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That's why I usually give big creatures the Power Attack feat and have them use it to the maximum amount possible, which fits the "clumsy but hits really hard" effect. However, you should be careful of giants with two-handed weapons - they'll do so much damage they could one-hit kill a PC. In...

Many Symbols of Death covered by an illusion. That'll teach 'em.

I've noticed that most Epic spells seem to be either useless (most damage-dealing Epic spells are worse than metamagiced normal spells), or broken (+1000 to all stats for a year, spellcraft DC 1). This would seem to indicate that there is some ground between the two where you get useful but not...

There's nothing wrong with them being extremely powerful. However, they can be powerful without being a blend of every type of creature crunched together, and without having dozens of abilities. I'd streamline them down, specifically: 1) While they may have been originally engineered from...

The grappling rules aren't too bad once you realize that grappling isn't really comparible to other actions like Trip or Disarm - it's a whole different combat mode, like ranged and melee combat are. Just as melee combat is different than ranged, grappling is different than melee, hence it has...

There's five main ways to reduce stuff: 1) Make no other changes, ignore the significant problems this causes. 2) Stick to low levels, where stuff is not as big a factor. 3) Ask the players to play non-stuff-dependant characters like VoP Monks, Druids, and Psions. 4) Give virtual stuff. If the...

Darthbelch: Yes, but they would still use the Barbarian mechanics. VoidAdept: Being an Elf Barbarian is penalty enough - that -2 Con hurts. Although, since literacy costs 2 skill points, you could make them take a rank in Concentration (same cost), to represent their training.

I've looked through the book at my FLGS (they've got it out already), and while some of the monsters are cool, I just can't see getting it, because of the overload on filler. I think it was the Orc Berserker that really sealed the deal. It's a friken Orc Barbarian. Let me repeat - an Orc...

Generally I'd say no more than 1/3 of the wealth in a single item, maybe as much as 1/2 if the item is of special significance (a legendary ancestral sword or the like).

Wait, wouldn't that houserule mean that Dragons always take Haste as early as possible and cast it as often as they can? Instant Great-Wyrm!

If you have Telekinetic Thrust, then I'd recommend a Handy Havarsack full of daggers or arrows to launch with it. Other than that: Armor - Psions can wear armor, and the nonproficiency isn't a problem if you aren't using ray or touch powers. If you are, then stick to something like a...

Eldritch Knight and Mystic Theurge are solid combination classes, and I've seen them used quite often. Sure, a Knight Phantom or Arcane Heirophant may have more abilities, but those are more specialized and don't fit every character - EK and MT do. Heirophant and Archmage are definitely nice...

I don't see how it's any more powerful than a Cleric wearing Full-Plate and still casting spells (And the Cleric gets proficiency too). Frankly, arcane spell failure is a mechanic of dubious utility, which seems to exist primarily for legacy reasons.

Also, the Dragonwrought feat (RotD) makes them pretty asskicking as spellcasters, if still rather frail as warriors.

Has anyone tried a Beguiler/Psion? It seems like it might be an interesting combination - the lack of components on Psionic powers would help with the stealth/trickery aspect, and could give it some blasting power if you wanted to go that way. Also: real Astral Constructs shaped to look more...

The main reason I find it ridiculous: It's like if, in the real world, all the world leaders of every country got together and built a really expensive city (gold sidewalks, diamond studded trashcans), and then they went and lived in it, doing normal jobs like street cleaner (except that the...

For some reason, whenever I try to open a message attachment, I get the login screen, even if I already logged in (and re-logging in doesn't help). Does anyone know why this is occuring?

Just a question - is opening message attachments a Community Supporter function?

The grappling rules aren't bad once you practice them a bit, but after playing a grappler for a while, I noticed that grapples tend to be fairly one-sided. Against most humanoids (especially mage types), I was able to grapple them with no effort at all, and they could almost never break out...

Actually, it's not impossible to make high-level PCs trudge around in the snow - it just takes a different technique. At low levels, the journey is often the focus of an adventure - what you do at the destination may be quite simple, like delivering an item or asking advice - but the task of...