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I have yet to see a poll that covers all options ;) As for me, I am primarily a gamer. For reading, I do novels. I don't read D&D stuff for fun, though I read this forum a lot, msotly to improve my game.

I think it is time to stake this discussion. Anyone got a wooden stake?

Ok, now count form 1 to 10 slowly. Very slowly. And then post. If you feel like repeating the tone you just used, then count from 1-10 again. Repeat as needed until you can be civil.

True. I only hear about broken stuff from 3rd party, mostly.

I would say they are roughly equal, really. 3 gestalt = 4 regular characters. I would jsut watch for combinations that greatly increase power, as they are a lot easier to pull off in gestalt. Things like monk/Druid getting an insane Ac at about 5th level. Or everyone going for Frenzied...

Mystic Theurge is fine if you actually have to play through the levels. Starting at first, and suffering mightily till roughly 7th level, and not really starting to shine till about 11th is great for balance. But if you start at 13th or so, it is pretty sweet, but I wold argue it is not...

The prices in the DMg assume a Cleric or Wizard makes it. If a sorceror makes it, be sure to make it more expensive, but also last longer. If you go with some wonky prestige classes with really low CLs or spells of wildly different spell levels, then I would be careful.

I ban it, as well as several other minor pieces of the game that can lead straight into silliness, or abusive builds. The problem with the spiked chain is that it allows more abuse of the reach/AoO and Improved Trip rules. The easiest way to help keep those in control is to ban the spiked and...

I think the adventure paths are great because they show powerful outsiders or even gods actively working behind the scenes to destroy the world, or at elast to change it in some way beneficial to them, with all the low-high level characters who are surrounding them and their plot. Plus they...

Well, I generally play the way the PHB states, but I am a bit uncomfortable with clerics and druids trawling through massive amounts of source books looking for spells. I usually restrict them to PHB and Spell Compandium spells. Otherwise they get to pick freely. Though there are alignment...

Well, I generally play the way the PHB states, but I am a bit uncomfortable with clerics and druids trawling through massive amounts of source books looking for spells. I usually restrict them to PHB and Spell Compandium spells. Otherwise they get to pick freely. Though there are alignment...

I agree. Teh feat is broken, and just should not be used normally, much less munchkining it .

Personally, I think going 15 levels of Mt is a mistake, becasue then the character too easily gets 9th level spells in both arcane and divine. At 16th level, making the hard choice between 9th level spells in divine OR arcane is an important balancing mechanism. Sorry, but too powerful for my...

I would agree. Once per trick per encounter. The only problem with that is defining 'encounter'

I am playing a battle sorceror now, and he is doing quite well. For a fighter/mage they are my favorite becasue htey get not only a good sleection of spells, butthey get a variety of them also. Warmages with evocation, and Duskblades with single-target HP spells jsut do not have the versatility...

I would have to go with the Mystic, but just barely. They are all very weak. A Divine caster's strength is in a wide spell list, not in slots per day. The Spirit Shaman is my favorite, because choosing Druid spells is very powerful if you use Spell Compendium. Unfortuantely many ofthe SS...

I've never really liked the term, especially when 12 year olds use it to catagorize your build into a general archetype that means exactly nothing. Lots of other terms like this, but this one is one of the more annoying to me

I think rolling stats in order is a good idea, but then step back and let them play the race/class they want to. In the gmae, let them know what classes the NPCs are and show whatthe NPCs can do with those abilities. maybe they will get intrigued.

I don't like multi-class penalties (And do not use the) becasue they seem to limit creativity, and any race that goes single class ignores them anyway. Or goes single-class and then prestige. I can see they would be mroe important in a game without prestige calses, but otherwise what is the...

Great. More Diabloesque stuff. How annoying. The gems were bad, the runestaffs were good, the set idea is just terrible. I am definitely not getting this book. Sorry, WOTC.