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Sure, spellcasters can be powerful - that doesn't make the spellbook a good balancing factor. Let's take a look at the Cleric and Druid - not only do they not have to spend money or time on a spellbook - they get all their spells automatically. New book comes out and the DM approves it...

I'd say ToB is one of the easier books to incorporate. Do people fight in your setting? Do they ever train to be better at fighting? Well there you go. More specifically, how certain styles could be integrated: Stone Dragon - Legendary dwarven combat art, anyone? Shadow Hand/Diamond Mind -...

Some of the complaints that unlimited-use of abilities take away strategy seem to be based on the assumption that the game would be exactly the same except that all abilities would be unlimited use. Obviously, this would not be the case. Specifically, people have mentioned always blowing...

Its not really a problem, especially because a Dread Necromancer is primarily a summoner type, and not at all a tank. As such, spell slots, not hit points, are the resource that determines when they have to stop and rest. A summoner shouldn't really be getting hit anyway, and if they are...

I got it ... barely! I was on the verge of giving up and going to bed when it hit a burst of speed (well, 7 Mbps is fast compared to 2.3) and finished up. I'm glad I got the lower-res version though, else it might never have finished.

Well, Shapechange is pretty potent, but yeah, pure damaging spells get kind of stagnant at high levels. I find the best picks for high level spells are the ones that go totally beyond what you could do before, like Gate, Genesis, or Wish. Although interestingly, those three all have XP costs...

Looks balanced fine - +1 attack for -1 AC is a fair trade-off, and the other +1 is equivalent to Weapon Focus, except determined by the type of opponent instead of the weapon. Obviously a feat for campaigns where you fight more humanoids than big scaly creatures, but in that context it works...

Yes, the new classes are all significantly more powerful than a Fighter (at mid to high levels, anyway). Why? Because part of the book's purpose is to correct a large flaw in the D&D rules - Non-spellcasters (especially Fighters) are much weaker than spellcasters at high levels. Try actually...

I think the first two feats would be reasonable at 2/day - 1/day makes it really hard to actually use them as you'll always worry about wasting them. Greater Diehard looks good, although I'd use -Con score (not Con mod) as the total, so someone with Con 16 could go to -16. It makes the...

On the one hand, I actually like many aspects of this idea - especially the fact that it would allow for both powerful expandable spells and unlimited weaker magic. It seems like a solid concept that could have a very interesting implementation. However ... there's this idea again. The idea...

If the number of choices is overwhelming you, you could try iterative character generation. This works best if you're making the character a ways in advance, but it definitely helps to make the decisions easier. To start with, after deciding on the basic character concept, you build that...

I think the real issue is that the party didn't previously have a tank - and now it does. So previously, I'm thinking that the DM was used to the party being in terror of most monsters because none of them could really survive a full-attack. Now suddenly they've got someone who can, and it...

True, the "tavern" hook is not the most realistic. However ... do you really want to spend the first three sessions just trying to have the characters meet in a realistic manner - then somebody has to make a new character because the old one was suspicious of the rest and left town, and so...

Build an infinite acceleration death cannon (more like bomb in this case). How it works: 1) Get two pairs of Ring Gates, scrolls of Antimagic Field, Rary's Telepathic Bond, and Dimension Door, a necklace of adaption, a big strong container, a metal rod, a hireling, and some fine wine. And...

D&D Dragons have always been the smart type - smarter than most humans, and inclined to devious plans when they're actually challenged. The only reason they usually rely on brute force is that most things are so much weaker than them, and it's more fun. Now if you want a brute force dragon...

Another thought on psionics, compared to other types of magic: Psionics is more straightforward - that is - it's good at what it does, but it doesn't have all the niche uses and tricks of magic. The first way this show up is the different types of powers - they're more balanced against...

It's always claimed that Psions have some huge advantage if there's only one encounter per day. As a matter of fact, all spellcasters/manifesters that use offensive (rather than buffing) powers have a huge advantage in that situation. In my experience, it goes more like the following...

Ok, first of all - I've seen several posts, since the FAQ was posted, claiming that you can't make a jumping charge. What's up with that? You clearly can. Secondly - what possible motivation is there for disallowing these types of manuevers? To make the game less fun? To prevent any...

What gets me is that if you asked "Could a LG knight and a CG ranger work in the same party?", most people would say they could. In fact, most people would say that a LN monk could work with a CN barbarian. But ask about good and evil characters in the same party and it's not uncommon to hear...

Amusing but useful system. I does seem like there needs to be some kind of modifier by alignment in there though - right now, the Exalted Saint Paladin can shrug off killing townsfolk much, much easier than the CE Psychotic Frenzied Berserker, due to the Will save. I'm thinking maybe a chart...