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It also depends on the point of the game you're playing. If the object of the game is to vanquish foes (usually through combat), then it's important for each player to have his chance to shine. D&D tends to fall into this group. If the goal of the game is to overcome adversity through...

Seeing as how invisibility had a range of touch, how does this crazy wizard cast it on the cube? I hope he doesn't fail that Fort save... or am I missing something?

Thereafter, it would be great fun to have commoner kobolds find the epic PCs. If they never attack it, they'll never find out it has 3 hp.

I'm considering the legality of Spring Attacking during a charge action. On one hand, the effect of Spring Attack is (roughly)allowing the attack action to take place in the middle of a move, or move-attack-move. On the other hand, Spring Attack is phrased in a way that might make it its own...

The main problem I see with this system is that it ends up making surprise much more volatile. In the situation you named with the orc and the rogue, the rogue clearly has surprise and would get a surprise round (assuming he heard the orc coming before it opened the door). By offering the orc a...

I've found that using summoned creatures is more a tactical decision than one to beat up things. By the time you can summon something, it's usually less powerful physically than the tanks and less powerful magically than the wizards. So the real strength is in the miscellaneous abilities that...

Re: rastlin Well, that's debatable. He had at least one artifact-level item (Staff of Magius), and gained an epic-level wizard's help when he needed it. He was pretty weak on his own. Sure, he survived the War of the Lance, but he was still a little fish at that point. He really only got...

I almost named these two, but I held back. Foresight has some interpretations that would make it severely underpowered, but most reasonable DM's notice that is makes sweeping statements about knowledge gained, and is the pinnacle of divination spells. It basically negates surprise, invisibility...

Here is a list I can come up with just glancing at the PHB real quick: Water Breathing: Alter self is lower level and works better for the same effect. Fire Trap: Level 4 spell that does barely more than Burning Hands, when it works at all? Shout: Wow, just terrible. Seeming: A bunch of...

Semi-bump. This game seems fun and it would be a shame to let it die on account of too few players. I've got my character sent in, looks like he's gonna be the party Rogue. I hear Kyramus rolled up a Ranger as well. I don't know what Nightfall wants to do, but I think the group could use some...

I'd say you should cut back on the requirements. 7 feats is a lot, and Alertness and Combat Reflexes don't really seem to be necessary. I would also think about granting either Quick Strike or Swift Actions as a bonus feat during the progression of the class. Also, like someone else said, lower...

Instead of Parry Death's Blow, use the Defensive Roll mechanic. It's basically the same thing, so it makes sense to not reinvent the wheel. Other than that, I just think something's missing. The class seems kind of inflexible to me. Basically it's a one-trick pony: it beats other fighters by...

Here's another feat I'm working on, the idea is you use a polearm (or the threat of one) to push someone around. I imagine this kind of thing for beastmasters and perhaps slavers. Prod [General, Fighter] Your threats with a reach weapon cause a foe to retreat. Requirements: Weapon Focus (any...

Since the riddle doesn't do anything in and of itself, I think it's perfectly fair as written. As long as the group does any kind of research, they will probably find a reference to the Throne of Disorder. The only problem is if they don't want to teleport there, on account of missing it, or...

The way I figure it, using the first one, you can shift position with a little difficulty, which translates to once per round. With the second one, you shift position effortlessly and can attack at both distances easily. To balance a 2 feat investment (instead of an EWP with the Spiked Chain)...

Well, I'm not saying exactly that. I'm saying that at a certain point (IMO around level 10), most of the core classes, excepting spellcasters, look the same. Two single-classes Rangers simply don't have a lot of room to divulge. Even fighters, with all of their feats, eventually get all of the...

I would stick the Angelis at +2. Wings are HUGELY useful at all levels, and they have some other modest bonuses that probably cancel with normal ECL 0 races. Ronso I would put at a low +3. Being large is a big advantage, and the penalties apply very little to a fighter-type. To get them up to a...

That's exactly my point. +1 to his saves and +1 to his BAB is something that every single character of every class gains at level 6, so it's pretty much a moot point there. I don't know about the rest of the character, but if he's anything like the other characters I've seen, he's probably not...

Of course he doesn't want to take another level in Ranger! He's a level 16 character, and he gains the same abilities that a level 6 character would. A high level prestige class allows him to keep progressing forward in abilities, regressing to a low level core class means that he completely...

I'm sorry, because I don't want to flame anyone, but without PrC's, I find that all non-spellcasters become infinitely weaker than the 4 pure spellcasting classes. If you want to put it in previous terms, all of the non-spellcasters (I'll lump rangers, bards, and paladins in thie group) are...