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I'm a geologist by trade, and by training (with 2 1/2 years of physics thrown in). Realism is pretty important to me... right up until the point where it starts to kill the coolness or fun of an idea. I like my maps to at least try and make some sense, unless the idea is just too cool to pass up.

Well, WotC's character class archive actually lists all the racial substitution levels ("elf wizard") in with the actual core classes ("wizard"). It can take a bit of filtering, but it works. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/lists/class

What a way to go out with a bang! 359 keeps sounding like the last issue will also be the greatest issue of all time.

Right up until I read this I was in the Warlock camp, but now I'm thinking Dragon Shaman might be the best option... long term. You'd have to gain 4 levels for the mule to have its breath weapon while the warlock would be doing 1d6 as an eldritch blast from the start. Of course you could also...

Yet another CS account has been bought and PayPal'd for.

Mechanics. Story I can write, but it's balanced mechanics I have problems with.

Already converted my surplus Dragons and Dungeons over to PF, and I might subscribe to the DI... if it really impresses me. Of course the last WotC electronic product was eTools, and we all know how well that piece of junk worked...

I've had an order in on FRPGames for this for a while now... here's hoping the book actually makes it into their store.

Going by the (3.0) Arms and Equipment guidelines, a magical item that granted the Divine Might feat would cost something along the lines of 15-20,000 gp. I'm guessing that you might limit the item to only those able to turn undead, and as such that fulfills one of Divine Might's pre-reqs (Str...

As much as I prefer to play and DM sorcerers, and as much as I hate the tome-lugging paper mages, even I have to admit Wizards are more powerful.

Looks like no paladin in the party. Demon + holy sword that only a LG or paladin can use = Rogue really wanting to make his UMD check.

Well, let's look at what actually exists in the MM that's not a dragon and is bigger than Huge size Gargantuan Animated Object Baleen Whale Cachalot Whale Krarken Monstrous Centipede Monstrous Scorpion Monstrous Spider Nightcrawler Elder Black Pudding Purple Worm Roc Colossal Animated Object...

I've used a version of that for Epic spellcasters - add one half their caster levels above 20 as a bonus to their spell DCs - makes spells with saving throws actually worth using again at high to Epic levels. (As in the DC of a 24th level wizard's fireball would be 10 + 3 (spell level) +2 (1/2...

If your game is fairly city-centered, Streetfighter (Comp Adv) is a good choice for fighter/rogues, from what I've seen in my games.

If your players start critting/sneak attacking undead, then just start giving undead their Cha mod in extra hp per hit die. It'd essentially even out, AFAIK. Sure, it makes unintelligent undead easily (re)killable, but for your typical lich or vampire, that'll help keep them in the fight.

The web enhancement for issue 141 is now available from paizo.com, so you can check out the maps and some of each adventure's details yourself. http://paizo.com/dungeonissues/141/DA141_Supplement_LR.pdf

The 3.0 Arms and Equipment Guide suggests any magical item that grants a feat should cost around 10,000 gp, plus 5,000 gp per pre-requisite. An item that grants Improved Initiative (no pre-reqs) would cost 10,000, while one that grants a feat like Rapid Shot (pre-reqs Dex 13 and Point Blank...

Unless you're playing a paladin, sorcerer, bard, or a cleric that's focused on turning/rebuking undead, Charisma is negligible, unless your DM tends to run RP-centric games. For a dungeon crawl, unless you're playing one of the aforementioned classes, it's completely worthless.

Another nice thing about monk weapons... they're not your actual hands. Would you rather pummel a living vat of acid with your bare flesh, or a 6' long staff? Yeah, tough choice. Anything that inflicts damage with a touch is a bad target for unarmed strikes, but a perfect target for a kama or...

I can't really say I like this one... I can understand most of his points, but the end result loses some of that "beholder-y" flavor you kind of expect. I dunno about this one.