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"Attraction to disfunctional and dangerous pseudotechnology" is a tough phrase to parse, with no spacing or punctuation. Took me a couple of reads through before I got it. I pity the poor fool who fails his save against gnome cooties in your campaign, Horacio... [edited, ironically enough, to...

What about a "True Illusionist" prestige class, rather than a new core class? This would be the best of both worlds...you would have the flexibility of the single Wizard class, but you could get some of the feel of the 1E class. I'd give it extra skill points, and make Bluff, Sense Motive...

I actually agree that Wish is overpowered, especially if you have any intention of using epic spells. If you stick with the standard levels 1-9, Wish being the most powerful spell out there, then it's OK. I still don't like it flavor-wise, but I'll get to that in a bit. If you're doing epic...

"There is shame in being too proud to back down from a fight you cannot win. Humility can be taught, and I am a thorough teacher..." When the opponent tosses back "is that a threat?" have the monk respond "The enlightened have no need for threats. We merely state facts, and then follow through."

I like rogues. One thing that has helped me keep my rogues alive: fight in pairs. The most effective rogue I've played was one of two rogues in the party. We tumble into flanking position, and that's two sneak attacks for the price of one (three, actually...I fought two-weapon). If one of us...

Hmm...lots of great suggestions. I like Divine Adept...pretty generic, but still evocative and kinda heroic sounding. Supplicant is good, too, but sounds much more humble (which is not a not a bad thing for a low-level cleric). I'll just have to figure out which tone I want for the class...

Acolyte's good, but so far I'm liking Aspirant best. Thanks for the help, everyone.

Tough Question...if all the Outsiders of the D&D multiverse go to the same school to teach them how to be Outsiders, who are the teachers? Deities? They could just impart the knowlege on their followers with an act of will, so there'd be no point. Fully-developed celestials? Maybe, but would...

My picks out of your list were "sin-hound" and "sky-pilot", but that's not QUITE the direction I was aiming for...:D WayneLigon, I had thought about "pantheist", but didn't like the sound of it. I like "Aspirant", though...that's exactly the tone I wanted. Thanks! I hoped to come up with a...

Hi, all. I'm planning on tweaking the cleric class in my homebrew. The core Cleric class, as I use it, is someone who has opened themselves to divine energy. They don't have a patron god, but get their power from the entire pantheon. Eventually, if they earn enough respect, a patron god...

Thanks, Clay. The Australian Aboriginal Eel Farm article was pretty cool... I think I might yoink that one. The fact that they estimate the tribe could have sustained over 10,000 people with their eel farms, and the resulting wetlands is what inspired me. 2 facts about goblins in my...

Good question. It kind of depends on my mood. Generally, I like the 18,14,10,10,10,8 spread. Not because I like having the 18, but because I like having slightly exaggerated ability scores. It makes your character sort of a cartoonish caricature of a person, to have a massive strength but be...

Don't rule out the idea of an NPC cleric tagging along entirely. The issue of playing the party's buff-and-heal factory being dull is negated by bringing on an NPC to take on that chore. You'd have to do something creative with the NPC you introduce, in order to keep it from taking away from...

I'm of the opinion that you can't really do epic, in the classical, legendary, Homeric sense, in an ongoing campaign. Epic is what you strive for when you FINISH an ongoing campaign. Of the games I've run, the one that felt the most "epic" to me ended with the characters around 5th level...

If you subscribe to the idea that a paladin is a warrior driven by the strength of his convictions, there's nothing wrong with an evil paladin that isn't also wrong with, say, a Lawful Neutral Marxist paladin who fights to uphold the rights of the peasant proletariat. Which, come to think of...

A simple solution: it works both ways. As the weapon tries to get back to its' True Master, the master likewise is obsessed with getting his weapon back. You could rule the effects to work like the Geas spell, where the weapon master takes progressive penalties for each day that goes by...

I don't know if it's still touring, but Dralion is one of their best shows. It's got an elemental theme (each act has something to do with air, earth, fire, and water). They have an act they do with Chinese-style dragons, balancing on ablls and ramps and whatnot. IT would be impressive if...

Wow. I knew Peter Jackson took a FEW liberties with Tolkien's storyline, but he didn't get into ANY of that backstory... I'd better go back and re-read The Hobbit. I remember it somewhat differently. Seriously, that's just bizarre...

My cat looks almost exactly like the one on that page. He's sitting on my desk now... I had morror images of the same cat chasing the mouse cursor on two sides of the screen.

Did Wizards have an agreement with Necromancer? Granted them exclusive use of those monsters, or something? I didn't get any of the Necromancer monster books after the original creature catalog, so I don't know what's in them. Just curious. Maybe it's like they didn in the MM2, they used...