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The sorcerer is unbeatable if he has spells that are useful in that situation. The wizard can at least swap spells if he has to, given a bit of time. The sorcerer is plain stuck if he as the wrong spells for the situation and there is NOTHING he can do about it short of scrolls, wands and...

Will do. Thanks, Tzarevitch

Any chance on just releasing it without the art or "as is"? At this point I'd be happy with the bird-in-hand in whatever format it may be in. I have been delaying my Planescape-Steampunk campaign start so I could get Steam and Steel and incorporate it, but it has taken so long to come out that I...

Is it out yet? Tzarevitch

Anyone know what the current time frame is on this project? Tzarevitch

Worst: -CR system blows. It is as inaccurate as any previous xp system, but now it takes more time because xp varies with character level AND with creature HD. -Prestige classes were a great concept but the implementation was vary bad. Some classes have multitudes of prestige classes (the...

d20 purchases I regret: Farscape: Interesting book, I don't know why I bought it though. I knew I'd never use it but I bought it anyway. Go figure. D20 Modern: I was apparently out of my mind when I bought this one. Didn't have any use for it then. I haven't had any use for it since. I...

I understand where he is coming from. The shapechange type spells are historically some of the most easily abused spells out there. Repeated revisions have cut down the abuse potential a lot so I have much less of a problem with those spells nowadays. Tzarevitch

There is nothing wrong with altering or removing stuff from your game. I do so all the time. For example I have never permitted VORPAL in any game I run, and I never will. I also severely restrict the return-from-the-dead type spells. I also despise the shadow descriptor spells and never allow...

Damn. You beat me to the post, literally, both with regard to the hijacking of the thread and the answer to the question. Greater Spell Immunity is the best available protection because it is a total block against the spell effects. No cleric should ever run around without that spell. (Works...

Here's my take: Favored Soul: The bonus abilities are a bit strange and silly but I have always thought that divine casters should've been spontaneous casters. Healer: Why was this needed? The cleric spell list is small enough without limiting it to healing spells. Why play this when a cleric...

You are correct. There are actually other ways to do it but the most practical is make them want to stay in or make it too cost ineffective to leave any other way. (The easiest way to keep PCs in a dungeon is use some sort of pocket dimension where the only ingress/egress is through the door.)...

I believe that someone mentioned the two blue wizards. Perhaps one or both of them return from the east and start gathering up Sauron's old minions for their own push at being Lord of Middle Earth. They apparently didn't answer the call to fight Sauron, perhaps they were isemi-in league with him...

Actually, the craft rules make no sense. They were stupid in 3.0 and they remain stupid in 3.5. They directly correlate value of an item with the time and difficulty to make that item and that is an inaccurate and oversimplistic correlation. The rules totally ignore the fact that some items can...

I remember that from Shadowrun too. My DM wouldn't allow my Hermetic Mage to take "Incompetence Orbital Satelite Piloting" as a disadvantage. :D I am not sure that is true. In my experience, items created by PCs are no more likely to be upgraded than found items if PCs stumble across...

I disagree. You are implying that only NPCs can ever get a cost reduction and that makes no sense. I don't have my DMG in front of me but I don't recall anything that says that that magic item creation table is for DMs only. The tables are there in the book therefore using them is not a house...

Yes. He is still wearing it, it is just merged into him by his spell. If he doesn't want to encumber himself with it he can take it off or take some action that removes it. Tzarevitch

I read through it at the bookstore. It is worth buying if you are fond of dragons and run them a LOT. I personally don't like dragons much so it was of little use or interest to me. Personally I found it amusing that it was necessary to produce a whole book or tactics, special feats and spells...

My point exactly. Think of it as setting the parameters for an item when it is made. The narrower the parameters the easier and cheaper it should be to make. Additionally, the resale value on such limited items is very low because you have a very narrow range of people for whom the item is at...

I do it all the time. I read my D&D stuff on the subways both when I go home to New York and here in DC. Usually I shield the outside cover if it is something that is likely to attract attention though (like the afore-mentioned succubus.) Tzarevitch