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I haven't had the chance to play it either, but the mechanics do look to be solid and on par with Pathfinder Core. Flavor-wise, it is pretty much it's own campaign setting - the vibe I got reading through it was that it works best as a replacement for standard spellcasting rather than just...

As I understand it, the bonus to a physical score doesn't change between shifted and non-shifted. It's just that what physical score gets augmented is determined by what type of shifter they are. Shifting itself is just retooled barbarian rage. If I'm reading it right... For a project I'm...

Little things like that I have no problem with (or minor rule tweaks that would allow normal clothing to be enchanted as a weapon, since a monk's body is a weapon) - but there have been threads on Enworld that are about completely rebuilding the class to put it "in-line" with the fighter or...

Well, it's nice to see other people defending the monk. Usually around here I end up in arguments with people who want to weeaboo it with house rules. Personally, I see the monk as the epitome of the anti-mage. Can a caster take on a monk with the right combo of spells? Well, sure, but a...

Well, I certainly don't hide my methodology from my players. I even encourage them to try the unorthodox - what many players would call crazy. Stuff like a monk going Prince of Persia to run-dash across a wall to avoid a pit using an acrobatics check. Strangely enough, it works...even when there...

Or, more appropriately, into a self-breeding race that can be a PC. Kinda like some players that want to cross-class into 15+ different classes under 3.5. I think the max I would allow is 4, and that would have to be one heck of a character concept (3.5 has a lot of 5 level prestige classes)...

My 3rd rule of Dungeon Mastering: Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat. How I cheat...well, that's actually quite importaint. I don't try to fudge things to help out players. Usually, that has the opposite result and gets a PC killed. Conversely, trying to kill them usually leads...

Pathfinder's optional alternative racial traits work mechanically better than how 3e handled it, but I guess that's just the semantics of the mechanics. The same issues can happen as with introducing all-new races. Forgotten Realms at one point had Sun, Moon/Silver, Drow, two types of aquatic...

Closest I can think of is Psionics Unleashed by Dreamscarred Press. While it is Pathfinder Compatable and relies on the core system, it reads like it works best as a stand-alone instead of along side it. Or there's d20 Darkmatter, for something more modern. It's all about psionics, aliens, and...

And the twenty+ subspecies of Forgotten Realms can be annoying. One thing about any of the races that I put in, they have a specific role in society. Jotun (reflavored Trollkin, really) replace the role of the orc/half orc, with a long history of being enslaved and emancipated. Dromites...

For 3.5, I would recommend the Iron Kingdoms Character Guide. Healing and Resurrection are very limited, and there are a number of other elements that lead to a gritty, brutal world. And if you don't like IK guns and Mechanika, don't use them.

One the one hand, a players like options. On the other hand, trying to justify (when it comes to world building, at least) a bunch of different races in one fantasy world can get tricky. Not only that, but not everyone likes too much variety for races (a few even prefer single-race only, like...

Sounds like a terribly designed adventure. Time to jump off the rails. I'd recommend retayloring it to the playstyle of your players - else you're going to just be frustrating yourself and it'll lead to bad things.

Depends on the 3.5 stuff, really. Later 3.5 stuff that was a bit over-powered works fine with Pathfinder and vise-versa. Weaker 3.5 stuff may need to be assest, and some of the combinations can get pretty crazy (there is a wizard/9 fold path/warcaster in a party of a friend's group, and it gets...

Look, I've read a number of threads on the subject of Monks, and my experience does not match what others are saying. Monks are not Tanks. They are Skirmishers. Their good saves and crazy powers lead to a number of good tactics that play up to the strengths of the class. A Dex/Wis based monk...

Well, that proves my point - you're thinking of a monk as just a fighter. It's not a fighter. Plus, like other classes, there are magical items and several feat builds that negate the weaknesses of the class. I am not even sure quite what you are talking about with RAW encounter building, but...

I've become rather fond of instrumental tracks from movies. Lord of the Rings may be a little too obvious (and Enya may put your players to sleep). Sometimes obscure videogame music can be handy (other times just annoying - avoid the JRPG Lunar series). Stuff from Zelda (especially anything from...

Wow...I guess some people have had completely different experiance in actual play with monks than I have, or the experiance of other people I know. All monks I've seen played straight have decent to great in battle without rewriting the whole class - a little too good if a player is lucky in the...

Never really understood the complaints about the Monk class...everytime I've seen them in play, they've been slippery little buggers that were tough to kill. Monks are useful for harrowing the enemy, halting retreats, and generally outlasting many opponents due to their difficulty to hit...

So while I'm trying to figure out just why people would want to adventure in various nations of Phaetos (Tidally lock planet campaign setting) without sounding like a sociology textbook, I've shifted gears to figuring out the roles of various monstrous humanoids. Here's a quick outline...