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I would have them exploit their size and stealth for an advantage in combat. Something that small can go a lot of places that a Medium creature can't. I'd have an environment full of objects - furniture, debris, whatever. The little dolls are small enough to move around without impediment, but...

The trait mechanics are used in Pathfinder rather than regional feats. I think they're an improvement, as it's a lower cost for background/flavor. Similar in concept - they're essentially half-power feats used for mechanical elements to reflect the PC's background.

What's the level range for this game? Where are you starting at, and where do you expect to go? If you're not attached to ranger, you might consider a zen archer monk gestatled with a mindchemist alchemist. There could be some fun synergy there in a few places, though you'd have a lot of...

I think a ranged character focusing on archery and bombs could be accomplished, and be quite fun. Here are a couple of things to think about, though. SotS is right that the Trapper archetype sucks. All you get out of it that's actually useful is trapfinding. The effects and damage caused by the...

In 3.5, we used to use Reflex saves to resist Tumbling - that tied it to defender skill without adding BAB and Strength. I've always thought that large, slow, strong creatures should be the easiest to tumble past - that's the imagery I'd expect from all fictional representations I'm familiar...

I ran a game once where some villains used various oozes as biological warfare. They infused green slime into apples, so that if you bit into it,your mouth was filled with green slime. The PCs had track the shipments down before too many people were exposed. Had a fun time with it.

The only one of those classes I've seen in play is the witch. She's our arcane caster for our current PF game, and roughly seems as effective as a wizard in most things. She has been able to fly for a while with a class ability, which is very nice for a caster type. She's a blaster and...

My preference is also five players for the type of game I prefer. Everybody gets some subplot that way and a chance to shine. I'm running Savage Worlds right now for a group of seven, and it does drag. Two people were gone last night and it flowed much better. System mastery matters, though...

So, www.woot.com had a Motorola Xoom wifi for sale yesterday, and I picked one up. I'm going to be taking it to game from now on. Should be interesting.

Huh. What do you intend to get out of multiclassing? Spellcasting classes are the hardest hit, and those are both spellcasting classes with significant overlap in what they do. Are you wanting a bunch of low-level domain powers? That'd be the best reason I can think of to go cleric/inquisitor.

Deadlands is the only Western RPG I've ever played or run. I can see the attraction to a more fantasy-oriented Western setting - themes of frontier living, gritty survival, and dealing with strange natives can work in a lot of settings. I got that feeling from the Dark Tower series of books by...

Might as well make it 24 hours - there just aren't that many combat rounds in the day, and physical stats are only important then, for the most part. I could see Communal versions of those spells like in Ultimat Combat, but doing what you suggest will be pretty close to a flat +4 bonus to...

I like the religions from the Song of Ice and Fire books, particularly the Seven - Maiden, Mother, Crone, Warrior, Smith, Father, and Stranger. I use them as one of the major pantheons in my campaign settings. They're the two Jungian triads plus a god of death and outsiders. I also like the...

No, I've never named adventures, though campaigns will typically have a name based on the overall idea. This is just for my organization, usually. I'm currently running Deadwood Winter, for example - a Deadlands game set in Deadwood with wendigo and Ithaqua cultists as the main villain group...

I know. I don't see the logic there, either.

Oh, further fun thought - you can start taking the Dimensional Agility->Dimensional Dervish feat chain at 6th level, thanks to Maker's Jump. You can take them all with your 7th, 9th, and 11th level feats, since you have the BAB of +6 by then. You can easily pounce using Dimensional Assault at...

Well, true, but since you can take damage yourself if it would result in your eidolon being dismissed, I'm not sure why you'd ever allow that to happen. Seems to be a better idea to just take Resilient Eidolon at 1st level and desperately call out for healing when you get knocked out, like a...

So, I was thinking about something kooky for a recent thread (Stumblewyk's "Help me build a tank!" thread, specifically). I looked over the synthesist summoner archetype, with a mind to turning it into a tank. Sure, your BAB isn't going to be great, but you have access to all those fun...

But would that be the case in a setting with a lower level of arcane magic? There's a plethora of options for arcane magic in sourcebooks because that's the default in most settings. It's not the default in DS, though, so I'd think most research would go into psionics.

I think they should have some kind of armor penetration ability represented by a bonus to attacks against heavily-armored targets, but not that strong. Then again, I don't like the gunslinger's ability to make touch attacks with a gun, which is intended to be the same mechanic. If you buy the...