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A player in my home campaign is looking for a disguise-based rogue prestige class. He travels around in a variety of disguises, and wants to focus more on that aspect of his character. We took a look at Spymaster, but found it to be rather bland. Are there any other P-classes out there that...

I've had a half-ogre in my home game for nearly a year now, using a +2 level adjustment. It seems to work pretty well - the half-ogre can hit about as well as the group's human weapon master, but does a LOT more damage. Even when the weapon master gets an extra attack next level, the half-ogre...

The Scarred Lands seems to skimp on the rogue prestige classes. Almost the only place you can find them is Rangers and Rogues. Even then, most of the rogue classes are focused on combat capability instead of more subtle methods.

Champions. :D Though if you must have d20, Mutants and Masterminds is a good alternative.

Try a specialist wizard. One less spell per day than a pure sorcerer, but you can have several different spells to choose from. And with Scribe Scroll, it's really cheap to get extra uses of Shield and Mage Armor. If you plan on this campaign progressing into the 13th level or higher, you may...

Oddly, there are rather strong arguments on both sides of the warmain versus fighter and unfettered versus fighter arguments. It seems to come down to feats. D&D places great value on the fighter's bonus feats - the barbarian gets more HP, more skills, and a plethora of special abilities, but...

About mage blades - I compared them to Eldritch Knights in another thread (http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58039&pagenumber=4) and they seem to be fairly balanced. It wouldn't be hard to pop them into a standard D&D campaign, using D&D spells. They're especially...

Fighter-Mage may not be a neglected niche, but I have yet to see a class that does it better than the Mage Blade.

Unless your evil DM considers the home of the mount an extradimensional space...heh, heh, heh.

Actually, if you don't like the EK because it's boring, but don't think it's overpowered, you may want to pick up Arcana Unearthed. Monte's mage blade is about equal in power level, but has a LOT more flavor. The following is from my post on Monte's boards: Comparison - Fighter-Mage in D&D...

I've been looking to bring in some of the AU classes (particularly Mage Blade) into my FR campaign. What spell list do you use for Mage Blades, and do they seem balanced compared to the D&D classes?

You know, every time I consider dropping the Half-Ogre ECL from my campaign-specific +2 to a +1, I look at how much damage the half-ogre player does in a swing (3d6+11 with a +2 huge Greatsword). That's just...gross.

WooHoo! I can pay $35 to get the metamagic rules that should have been in the D&D 3.5 rulebook I just bought for $30 (well, actually $21 through Amazon, but I'm thrifty...).

Craft Staff is actually a useful feat now (though still nowhere as good as Craft Wonderous Item). Unless you have a portable hole, you aren't going to carry around an arsenal of staves. Craft Wand is useful if you want added healing on the cheap (Cure Light Wounds) or if you have a buddy with...

Dingbat is also flatfooted, which means he can't deflect...

I don't know about world maps, but the easiest mapper I've ever used was Dungeon Crafter (http://www.dungeoncrafter.com/). They're working on version 2 right now, and it looks pretty nice.

Start giving your enemies a few minor artifacts (Staff of the Magi, etc). It may be pretty easy for an epic wizard to make the DC 25 will save, but all they have to do is fail it once and not even a wish can bring back their casting ability. Chances are they won't be casting Mordenkainen's...

Actually, in systems from D&D to Champions to Star Fleet Battles, speed is king. Any system that focuses on position and tactics will by definition have a high emphasis on movement. D&D even caters to this with the Spring Attack feat. Probably the toughest character in my current game is the...

Now, what kind of moron must the barbarian be to engage the fighter in melee? He's got a 40' move versus the fighter's 15', and the fighter can't use a bow since he's got a frickin' DOOR on his arm. Barbarian backs up, draws his masterwork composite longbow (+3 Strength bonus), and fires at...

Nope, Eldritch Knights. One level behind a pure wizard in spellcasting capability, and gets Jump as a class skill.