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That's perfect. It allows you a chance to just kill the malicious foe outright, if you think you are able to before he lands his blow, or to block his AoO chance directly at the cost of leaving him more HP that you will have to wear your way through next turn. Either way, your ally doesn't get...

Any other opinions about the weapon style feat? About the algristok's basics? About the auto-bow? I'm still not certain I like the mechanics of the weapon style feat, but I haven't had any genius ideas to replace or improve it. Any help?

It actually doesn't even specify "rather than a standard action", so something with a 10-minute casting time could be reduced to a move action for +1 spell level. That's handy. Of course, specifying that "only spells with standard action casting times can be made Abrupt" would make it less...

For +1 level, you can convert the casting time of a spell to be equivalent to a move action. Having done so, you are allowed to move then cast the Abrupt spell, or cast 2 Abrupt spells if you have enough prepared. The Abrupt spell must be prepared as such, never cast spontaneously, and never...

So? A good DM tailors encounters to present a challenge to his/her players without overwhelming them in a non-fun manner. Overwhelming them in a stressful, ultimately rewarding manner is another matter, of course, which is why a Balor against under-equipped characters can actually be FUN. If...

The idea of taking a step on a miss is to reposition yourself in battle while still making your full attack action. The idea of reversing the BAB sequence while making these steps is to allow your first few attacks to most likely miss, using the follow-through step to get you into a flank...

And that is why two weapons is far superior to one huge weapon: it's cooler. It says "hey, I don't have to compensate for a negative self-image by wielding an eight-foot phallic symbol. I'll spin and weave and just generally be awesome instead." The phallic symbol, of course, says "haha, look...

WHIRLING BLADE AND WEDGE [STYLE] You have mastered the deadly, flowing art of wielding an algristok in constant motion. The momentum of your weapon carries you through an efficient series of combat maneuvers. Prerequisites: STR 15, Dodge, Mobility, Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Defense, Weapon...

But, but, but... *sigh* That's just SO. MANY. SPELLS. It just *feels* wrong. Oh well. Mr. Noonan was pretty dang convincing. Still, it's so counterintuitive, ya know?

Ok, admittedly the Arcane Heirophant is more powerful than the Mystic Theurge... by a very large margin, even. That's because it takes the aspect of the Mystic Theurge that makes it over the top, then adds even MORE useful class features to it! There are no drawbacks to this increase in...

Perhaps instead of specifically stating which metamagic feats this "Metamagic Synergy" applies to, you can explicitly state which two it DOES NOT apply to: namely Quicken and Permanant. Those two metamagic feats have an annoying tendency to be the "problems" with every universal metamagic feat...

To be fair, this feat doesn't supplant Practiced Spellcaster. It only works on 1 arcane and 1 divine class. It works VERY well on both, but it's still limited. Practiced Spellcaster doesn't even require two casting classes; you could use it on 4 levels of Fighter to boost a level of Wizard...

As written right now, this class is REALLY cool. I'm afriad I don't have much more to add than that bit of encouragement. Really cool. Seriously.

This fixes almost everything I dislike about D&D! Why, oh why, must you live on the other side of a continent? Is it just for spite? ;)

I haven't been through ALL of it, but everything I've seen (except the most recent wealth-related feats) seems on the high end of the power scale, particularly the metamagic feats. Is that one of your intentions?

Good call regarding the "heavy double weapon", DanMc. It's been edited. I still somewhat want to have a falchion-only penalty, so I'll keep what I have already, but I'm looking to make it more substantial. In the original post I added the suggestion for using ranks in an "Algristok" skill to...

My gut reaction: if you want to limit combat usefulness for a flying druid, go with Poor or Clumsy; it's what I gave to my Elymasti race, after looking very carefully at the available options. Using flight-related feats from Races of the Wild, Complete Adventurer, and other sources, you can put...

This thread exists in the interests of not hijacking Asmor's thread, providing a picture of my own multi-shot bow as per Jeraldo's request, and leaving room to even include another weapon. J, here's my crossbow: It's incomplete, obviously. I drew much of the design by hand, and needed AutoCAD...

Ah, now THAT makes sense, TheLe. Come to think of it, that seems like the intention of Asmor in the first place, I just didn't fully understand. As for how it works? There would need to be a wrist-brace, like on a contemporary wrist-rocket or higher-powered slingshot. You'd have a horizontal...

Very good call! It's all about the dexterous talons/feet. They do EVERYTHING with their feet, because their "hands" have such horrible penalties, like you said. Here's the text you may have missed: Artisans, thankfully, don't have to worry about their reflexes or mobility while performing...