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Personally I think I'd use a system like you are suggesting if I wanted to run a Battletech campaign. Wargaming rules for combat, but streamlined quasi-RPG stuff in between the combats.

Wait, so you're saying that if a module doesn't say "other creatures in the dungeon are allowed to make listen checks to possibly hear combat, as stated in the PHB. You should probably consider common sense when running this module," then it's the module's fault?

I'd say no. A swarm as a whole doesn't actually make attacks.

Well we have a separate camera which is positioned so that I can view the battle map rather than the people, and a fairly good quality stand alone mic plugged in that allows me to hear everyone. I use AIM to pass notes to the DM if need be.

By the time any caster is casting those with regularity, the PCs are far more than "mere mortals."

DM uses a laptop for keeping track of his world, but still prints out stats of NPCs likely to be faced. CD player for music with mostly burned CDs. A handful of the players use laptops instead of carrying their books around, and use the laptops for scratch paper. Only one player uses a...

Zombies + resurrection. I assume those solve one of the problems.

Shadow Conjuration/Evocation/Shades

And makes a 4E joke (look for the gnome comment).

How about druid? Between yourself, animal companion, and any summons you feel like using, you have more than enough tankyness, much of it disposable so healing will be less of an issue.

Sneak attack damage is applied to every attack that qualifies, regardless of how many you make. The exception to this is volleys, where you only apply sneak attack to one of the shots. (Many shot and some ray spells for example)

When 3.0 came out, our group threw together a bunch of level 20 characters fairly quickly. Unlike later in the lifespan of a game, your options are much more limited. Also, the level of ignorance actually lets you speed up the choices to some degree because you're picking things based on...

The problem isn't the chain (as you can do many of the same tricks with one of the other reach weapons + armor spikes, and save yourself a feat). The problem is that if you build someone to trip or disarm, they will completely overwhelm any humanoid type enemy not specifically prepared to...

Or god forbid a TWF warrior.

The fighter comment is pretty much always true. Animal companion + Wildshape = 2 warriors which are each individually almost as good as a fighter without even addressing buffs. As for ranger, the druid spells embarrass the ranger spells, the animal companion is better, they get almost all the...

Why not have them all be 1st level commoners in 3rd edition, handing an item to each other? Or god forbid 0th level NPCs from even earlier editions?

This is key. Think about it, how much cash do you have in your home, compared to how much your TV, computer, xbox, etc is worth. Same thing applies. He'll be mostly stealing THINGS, not cash. He has to fence it somewhere. This connects to the other things people mention as well. When...

Are you trying to break the game, or just be a powerful character? Also it depends on the nature of your game, and what type of character she wants to play. The reality is as long as she doesn't completely screw herself (say, focused specialist evocation that drops conjuration, transmutation...

Actually you can attack empty space. I mean what do you think happens when you know there is an invisible opponent somewhere near you, but you aren't exactly sure which square he is in? That being said, if the guy wants to give up a standard action every round to gain some slight bonus to AC...

I'd argue that the effects of applying the template are static once it is applied to the base creature. This is also a way of dealing with the argument over whether a half-celestial/half-fiend who advances by class gains additional spell like abilities.