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I think druid makes the most sense. Wizard (changing elves to sorcerer) and sticking with illusionist are two good alternates. Bard just doesn't make sense, aside from a pure mechanical basis.

I'm talking about the D&D bard, not the bard of literature, myth, fantasy fiction, and/or folklore. The D&D bard has no more of a game-mechanic connection to the fey than does a wizard, fighter, or rogue, and a significant portion of his ability is an advantage in the social arena. This is...

How does making their favored class an urban focused musician smooth-talker make them closer to being a PC fey race?

For all the talk about illusionist pranksters, aren't bards supposed to be musicians or performers? I think they've taken two of the weakest executed archetypes in the game and shoved them together. The reason that bards are good for gnomes is that bards are really good with illusions????? I...

Why bard, I wonder? Bards and gnomes have nothing to do with each other. It seems like purely a mechanical decision to me. Bards are trying to get a facelift, gnomes need a new favored class because illusionist is too limited... I really don't like how 3e has handled the gnome archetype. It...

Vemuz would hear the singing, but his thoughts are not in this place. He puts on a long sleeved shirt to conceal the splint and lays down in his bunk. Once again his sleep is restless, the glitter of legacy lingering in his dark eyes as he drifts off.

There are stories of dragons in old history, but nobody knows for sure if they are myth or not. If any dragons still alive now, they are probably sleeping a slumber of 1000 years, hidden from the eyes of men. There have been no verified cases within the lifespan of anyone living (there are...

There are some quickstart sample rules here: http://www.lejendary.com/la/downloads/LAqsRulesv106.pdf I don't have the game and have only read the quickstart. So far, it looks great for an open, free-wheeling approach. I particularly like the way skills are handled under broad categories...

I've heard they are planning a couple of tiers to hit different market segments. Next year they will release Warlords of the Acura to hit people who want more performance out of the game and are willing to pay a premium.

Feats and prestige classes added another layer of complexity to 3e, especially at the design level. One example - feat X and prestige class Y might work fine in book X and book Y, seperately, but together they might have a synergistic effect that hurts the game. Because of the glut of material...

old skool 2600 :)

Were those Dungeoncraft articles that used to be on the Wizard's site ever moved anywhere after Paizo bought Dragon? Those were great for help on this topic. The basic premise is that you don't need to create tons of details that you aren't going to use. Just build it as you need it.

Calamari. Forgotten Reams

Exciting fantasy worlds thrive on conflict. "Accord Lands" just doesn't sound very interesting to me.

"Hmmm..." Vemuz looks at the splint on his arm, feeling the weight as if evaluating the balance of a new weapon. "Don't tell anyone." He leaves the cabin and heads to his bunk to sleep.

I mis-read the title of this thread as "Warlords of the Accordionlands" EEK!

Putting that D&D license to good use, I see. Looks great. I want to see a bunch of these, and I'm glad to see that the habitat range feature made it in.

That's actually not as bad an idea as it sounds. It could make a nice low level mini-adventure. A vampire is prowling a village and he completely defies detection...because it's a vampire chicken! Who would have thought? A nice mystery, some light humor, and a challenging fight (even a...

Vemuz, sullen, heads toward the surgeon to have her look at his arm.

This is D&D. Rules first. Flavor later. Just make something up post-facto like everyone else has done so far.