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Large size. –1 penalty to Armor Class, –1 penalty on attack rolls, –4 penalty on Hide checks, +4 bonus on grapple checks, lifting and carrying limits double those of Medium characters. Space/Reach: 10 feet/10 feet. A Large character can use larger weapons than a Medium character...

My problem is that adventures often seem too mechanical and linear. I'd love an adventure where - instead of "clear the dungeon" - the PCs have a choice of different routes they can take to get to the end. With each choice having different perils and the PCs not seeing every bit of the dungeon...

Any idea for how the "magical" features of these, and other landscape elements, can be incorperated into the rules? I want a more "living" magic sort of feel.

Re: "How can Dwarves be too good when no-one I know plays them." I think - by the rules - Dwarves have too many bonuses and not enough minuses. These, for the record, are: Now people may not always take dwarves. But this may just mean that for some character concepts, dwarves aren't the best...

I think Dwarves are too good. In many cases there are very powerful. I like the idea of switching the -2 Cha for a -2 Dex instead. I think this: (a) prevents a dump stat being used to boost a very important stat; (b) is in keeping with the popular image of Dwarves - sturdy and tough, but not...

I don't really like the new 3.e monsters. The Chull, the Digester Beast and the rest all seem contrived. This is a shame, I looked at some of the concept art for the 3e MM (see link below) and some of them: the Dropper, the Brawny Claw Monster, the new Gargoyle are interesting. It's a shame they...

How do you run skirmishes? By this I mean small "battles" with large numbers of NPCs on each side (or maybe just on the PC's side). So, for example, the PCs longboat (with 15 NPC sailors) is attacked by an longboat crewed by two dozen zombies. Or, the PCs are at a beacon, manned by 10...

I found (and still find) this a really problem with Moorcocks stuff. The Elric stuff is in various collections, and has been chopped up in various different ways over the years. It is confusing to figure out which order to read stuff in. The only real solution is not to worry about it; but some...

Read this. And look for the bit about the "thieves' tale". http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/main/classicsdunsany A thief trying to steal something is one of the classic S&S motivations, the other being vengence. It is a big subsection of the quest motif. In terms of classic books...

I'm really not sure it would impact sales (though it obviously could). An electronic file isn't the same things as a book. It'd (likely) be cheaper to buy the book than to print the file out. To venture some (possibly incorrect) opinions: most D&Der probably haven't ever been to the WotC site...

I want to read some books in which a uber-warrior hacks his way through hoards of lesser mortals who oppose him. Any suggestions?

I think I should probably say something. I posted three posts on page 5 and have linked to them below. If you wish to report any of my posts to the moderators, please do so. Though I feel they've probably already been read and "passed"...

I can't see how the creation of a Unearthed Arcana SRD violates a trust. As far as I am aware Wizards has knowingly given everyone explicit permission to do just this. Andy Collins has posted against it - but he wasn't speaking for Wizards - his opinions are nothing more than that, and are in...

The (continuing) debate over the construction of an Unearthed Arcana System Reference Document has raises the topic of Open Gaming Source Libraries: online rules collections collated from various open gaming products. http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82908&page=8 What should be...

A short summary (were-weasel specifics in brackets): Hybrid form is the same size as the base animal or the base creature, whichever is larger. (Medium) Hybrids use the base creature’s speed. (30 ft) In hybrid form, the lycanthrope’s natural armor bonus is equal to the natural armor bonus of...

I don't think Andy is "evil". I'm sure he is kind to puppies and small children, and would be a wonderful person to get to know socially. He is welcome to his point of view, and is entitled to hold an opinion that goes against the consensus without having his head bitten off. The problem is...

The good news is the official rules for all were-beasts are online in the SRD: http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/monstersKtoL.html#lycanthrope No exact rules for were-weasels are there. But look at the Creating a Lycanthope section and you can generalise from it...

I really think Andy has really done everyone a disservice. Loads of the stuff that really helps my game is provided on the web by fans who do it for free and entirely out of the kindness of their hearts. I'm very grateful for this. The UA SRD would be a fantastic resourse, WotC has explicitly...

I really hope those trying to make a AU SRD will not be discouraged by the misguided complaints that have reared their heads. I think they're doing a really valuable service to the community. The big tragedy of OGC is that there are no large well designed, edited and organised online rules...

My suggestion would be just to make a pike a longspear with a 15 ft. reach (or 20 ft. for a really long pike). Martial, not usable from horseback, don't worry about bracing. One problem with this is the ability to whirl it around to attack anything three squares away. You can get away with this...