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It looks ok, though its balance largely depends on what your group is and how common explosives are. If you are looking for a class to make explosives, the Tinker from the Warcraft d20 book is like a non-magical Artificier, and explosives are covered (and quite good). I played a Tinker in a...

Alright, my next game with my current DM is in a few days, I'll call him before that and talk to him about my issues with the game. However, this DM has a history of being inflexible, and dislikes people commenting on his performance. He probably won't do anything, and he might take his anger...

The problem with the crusader is that one session, we engaged in combat with him and just about before he died, he teleported away an an immediate action. Then, we found him again, and began to fight. After a few rounds, he backed off and I (the face of the party) tried to convince him that he...

The Bo9S thing would not be as huge a problem if he didn't run 5 session long days. It took us 8 sessions to complete a story arc, and it was 2 days long. My Factotum barely recovered his spells, the Monk ran out of Stunning Fist halfway through, and the Ninja nearly died about 8 times. I don't...

In my current campaign, the DM house-ruled that Book of Nine Swords was not allowed. Okay, I thought, not a problem, I'll go ahead and make a normal character. Then, a character in the party takes a PrC for Bo9S. Then, to top it off, the villain of one particular arc is a Crusader. I don't think...

It isn't directly related, but the Skincaster feat from Dragon magazine may prove invaluable. Being on a ship means several kinds of danger for your spellbook, this feats basically lets you tattoo your spells onto your body. It's flavorful and useful, what's not to like?

Barbarian/Bard is also a fun way to go, but playing a multiclass caster is tough no matter how you run it. Be prepared, no matter what you choose to do, for other characters to outshine you in raw ability.

What if classes gave the core features at levels 1-5 or 1-10, and after that they gave very little? Then you combine that with having prestige classes ADD abilities rather than replace them. Kind of like 4.0 but not as terrible. For example, if you wanted your Fighter to stay fighter, he would...

I like the idea of lower level caps for base classes, it kind of reminds me of the prestige paladin and ranger. I think it would be really interesting to cap base classes at 10 levels (or maybe even 5 for some) and focus on multiclassing and prestige classes. Add in a method of balancing "gish"...

Above is a Microsoft Word file with the complete text and better formatting for the table. I haven't been able to fix the table no matter what I do.

Hmm, the table was messed up. How can I fix this?

Below is the legacy weapon a player in my group designed and sent to me. Comments/suggestions would be welcome. Veritas was once the right eye of an archivist who battled against the forces of dark magic and paid the final price. By taking Veritas’ legacy upon yourself, you gain...

I watched the anime, and your class is pretty much spot on. The similarity to the soulknife is actually fine. Now all we need is someone to playtest it.

I'd go one step further and make shield give the AC bonus and make armor grant damage reduction.

Base attack bonus is 3/4 level, ie. that of a Cleric or Factotum. The prerequisites are as follows: 8 ranks in any 2 knowledge skills 4 ranks in Linguistics (a consolidation of Decipher Script, Speak Language, and Forgery) Arcane Dilettante class feature The prerequisites are pretty loose, so...

Thanks Dandu. Does anyone else have a problem with it? Too strong? Too weak? Are the class features at inappropriate levels? I'm implementing the class next saturday, so any comments would be nice.

I've created this prestige class for my Factotum character; it is based on the Pathfinder Chronicler class from Pathfinder. It is designed to have good skill use and casting, and trades the stealth and healing of the Factotum for better anti-trap, general adventuring, and more casting...

This table is wonderful. Not only is it useful when calculating DCs for my own game, it's also a good baseline for difficulty when running a character in my friend's 3.5 game.

Honestly, ranged attack should not be thought of in too much depth. The character is primarily melee, and he only used a crossbow occasionally. The penalty is more fluff than crunch for him. Concerning flanking issues, the DM is thinking of imposing an AC penalty against attacks from the...

Races with minuses to attributes hurt some class choices. You'll seldom see a Dwarf Sorcerer, an elven "tank", or a Halfling/Gnome Barbarian, because the stat minuses make it unattractive to play that kind of character. Being human lets you play any class. In addition, the feat and extra skill...