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I don't think I'd do a Favored Soul either. It wouldn't cure the problems really (save maybe taking too much time picking spells, which strikes me as a weak reason to switch classes). I would have to concur with the Scribe Scroll comments. That is really what you want to do. Just about any...

I do allow flaws in my game. I use them pretty much as presented in UA. It can make for more powerful characters - a starting character can begin further up a feat chain if they wish. However, since I run a fairly high-powered campaign it is not as noticable.

I'd have to concur that this might make for a very interesting low magic variant. As was already mentioned, magic items whose feats require a particular caster level should be significantly rarer than in a normal game. I suspect that buff spells will see more use than usual - buffs which are...

Speaking as a Power Gaming Player and a DM, a big thing to do is to vary the combats. Don't use the same trick repeatedly. Try different things out to see what works well. And make sure you do try some unusual tactics in some of the combats. This gives the players some variety and also lets you...

I'll throw an interesting tangent into the power attack for melee attacks which don't require a hit roll... what about damaging your opponent during a grapple? Strictly speaking, damaging your opponent while grappling requires a grapple check rather than an attack roll. Power attack...

A couple more which weren't mentioned (and wouldn't help the halfling, but could help the fighter): Heavy Armor Optimization and Improved Heavy Armor Optimization (+1 each) (ROS) If you're a dwarf, you can take the 8th level dwarf fighter substitution for another +1 (ROS) ROS also has battle...

Another reason I might point out that it isn't a real good idea is that it would make touch attacks kind of nasty.

They should be handled separately. The spell specifically refers to caster level when indicating the maximum HD of undead one can control. So your caster could control 28 HD as an arcane, 28 HD as a divine, and 3 more HD by virtue of his rebuke undead ability (only 1 HD skeletons, but it all...

You haven't said what sources you have available, but since you mentioned the warlock, I'm assuning your DM is ok with a variety of source books and whatnot. I'm going to touch on the dwarf fighter, and what I feel is an outstanding 1st level dwarf fighter build for survivability, particularly...

One thought might be to borrow a page from the Rod of Seven Parts. Make it an artifact that consists of smaller sub-components. Perhaps it consists of a bunch of pieces that can be assembled into and fitted together in different combinations to make different weapon combinations. You could say...

Heh... take a level or two of cleric that channels negative energy... control the skeletons and use them to sweep for traps. Kill two birds with one stone:]

I typically DM for a group of 6-7 players, so an EL based on a 4 player premise tends to be a blowout in my games. I've kind of developed the following rules of thumb: 2 players: Reduce the typical EL needed to challenge the party by 2. 3 players: Reduce the typical EL needed to challenge the...

One good way to play a low charisma character is to have some odious personal habits. A couple that come to mind: nosepicking, deciding that bathing is optional, some sort of general odor, fingernails with something growing out of them, a haircut you did yourself with a pocket knife, grooming...

Well... the title says it all. One of my players decided to try this during my last game. She wanted to activate the artifact blindly with her Use Magic Device skill. Now activating a magic item blindly normally is a DC25 Use Magic Device roll. The RAW doesn't seem to differentiate between...

There also were a couple of products for Mystara/Hollow World which would work too: GAZ14 The Attruaghin Clans HWR1 Sons of Azca The Attruaghin Clans product touched on five different Native American cultures. Sons of Azca provided a setting centered on a culture based off of the Aztecs.

The group I DM for encountered a 9-headed pyro-hydra last game session. The group consisted of 6 characters, with all but one of them being 8th (the last being a 7th). The group consisted of a fighter, a rogue, a cleric, a ranger, a troll (using the Savage Species progression), and a warlock...

I'd have to go with: kobold, goblin, orc, ogre, minotaur skeleton, zombie carrion crawler, rust monster grey ooze giant spider wolf (and dire wolf) owlbear

I've always understood that monks could combine two-weapon fighting with flurry of blows when using unarmed attacks. Heck, if you have the Detach feat from Savage Species you could even combine it with Rapid Shot too :p

Having been on both the giving and receiving end of Improved Trip on a number of occasions, I think that it isn't overly powerful compared to many other feats. The six attacks scenario you've outlined is possible, but realize you could also accomplish a similar benefit with the Cleave feat, or...

Insectile and Reptile are from Savage Species, not the Book of Vile Darkness. Both will significantly alter your appearance though, so they may not work too well for what you have in mind. I'd have to say that the various lycanthropes might be one of your better options. The wererat, as was...