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I hear you, but I've always thought that Monks should have full BAB. No? And Roques have other areas of expertise, they don't need to worry about fighters and such getting stronger, they already have lots of uses especially outside combat (traps and such). But of course I do understand that...

I know I'm beating a dead horse, but how about this house rule: Reasoning: I feel that casters overshadow fighter (and other noncasters) after mid-levels. However if all 10th-level fighters with a longswords would hit for 1d8+level+other modifiers for damage, this would even things. Of course...

I agree. I like them both but I feel that 3.x was The Game for me. AD&D 2nd edition: + Incredible campaign worlds, all official, lot of splatbooks. Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Planescape... This was their edition. In later editions WotC didn't put too much effort in none of these, which is a huge...

Thank you for the feedback. The 'player's choice'-issue = Yes, I do agree. But you only get this by rolling a natural 00, I was just thinking about making that special, you know. Not trying justify or anything. XP loss = Hmmm, why is it overly harsh? Permanency gives you low-level spell...

Despite your rather confrontational style, I still appreciate your views. Good stuff! I was thinking about maybe something a bit Gygaxian, but I'm still wondering how to "balance" the special abilities/hindrances. Like you said, maybe they count as loot? I made this (it's nothing final) Roll...

I was thinking about the following scenario: An evil low-level cleric has found a magic pool in an ancient dungeon. This magic pool induces a permanent mutation to anyone who drinks from it, but the liquid is also deadly poisonous. The mutation can only affect a living creature once. Players...

Heh, I'm afraid you're being slightly mistaken there sir. No arguments with the "finding" part.... But... So no Take 20. Take 10 is always a possibility, but I hate that rule. First of all I would have argued that the fact he must be ready at all times to dodge a lethal trap does "threaten...

Our group just lost a fantastic PC :( Yesterday we had Greyhawk D&D 3.5 session. PCs were just about to finish a dungeon located high up in the Crystalmist Mountains, when our halfling roque (8th-level) found some sort of dart trap. He asked everyone to take cover and then started to disable...

Here's a scenario: Your campaign world has a Chaotic Neutral deity. All clerics of that deity are either CN, CE or CG. One of the CG clerics finds out that a CE cleric of the same faith has perpetrated a horrible crime, which does not directly violate their common ethos. CG cleric has the...

Invest to Perform (comedy) for in-game funniness.

Well first of all I find all the information here fascinating. It seems that we can all (?) agree on that the commoner must go through the superior of the nobles or at least contact authorities - no citizen's arrest. I have to start spreading around XP :) But anyway Janx Let me first tell you...

I belong to a roleplaying club, ran by local university students. I'm not a student myself, so I'm a bit outsider. There are two guys that are mainly in charge of everything and one of them really works hard to manage the club and has all the controls in his hands, he even has the key to the...

My question is about the social status vs. the truth. In a standard quase-medieval setting, a citizen of no particular social standing overhears a noble saying something incriminating (not as bad as treason or murder, but still something really bad). This law-abiding citizen single-handedly...

Intro “A wizard did it” is a reoccurring theme for quite a few monsters. However the creation of new monsters is poorly covered in the rules. Maybe a Wish or a Miracle would do, but generally creation of new monsters is often mentioned but not covered. This Prestige Class is done for two...

I'm going to have a big assassination coming up in my game and I feel pretty excited about it :) The thing is that my players are looking to make some new characters, but also to continue with the campaign. So I'm going to throw in an assassin and see who is left to stand. And also PCs have...

Janx You make excellent points. There's just one thing that makes me wonder: Why not tax magical items? That would be a goods tax that would fit into a medieval model. It would be interesting if you had pay tarrifs for magical items. How come I never figured this out before? ;)

In the fantasy world an adventurer often seem like a wild card, an outside element of the society. However as Benjamin Franklin said, only taxes and death are certain. So let's assume that we should give fantasy taxing some consideration. In my Greyhawk campaign I have concluded that generally...

I'm sorry that I can't give you anything for fine tuning, but in my eyes you have not replaced fighter. Fighter is about relaxing hack 'n slash. You can add more elements to that, but it's optional. Basically you don't have to worry about healing, complex spells, various skills or other stuff...

Well I didn't say it's totally male dominated. But men sure fight and take the glory "a bit" more than women, I'd dare to say? I'm not saying that it's a great thing, but this kind of fantasy where men fight - and no Xenas jump around - can and does work. And I know that just because you like...

Personally I like to mix things a bit... To have options in game-mechanic sense. Like for instance I like that half-elves and half-orcs are different from humans, even though some half-elves and half-orcs could be different, taking more dominant traits from either parents. And why does all the...