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    Raw Materials and Gems

    A problem: The conventions of pulp gaming include the assumption that times used to be better than they are now. Today's magic is a shadow of yesterday's art, there are vast troves of riches lost to man, etc, etc. While some campaigns don't quite fit into that model, earth's history has no...
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    Can the GNU be applied to an RPG system?

    I've been thinking about much the same thing myself. Creative Commons is definitely the way to go, though I don't think it's necessary to block commercial use of the IP. Attribution-ShareAlike is more likely to get print copies of your rules (or a variant thereof) into gaming stores.
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    Beardfist Warrior

    Treating the beard as gear raises new questions. Baleful Polymorph includes the following:All items worn or carried by the subject fall to the ground at its feet, even if they could be worn or carried by the new form. Is that just part of the horrific effect of this dire magic - that it rips...
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    Beardfist Warrior

    What about petrification? Does the beard become a mere carving of a beard, or does it retain its status as hair? (These are important questions. I need to know if this is a balanced class to include IMC.)
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    Beardfist Warrior

    Is the Beardfist Warrior immune to effects that would change his gender? (I suppose this partly depends on whether dwarven women grow beards IYC.)
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    Underwhelming feats?

    OK. Serious reply time. This is a non-exhaustive list. Deadly Precision: It's not a real stinker, but it's pretty bad. My math says that it adds about .4 damage/die, and it has a time cost. It'd be simpler to add +1 for every two sneak attack dice. Diehard: Cool, but terribly...
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    Well, I think you have to be a little odd to specialize in enchanting people's bodies. Or, if you're a generalist called in to do the job, it should seem a bit odd. Comical is one option - it could be played quite sinister. (By the way, the Monk won't escape cheap lolz by choosing cover his...
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    It seems much more serious with the right delivery.
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    Is that a criticism of me, or Shakespeare?
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    The implication that my suggested scene doesn't involve role-playing needs no rebuttal. As for drama? A lot of Shakespeare's serious dramas have comical scenes. YMMV, but I'm appealing to authority FTW!
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    No, I've come to the conclusion that it's hilarious. I strongly recommend loading the enchantment of the monk's entire body with innuendo. The job would best be done by camp male enchanter, styled after Hubert Gruber. "Hey! I'm not going to be hitting anyone with that!"
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    Stacking question

    Oh dear. :) Let's go through this point by point. Barkskin provides an enhancement bonus to the creature's natural armor bonus. That's straight from the spell description. Shields grant a shield bonus, not an armor bonus. These are distinct types, not an exception to the general rule...
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    Stacking question

    Chainmail +1 has a +1 enhancement bonus, making its Armor bonus +6. A Heavy Steel Shield +1 has a +1 enhancement bonus, making its Shield bonus +3. I am absolutely certain that you've stacked bonuses in this way before. :D Magic Vestment works in the same way as permanent enchantment (and...
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    D&D 3.x 3.5 Weapon question

    Sure. I'm assuming that we're discussing a 'casual optimizer'.
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    LA SOLUTION: Gestalt... by Default?

    I think a more serious race-as-class approach gets around this altogether. Rather than trying to get the characters to hit the Monster Manual standard in their progression, just write out Pixie (or whatever) as a full 20 level character class, with an eye to balance and fun. A HD at every...
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    D&D 3.x 3.5 Weapon question

    The scimitar deals more damage in the long run. (Well, it deals more damage from around 8th-9th level.)
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    Stacking question

    The Enhancement bonus type is slightly confusing. Turning to the SRD: An enhancement bonus represents an increase in the sturdiness and/or effectiveness of armor or natural armor, or the effectiveness of a weapon, or a general bonus to an ability score. What that means is that the Enhancement...
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    Weapon Enchantments and Monks

    It's not as funny as a flesh-and-blood character explaining that his physique is ****ing masterwork - the perfect tool for the job, IYKWIM.
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    Underwhelming feats?

    I am now going to work on an Underwhelming Attack feat that isn't just a skin for Improved Feint. (I'll have a good look at Trailblazer and give a serious answer later.)
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    Fishing for Ideas

    One more point. It doesn't need to be a "side quest". Even if you are playing with the conception of a story arc, the adventure to find the hammer could be linked into that story quite easily. For instance, the lair might be somewhere the PCs were going anyway. Or they might need to consult...
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