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Although to be fair, 4e actually provides a good explanation for the answering of prayers: Divine power source characters go through an ordination ritual. From that point on, any powers they use are up to them. I think this can be explained in a monotheistic context as God needing humans to...

Update: I've posted a list of the god/saint pairs thus far. Any more suggestions?

Is the dagger a plot device or a mechanical advantage? The dagger is already balanced as a mechanical benefit in the current combat system. The proficiency bonus alone ups its damage potential in combat (others can do the damage per round math if they would like). But it sounds like the issue...

As fascinating as this conversation is, can we please fork it to another thread and get back to complaining about silly house rules? @JoeNotCharles: Why didn't the standing rule work? I can think of a few ways off the top of my head, but I'm curious what your play experience was like.

I have to second the critical fumble rules. I have yet to see one which doesn't 1) over-penalize 5% of all attacks, or 2) have enough safeguards against over-penalization that it becomes an irrelevant time-waster. Along similar lines, I have never been a fan of critical hit/fumble charts, but...

I caught this thread over on the official WOTC forums: http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/20179797/Most_screwed_up_house_ruleshomebrew_youve_ever_seen_used_at_the_table which inspired this thread. What are some of the worst house rules you've encountered? Why were they so bad...

Perhaps Corellon or Melora could be Saint Francis of Assisi? He's hard to classify according to the standard pantheon, but I'd love to get him in there somehow (I'm a big fan, personally).

Wait... so does Triumphant Attack stack with multiple crits? (Assuming the creature in question survives both of them to attack again...)

To get the ball rolling: Ioun = St. Thomas Aquinas: a medieval philosopher who believed that God is fully rational, that the existence of God can be proven, and who wrote the (incomplete) Summa Theologica, the "Sum of All Theology" which was a multi-volume set of articles expounding on an...

You know, even though I've used that exact same mechanic in another campaign (e.g., Kord = Saint Kord), I never would have thought to simply find saints that have similar themes! Given that I'm a United Methodist (we don't have canonized saints), I'm unfamiliar with the Catholic saints*. Any...

Thanks for your contribution. Honestly, the concept isn't fully fleshed out in my mind, so I'd love to hear more suggestions like this. I do think limiting the prevalence of magic would be a fantastic way to go about emulating a more Earth-like campaign. And obviously the cosmology will need...

Good point. Although the amount of magic depends on which legends you consult. I picked up an old copy of a book titled, "King Arthur and His Knights" a while back and started skimming through. This collection is more of a children's book. It certainly gives the impression that magic is rare and...

I'm rather curious about creating a set of house rules to allow D&D 4e (of which I am a big fan) to work 1) on earth, and 2) with Christianity. I'm thinking something along the high-fantasy setting of the Arthurian legends: high fantasy, yet with an intriguing interaction with Christianity and...

Others have suggested movies, so I'm going to recommend Sin City here. Especially "The Hard Goodbye" with Marv. It does a great job of portraying the way a gritty, violent psychopath interacts with those in his way.

Hmmm... interesting idea. I'll have to mull it over for a while, but I think it could work quite well. I'll agree that the bonus seems a little large, especially with an exclusive use pumping it to +7 territory. What sort of interaction did you have in mind with FRW increasing feats and common...

My main problems are that they didn't go far enough with some of the new edition's features: Balance. V-shaped classes, Wizard's spellbook, implements not working like weapons, etc. I rather like the fact that classes' baselines are similar enough that their distinctions are both easy to...

I have to agree with almost everything mentioned above, particularly: Useful PCs at all levels Balance of power between PCs Ritual Magic available to almost everyone Minions! Passive checks which serve as a defense-like skill Speaking of, making FRW defenses Monster-specific rules, which...

I'll confess I have way too many dice. Mainly I've worked on getting a large enough number that I can color-coordinate stuff (e.g., my Dragonborn primarily rolls red, my Elf green, whatever)... I know, weird, but that's just me. Of those dice, the number I select simply depends on the maximum I...

... unless you're STR-based and use a heavy thrown weapon. Those classes' RBAs might not be as great as the DEX-based ones, but it's certainly not "crap." Edit: On a related topic, 5 bucks says PHB3 has "Ranged Training."

Ah, cool. I keep hearing good things about the DMG2, and I could definitely use info like this. Maybe I should grab myself a copy. :) I hear they also have guidelines for creating traps, which is something I've wanted for a while now.