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Hey, it was his suggestion- if that's what the player wants to do, I'd say go for it. Makes a hell of a story.

Designing new cultures/races is one of my great loves, to the extent that a lot of the plots I run are based around culture clash. When you're dealing with an entire species, if you want it to be credible (it doesn't have to be, but if you want it to be), you should start by establishing the...

Oh I see. Yeah, it could be taken that way. Just to straighten things out then: I don't think it's overpowered, I think it's useful for meleers. I was just using the NWN example for a context in which its melee abilities would show, not to try and imply that it should be banned in PnP...

And to clarify: The reason I made the first post was because I saw people assessing the DD based upon its effectiveness for casters. Hence my opening statement "taking DD as a caster is idiotic." Because it is. Then I pointed out the advantages for meleers. This is why I thought it was fair...

I never said it was overpowered. Never once.

The fact that the increments are gradual isn't saying all that much, that is the case with many PRCs. Exactly what are you weighing this against?

I know this poll has probably been done before. But still the question remains, and we all know you never forget your first. Who introduced you to the heady world of roleplaying? Did it establish a pattern in the type of characters you've played? Poll is related.

Nope, I don't think I've played a human in years. I don't even play the standard races, not since 2nd ed.

I'm not using it as a basis for power, I put the math right there. That doesn't change any of the mechanical advantages, I was just using the NW example for frame of reference. It is good as fighting classes go, I do have experience with it. Wizards at high level get many tricks, it is true...

Interesting. Insidious spell is extremely vicious against players (mook priest who dies anyway casts a kill spell, for example), and situationally awesome for players (like dominating or charming NPCs, for example). Dying curse is quite similar. The Fiddle ability could cause mechanical...

Taking it as a caster is idiotic. Taking it as a barbarian or other melee fighter is very nice, though. Any melee build character can benefit from the strength boost and the high hit die. The strength boost actually offsets the 3/4 BAB and then some, and adds an extra 6 damage per swing...

The spell duplication is okay, even though I dislike it. Mostly it's the item creation, and the whole wishing for greater effects caveat- which can literally mean anything. It's about as broken as you make it. I think it's a problem spell.

Yeah, Wish. Wish and miracle both. heck let's make a list of problem spells! -Polymorph (any except baleful, really, unless errata has been implemented) -Wish/Miracle/etc -Time stop Not a fan of the shadow conjuration and evocation spells, especially evocation. Not that they're game...

I don't know, tactically it seems okay, outside of rendering offensive touch spells even weaker than they already are. Even then, this is more an individual, defensive feat as opposed to an offensive threat to casters.

You're drawing a parallel on really shaky ground based on an opinion which is only conjecture on your part.

Bluff is directly dependent on what you say. The degree of 'believability' is somewhat arbitrary but there are examples as guidelines.

A lot of the rules that govern roleplaying in D&D are tacit contracts. Their content and impact depend on who your gm/group is. If roleplaying doesn't have an impact in a game of D&D, I'd say that game isn't a role-playing game either. Same goes for any game. There are mechanics which...

Under the condition that the roleplaying elements were somehow officially recognized by the game itself, then yes. See this I said earlier: "although it is possible in an MMO, through character roleplaying, to assign meaning to holding this castle or that- it always feels inauthentic- like...

Depends on what type of impact the RP has on the game itself. If a character's RP can influence the game world in a meaningful way, then sure. Usually there will have to be some kind of mechanical effect, which would probably require an arbitrator or group thereof being in constant attendance.

Oh I'm not accusing anyone of any such thing. People can roleplay in any game. I could boot up a game of minesweeper and become Captain Mino, the sweepingest Mineclearer. That's not the point. The point is this: Is roleplaying integral to the game? Y/N If N, it isn't a roleplaying game...