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Yeah, as I recall it did, but this was back when 3.0 first came out. I created/found/bought items that included 0 level spells; they were cheap and very useful (at least at lower levels).

There really isn't much more than what has been said, but one campaign I asked my DM if I could have a rod of ray of frost which could be used every round instead of starting cash. He allowed it and let me start with half the cash anyway. It isn't over-powering, but it is a ranged touch attack...

We dropped spell-casting altogether, added a few more song types and increased the number of songs per day, and added bonus feats that could be taken from any classes' feat list. Now someone always plays a bard.

There was one other method I remember someone using, and I think they stole the idea from NeverWinter Nights. The amount you could reduce by/add to damage was set to 5, and it was even -5 to attack at first level.

It is all in how you sell it really. In order to perform a power attack, it is not a stretch to say that you have to "take the time" to concentrate, plant your feet for leverage and rear back to get that extra powerful blow. You would have to focus on the attack which could mean less focus on...

I cannot say that I can help you, but I can tell you what houserules I have seen. ~The attack is limited to your STR bonus not your BAB. Example: a 16 STR means you can only subtract 3 adding +3 to damage (+6 2-handed). ~ Your AC is reduced by the total number of points of damage you do with the...

Maybe I should clarify. Standard would be (for a fighter with an 18 CON) 10 + 4 for 14 hps. I meant that perhaps (the same fighter) would start with 10 + 18 (stat not bonus) for 28 hps , instead of 10 + 10 + 4 for 24 which I believe is what you were stating, or just 18 (for an 18 CON) instead of...

I think you should do what you want. One thing I would probably do different though is add CON to starting hitpoints rather than using double dice (or use CON instead period).

You could just "bend" the rules and use a lich anyway; just scale him down. Story: very low level wizard (or cleric) learns he is going to die well before he can obtain the power necessary to become a lich so he cheats by finding some ancient ritual (fiendish help perhaps) that allows him to...

Use a modified warlock instead of sorcerer. Their heritage can be just about anything: dragon, fey, outsider, etc. How it should have been to begin with.

I have replaced them with opposing rolls. So if someone wants to drink a potion while in melee, they make a concentration check opposed by the BAB (+10 I believe) of the enemies next to them, etc. If they fail, they do not complete the action. Makes more sense if you cannot drink while being...

Well, it is your game you can ban them if you wish. Any item from that list in the PHB should not be easily accessible IMO. The tanglefoot bag in my campaign was actually developed by a humanoid race (kobolds I believe). Adventurers have to either find them or buy them on the "black market" as...

We use a similar method as well. Items with simple pluses, however, can be determined after using the full duration of a Detect Magic spell (i.e. if it is a +1 "whatever" I say it has a low degree of magic, +2 below average degree, etc.). Checks are used for items that have other abilities.

You beat me to it. Dust of Disappearance.

Love, hate?! Strong words. For the last 20 years I have only had the chance to run a handful of characters, as I am usually the GM. As a player, I do not care if there are clerics or not, and I have no problem running one. In my campaigns, however, we do not use them. The gods do not take an...

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course. Personally, I have never had trouble understanding/using AoO, but I had several players who did. What I ended up doing was getting rid of AoO and started using concentration checks. If the check is failed, the action fails. Examples: 1.)...

My group prefers the non-alignment based summoning of Arcana Unearthed. Basically the creature summoned has an energy "template" fire, cold, acid, electric or sonic.

The recommendations above are very good. If in your mind you still struggle with someone rummaging through a backpack looking for a potion in the middle of melee, you could have them make concentration checks with failure delaying the action till the next round, or preventing it altogether.

My apologies to the original author of this thread, I know this is off your topic now so I'll try not to insert any "non-subject matter" after this. The episode you are speaking of, which was great as you said, was all about trying these items TODAY. Unfortunately it did not deal with some...

All accurate except for one thing, which your example actually points out, this was when shooting from groups of archers into large groups of individuals. This, unfortunately, is not how it normally gets used in D&D. You did not have to be precise (or trained) to fire into a tightly packed group...