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Well, DH seems to be releasing them fairly aggressively. Book 1 was released around December '06 and I believe Book 2 is on schedule for March or April. Like you, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping to see all the books reprinted.

I've always been a fan of the Bladesinger prestige class, but found that recent base and prestige classes have made the Complete Warrior version of the class severely underpowered, IMO. Just for fun, I've taken a few abilities from the CW version of the Bladesinger and turned them in to...

I wouldn't worry so much about that or even about the PC killing the rest of the party, since there are easy ways around that. As a DM I would consider the amount of resources and planning that will have to be done by the rest of the PCs, all just to control one character. I think it really...

I would create a new ending to the Savage Tide, bringing the series to an early but at least somewhat satisfying conclusion. Ask the players what they want, and if it's something you're interested in doing, go with a less heroic campaign. The TPK will probably just create a lot of ill will...

I've nearly finished Keith Baker's second Dreaming Dark book and I've really enjoyed it. I don't know if it's entirely fair to compare his books with two of best fantasy authors (IMO) out there today. GRRM and Mieville also have a lot more space to develop characters. The Song of Ice & Fire...

Shifters are more like Lycanthrope Light than anthropomorphic animals. Everything I've read portrays them like feral humans with some animal aspects, but definitely more skewed to the human side of things.

My favorites are ATHF, Venture Brothers, Perfect Hair and Frisky Dingo. I watch Squidbillies and Metalocalypse and enjoy both, but they're not on my "must see" list. I can even watch a few episodes of Mouse. If you're in the mood for Twin Peaks drawn by a drunk 4th grader, 12 oz. is the show...

I'm looking forward to Complete Scoundrel. Complete Adventurer, is , IMO the best of the Complete series so far and the last two "crunch heavy" books I bought from WotC (PHB II and Complete Mage) were excellent. I'm hoping there are some nice rules to add cinematic bits like swinging from...

I can only speak anecdotally, but PA has worked well with my current character (Barbarian/Sorcerer) and this is without True Strike or any other spells that enhance attack bonus. I tend to use PA when I have a bonus to attack from things like flanking or having the high ground (I learned that...

1) The SRD - printed and bound, since it gets windy on the island 2) Ptolus - for the sheer magnitude of great setting stuff 3) M&M 2E - light-ish rules, flexible, fun and can be used for more than Supers 4) Rappan Athuk: Reloaded - enough dungeon to last a lifetime 5) Spell Compendium

Whirlwind Attack? That one does have a special place in my heart. I actually just posted about it in the thread about Duskblades and arcane channeling. Still, who can resist the sheer, broken glee of Leap Attack. ;)

I do think a +4 to AC is great, even if it is for AoO's only, but unless you're the heavily armored tank I don't know how wise it is to be regularly moving around in an enemy's threatened area. If you've got the heavy armor, chances are your not doing the "agile, mobile fighter" thing anyway...

I really think these are the only situations where I would use Spring Attack. Other than a pure fighter built for TWF (like the Tempest mentioned earlier), would you really want to spend two feats on Dodge and Mobility when you could be getting stuff like Power Attack, Leap Attack or the new...

I had actually asked the same question a few months ago when the PHB II came out. I had originally thought to use Duskblade as an entry in to the Bladesinger PRC, but after really looking at the two classes I realized they just didn't mesh that well. I believe the conclusion on our last thread...

Don't worry about them. Just laugh at them like I do. Maybe it's a side effect of the number of socially crippled RPG players around, but as a group we sure seem easy to offend. Just play the games, enjoy them and don't worry about what other people think. No point losing sleep about this...

Ah, that's still mostly, kinda sort human. A couple of generations of breeding with people who don't have webbed fingers and toes will take care of that, no problem. I don't prefer to play human characters, but they tend to be the only ones that actually survive in our long-term games...

I'll gladly offend anyone *for free*. It will save you the time and effort it takes to actually look for things to offend you. I can make disparaging remarks about anyone's parentage, recreational activities of your sisters, daughters or mothers, personal hygeine and, as part of a holiday...

Maybe not proof, but on re-reading the first Dreaming Dark book, I did notice one thing: Spoiler-ish stuff: Lei's reaction to being excoriated is one of shock, as is the reactions of other House members who find out (the Lyrandar heir and the giant owl, for instance). With Lei's uncle being...

I always had the impression that *most* marked members of a House actually have a fair bit of freedom. Lei's situation in Keith's novels is a bit, uh, unique but I believe even she mentions that there a very few things you can do to actually get kicked out of the House. One of the big ones is...

Is a LA +1 vs. LA +0 really that big of a deal? IMO, it's not game-breaking. I agree that it was a stretch to put the Warforged as an LA 0, but they're a) really cool and b) a big part of the setting. Nothing more frustrating than having this really cool new race that, out of the box, you...