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The only thing that bothers me is the excess of 'fire damage in a radius' abilities. I'd like to compress that down. Also, some of the archons do their reactive ability at 50% HP and again at 0 HP, while others only do it at 0. Also, the damage is different on their voluntary radius fire...

This one might be a winner - I think respec is a great idea, but I can't think of any source for this other than videogames. Anyone with experience in lots of different RPG systems care to chime in?

Most video games have far fewer item slots than D&D does. And Longsword +1, +2, etc was already old when I started playing D&D, somewhere in the late 80's. You can't honestly claim that is an influence from video games. 2E had rules for 'Knocking at Death's Door'; I don't know if any...

I hear you, Mercule, but I think you're going to find yourself out of luck; I seem to recall R&C being pretty clear about Rangers being under the Striker role, which would preclude them from being damage sponges. Ranger = Rogue with Toughness and Druid Training :cool:

I think you already failed.

Bingo. I used to like Piers Anthony when I was in high school, but now I recognize it for the pointless fluff that it really is. Sword of Shannara? More like Snore of Shannara. In contrast, I've played tons and tons of videogame and computer RPGs. Obviously there are some I like more than...

Personally, it seems like Rangers are going to be largely redundant with Rogues. I suspect Favored Enemy will be gone, because the designers have talked about how they didn't like the way it meant that the DM, not the player, chose when the power was active. After that, it's just a matter of...

I hope that the Warlord is a good class because it will finally give me an excuse to ban players from dictating the actions of other players. I've found that often there are one or two players of more tactical inclination than the others and basically end up running the combat for the entire...

I think that goes double for the players. Telling a player, "Sorry, you can't attack the caster, because the fighter just taunted you for 25 points of threat" is going to make him feel frustrated.* I would prefer to tell him, "The fighter's jeers really got to you. You can attack anyone you...

Your idea would indeed curb in some of the worst excesses of mid- to high-level Power Attack, OldTimer, and (IMHO) improve the flavor, but it wouldn't remove the whole 'gaminess' of the thing. Changing the cap does change the equation a bit - but this version of Power Attack still provides the...

Little tangent - this is exactly how I wanted to play a warlord, except with the twist that he's actually a useless buffoon. For instance, I might, as the player, activate Feather Me Yon Oaf, and then complain, in character, that I "would have had that one if you idiots hadn't had to go and...

I would just let druids learn animal languages like normal languages. Group them by terrain type. Thus you could learn to speak 'plains animal languages' and be able to talk to any creature of the animal type with 'plains' in its habitat listing, or 'swamp animal languages' or any other setting.

A really easy way to do this would be to make a base attack bonus check. Each five points of check converts to a +1 bonus. DC 5 = +1 DC 10 = +2 DC 15 = +3 DC 20 = +4 DC 25 = +5 etc. No restrictions based on level or BAB or anything.

If you ask me, the non-caster ranger in CW is terribly underpowered. The +10 movement speed is nice, but then everything else he gets is total garbage. A boost to a physical stat? Regular rangers have animal buffs. Remove disease? Regular rangers can do that with a spell. Freedom of...

I've always been a sucker for prismatic spray myself, though I admit it is often of limited utility: it has the potential to wreck anybody's day, but it's pretty much a crap shoot. And that spray are will include your teammates, who aren't going to be insulated against it the way you can throw...

So I guess every time a criminal is wanted for a capital crime, the police should just go in with guns blazing... come to think of it, when those marines pointed M-16s at Saddamn and put him in zipties, they should have just shot him because those two things are morally equivalent...

Eh, it's a tough call. If you follow the 'hustle' rules, someone hustling for 72 hours would take 2^72 - 2 points of nonlethal damage (2^71 + 2^70.... + 2^1), but of course they'd probably pass out somewhere between hour 4 and hour 10, depending on class and level. On the other hand, the rules...

I think Turn Undead should just disappear entirely as a game mechanic. Give the cleric a set of spells, one for each level, that inflict damage and other nastiness on undead in a given radius. Boom.

That approach is great if you have players who can deliver pithy dialogue over a pair of crossed swords. If you aren't as lucky as I am, a Matrix-like flurry of activity handles the situation pretty well.

Thanks all. I don't do that crazy WYSIWYG editing environment jive, so I didn't know. Thanks much. Still funny :D