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Scion, I actually think Cleave is a cool mechanic, lending itself to cinematic combat. But I still think it's unfair to cleave on an attack of opportunity. If I could re-write the SRD, I would mash Cleave and Great Cleave into one feat (honestly, the marginal utility of Great Cleave tends to...

Even ignoring the cheapness hinging on the definition of 'enemy' (which a good DM wouldn't allow enemy), cleaving on attacks of opportunity has some logic/balance issues. Fred Fighter has Cleave and is going up against Bennie Big Bad Evil Guy. Fred gets one attack per round against Bennie...

Everybody still fails on a one. And if you're an outsider with high Charisma using the Two-Weapon Fighting line (like, say, a Balor), Touch of Golden Ice can really ruin what was otherwise shaping up to be a pleasant morning. And I dislike Deflect Arrows too. I think it's rather a bit much to...

Spellcasting Prodigy gets me too, but only because of its unbalance compared to things like Spell Focus. Didn't it get errataed in 3.5? Anyway, I think a better way of doing Spellcasting Prodigy would be to give +1 caster level... this really does make the caster a 'prodigy', with more...

Man, it must really suck to be the commoner who gets that job. "Hey man, how much money do you make per week?" "Um, about 10 silver pieces." "Tell ya what: I'll give you one hundred gold pieces to come with me on my adventure. Don't worry, you don't have to do any fighting, you can hide in the...

You might want to look into the Eberron Campaign Setting and basically mash House Sivis (scribing and communication) with House Orien (couriers) into one organization for your campaign. As for your question, such a group is going to be a target as well as a resource. If they want to operate...

2d20, drop lowest. result : chance of occurring : chance of getting this or better 1 : 1/400 : 400/400 2 : 3/400 : 399/400 3 : 5/400 : 396/400 4 : 7/400 : 391/400 5 : 9/400 : 384/400 6 : 11/400 : 375/400 7 : 13/400 : 364/400 8 : 15/400 : 351/400 9 : 17/400 : 336/400 10 : 19/400 : 319/400 11 ...

Huh. Thanks for the information. I wonder why I used to think it was a worthless enchantment.

Thanks for all of the ideas! I'm sure I can put something together using these...

Hi all. I'm going to be starting an Eberron campaign very soon, and I'm doing a few things here and there to beef up the 'pulp action' aspect of the setting. One thing I can't figure out a good mechanic for is attacks of opportunity. Basically I feel like they slow the game down, often...

I don't think that's true anymore. IIRC, in 3.0 the Brilliant Energy modifier only ignored the base value of the armor and/or shield, allowing the wearer to keep the benefits of enhancement bonuses. In 3.5, the Brilliant Energy modifier ignores armor and shield bonuses, including their...

I would rename 'Utter Radiance' to 'Brightest Day' and make category 0 be: 'Utter Radiance', equivalent to full intensity of the Plane of Radiance. But that's just me. Cool system.

So a monk's hands aren't alive?

Not to mention they have an animal companion to keep track of. I think Druids have more stuff going on than any other class.

I agree with Ridley's Cohort that a Psion or other manifester is probably going to want to be doing other stuff with their swift actions. On the other hand, an elan fighter could drop his regular feats into some psi feats, expanding his pool and getting Psionic Weapon or Viscious Weapon for an...

Rod of Wonder was definitely in the 2E DMG. But I remember Nahal's Reckless Dwoemer and it often felt the same way. Gawd, I just looked at Drawmij's Instant Summons. 1000 gp gem consumed by the spell, AND it fails if someone is holding the item? For a 7th-level spell? Oh and you have to...

I think it's pretty reasonable. I would definitely assign some level or BAB pre-requisites, though. Fear the human fighter with +3d6 sneak attack damage at first level!

This is precisely why I suggested eternal wands, from the Eberron campaign setting. Basically a normal wand, except that it allows infinite uses at the rate of two per day, instead of 50 uses at the rate of 50 per day. Thus, you can rent it on a day-by-day basis without worrying that the...

I'm considering giving temporary action points each session myself. I think 2 might just be a good fixed number to give out, rather than awarding half their level. At level 20, those PCs will be able to do Some Good[tm] with 10 free action points each...

An eternal wand of lightning bolt would be ideal. You could rent it by the day and not worry about how much the customer uses it.