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Looks like its proably weaker than a fighter and it isn't significantly different flavor wise. The latter is a bigger issue in my opinion. Make master's focus into a feat chain and you could pretty much accomplish this same class with the fighter. 1 small error: in the skills area you have...

Shadowrun

Couldn't the reason those fights stop in movies, books etc be because the one character can no longer counter attack and to get his weapon he'd have to provoke AoO, therefore turning an even fight into an one where the foe has a clear advantage? I guess I'm saying I don't know if there is a need...

I don't allow raise dead or its higher level versions. The only way a mortal can bring back the dead is with wish/miracle. Instead I make it a tad harder to actually die by increasing how far a character can go into negative HP (constitution score plus hit dice) and with action points...

Like Nifft I think saving throws should be random in that you roll to beat them. So the result is randomized but the die rolled by the 'attacker'. I think the other stuff to be random should be optional. As a GM I haven't randomly done HP/Abilities for NPCs or monsters I intended the PCs to...

I didn't really like how they did gods in 3e, so I think working from the ground up would be a good idea. I can see the use for giving gods stats, in most mythologies most gods aren't all powerful and all knowing and will occaisonally square off against mortals. That said most true gods (not...

Very cool method. I might have to adapt something similar for future games I run, though I'd prefer the possibility of a PC drawing as low as 6.

I don't think the essence of what a magic missle is has much to do with its damage dice.

I don't mind hero's in D&D dying meaningless deaths, if everyone died meaningful deaths then well, they wouldn't be meaningful. Remathilis's post pretty much sums up the basis of the argument pretty well. Though I would say 'assassination while sleeping' can be acceptable. Such as if PCs fail...

D&D housecat = Greebo (Discworld)

I've never liked the relativist argument. Its self contradictory. I could go along with us saying it's difficult to prove (maybe close to impossible) whats crap and what isn't but I refuse to say that everything is equally valid. Amazing how so many d&d arguments become philosophical.

Ya I'm always a fan of using as few classes as possible to represent character concepts. I've been thinking of eventually creating 4e versions the 'generic classes' from unearthed arcana. But obviously thats highly speculative an way out in the future. Possibly with 4e an OA style book will...

Saga starting HP max first level HD times 3 plus other modifiers (constitution). If you were to use the same rule in DnD and fighter with a 16 constitution would have 33 starting HP. Saves start out a little better all around. BAB and other stuff is pretty much the same starting as D&D. NPCs...

I read the article mentioned by the OP before. Its very good, and convinced me to try out an E6 style game as the current campaign I'm running, pretty good so far. D&D is not designed to accuratley simulate reality (as you all know) which is why the house cat problem crops up, as well as a 100...

Honestly I'd prefer fewer classes (3-4) and just using multiclassing and different talent/feat selections to represent different archtypes. But since thats not going to happen I'm sure we'll see some sorta spellsword class at some point, but I doubt it'll be in the core book.

Get some guys in your group to make an order for multiple copies of the PHB with you.

Ditto. But my group was never much into the plane hopping thing and wouldn't bother much learning demonology or devilology.

I dislike warforged and do not seem my self ever using them in a game I run. They are not a tradditional D&D or fantasy race either and I do not feel they should be the first 4e PHB. That said, I understand many do like them and I think adding them to the game later would make sense. As far...

An interesting way to do it. Whenever though I've run a game where aging was importan I sorta took a different approach. As you age ability scores drop (none increase) to a greater degree than in core but the character gains extra XP. RangerWickett, your system seems very logical, I'm going...

I do a few things in my game: 1) Action Points (5+charisma modifier, don't roll d6, fixed bonus of +5, can be used to reduce damage from one source or added to AC against 1 attack in addition to the normal ways they can be spent). 2) Characters only die at hit dice plus constitution score...