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Actually, all the characters I described were made with the 3.0 PH and that's it. Neither the players nor I had access to any other books at that time. The other characters, the ones using races from Arcana Unearthed (Arcana Evolved before the upgrade), came later. The Bard, Cleric, Fighter...

Unless I am really reading the 4e books wrong, I think I know of a number of things that are common in my 3e core books campaigns that are not possible with 4e. Now, this is based just on using the core books from both sets, since it is not fair to compare 4e with the whole gamut of 3e or 3.5e...

This would be the one! Thanks a bunch. I found it to be quite useful when I was creating information for one of the largest cities in my gameworld.

I am trying to find a city generator I used some time ago. It creates a city using the rules from either D&D 3.0 or 3.5, but it also creates the names of various businesses including jewelers, weaponsmiths, and inns. It also generates names, classes, levels and personality information on shop...

Actually, that is not true. According to the PH an encounter can be a combat encounter or a noncombat encounter. A combat encounter is a battle against nefarious foes. A noncombat encounter is just about anything else, including dealing with traps, solving puzzles, talking to NPCs, and the...

So, some of my players in my 3.0 game acquired a Necklace of Fireballs. They were all happy until they realized that it would have to replace their amulet of Natural Armor, since they both take up the throat/neck slot for magic items. I noticed in 3.5 that they changed it so that the Necklace...

I am not staying with 3.5, but I am not moving to 4e either. We're playing what you might call 3.25, somewhere between 3.0 and 3.5. We do not plan on buying or playing 4e. Most of my group feels that 4.0 is: coming out too soon after 3.5; not needed; too much like a video game; pandering to...

You know, I don't honestly spend a lot of time preparing for a game. Monster stats are taken from the various monster books, so that's all done. NPCs are roughly sketched out with just the information I think they will need for the encounter, anything else is made up on the fly. Treasures, if...

What I am looking for are alternatives that I might not have thought of. Other people see the game differently than I do, so they might have creative alternatives that would not come to me from my view. I am also curious to see if others might be in a similar situation. No, I do not know all...

Good lord, I have gone through every edition change from D&D to both editions of AD&D to 3.0, 3,5, and now we are approaching 4.0. Each time, so far, it has been relatively easy to either convert a character or make a new character of the same type. My players and I generally stick to the...

Just to set the record straight, I have a very open mind, just not an exceptionally open wallet. Unemployment can really close your wallet pretty tight. Satisfaction with something you already have over something you do not have and cannot get is not being closed minded, it's being pragmatic.

OK, so let's assume that my group and I decide to buy 4e and run a new campaign.* I have a player who really has a fondness for playing her gnomish druids. I understand that I may be able to find playable stats for a gnome in the Monster Manual, but I think she's going to be SOL for anything...

Scott, as a bit of constructive criticism, I know a few old time gamers and quite likely former employees of TSR might be a tad offended by you comparing the former staff of TSR as old passed out drunks. Insulting your elders is a bit rude, don't you think?

Okay, I quoted this stuff because I am a bit confused, or at least unsure about a few things. A spiked chain is a large weapon, which means a medium-sized character needs 2 hands to use it. The Full Attack shows using a spiked chain in both hands, or am I mistaken? Even so, he only has the...

Fascinating! A most interesting character indeed. I can tell you that I would have never thought of it, or if I had I doubt I would have come up with this particular combination. Thank you very much! I will let you know how the encounter turns out with my adventuring group. I think I have...

The funny thing is, I am planning on using this as a monster! It's mostly to show the players that wicked creatures do exist and can counter a lot of their "one trick pony" characters.

Well, considering the fact that we are playing a 3.0 game (we never felt the need to change to 3.5), I think using the 3.0 core books would be best. It is most kind of you to do this, and I greatly appreciate it.

Which is probably quite different than the one from Masters of the Wild, as that one is much more tailored to the Barbarian than the Fighter. Well, that explains why I have never heard of it. I really don't own a lot of D&D books, and I don't find many of them all that necessary, to be...

Okay, so I figured out that Exotic Weapon Master comes from Masters of the Wild (thank you Wikipedia!). I have no idea where Weapon Mastery comes from. Also, you mention a Knight class. There are about two dozen classes with knight in their name, so I am not sure which one you mean there...

I was thinking of making a couple of them of either 10th or 12th level. The part of 9 adventurers are all 9th level, and I would like to have something provide a respectable challenge to them. Stats are entirely flexible, to be perfectly honest. I usually just write down ones that work for...