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Eldritch Doom is a bit on the weak end for a Dark invocation anyway - making it non-selective would definitely drop it to Greater, IMO. I mean, consider Eldritch Cone, which can actually give you a bigger radius when used with flight, doesn't require you to be close to your foes, and can be...

The problem with introducing a rule like this, is that people aren't the only things around, and that "10th level" doesn't just mean skilled. For instance, a 10th level character is supposed to be the equal of a CR 10 monster like an Eleven-Headed Hydra or a Bebilith. If those things could...

There's a Troll Blooded regional feat somewhere that gives you Regeneration 1 (fire/acid). However, it does have a hefty side effect - you're fatigued in daylight. This would be rather problematic in a typical campaign. As a starting feat, what about one that gave you Regeneration 0? You...

Minor power creep, with the exception of some obviously broken stuff. But then again, I don't consider anything weaker than a core Cleric/Druid to be power creep. Yes, maybe those classes should be toned down. But as long as they're core, other classes like Fighters and Sorcerers deserve to...

Nicely explained. IMO, minis are an item that's so much easier sold over the internet that I'm surprised they even have them in stores. Storage, shelf space, distribution - these are all significant issues that online distribution solves. The high profitability of the random pack is just...

I dunno, the examples given make stunts seem kind of pointless. I mean, take the example of jumping down onto the Orc for more damage. It's like Power Attack, except you do less damage usually, and you have to make a Reflex save or take damage. And if you have a two-handed weapon, it's much...

The thing is that I can't see how the different XP charts represented "learning things in a different way", unless that way was "thieves always learn stuff faster". I mean, imagine a fight against a Lich. The mage is learning all kinds of stuff about necromancy, mage dueling, and so forth...

It's not just that the DCs are high, it's that the cost is ridiculously high as a result. Who the hell wants to spend all their wealth on spells they can only cast twice a day and that probably have lots of XP and backlash cost to be usable in combat? There's one thing the Epic system is good...

You'd need some attack-type invocations, so that they'd have something to do in combat, but I think it could work - the question is: how many extra invocations is giving up EB worth? I'd say at least one of each grade, possibly more. Of the other abilities, some work fine for a magician...

3E no more forces its playstyle than putting a straw in a drink forces you to drink through the straw. CRs, expected wealth, and so forth - those aren't unbreakable rules, they're guidelines that go together: if you use the guidelines for PCs, the CRs for monsters will be relatively accurate...

Ah, hadn't really thought about the Will save - that definitely limits it. Least is probably ok then.

Simulacrum brings up the same issue - even more so, because the creature is totally under your control and permanent. Sure, its expensive, but if you find a creature with the right HD/power ratio then it's very much worth it. Right off the top of my head - Symbiotes are creatures, and they...

Arcane Blast is too narrow to be Greater, but is a bit strong at Least. I'd say either limit it to removing a 3rd level or lower slot, or else make it Lesser. Dark Force would be ok at Greater if it had a 1d4 round delay between uses of the Thrust function, like the Ghost's ability. Dark...

For that, I could see two possible fixes. 1) All levels count together for XP, so a Combat 3/Magic 3 character counts as level 6. 2) Go with a flat-XP system - each level takes, say, 1300* xp. An encounter of equal CR gives you 100, +2 CR gives you 200, -2 CR gives you 50, and so forth. *If...

The basic concept - four classes, all features represented by feats - seems solid, although creating and balancing the necessary number of feats will no doubt be hard work. The experience system, on the other hand, has issues: 1) It's pretty much impossible to play characters that reserve...

With the RPGA, I accept the extra rules as a necessary evil for keeping thousands of characters intercompatible. However, for a home game, not my cup of tea. Not only do they add a lot of extra book-keeping, and add a level of formality and restrictions I don't find enjoyable, but they are...

I still doubt that having situational advantages makes them badly designed. In the afformentioned horror campaign, a Cleric would kick ass, and a Rogue would probably be somewhat useless. And in a jungle campaign, a Druid would be living the good life, while a Wizard would have trouble keeping...

But really, is fear the only basis for fun roleplaying? You seem to be saying that they're unsuited for any situation where their immunities would actually be useful. I think they'd work very well in a horror campaign, with a slight reflavoring as a type of "Frankenstein's monster" . I mean...

Wait, a spell to make someone else Colossal? It already exists - Polymorph any Object. Same issue as Shapechange - you have to find an appropriate form. But that's by no means impossible, and this can have good duration if you do it in stages.

I always base it off ECL, because otherwise it leads to the odd situation that high-LA races can't really have followers of their own kind. For instance, say we have a 6th level knight with a 4th level squire cohort. They die and become ghosts. Now, however, the squire is apparently too...