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They did. Paladins are holy warriors--NOT KNIGHTS. A paladin lives or dies by faith. They are Constantanople the Great or Richard the Lionhearted--not Lancuelot du Lac or Beowulf. And, if a Paladin really does want more martial skill, they can just pick up levels of fighter. FWIW, I...

Re: Re: Re: [3.5] Partial actions aren't gone, they are renamed, and the resulting co If we must, but I'd rather not. Apologies if you're upset at my comment--but I really never read "standard action" as "a partial action and a move-equivalent action." I understood standard actions to be...

Ok, and? I always considered actions to be subsets of each other--you have free actions, which are a subset of move actions, which are a subset of standard actions, which are a subset of full-round actions. 3.0's attempt to have "standard actions" be "two actions in one" was just (IMO) a...

Re: Re: Re: 3.5 makes Savage Species useless!!! An argument could be made that the book wasn't worth its cover price when you bought it. (I didn't pick it up for exactly this reason.) Aren't there equipment lists, new feats, RP backing--and a rule for starting moster characters at a level...

Call it a brief lesson on the OGL--it's good for the hobby, it makes the D&D world go around faster than it ever has, and it's probably a good idea to get to know at least the bits and pieces of it. (This is just a reminder--not an in-depth summary or a good explination of why things are what...

Obvious fix: Allow for certain actions to give a bonus to rolls to beat DR. You could also make SP and GSP give real caster-level bonuses if you like.

Actually, there has been a level of criminal copyright infringement for quite some time. It's just been lowered in the very recent past. Plus, most new criminal laws cause something that wasn't a crime to become a crime. This is called "passing a law", and constitutionally is no different...

Punishment should be punishment, above and beyond restitution of the wrongs. I.e., if you defaud me for a thousand dollars, and I win in court, your tort-liabiltiy to me will be my thousand dollars, plus some number (possibly several thousand dollars) of punative damages. Plus, every time we...

Criminal copyright infringement is fairly specifically defined. If you do it to make money (apparantly inclduing saving yourself $90 by downloading the three books from KaZaa), or infringe $1000 retail worth in 180 days (i.e., make eleven copies of all three books in 6 months), you're...

Nope. Even a DRM's steamboat willie is subject to the analog hole. While the law isn't clear to me (IANAL-RU, Sigil?), I suspect that a judge would allow me to capture a video feed to make Fair Use commentary. With a good lawyer, I wager that I could even make videotape copies for small...

Neither R&R nor MoF had very good systems for spellcasters working in tandem. In As Above, So Below, I've got the following bits worked out: The above takes bits and pieces from R&R. The Ritual Magic rules in that book were OK, but not all that impressive if you wanted a cabal of wizards...

AASB uses spell points, called "mana" As Above, So Below uses a mana system instead of vancian magic. (never fancied vancian magic.) Leaving out the spell revisions, sources of magic, and other bits that will wind their way into the book in the next few months, AASB as a new "Essence" ability...

There are two major and one minor problem with that, Sigil. Firstly, scholoary research already has a Fair Use exemption. If I want to write a piece on the history of cartoons, I don't need to pay Disney or get their permission to mention, describe, or even sample Steamboat Willie. Secondly...

It doesn't need to be enforced that harshly. If this law were passed as-drafted (and I can guarantee that it won't be--this is a clear case of "asking for more than you expect to get"), those charged would primarily just plea bargain their way out of the trial. They wouldn't go after very many...

Re: Re: Re: I have a 22 Constitution. Ah. Hmm.... Back on the "maybe buy to look for rules" list, then.

Plus it's continues the obnoxious "many small dice" variants of weapons. If the maximum damage is going to be 12, then it should be a 1d12--not 2d6, not 3d4, 1d12! (grr...) A katana made by the best moral smith, IMO, would be the following: Masterwork Folded-Steel katana (1d8 18-20/x2...

Darnit RW, now you've gone and convinced me not to buy that book! (How much alcohol is an AU? One ounce? Not even? Hmm.... 80 proof Vodka with 6 oz shot = 2.4 oz of alcohol... 12 AU... 0.2 oz? Man, that's not a lot at all... maybe as much as in a sip of beer... (really weak, 5 proof beer...

Credit: Just let me know what form you want it. How does: "Special thanks to Gothmog for assistance on Manifestation Effects" sound? Domains: the more the merrier. I'll probably condense the abilities to a few powers that work best in As Above, So Below , and have some others for the seperate...

Re: Re: er, Anubis? But, regardless of the flavor you want, Game Balance can be preserved. Want to make katanas amazing weapons and elves godlike beings? Just increase their cost and ECL.

er, Anubis? Anubus: Have you ever trained professionally with swords? Where? (a LARP or SCAdian combat doesn't count.) Have you ever been in a real deadly battle where you've used a sword? Against someone else who knew what they were doing with a sword? I highly doubt that the answers...