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Human Barbarian with Combat Reflexes Power Attack Cleave Great Cleave Then wield a big polearm. Make sure you have a least a 14 dex and watch the extra attacks roll in...you could mix a few fighters level in for more feats and pickup Quick Draw (for when you have to switch weapons).

Sur Trevier Morneau, Chevalier de les ordre Cyrdion Rajah Kavi Pumarabian, Thaumaturge of the Green Wheel Deacon Jebeddo "Sparkle" Nacklethorpe

Buddy of mine just started playing an Illusion Specialist in a campaign we just started. I've always thought that Illusionist were great characters, but of all the spells in D&D, the illusionist and the DM have to be on the same page. Illusions are the great test of DM flexibility and...

Ulf's a player in my game so I can answer this. Thylegine is just a standard +3 Falchion that Ulf has named. The fact that he named it Thylegine (dwarven for Ambassador to Giants) pretty much tells you how Ulf feels about Giants. Louri's Bracers of Shielding were an item made by the party...

For most games, I agree with the crowd who says its because we are humans and realize the variety of cultures and personalities you find within humanity. In "standard" D&D each of the others races cultures are fairly tightly defined. Therefore, by choosing a dwarf/elf/gnome, you have defined...

I thought Forge of Fury was excellent but am unimpressed by the rest of the adventure path series.

Guy Gavriel Kay is probably my biggest literary influence at this point. His placement of fantasy novels in pseudo-historical context has completely changed my outlook on how I set things up. I must also pay homage to Tolkien, Jack Whyte, David & Leigh Eddings, Tad Williams, Raymond Feist...

In our group, most of our wizards take at least one craft feat and charge their fellow party members full price for magic items they create at half cost. This gives them the extra funds they need for scrolls, spell trading and scribig and magic items of their own.

I regularly run monotheistic games and play in a 3rd. Each campaign had a different ways of handling this. In my first attempt, worshippers of God venerated the various avatars sent to mankind over the eons. These avatars all revealed some "truth" about God. Each of these avatars was...

May God bring peace and healing to his family and friends in this difficult time...

I'll second the support for Otiluke's Resilient Sphere. This spell and Wall of Force where the reasons I decided to never give up Evocation with my specialist wizard. The damage spells are fun, but Otiluke's Resilient Sphere can eliminate a clumsy monster from a battle. 3 Hill Giants becomes...

I played it first and then later ran it as a DM. I remember those paired teleporting rooms and the false stairs as destroying the accuracy of player maps. I lost my first character to the pool room when I went into the acid pool after the treasure on the bottom. I actually used part of the...

One of my unplayed character ideas is a Ranger/Cleric/Hunter of the Dead with Favored Enemy Undead. I agree with Darklone that rangers make fine undead hunters, no prestige class necessary.

PHB 3.5, DMG 3.5, Book of Fiends (Green Ronin)

For short term summoning, the SNA list is superior to SM list. However, as a wizard summoner, you can get into the calling line of spells (Lesser Planar Binding, Planar Binding, Greater Planar Binding). If you and your DM are comfortable with the negotiation necessary to capitalize on these...

Every character I make generally has at least a one-page background if not more. I need to know what motivates this person to have any idea of how they make decisions. I find that as a player, this helps the DM tie my character into the world. I've found that my DMs will use my background...

I think the popularity of dwarves and dislike of Elves is due to their in-game design factors rather than what people think of the races in general. Dwarves are probably the best of the non-human races. Who doesn't love more Con and many people write off Charisma regularly. Elves on the other...

Anytime, but it is a spell-like ability so most everyone around the Paladin is going to know the Paladin is performing magic. This would often be unwelcome or even very rude in common social situations..

Characters have all recently reached 10th level and we've had 4 deaths. 1st death at 3rd level, 2nd at 5th, 3rd at 6th, 4th at 9th.

I always answer the who is the better combat character a fighter or "insert other class here" the same way. Fighters are the best fighters. Now if you view, hunting, hiding, etc. key to the role of archer, play a ranger. But if all you care about is what happens after initiative is rolled, a...