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I'm working on boomerang rules that are as realistic as I can make them using ordinary D20 mechanics. It's taking a lot of time, which I haven't an abundance of, but expect a post tomorrow morning or evening. It's actually rather complicated, and I'm beginning to think that a magically...

The restriction of the area does not need to be stated, just state that only a single target may be affected. Also, yes, I do believe this is a very weak metamagic for a +2 bonus. If a high-Reflex enemy with Evasion is that big of a problem, there are plenty of ways to deal with it using...

And it is at this point that my brain shuts down, and I can no longer participate meaningfully in this conversation. With that staggering level of epic cheese, attempts to balance anything become almost futile: there's always some other bizarre form of synergy that overshadows your own...

Returning boomerangs tend to return on a very high arc, swapping some speed and momentum for altitude so as to exert the force needed to make it arc around, then swapping altitude for momentum and speed again to bring it back and down to the thrower. I think the idea behind returning boomerangs...

It's a fine idea for Order of the Stick, yes, because OotS doesn't even pretend to match D&D (it would cause even more pissed-off, nerdly emails to show up in R. Burlew's inbox) I just don't see how, in D&D, the Charisma attribute equates to any sort of combat ability. The rules address more...

Oh, it's completely intelligible. I got all the way through, and actually absorbed the otherwise amusing information, on the first try. What I got out of it is that you, Lela, share some of the frustration I have had in the past, and that you've got an interesting sense of humor about it. But...

It seems you've done a nice job making the 3 mental stats useful here, exactly as you wanted to. However, I don't understand why you even want to add Charisma to AC and damage. I have a very hard time seeing how force of personality equates to force of arms or effective defense, and I can see...

This is a one-level dipping class for a monk, definitely. A +30' speed bonus with grand bonuses to Balance, Jump, and Tumble? Wow. I can definitely see a Monk 19/ Blade Dancer 1 as being ideal.

Your... accent, or whatever you would like to imagine it is, causes physical pain upon reading. You, dear sir, are quite obviously flagrantly disregarding the etiquette of public Explosive Runes use.

Or use Dual Strike [PHBII] with TWF to make 2 attacks as a standard action. That's double the sneak attack damage. Yummy!

Like most of the supposedly "broken" rules, Leap Attack isn't broken, it's just very fragile. The trouble with Whirlwind Attack is that is completely hijacks your round when you use it, so your options for enhancing what you can do in a single round almost universally don't apply to Whirlwind...

How are you explaining (*cough*excusing) the winged template? It's not like an elf will sometimes, by chance, be born with wings. It's a very silly template in that way. I'd just go with a Raptoran, as they do not have a LA or any ability modifiers, and a raptoran character with 10 HD gets a...

Yes, if you have room for 6 levels, I would highly advocate that course, Darklone. I thought you were ditching the Human paragon levels altogether, which I don't advocate. I like those levels for the mechanics you so deftly described, but also for the flavor. After all, most of my reason for...

Hm, I see you're right. I guess it would only work well for archers. *shrug*

Get over yourselves. Me: Str 9 Dex 11 Con 10 Int 12 Wis 11 Cha 9 I'm probably over-estimating. Remember, this is a scale for measuring the capabilities of FANTASY HEROES. You may stat up a wizard with an 18 Int, or a barbarian with 18 Str, and think nothing of it. That's because you're...

Why Half-Elf Paragon 3? You get 1 less spellcasting level, and the Diplomacy bonus is almost useless. At least with the Half-Elf 1/ Human 3 you get 2 bonus feats for 4 levels, like a fighter, and trade 2 BAB for +2 Dex/Search/Spot and a permanent class skill of your choice (probably Spot). At...

Bingo. Summon a monster in the surprise round, so that when the battle really joins, you already have an extra ally to rely on. That's one of the problems with summoning: one wasted round casting the spell.

It would be great for an archer or spellcaster who gets good use out of full-round actions.

QFT. I'm a hater. *Ahem* Actually, it's because the longbow rocked the long-range shots, which is entirely irrelevant to my character :Þ I'm beginning to like the cleric archer builds. Who cares if we have two clerics when one is mostly just a buff-master and healer, and the other is a...

Okay, so how about Human Ranger 2/ Fighter X, moving into OotBI and Exotic Weapon Master? That close-quarters ranged combat ability is very attractive for the encounters I'm expecting (caverns we discovered branching off of the mine, dense forests, and other tight spaces). Any ideas for...