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My campaigns, with the exception of the FR campaign that is about to end, tend to be very low on high level NPCs. Upgrading is not much of an option above caster level 10.

IMC, (magical) function follows form. Certain design elements must be present in order for certain magical properties to be endowed withing. A character who is sufficiently skilled, or who has access to a good library, can spend time researching the function of the item based on its design elements.

I will heartily concur with the last point. Although I seldom run published scenarios, I buy a lot of them. Many of the Necromancer scenarios provided inspiration for my FR campaign. I still have some great ideas on hold that I intend to use in my upcoming homebrew.

I wouldn't try to create at will powers at this point in the lifespan of 3e. The reserve feats in CM do a pretty good job. The elven wizard in our AoW campaign (APL 18) has been using them for most of the campaign. They work really well. He doesn't really prepare many attack spells, but uses his...

This is the point that I always try to make when discussing D&D weapons. Sure the spiked chain is powerful, but that's only to reflect the fact that it was the single most popular weapon throughout human history. It's why you never see paintings or other representations of swords in the...

Too bad good clerics couldn't rebuke them - or command them. Oh yeah!

I should say that I do allow the characters to purchase magic items. It makes no sense that characters can sell magic items, but not buy them. However, I keep track of what items are available and where, changing it a little from visit to visit to reflect NPC purchases. I really like the idea...

Every single person in my gaming group GMs at some point or another. No GM has any right whatsoever to even attempt to control what his players read. Most gamers I know (and have known for the last 30 years) like to know the rules of the game they are playing. Nothing about the above...

I'm hoping that all classes will be completely balanced in 4e and there will be no one class that outshines them all. No, wait. I can't even say that with a straight face. Agree about the cleric, though. My 18th level cleric of Lathander (spontaneous Good and Sun domains) runs the table in our...

It is the long time players spend trying to position fireball templates in 3e that made us try the squared off spell effects. They didn't bother us. That could change if we see them repeatedly and their novelty becomes too much for us to handle. All I can say is that they made the game much...

Societies have often winnowed the weak out of the gene pool, even in poor societies where you would imagine that every able body was needed. Without going into whether such rituals accomplish their goals, it is hard to argue that they have existed in history. I believe that you are reading a...

I have to say that I find it an interesting discussion as well. This thread has avoided the histrionic cries of if it changes X, then it isn't D&D anymore and if you do anything different from me then you aren't playing D&D anymore. I always enjoy well thought out, rational discussion. It's just...

I like this idea as well (although I leave gods out of the equation). The Arcanis campaign rules allow different effects from channeling based on the god the cleric worships. IMO this kind of rule specificity is best left out of the PHB and written into specific campaign sourcebooks. It would be...

What does D&D offer that other game systems do not? IMO fun and ease of play. Others may disagree, but it's why I kept coming back to D&D after all those other games. I agree that Vancian spell casting has been a central mechanism in the game to date, but that can change without losing the...

I've read the book. There are no details. All we know for sure is that she is still around in the timeframe of the new edition.

In the final adventure of our long-running Sword Coast campaign, we tried out the 1-1-1-1 diagonals, the squared spell areas and the death and dying rules. The movement didn't change too much about the encounters. This was still 3e D&D, the characters were high level and iterative attacks were...

I think it would be interesting to expand the concept of turning to encompass more types of creatures, so long as each turning ability/power/spell was for a different type of creature. I think the players of clerics (and those with cleric training) should be able to customize their character's...

I liked the original better. We're starting to get into more complex and situational rule now.

I'm hoping that powers picked up from [class] training feats operate at character level. Otherwise I have to agree with Voss that they would be too weak.

I predict that she will still be dancing and protecting those drow of a less dark bent. Maybe only a secretive few worshippers will know her less savory side. I can't back that up. At this point, I'm just pulling guesses out of my .... thin air.