agree with both of you. Still, when you look at the classes only on paper (with feats, spells and skills) spell casters leave others biting the dust. This was quite the problem for me when I was first introduced to d&d. Later on when I started controlling the casters (sleep time, spell...

I've played forgotten realms some time ago. The Godswar was great but my friends and I moved from the idea of high fantasy and gods walking among men and so on.

Thank you. I don't have a need of it since I worked long and hard on my own system and setting but we can exchange ideas, D&D stuff is always a good read.

And that's what I had a problem with. Maybe I should have turned to second edition when I discovered D&D awesomeness.

Thank you for the lengthy post Arravis but like I said before I have handled a spell caster and created a spell system the both my players and I love. It's made for a low magic setting and it works great. Like you said, D&D might be a wrong tool for our play-style. All those years ago I was kind...

Yes, but these things are not covered by the rules. Where is a rule in PHB that a caster can't store power? I don't remember rules where wands and scrolls just go off. I don't remember reading in magic chapter; "remember magic is dangerous keep wild magic and anti-magic fields handy to keep...

Ok, no problem. My main issue with 3(.5)E spell casters is that they have been built in such a way that they are only suited for a high fantasy play style and only there they remain in sort-off balance with other classes. If you want to play a low magic setting, the spell casters are...

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What's with you? I'm not telling you how to play your game. I know how the caster plays, I assure you.

I for one crave balance both as DM and a player. I worked a great deal to create a game for myself and my group that is balanced and fun. It took me while but I got there. From my own experience I can add two starting points for any dungeon master who is modifying or creating a game; first...

erm yes, you must know every minute of my life for past 10 years. I rewrote the class 2 years ago after 8 years of patching, experimenting and finding what is best for my group.

I've been playing 3e for past 10 years now and phb I know by heart... Like I said, for me and our style of play, caster are overpowered.

I know all of that but the game still requires the DM to tweak the adventure or a battle so casters wouldn't have the advantage. I personally use vampires, demons and other on very rare occasions, to make the enemies special. If I were to that every time the wizard is well prepared, my...

This is true, but my players always investigate as much as they can before venturing into the dangerous part, and even then the player who plays the wizard prepares the backup spells just in case if the party over saw something in their planing or didn't investigate enough. I might sound bitter...

Oh yes, but don't forget druids! One of my players really did a number on me with a druid character.

That's how I did it in the beginning but it became bothersome, so I went to the core of the problem.

Balance aside, what I hated about wizards is that they can replace any class (except healers) with ease. This is way I shift+deleted the class from my game and written an entirely new way of magic. We never had problems since :D

Heh I have none of that! Here is my spin: Elves - savages, humans believe that they poop diamonds (long story) Halflings - Tolkien like Gnomes - Outsiders that live around rocks and cave, viewed as crazy because they love their rocks and clash with giants Dragons - Extinct but are reborn when...

Yup probably, the NPC's that are not straight white guys are usually the npc I give more thought in the first place.