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No need to wonder: max damage on a natural 20. additional dice for each magic plus (the going theory is +1d6 per +1 of the weapon). Some weapons have extra damage on crits (probably the same ones that had x3 and 4 multipliers before). DC

I think this statement says more (and more negative) things about the gaming community than about halflings or WotC. DC

Honestly, I have read less that I don't like in the previews so far than I found in the first three chapters of the 3.0 player's handbook. (half-elf, half-orc, barbarian, monk, paladin, ranger) Who knows, I might hate everything I read once I actually look at the rules and actually know what...

IF only 3 items grant bonuses AND the levels at which said bonuses are factored into the math are explicit THEN adjusting for these three items can be done by: 1) giving flat bonuses to the heroes 2) giving flat penalties to the monsters 3) reducing the challenges to match the level that...

True...cones are easier with hexes but casting a lightning bolt to the immediate left or right is not. hexes aren't perfect squares aren't perfect squares are easier for most people (mathophobic culture) squares win DC

I'm guessing the Psychic will be in PH2 because it is necessary for Eberron (which we know is converting) and I doubt they're waiting until 2010 to redo Eberron. DC

Inference yours as well. There is no reason to assume that this use of rituals is the same use that animate dead and item creation has become. At this stage we simply don't know that or really anything else substantive about the magic system beyond the tidbits they have dropped so far. DC

Yeah...so a naked 20th level fighter (or warlock) is relatively easy...anything realistic sucks. DC

If you are going this route, I would suggest a CL check (BCB) but I would also implement the recharge rules from Unearthed Arcana or some other method to remove the per day limits on spell casting. Spells are more powerful than weapons and so generally work (at least to some extent) while...

I think the latter. The corruption of deicide is shared by Asmodeus and all of his followers (the devils). While they may have once been angels, they are now something different. DC

Well, some things of note: ** We see a second card that tells us very clearly that they have not changed the stat bonus equation but merely added the level bonus (+1/2) onto the stat mods in monster descriptions. (If you subtract 13 (the level bonus) from the bonuses, you get the bonus we are...

That is why I presented it as the equivalent of -20 degrees rather than absolute zero (which would presumably be the equivalent of being on fire if there were a conducive material like liquid nitrogen handy). "Very slowly" in this case is about 1d6 damage per minute....so the average person...

Try this on: The scorpion's stinger scrapes across your arm, you turn most of the blow but still a trickle of blood appears and feel the burn of the poison on the scrape. (you take 3 damage...make a fortitude save) DC

And besides, your dwarf can't survive orbital reentry...for a few reasons: 1) suffocation from the initial vacuum and until you get enough air (reaching the ground can take as long as 40 minutes from 120 km up and the usable atmosphere stops at about 50 km). even with a Con of 35, the best a...

In 3x it is important. Natural attacks do not get iterative attacks and gain the benefit of strength based upon whether they are primary or secondary (vs. on / off hand). Unarmed attacks are a form of melee attack that benefits from iterative attacks and are always considered "on hand" for...

Yeah...and if the rules break down at high levels, they are damn near useless at epic levels. At that point the rule of thumb becomes "don't base any real challenge on any action for which the players role a d20 because if you do, it won't be a challenge. DC

and as I indicated above, this isn't even true...tumbling through a creature's space on a severely slippery, severely obstructed slope would be DC 37...and that is assuming that the character doesn't have to tumble past additional creatures. A house rule that could help would be the 30/-10...

Check out the Divine Mind for a way of slowing down the power advancement. This class doesn't need powers (or power points) from the get go...they can be delayed like paladin and ranger. Just give them Wild Talent to open up the psionic abilities at 1st level. DC

The key to balancing high level play is to make sure that no encounter or story every hinges on a single ability, set of abilities, or common combination. Utilize the world to make the situation more complex / challenging. For example with the Tumble scenario. The highest DC is 25, but it is...

This is a very Platonic thread. What is "humanoid-ness" I think of three (maybe 4) physical types: humanoid (those creatures that share enough physical resemblance to a human that they tend to be viewed as "him / her" or "person" rather that "it" Chester Centaur is a "he" but Mr. Ed is an it.)...