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To put it differently: there are already strong motivations for a Rogue to attack from being invisible or hidden, and for a Rogue to not go toe-to-toe in combat. I don't see any need to force those options to be the only good options for a Rogue-type character by reducing the situations in which...

The explanation is "A scout relies on mobility to deal extra damage and improve her defense." Seems like fluff to me. It is identical to sneak attack damage, but requires that the Scout have moved 10' in the round. As a result, it does not affect creatures that are not vulnerable to critical...

Unfortunately, this fails to explain the line in the Spymaster Scrying Defense ability, "a spymaster adds her class level to Will saves against Divination (scrying) spells , as well as to Spot checks made to noticed the sensors created by such spells." In Song and Silence, it was a DC 20 Spot...

No. Also note that while they get extraordinary special qualities at 7th level with extraordinary wild shape, they never get supernatural abilities. As Undead and Outsiders aren't allowed types, I doubt there are any incorporeal forms within the allowed types. Looks like the Shaper got hit with...

As covered by Remathilis, they gain extraordinary special qualities at 7th level. Improved Wild Shape just gives extra forms that you can use for Wild Shape - i.e. Humanoid at 1st level, Giant and Large at 2nd, etc. The levels at which the various forms are granted has changed. They don't get...

Only one CAdv prestige class has Uncanny Dodge! I'm trying to figure out how to update my character with Complete Adventurer changes, and I notice my prestige class doesn't have Uncanny Dodge. Thinking about it, I didn't notice any which did. I just skimmed through the prestige classes again...

One other thing to note with the Fochlucan Lyrist is that it is intended as Bard/Druid multiclassed build. I suspect Evasion should not be one of the prestige class requirements - though the sample build does have Evasion. Somone asked about the Exemplar ... All skills are class skills. 8...

Agreed. The full BAB progression and 6+INT skill points/level have to be in error - way overpowered otherwise. I'd drop BAB to 1/2 and skill points to 4+INT/level. Sadly (for me), Spymaster got nerfed into a 7 level class: HD: d6 [was d8] 7 level prestige class [was 10] poor Fort and Will...

Well, I have a high level Rogue. DEX 24 or so currently, so +7 to initiative. Buying a feat to give another +4 on that seems wasteful. I ended up getting an intelligent weapon that has the feat, but still I'm really not convinced that it's necessary. Then again, my character only has 3d6 of...

Changing Two-Weapon Fighting Keep in mind that these proposals were highly controversial. The thread on Sean Reynolds' boards is here: http://p082.ezboard.com/fseankreynoldsboardsfrm7.showMessage?topicID=574.topic The basic idea is to make fighting with two weapons work the same way as...

The current system allows you to take a skill affinity feat (e.g. Persuasive) giving +2 to a skill, and Skill Focus to give another +3. That's a maximum of +5 to a skill from feats. My proposed changed to skill focus, capped the bonus to a maximum of +4. i.e. Yes, it could be an issue, but it...

Let me give you a stupid example from 3.0E D&D days with Song and Silence. Skill Focus (Bluff) gave +2 bonus to Bluff, and was a prerequisite for Spymaster. However, Song and Silence also had the feat Persuasive, which gives +2 to Bluff and Intimidate. Skill Focus (Bluff) is not a more...

Reducing the number of feats ... Quote Buttercup, "Evidently I'm in a small minority that likes the +2 to two skills feats. [..] +4 yes, penalty for exceeding maximum rank, no. Some people really *are* remarkably skilled." My aim was to remove the two skill affinity and Skill Focus feats and...

Two-Weapon Fighting feats We also had some ideas to simplify two-weapon fighting, but that will provoke more discussion that it is worth in this thread. If someone wants me to, I will start another thread on that topic.

Simplifying the feat system I had an extended discussion with folks on Sean Reynolds' boards about simplifying the core feat system. What follows is my attempt at reducing the number of PHB feats. Remove the following feats ========================== Acrobatic, Agile, Alertness, Animal...

Unfortunately, this often ends up with designers justifying an overly powerful prestige class by the crappy prerequisites that are required for entry. In most cases, it should be possible to enter a prestige class from several routes - having (stupid) feat prerequisites can make that very...

I disagree. A Bard can ignore arcane spell failure in light armor, and hence qualifies for the feat.

In our campaign we have the following house rule. Base price for Rod of X, with one charge, recharging 1/day, that anyone can use is: spell_level_of_X * caster_level_of_X * 1,800/5 There is an additional cost of 50 * component_cost if there is a material component cost. Cost is 10% extra for...

21st: +1 0th, +1 1st, +1 6th 22nd: +1 2nd, +1 7th 23rd: +1 3rd, +1 8th 24th: +1 4th, +1 9th 25th: +1 5th 26th: +1 6th 27th: +1 7th 28th: +1 8th 29th: +1 0th, +1 1st, +1 2nd, +1 9th 30th: +1 3rd, +1 4th, +1 5th Blech. It doesn't appear to follow a pattern. I would seriously consider trying to...

Just took another look at the Advanced Player's Guide. The extended 21st-30th level versions of the PHB classes are okay. I would change BAB and save progression to what I discussed above. One of the problems is that they don't discuss how to handle progression of other classes to epic levels...