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It doesn’t have to have a modern feel to it at all. Perhaps using WWI as a starting point. WWI had cannons, guns, planes, juggernaut tanks, gas attacks, and trenches. The predominant tactics used during this time was still the mass rush, which is a very very old tactic. Perhaps troups are dug...

I try to view player death as an opportunity. If you deprive your players of death they lose the option of doing heroically stupid things like Leonidas at Thermopylae staying behind to allow the rest of the Greeks to retreat and rally to beat the Persians. They also lose the excitement that...

I was looking at combat modifiers and found the +1 for higher ground. Does a portable hill or equivalent magic device exist in any of the books? -Allegro

Since you want to emphasize utility, I recommend focusing on spells. I’d buy: Periapt of Wisdom 4000 2 Pearl of Power Lvl 1 2000 1 Pearl of Power Lvl 2 4000 Lesser metamagic rod extend 3000 Wand of cure light wounds 750 I find the pearls to be the most...

I detest how a paladin is penalized for 30 days if her mount dies while a druid can have a new animal companion every day. I always envision the paladin engaging in ridiculously dangerous and heroic acts until death. I fully expect a mount to be killed now and then. I also dislike how the...

Thanks, I’ll just use the +2 aid another action in the short run. On the question of whether or not the whip threatens I believe this hinges on the fact of the whip against an armored opponent can do no damage. A kitten flanking an iron golem would threaten. But an epic bard wielding a whip in...

I’m looking for a way to feint for another PC in combat. In my head, I imagined my bard snapping a whip right in front of the orcs eyes distracting the orc from the rogue who is about to slide a dagger between his ribs. Is it possible?

I’m don’t like the town turning against the hero so easily. If you truly want the town to turn against the PCs runs something like this. PCs are wakened in the inn by somebody throwing stones at the window. When they investigate out the window they see the door to the neighboring house wide...

Not all locks are to keep people out. William Nile, the deranged and only son of the noble house Nile, is quietly being locked up for his and the towns safety. During Williams, youth he pursued autocratic whims but settled down in his late teens into a career in the military. William was an...

Can a lesser metamagic rod affect a prepared empowered fireball? The fireball is still treated as a third level spell for DC but it is in a 5th level slot.

I personally wouldn’t worry about it. If the PCs use this tactic, monsters will get a nice easy listen check. After one or two ambushes the rest of the party will encourage the bard to be quiet.

Spread rumors, about a town in the west that has contracted a terrible disease of magical origin has been quarantined. A shipment of the rare valuable herb, Fey Neetles, the only known cure is in the warehouse. The lone guard of the herb is a monk who is under a vow of nonviolence will only...

Summon instrument cymbal to provide some quick disposable ad-hock protection.

Perhaps I’ve played nethack to much, but I’d love to try to wish for the genocide effect. “I wish all orcs be killed”. I know this is completely outside the scope of the wish spell but… it would be fun to try. How about wishing for the level of a spell be reduced? “I wish Wall of Force was a...

One more thought, speak language is a key skill for a social or enchanting bard. If you can’t speak the language diplomacy, bluff, and charm person/monster become less interesting. It is also useful in subterfuge.

I’d recommend picking up improved initiative. The fascinate class ability only works if an obvious threat isn’t present. Most of the time, unless you win initiative this ability will not work. A Circlet of Persuasion helps allot of the bard core skills. Additionally, I recommend some...

Any suggestion on how to multiclass a bard with a favored soul? I really like the music aspect of being a bard and the healing shtick of the favored soul. I’d also be great with bard/healer and in a pinch bard/cleric. I have considered the divine bard variant class but to the best of my...

The horse shoes of the zephyr are most like the cleric/ranger spell Water Walk which allows you to walk over Mud, oil, snow, quicksand, running water, ice, and even lava.

Tell that to the venerable arch-druid kobold that 7 is plenty. I'd also point out the loss of strength and agility due to age is also natural but the Druid class specifically avoids this. To take this thinking even farther, a druid comes upon a squirrel that escaped a hawk but was mortally...

It more then likely was just a mistake, but since I’m not the DM I don’t know. I’m just using my part-time DM hat to guess what my PC encountered was a dread wraith since it was incorporeal, spring attacking, and con draining. So two level 12 PCs running from a CR 13 is wholly appropriate and...