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Thanks for the response. That's about what I thought to expect. This series is 'Heirs of Saint Camber', which I guess takes up a couple weeks after where Legends of Camber of Culdi leaves off. The main character of two books is replaced in that august position by his brother, his foil...

If you came here with that thread title, you might know my problem. I've just read the first two books of the third Deryni series by Katherine Kurtz thinking it should be pretty decent, I've heard of this world and her work before. It was difficult to keep reading. Biggest problem is that ALL...

More charming, more attractive, but also superior & with a bad reputation. I'd only give them the Charisma bonus if there was a mechanic for giving them the Infamy feat ala Star Wars, or such like. Seems to me that their Con was their greatest ability all round, and that different 'catsoffs'...

I hadn't noticed Leadership made a distinction between NPC and PC classes... just levels of npc's. In generally, I use the doubling rule. A 3rd level character is two of first, and vice versa. You cannot have a regular follower greater than the maximum level for a follower on the Leadership...

No, mechanically it won't break anything. But it does upset the flavor of the weapons. What's the point of including both a rapier and a longsword in the game if they're the same? If you want lots of subtely different weapons around, you're forgetting to include the Broadsword, Claymore, and...

Dear god, tell me that Stargate: Atlantis comment is a joke?! The season finale episode was cool, but make the White Glowy Beings the center of a whole season this way seems wrong. Stargate was cool because the mystical was kept in the far background, so the Gouald claims at divinity were...

Great Sorrow... Happy I missed half the third season, more to see... Bad that the only other worthwhile show, Stargate, is visibly getting worse. Since coming to Sci-Fi the episodes are more episodic & less serial, and very predictable. And with the season finale, seem to be heading over to...

9. Eyes or Hands glow 10. Hair stands on end :)

For a similar reason, I prefer to have permanent never reveal there power in the numbers, just in descriptions and a sense of the intensity of magic involved. That somehow leads to a more mysterious piece of magic, which leads to more personal attachment and history. *** My Version of the...

The Weapon Master in OA also grants a finesse-like thing with a chosen weapon. It looks like Weapon Finesse is not supposed to apply to large weapons, because the finesse angle is outweighed by the need for strength. However, there are a few special exceptions around for special experts. I...

Of course, if you simply discard the idea of balancing it against core rules, you just say that devotion to the gods is a Good Thing that gets you advantages. Non-devotion to the gods is your choice, but kind of foolish. In a world where the gods are real, why should agnosticism and ignorance...

Oh, say the wizard needs a staff as a special arcane focus for his spells. Maybe it provides bonuses, like a +1 to spell DC's and spell Penetration, which increases by 1 every 5 levels? There are many ways to do such a thing. The idea is that the wizard has some sort of scalable, tangible...

Well, just because the plane descriptions tries to be cosmically neutral doesn't mean energy associations can't be worked out. I go with the Elric approach on Chaos/Law. Its not that an energy is chaotic itself, but that it has a chaotic affect on the world. Anything that speeds up, causes...

I've decided to make it a feat. Unfortunately, over the course of 20 levels, a familiar is worth a lot more than that. Like, 2 or 3 feats. The best solution is to add something for flavor reasons that will grow as the spellcaster levels, like his arcane focus- a Staff which just grows in power...

There is also the netbook of planes shaman, for real intense spirit interaction.

Just read the whole archive today. Cool stuff. This is the first Story Hour I've really looked at, and if these guys are right you may have ruined me...

I don't much like the term lawful for this. However, I also think Chaotic is perfectly fine. .. wracking my brain, some version of the word law or order is probably best. As energies go, I agree that Law should have Cold, and that Chaos should have fire and electricity. But acid, as it...

Another point to consider- not all professionals/farmers/etc will have maxed out their skills. What skills does a all-round good farmer need? Profession[farmer] Wilderness Lore Handle Animal Craft[Carpentry] now, that's before you get into the miscellaneous skills. Swim, Climb, Jump, &...

I generally think prestige classes made because of spell list issues are a bad idea. Instead, why not just negotiate with your DM. I am an Uber-Necromancer. Can I trade out a few more spells of non-opposing schools to take cleric-style undead magic? Then you offer up fireball & cone of cold...

Since I've thought a lot about this, here's my answer... Most spellcasting PrC's are overpowered. I want lots of npc's of wizard level 5+ to have this. I want it more or less balanced against the core class- artillery mages are disadvantaged, but illusionists/enchanters become downright...