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Thinking outside the box a little, humanoid/giant races aren't necessarily the best for a dragon to use for shock troops. For one, they tend to have their own agendas. My dragons in the past had great success with half-Griffons, and even half-Warhorses. A half-Bulette or half-Girallion would be...

Since your PCs are gonna be allowed to take the class regardless, it's just semantics, but the requirements are basically 1 feat (weapon focus) and then being a high level Cleric or Paladin. If someone else was to use this, I'd make them jump through some hoops. I think it's fair to give them...

This is a good point. And he is losing something in Necromancy. Spectral Hand, Enervation, Vampiric Touch, Horrid Wilting, plus all the good level 9 spells. Enervation is a very valuable spell in a wizard's arsenal against things like dragons, or even other buffed wizards. Killing off their best...

I just wanted to throw in a suggestion I got from Dragonstar. Adding ECL after creation is something the system wasn't designed to handle. No matter how you do it, progression is significantly screwed up, and besides that, you "earned" whatever you got. In Dragonstar, there are magic items that...

I can't fathom this. It's not like a Wizards lawyer will be standing over your shoulder. We use extra dice most of the time for our minis. Between different colors, sizes, and which number is up, it makes tracking things a breeze. Sure, real minis are nice, but they're a lot of work and money...

Re: The Worst Thing About Psionics in DD3E Is Its Lack of Support This I think is the best reason. As an "official optional supplement" it makes Psionics the redheaded stepchild of D&D. Other material can't reference it, since it's not core, so it's doomed against expansion. If you just remove...

I don't understand this. It's like the word 'Psionics' just makes people irrationally angry. If they called it "Channeling" and said it was another mechanic magic, it suddenly fits D&D? Just because it's in the book, it doesn't mean that you have to use it. It seems incredibly selfish to quelch...

Golly, I was really hoping to get some dialogue on this. Maybe I should make the title more eye-catching?

Mine was written specifically for a homebrew race. It also ended up being overpowered. I'll type it up if you want, but it was more a failed experiment than anything else.

Here's my rebuttals Siggy: The requirements are purposely a bit generic, which implies a rather broad variety of Wyrmslayers. Some are mid-level fighters (Weapon Spec.) some are smart (Int 13+ Expertise), and some are quick (Dex 13+ Dodge and Mobility). If I were using splatbook feats, I might...

I disagree with most of the posters so far. Bardic Knowledge is the major Bardic ability, along with Bardic Music. It should be relatively powerful. I treat it as if he had ranks in every available Knowledge skill equal to his level. So if there is a Knowledge roll to know any particular piece...

This is a preview prestige class of my (distantly) upcoming book on fighting big, beastly things. ------------------------- The Wyrmslayer Where most know fear, the Wyrmslayer knows the difference between life and death. Be it a colossal dragon, a titanic dinosaur, or a slithering worm, a...

I think that there is a failure to communicate around here. Technik's feat ONLY applies to Duration: Permanent spells. It's no improved permanency, since the spell is already permanent. The spell will never naturally end anyways, the feat simply makes it more difficult to artificially end the...

The first thing I thought of when I saw this discussion was the Legend of the 5 Rings RPG (d10). There is absolutely no resurrection in that game, unless you cound animating zombies. The game is also much more lethal at all levels than D&D. At the same time, an honorable samurai is expected to...

I made a PrC similar to this before, for a homebrew elven subrace with stone affinities. Here are some more ideas I had. Check out the Xorn Movement spell in MotP. It lasts for a short time, but will always last long enough to make it to the other side. Letting them burrow at will is way too...

Er, no. The Mindbender's specials only work on creatures of size Large or smaller. Charm Monster and Dominate Monster don't have this limitation.

Here are some things I've done in the past involving buffing spells and other such tactics: 1. Have the enemies expect buffing spells. Throw dispel magics on the party even when they have no spells running. Invisibility Purges against rooms with no invisible opponents. It's plausible that...

The problem with not giving +1 spellcasting level is that most abilities that can be granted are something that more spellcasting levels can replicate. Take the Mindbender PrC in T&B. Really, only the Friends Forever and Thrall abilities are something that a Wizard/Sorceror can't easily do with...

As DM, I wanted to bring the players to a "lost world" type area, so I rigged an enchanted dragon egg up. The dragon who laid the egg put an enchantment that would throw up a very large teleportation circle back to its home if anyone touched the egg. He intended the egg to remain safe, and was...

*steps forward* In Keanu Reeves voice: "Dude, I'm like... evil. No, I'm like totally evil. Check it out... evil kung fu!"