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Keep in mind that with 1/3rd again more levels, 5th is equivalent to 7th / 8th. Still, many of these have been very much delayed. I think it has more to do with the philosophy of evening out the plateau levels. One can be certain that no character will *need* to be able to fly in order for a...

Volume and controllability. It is much harder to feed and control 2000 mortal mooks... plus, while I don't know that that Insights comment about the tiers is 100% accurate, it does draw out that there is now a qualitative distinction between levels beyond the former quantitative. A 26th level...

For 3e that should be CR 17-18 which is the equivalent 3e CR to 4e's level 26 monster...but your point stands. DC

Here's what I have so far: Halfling Paladin AC 10 + 1 (Dex) + 1 (Size) + 2 (Heavy Shield) + 7 (Plate) = 21 this leads me to believe that Plate has a max Dex of +0 The reason I think that plate is +7 (and no +6) is by way of the idea of streamlining that is happening in other places so there...

Barring the player asking the DM to allow him / her to simply drop the automatic stealth skill. I agree with you completely. Half my current group belongs to each half and it is pretty frustrating to watch each side struggle. The "rules first" group with the character background and the...

Hmmm...I agree that 3e isn't broken above 3rd level and below 15th level. There it shines. Before and after things are rocky....in fact, this assessment (that 3e isn't broken within the "sweet spot") is one of the core premises they have commented on with the new edition. In terms of sacred...

I tend to find that people like 1e because it was "the good old days" of D&D not because it had anything inherently positive about it. No one knew any better. There were no better games. It was mere years after fantasy role playing was created. Examined under the today's lens, 1e has little to...

Except Skulduggery is related to verbal deception so it would be better used for Bluff. Thievery could become Legerdemain (which is slight of hand) but then we get the terror of watching people massacre it orally and in writing. Stealth could become Clandestineness, Acrobatics becomes...

Actually, we know from the shorthand in the rogue description that Dexterity vs. X attacks are commonplace (at least for rogues). Since there is no functional difference between "d20 + BAB (1/2 level) + Dex Mod" and "d20 + Dexterity (1/2 level + Dex Mod) and the latter is more elegant in in...

Um...Crimson Edge is a 9th level power; your 1st level rogue can't have it yet. ...dang...I need to read better...someone got there first. DC

And thank goodness we don't have to watch people attempt to massacre "legerdemain" and "skulduggery." DC

No they don't. Any DM who observes any sense of ... GP limitation by level and spell scribing costs .. ensures that no wizard can have an unlimited spell book. Yes...this is true but it is misleading as well. The opportunity cost is different. Wizards are the only core class in 3e who have a...

Currently playing an archivist...basically a wizard with the cleric spell list, better armor, better weapons, additional abilities. It kinda sucks. I am 10th level and I have the treasure of a 6th level character because I have needed to spend so much money on spells. A 2% reduction won't help...

Yeah...your first two are solid but the tiefling feels like "Eh...they're just half-breed bastards." Pretty much leaves them social outcasts everywhere...what half-elves and half-orcs were before Eberron. And it raises the question of why they would be a major race in the word (or within...

Which desperately begs the question why they bothered combining them in the first place. DC

Huh? I'm not sure whether this is meant seriously or not. If it is serious, then this philosophy is part of what makes changing groups so frustrating. DM adjudication may take less space in the rules but it definitely leaves a great deal of space for abuse, whether accidental or otherwise. In...

I agree as well. I have a number of players who have always been confused by the fact that you gain 8th level spells at 15th (or 16th) level. If instead, what you have are various powers which you gain access to at different levels, it is less the idea that you are learning a 25th level spell...

to clarify that I'm understanding this right, here is what I'm reading in this system: skill points (by level) = normal class base + (total stat modifier / 3) thus making strong dumb fighters still able to use skills but the number of each type of skill seems to be limited to 1 + stat bonus...

don't forget that 8 Cha = -1 so 6 is correct.

Corporeal Undead zombie / skeleton = body + weak animus wight / ghoul = body + strong animus lich / vampire / mummy = body + strong animus + soul Incorporeal Undead shadow = weak animus wraith / specter = strong animus ghost = strong animus + soul Animus is the link between the physical...