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Anyone wondering why religions clash can just read through this thread :) Really guys, you are discussing whether or not a fictional multiheaded monster is a God, a devil or both. Why bother?

Based on my experience I would say that it is very unlikely that you would have three powerful items that more or less has the value of your expected wealth level. It's much more likely that you would have between 7-10 lesser magic items. In particular Cloaks of protection and Boots of...

This would be my take of a 11th level Gwendolyn. She was build as: 1st: swashbuckler 2nd: wizard 3-5: elf paragon 6-7: swashbuckler 8-11: bladesinger She spent 66.000 gp on equipment, the standard wealth for a 11th level character. Gwendolyn is a decent defensive mobile fighter and second...

You are now taking a tumble into another pitfall in character creation. You are trying to make Gwendolin a jack of all trades. In 3ed that translates into "incompetent at most things". A bladesinger is a melee combatant that can back up their prowess by magic. Remember the premise is that you...

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IMO its a bad idea to wash out penalties that already have been countered by a bonus (an extra feat in this case). You might as well flat out allow more feats in that case. And to me it seems counter intuituve for a fighter to have those drawbacks. Why (or een how) would she be a fighter if she...

No. It's because the authors did not sit down with the D&D 3.5ed books and cross referenced their heroes to keep them in order with the rules. What you are attempting is (IMO) an exercise in futility. Any set of rules includes constraints of what's possible and what's not. A book character is...

Not my own creations but by the hands of true min/maxers, the praise (or blame) goes to Joachim, Gfunk and the other players in Jollydocs campaigns. Dreadmaster Amal, The Hand of Chembryl Medium Humanoid (Human) Cleric 15 / Thaumaturgist 4 / Hierophant 1 of Bane [Law, Destruction] Hit Dice...

The Slow spell (I know, already mentioned) is good enough to be potentially game breaking against big dumb bruisers (usually the best grabblers). Being reduced to a move OR a standard action (and no full attacks) is a terrible disadvantage and your friends will thank you for casting it every...

Amen. Those are the words to heed. It's an all or nothing deal. If you want to use make a campaign that centers on GOOD vs. EVIL. Planar conflicts, demons and devils, celestial interventions and so on. Players should understand and agree beforehand and seek to play Paladins, Good clerics and the...

And here you have identified one of 3ed biggest drawbacks. It is difficult to remember these rules for bonuses. Even more when you start using spells to buff people. "Huh. So the Bulls strength spells doesn't make me stronger because I'm already wearing a Belt of giant strength..." For casual...

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/combatModifiers.htm#favorableandUnfavorableConditions Look at footnote 3, second table: defender grabbling, attacker not.

And Bolgor is build with standard wealth limits. That's 88.000 gp at 12 level. As our groups games don't really follow those he looks mighty impressive to me to ;)

Here is a 12 level fighter/adventurer. A would be companion of Lidda and Hennet. Bolgor is an example of when multiclassing works, and IMO more viable than a straight fighter. He has decent levels in the skills that I think adventuring would require (climb, jump, spot, listen, hide, move...

Well several things are off. For instance if that Dire bear was grappling Claire all Lidda's attacks would have been Sneak attacks. Losing your dex bonus is a consequence of grabbling. She would also face a chance of hitting Claire. Another consequence of grappling. As already mentioned the...

Partially true. It likely comes down to campaign preferences. In our campaigns most encounters take place in the wilderness or in urban environments and not very often dungeon or caves. This means that there’s either distance and cover/concealment or restrictions on arms and armour (in urban...

Or just take the lessons that are obvious (well, maybe some of this comes from my actual playing experiences with the rules). 1. Fighters suck! At least at anything but fighting (usually in melee). They lack skills, mobility and tactical options. Often they have great trouble getting to the...

I wasn't quite sure. My rules fu isn't up to the task. However in any of my games I would have allowed a grapple. Perhaps even combined with both of them ending up prone, aka. a football tackle. That would definately have changed the outcome. Once Narrin has Claire in a grabble its more or less...

Narrin has many things working against him. 1. He is not build to deal with a spellcaster (needs a major will save boost). 2. He has a less than clever feat set and his melee weapon is pitiful. 3. The terrain is woking very much against him (though that's often the case for heavily armoured...