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But the problem is, the Warblade isn't "like" the wizard as much as he's "like" the Fighter. Both are guys that hit people in the face with a sword. I would say that a sufficient comparison would need to do "concepts" or "archetypes" that are common to the fantasy/D&D paradigm. Probably...

RW's pretty much got it for me. In our current game, at one point one of the clerics lost all of her gear, including her symbol. "By the rules" we knew she was, at that point, rendered more or less a Nodwick until we were out of the dungeon (which turned out to be quite a while). Suck-city...

See, that's the essential dillema between what I'll call "my side" and what I'll call "your side" is that, on my end, I don't think the Fighter should be replaced. For several reasons: It's a core class. When people get "D&D" they get the core three books. When people play "D&D", the base...

What're the different paradigms? It's a whole other GAME, personally. These things need their own campaign setting with its own custom rules, new flavors, etc. One in which the martial adepts are the ONLY martial classes to be chosen from. Martial Adepts plus ... I'd say like the Shujenga...

Again, Full Attacks just aren't the be-all end-all. "Feats" don't apply to Full Attacks, usually, any more than Maneuvers do. Feats usually provide a situational bonus, much like a Maneuver or Stance does (but without the wuxia "and then I fly through the air and blow you up and make your...

I do not have Quicken. Hrm. That would be useful. I rarely take Metamagic, because I tend to see the opportunity costs outstripping the gains. I have, however, been finding the Swift and Immediate Action spells in the Spell Compendium to be rather useful from time to time ... BLAST. I...

Hrm. Thanks for the ideas, all. I will begin consulting The Tomes Of Way Too Many Character Options. Keep 'em coming! --fje

I'm even perfectly cool with saying the designer might have INTENDED that the Warblade recharge with only a single melee attack as part of a standard action. I'm not going to say, however: "Wow, dude, totally makes the class not-broken." As I've said above, I think the class is way past the...

Bingo, there. I'm a GM not afraid at all to say "no", so I usually allow custom items, even in games where I'm limiting everything to the Core Rules Only. Sometimes, there's something fun that you'd like to do that wasn't built as an item. I can say that, thus-far, I've never allowed into any...

So the characters in the AoW game I'm in hit 15th level last night, and we've got a feat selection to make. And I'm torn ... At this point, most of the higher-level "interesting" melee feats have long lists of prereqs that my character, not being a Fighter, does not have ... I could pick up...

We'll put it this way: One can run many types of fun RPG game sessions in which one does not piss off the player base. One cannot run any type of RPG game session if one HAS pissed off the player base. I have whole bucketfulls of interesting and fun things to do with my RPG, things that the...

It's one of those spells that I think dramatically suck down the fun level of the game. Honestly, I also don't like the way Dispel Magic works. After being on the recieving end of that one three and six times in a combat (or a ROUND) it just ... suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. I'd rather get hit with...

As usual, I'll believe it when I see it. At this point I could have written and had printed my own Delta Yellow book. --fje

I haven't found it to be the case at all. The exponential cost increases of wands means, really, the only wands worth the money to buy are 1st level and the only ones worth building are 1st and 2nd level. FINDING a 3rd level wand is okay. At middle-levels, where 3rd and 4th level spells are...

I think the full-attack-while-recharging is sort of a drop in the bucket at this point. When we line up the Warblade vs. the Fighter, this is where I think the Warblade creates problems: * Higher HD * More Skill Points * Better Skill Selection * Access to "Fighter-Only" Feats * Improvements to...

Usually mine are generated with the Everchanging Book Of Names (shown above) or come from within ... and are Punny. My current character is named: Bartleby Stoute, usually called "Brother Stoute". Don't really remember where I got that, just sort of plopped out on the page. --fje

Didn't see this the first time through. Not picking on you, Epoch, but this is pretty much my major complaint with the ToB stuff in general and the Warblade in particular. Often, it seems to me, the crux of the pro/con argument boils down to the pro side saying: "The Fighter sucks, so these...

Actually, my reading is, he needs to either attack somebody or use a Standard Action to twirl his weapon ... OR ... The text is saying that he can't use a Swift action and then: Cast a Spell Move and pull something from his Bag of Holding Escape a Grapple Use A Skill etc etc. He has to...

I built up a Ninja not too long ago for a replacement PC, so I remember looking through their abilities. Ninja are all about the burst damage, so you're looking for one-shot bonuses that can get the opponent flatfooted. They also need Dex quite badly. My ninja had a 13 Str, if only to get...

She's unable to strike them because of? Her BAB, she's got no Str and doesn't have Weapon Finesse? She could get a +1 weapon, but if she's having trouble hitting, that's not an increase. She could get Gauntlets of Ogre Power or Gloves of Dexterity +2 for 4000, but if her Str is already tanked...