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For dragons in particular, I don't see much of a need for them to be spellcasting in combat, but they might need spellcasting at other times. So why not make this official? Ditch the spellcasting (which was weak for their level anyway), and give them "Draconic Rituals". This would basically...

As long as they don't use the d20 Modern system ... :p One thing I'd change is to remove the AoO if you have any combat skill (BAB +1 or better, at least in 3E terms). You're already using an attack for 1d3 damage, and being vulnerable to things like acid skinned demons or fire elementals -...

How do I explain why he calls it that? He doesn't call it that. I as a player, call it that, but the character doesn't go referring to his feats by name (unless we're playing OOTS-style). Now if I decided the Golden Wyvern tradition was a good thing to add to the campaign, then the...

It's no more or less flexibility than the current feats offer: 3.5: Cleric with archery feats 4E: Cleric with a couple levels in Ranger And if the multiclassing works the way they've been indicating, this won't hurt your Cleric abilities any more than taking archery feats instead of...

Man, I knew that Golden Wyvern Adept was going to be controversial the moment I saw it. Although the name seems appropriate, given that it's tied to the Golden Wyvern tradition for Wizards. I think the 4E books, especially the PHB, will have more default flavor. And I think this makes sense...

Heck, get Craft(Gemcutting) instead. Unlike armor, gems sell for their full price, are smaller, and are easier to sell in most cities. When you go into town, buy a bag of uncut gemstones, Fabricate a couple a day, and by the time you get back you've tripled your investment. When you have...

Seems rather weak for a second level spell - could be fine for a first level, but even then it's rather more situational than True Strike. True Strike applies to any attack. It only lasts for one round, but it's not hard to make an attack during that round. Note that it also applies to the...

In agreement with wedgeski, I think that in the actual DMG/adventure this will be expressed in a much more concise form, but that the form itself would need explanation, so it wasn't used. For instance, you could describe the poison like this: Fortitude attack (+10, 1d10 plus poison...

Depends on how suited the character is to kingdom-destruction. Even a spellcaster, generally quite suited to this type of endeavor, could be fairly ineffective if their spells were selected for fighting single powerful opponents. So let's assume a character designed for the purpose of...

One thing that I think helps with this kind of setting is if the magic system is somewhat mysterious, even to the players. There was a great article about this, which I read a while ago, but can't remember the website. The gist was that while having the magic system's underlying mechanics...

The problem, at least in 3E, with making constructs crit-able, is that a number of other effects also run off the same variable. For instance, a feat that let you cut an artery and cause a bleeding wound, in 3E, would probably have a line saying "this doesn't work on things that are immune to...

In what sense do skill focus and stat bonuses mean "nothing"? Characters in the game world aren't able to see other people's character sheets. There is no way they could tell someone with 10 ranks from someone with 4 ranks, skill focus, and high Int, on the basis of their craftsmanship. Now...

Sounds reasonable - could probably even go down in price a bit, considering that you can get this effect with Silence, a pebble, and a hooded lantern already (although not permanently).

Now this is a case where I sincerely hope that I'm wrong, so if anyone has evidence to the contrary, bring it forward. However, I've been worrying about something lately. In 4E, there are "Leader" classes. Now flavor-wise, they quite possibly do lead; but in terms of abilities, they're what...

While I'm fine with keeping playability over realism in many cases, there needs to be a certain base level of reality, or the game becomes merely checkers with more pieces. It's like breaking the 4th wall - a comedy can do it, but if you tried to have a serious drama that constantly did it...

Also, I'd don't see a point to D&D becoming a fully rules-lite game. There are already a myriad of rules-lite narrative based games, and I play them when I want that style of campaign. When I play D&D, I want a more tactical experience.

I find it pretty hypocritical how eager some people are to slam WoW and its players. Let's take a look at some statements: "D&D is for nerds, people shouldn't waste time on it" "D&D is just hack and slash, WoD is the only real roleplaying one" "WoW is lame, and people who play it turn into...

I wasn't suggesting you use a wand in-combat; the wand is for between-combat healing. True - you pretty have to use your best judgement on this, but in many cases it either isn't necessary or isn't worth healing someone after each attack. You do get topped up after combat - with a wand. You...

A lot of times, this situation actually comes from the other players treating the Cleric like a band-aid, with "you don't even worship Pelor" just being a way to make them stop taking the Cleric for granted. Here, watch this PSA: How to Not Treat the Cleric Like a Band-Aid (and be More...

I think people have become oversensitive to having "extra" creatures around, because of situations where someone is controlling a small army (summoner-type with Leadership, for example, or a necromancer with a huge undead horde). Player controlling 10 minions - Slows things down, not a good...