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The illustration in the original 3.0 PHB caused me to laugh out loud. Literally. Only later did I begin to dislike it for mechanical reasons. By making it Piercing/Bludgeoning you avoid the underwater use issue. If you were to describe it as a two-handed weapon that does not allow a 1.5...

If the artist had presented it as a Piercing/Bludgeoning design AND removed all of the projections from the links themselves, yes I would find it both more mechanically balanced and less visually absurd. But it is shown as having those silly projections on the links again and again and again in...

Here are some examples of chain weapons that aren't absurd. Why couldn't the game designers just used real world versions rather than create something silly?

There are lots of poor illustrations in the PHB of weapons. The Spiked Chain is just the most egregious. It is proof that the game designers and illustrators don't own any weapon reference books and have never actually held a weapon in the hands. The Spiked Chain, as depicted in the PHB, is...

To me it is cheesy simply because it is a practical absurdity. But if you would like a mechanical absurdity, you can use a Spiked Chain underwater because it is a Piercing weapon. There you go, mechanical absurdity.

Look at the illustration below. I don't need any other excuse in saying that the Spiked Chain is blatantly absurd.

I would never allow such a "lockdown build" in any campaign I ran. I wouldn't play any such build even if it were allowed in a campaign I played in. Such builds are just silly.

The biggest image I could find was this: Though I did find a Wormy archive: http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/haroog/archive/Archive.htm And a list of art he did: http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=508 There is also a Wiki page on him.

Have you checked out this list? http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/freerpgs/fulllist.html

Yep. I've NEVER understood why they made the Half-Giant a Psionic race. I know it is a hold over from dark Sun. But it never made any sense to me. For flavor I'm going to call the race the Jotun and base them off of the Norse tales of Giants.

Walking With the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas by Sy Montgomery

It occurred to me last night at work that the Ranger would make a pretty good Whaler or general spear throwing hunter. To that end, does this sound balanced? Combat Style replacement: 2nd: Precise Shot 6th: Far Shot 11th: Improved Precise Shot Take your first favored enemy as Animal and you...

I'm playing with an idea for a new campaign. Making some modifications to the Sorcerer class: D6. I've done this since 3.0 came out. Free Eschew Material Components feat. I think it plays well into the idea that a Sorcerer *is* magic, rather than one that has studied magic. A free Minor...

How much heat does the Flame weapon enhancement produce? Could you, for example, use that heat alone as a survival tool? I can see several advantages to it over an actual fire: no smoke and it consumes no fuel. Does it consume oxygen? I can just see some fighter heating his dinner over his +1...

I've decided to scrap the idea of using Averials. I'm playing with a campaign idea that includes skyships and clouds with cities on them. I've decided to go with Raptorans, the Hadozee and a custom elven race that has links with the Elemental Plane of Air. Still working that out.

The Averial race has a hefty +3 LA cost. Can anyone suggest a build that brings that down to a +1 LA? Or a +1 LA race from another source that has true flight at 1st level? Maybe add in a claustrophobia racial penalty. Can't be in enclosed spaces sort of a thing...

I read through it but I haven't used it in actual play. I thought it was quite interesting. I liked the races, though they are powerful. The thing I enjoyed the most was the descriptive fiction used throughout the book. It really captured the flavor of the setting and was quite helpful in...