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I kinda like it, but I wish you could lose less spellcasting levels. Losing 5 spells-known levels is awfully harsh. You are 2-3 spell levels behind, but gain the ability to one 4th level spell many times per day. Would this class be broken if you lost only 2 spells-known levels, and thus were...

We finished our third game, and our party is still at the Gabal's. The greasy student and the floating griffin carcass turned into a full-fledged necromantic side quest. The party wasn't careful of Shealis at all. In fact, the fire wizard wanted to duel her himself (but was restrained)...

This was really annoying for Flaganus Mortus, the Wyvern Rider that fell from the sky. He doesn't have enough detail to run the encounter (what's his initiative bonus, does he have power attack, cleave?). Any you can find him again in the back, but alas... I don't mind so much for skeletons...

I'd consider it at low levels if it were once/day and then retrain it away via the PHB2 rules. At higher levels, your body on the ground it going to be fireballed or something, and then you are just going to die again. But really, I'm much rather have a feat that lets me do something cool than...

I don't understand. Wizards get feats just like everyone else. And I thought you wanted real horses, not wildshaped druids and awakened horse barbarians. If that design constraint is out, how about a series of magic items that grant bonuses to the mount? The power of the mount is then...

I usually only fudge a stat or die roll when an NPC would finish off an important encounter and the next person to act is a PC. I don't like stealing the victory from the players. This happens every now and again. But I don't fudge rolls otherwise, but I'm always up for a discussion of why...

I'd riff off of the Leadership feat and create a leveled horse based on that.

The UA Thug variant swaps out Medium&Heavy armor and your first level fighter bonus feat for 4 skill points per level and some new class skills (knowledge local, bluff, gather information and sleight of hand). It is a very good class if you aren't going to wear only light armor because long...

How is this any faster than a human Mithril-fullplated barbarian with Boots of Striding and Springing?

Snakes! (What, zombies can't watch bad movies.)

What levels is Dungeon of the Fire Opal for?

Comparing psionic powers and spells isn't an exact science. Also the power you mention (Dimension Hop) is only available to the Freedom Mantle, requiring a feat for most character to access it (or taking a class that provides a Mantle and selecting that specific mantle).

I'm not a big fan of first-level teleportation either. It is just a solution to too many problems. Locked door: teleport. Entangle: teleport. Web: teleport. Resilient Sphere: teleport. Force Cube: teleport. Grapple: teleport. True, Wayfarer's step is a standard action and then a move...

I skim the titles of those threads that have been updated since the last time I visited. This is usually the first page for General, but often it can be two or three pages. I read those threads I think I might be intested in, but leave when I figure it isn't what I'm looking for which could be...

I've had both the party pay an NPC, and use the spell themselves, depending on the levels involved. I've also played in a "raise dead never happens" campaign, and I was fine with it.

I for one like the flavor of multiclass penalties. Without them, the races seem more the same. (Not that I like the current favored classed for the races. In fact, I often play around with them to make a specific race in a specific campaign feel different. Halflings with monk as favored class...

I've run campaigns with toughness set at 4 and 6, but still never had anyone take it. But it did make for some nasty first level NPCs. All total, I think toughness is just about right around 4 if you have retraining rules. Without retraining rules, maybe 8, maybe 10.

Funny, but every fighter character I have seen has takent those two feats (Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization), and then in all cases except one stopped taking fighter levels. Weapon Mastery requiring fighter levels would solve this latter problem.

Cleric spells often use d8s. How about 2d8/level? Weaker by 1hp/level, but now you can empower and maximize it. And it has a certain symetry with Disintegrate.

+2 Con has a variable part (1hp/level) and a fixed part (+1 Fort Saves and +1 on Con and concentration checks) +2 Str has mostly a fixed part (+1 to hit in melee, +1 on Str checks and skills), but the +1 damage is variable with level. When you are first level with Str15 and a plain sword, +1...