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Well, a 1/2 Orc Barbarian only gets one feat at first level, so he couldn't get both (new) TWF and Exotic Weapon Proficiency at first level without the Weapon Familiarity. That would leave him with a choice between -6/-6 (with new TWF) or -6/-8 (with EWP) until 3rd level. The weapon familarity...

I've never seen the Dwarven Waraxe mentioned in relation to a racial weapon familiarity ability. Only the double weapons. That's fine by me: dwarves, gnomes and half-orcs are lame with their racial double-weapons under 3e because they have to spend 3 feats to use them effectively (Exotic...

I suppose the obvious argument is that casting a cure spell with an Attack Action isn't exactly crystal clear. In an abstract combat system, you will always have to define your terms. In my opinion the main goal should be to name the actions such that it is fairly clear what is typical and...

My guess is that they retained the terminology of "standard" action for continuity and clarity. If you changed the name to, well, almost anything else it removes the assumed baseline action types. d20 Modern and Star Wars could call it an Attack action, because that is the default action in...

I suppose I should add that if you don't play RPGs, they'll be completely useless to you. ;) YMMV, but most people use their computer to one degree or another when prepping. PDFs can be one more tool when you are prepping. If you want bathroom reading, you will have to print it out to serve...

I just can't see Henry changing his signature to "C'mon July." It just wouldn't be the same. You can't go home again, or somesuch.

I have to admit that I didn't read every last post in this thread. I guess that means I won't be offended if you skip mine. Appologies and credit where it is due, if I'm repeating what someone else posted. And it did turn out to be a great game, IMO. But I think, on occassion, the clarity...

I think that this is the real strength of e-publishing. Especially with books that are light on flavor-text (i.e. things that aren't bathroom reading). You copy and paste the feats, prestige classes and other bits that you want to use in your current campaign into the Campaign Startup Notes...

The irony is that if you use a single column format, it looks unprofessional. A PDF that is single column looks like it was laid out by a 10 year old. It is precisely because publishers know that people are irrational that the have to do irrational things with products. If it looks cheap...

Actually, these are Chainmail figs not D&D. The cards in the box will be dual statted D&D Monster/Skirmish, but that is really just marketing. This is a way of channeling gamers from miniature skirmish games to D&D. Cheers

From GamingReport.com "This game will be randomly packed pre-painted plastic miniatures. Yes, I said randomly packed pre-painted plastic miniatures." The source cited is a WotC sales rep. I too am in the camp of people who would like to at least have the option of getting a box of orcs or...

Everybody cut, everybody cut... Er, well, maybe not.

Not to brag, but I have to admit that I used to sling a mean weasle in my day. Cheers

I have a player who still won't believe me that these exist. I first mentioned them in passing soon after 3e came out and she thought they were the funniest two words she had heard in months. Everytime I bring up the subject again she thinks that I'm trying to scam her -- and she's too smart...

I think WotC misjudged the response to their setting search "contest" by roughly the same ratio. ;) Cheers

But standard action and attack are not synonymous. Anything that you can do with a single attack, you can do as an AoO. You Trip as a single attack. You Disarm as a single attack. But you Whirlwind Attack as a Standard Action (hypothetically, outside the core-rules). By your logic you could...

As far as I know, even if you could WWA as a standard action you couldn't Charge/WWA. Charge is a different action from a normal Attack action. Charge is a full round action that allows you to move and attack (with bonuses and penalties) -- if you could substitute a WWA for that single...

I strongly disagree. Spot and Listen are substitutes for the old "reaction adjustments" -- they directly affect surprise. This is one of the keys to the current Ranger's competency. Cross-class is functional enough when compared to most monsters' and opponents' Hide and Move Silently...

Nah, we still feel the pull of "If you can't say anything nice..." Maybe moreso because the publisher was kind enough to send a copy for free. If my editor would give me the space (I write for print) to review everything that comes accross my desk, I would probably publish more bad reviews...

Back in my day, our home-made dice weren't cut from colour ink-jet printed patterns. They were hand drawn using compass and protractor on grey cardstock. Tabs were for sissies who couldn't keep their ruler steady and had to cover their cutting mistakes during the construction. By gum, we got...