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Can such a character be playable ? Yes: ok / No: why ? Because you make it happen. If you're relying on adamantine everything to protect you, your own strength to overcome DR and alchemy to do all those little things that you do then you'll just have to step it up. Will you receive spells...

Mutinies are great but the action is led by others. Perhaps the Captain has all the difficulties described by CarlZog above but the crew's leader was murdered by a werewolf and the PCs are the ones they turn to. Also remember, sailors are as superstitious a lot as they come. The crew will...

Sounds like a +1 enhancement to me. As with activating any magic item it takes a standard action to change it's length and then you can't attack that round. As a free action, sounds like a +2 enhancement to me.

With the delay tactic, initiative changes so often that (as a DM) it can be infuriating. The solution to this is the rule as written. So, start the delay wars, (and do it EVERY round so you ALWAYS go first-no matter what) smack around the ranged attackers, (and perhaps insist on it applying to...

Can't agree enough with Vow of Poverty. Played with a group that had a Clr9/Mnk4 (Ilmater) with VoP and this guy was a baddest-*ssed character I've ever seen, heard of or imagined. The DM needs to participate in this too and not toss DR 15/magic and good creatures at you constantly.

I still think a switchout at 1st level would be fine. Lowering the bonus to +1 ac replicates the dodge bonus and even if the type of bonus changed (deflection, natural armor etc) I'd never spend a feat on it. As written in the OP, increasing the bonus does take away a cool thing from the monks...

A human with 50 solid years of varied work experience in his/her field should be Exp20. They should be rare to be sure. The village smith... Exp2-15, depending on age and how interesting a life this village leads. There are a multitude of ways to gain xp without resorting to hunting a killing...

Don't worry about rewards and such. Instead, try to drop hooks for them to bite on. 19th Century adventure suggests Egypt, and Deep, Dark Africa to me. As well as the usual sort of treasure, (just randomize it as the treasure is less important) how about they find some sort of tablet in a...

Hmm... how about- In red dusklight, the forgotton rise with malice. When at the last it dies, the sun cannot save all. Or something like... Anger will kill it, for hate is sharp, Greed will steal it, for lust is blind. Apathy will drain it's power Light will not come when, in cold murder...

I'm not excited about a new edition that does the same thing. I'm gonna finish buying all the 3.x books I 'need' and be happy as I can be. I guess I'll be left behind, but as long as my players and I are having fun, I'm not gonna spend another $400-$650 to round out my collection of new books...

Maybe add; Exotic: Longspear is 1-handed weapon Just a thought bubble that popped up. As far as being the 'go-to' weapon, I wonder if it was as simple as you needed less metal for a spearhead than a sword. Hmm. I've tried the spear/shield/shortsword combo but wasn't able to make it fly...

As a switch from 1st level, I don't think a feat is needed. A Bard with a Cha instead of Dex bonus seems a fair trade to me. A Barbarian with a Con instead of a Dex bonus makes perfect sense too. If you wanted to add an ability at a lter time, sure, create a feat but a straight switch from...

As far as I know Complete Mage is it. Does that mitigate the problem somewhat?

If we change semantics for clarity, and say the -4 is not because you are trying to avoid your friend, but it is because you are trying to be careful and pick your target. If you don't care (disliked/well protected Paladin or orc vs. goblin) you don't have a penalty, but have a risk. If you do...

Looks almost Gestalt Character (Unearthed Arcana) powerful. A solid mash-up of Ranger and Rogue with bits of Assassin and Monk mixed in. This character could completely dominate a party, if in the wild, and because of that, you have to be careful. I'd suggest toning down the class features...

The PHB talks about if you do your usual Prayers/Meditations/Bookworming at your usual time and leave a slot or two open, you can then later during the day spend 15 minutes filling that/those slot(s). I just figured on using the same timing. If you whip through some spells and can then spend...

Are dire bears big enough to load a cupola onto with two or three gnoll archers or would you have to advance it? Hmm... I'm going to have to use that one.

My old group was pretty fast paced, always on the go, never slept in the same spot twice-let alone in a row. We NEVER had a character with a Craft Feat. With my new group, we haven't had any real chance to settle down long enough to get anything made. If the pace of the game slows down to...

I always figured that the double move was the sprint. Since the turns come in order and all move one at a time, the speed of movement doesn't matter as much as distance during the same amount of time. (A speed thing, but in the battlemap mechanics, it is different) While I like the idea of a...

I do think if you live an interesting life, you can be an epic level commoner by retirement age. I also think that as you go through life, you pick a few things up along the way. You and I would just as easily get killed by a crossbow bolt as would a 2nd level NPC, but that doesn't mean that...