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Overall, it depends on the wealth of the kingdom. I would give them defensive equipment as was available or in the budget to purchase, and since the milieu is such that Raise Dead and Ressurection possible, I would have that type of magic prepared in advance just in case (for my heirs as well...

Well, they're 3.0, but IMO, that's not significant. Sword & Sorcery: Creature Collection I and II. I also liked the Tome of Horrors and some of the creatures in the Epic Level Handbook.

Give us your definition of good spells, and we'll have something to go on.

A new stat. Hmm. I wouldn't. I like the ideas of Perception, Luck, Agility, etc., but overall I am not so unhappy with the basic six stats that I would introduce something new. This is not to say I haven't done some design/tinkering, but all such efforts have led me to the personal...

The following is mostly complete speculation on my part: Perhaps you need custom feats in your game to support this issue. Maybe Toughness needs to give hp equal to the character's HD-type when the feat is taken (though even that is small with these large numbers). I confess this is the way I...

A low-magic setting where 50hp of damage is dealt with reliabity 4/rnd and it is done often enough successfully to be a continuing problem? What is doing that so often that it is an ongoing problem? ---------------------------------- Hmm. Adding DR of 1 or 2 to chain and plate isn't going to...

Yes. TableSmith Here: TableSmith Home And Here: TableSmith Support Group There are hundreds of existing tables already written and ready to go, and most are DnD or Fantasy oriented. Many of them are extremely simple to modify. Making new tables is a snap. The support group is very helpful.

Throw out the task system? Micro-rant To me, 3e's creation of an integrated task system (not the best one, but still not bad, either) was a better feature than the replacement of the 1e/2e combat system with its reversed positive/negative numbering system, the replacement of the...

Since 3.0 onward, I have also always allowed the Con score to define the negative hp that can be sustained. I have also never considered allowing a negative hp range equal to total hp. If the PCs are taking 50hp/enemy hit, and taking so many hits that they sustain 200hp+ quickly, shouldn't they...

There are some interesting tidbits of news in there, but regardless of the man's credentials, there are too many specific predictions to believe that they will all simply come true. Here's my prediction: 53.2% of Ryan Dancey's predictions will not come true. Oh, and 79.92% of all statistics...

You know, the 1e material, especially Ed Greenwoods fabulous Dragon Articles (#75/#76 and #91), rocked. The Planescape stuff was interesting, and my attempts to delve into my copy of A Paladin in Hell generally fail. However, I like all the varying information. When my players go to one place...

What about the Rain of Fire or the Invoked Devastation? I thought the description of the Epic spell Rain of Fire was suspiciously suited to Greyhawk.

You know, given a DM's power, anything is "legit", regardless of whether or not it is in some rulebook. Whether it was smart for the DM to do is another matter.

I must disagree with that. This denies the possibility that a PC may ever invent a worthwhile magical item, and also by logical extension, any worthwhile spell. If you wanted to say that a PC may not easily or cheaply invent magical items that are better than the ones in the DMG, I would be in...

You will never find 6K+ wands, but you may just find a few powerful/expensive magical items. Even though the proposed one isn't one I would want, and I feel it is handicapped in function.

That may be a nice figure, hypothetically speaking, but you are never going to be able to find a place--or even a lot of places--where you can purchase or loot that many wands. Saying you could buy that many to "replace" the item proposed by the OP wouldn't work out in actual game play. I...

I've downloaded this file, and I agree: AWESOME! Er, it just leaped out. Honest!

And you put up with that? I admire your intellectual fortitude. Yes I do.

WotC's problem, if indeed there is one, is not the same as TSR's. Not the same at all. Perhaps an excerpt needs to be given: From an e-mail posted to DND-L on March 16, 2000, by Ryan Dancey, WotC Brand Manager for Dungeons & Dragons. Here's a full copy of the e-mail conveniently posted on...

I have always considered GDQ1-7 to be one long massive set of tracks. Without major work from the GM, there is but one path to trod down. Of course, they're very nice tracks, with adamantine spikes and all. ----------------------- Oh, I'll say railroading is having no choices. There is but...