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I had absolutely no idea what the thread title meant, the question didn't help me understand the title. If this is the case, I'd like to suggest how the OP can phrase the question: "I've come across the Facing rules in Unearthed Arcana. I was curious to know if you all believed this variant...

Never heard of an item that works this way, totally within your right as DM to allow it or not. Sounds useful to offset those stats that are already odd. Also, and improvement in Strength improves carrying capacity. This doesn't sound unreasonable in any way in my opinion. You'd have to...

I tracked down rules of "Line of Effect" and "Like of Sight" and didn't find them helpful. Reading Penetrating Shot feat, the wording "your shot takes the form of a 60-foot line" and "Make a separate attack roll against each creature in the line" leads me to believe you draw a single line in a...

While I really don't understand your question, I'll take a stab at what I think you are asking. Unearthed Arcana is a book on variant rules. By definition, they are different from how the rest of the game's books say things are played, if that's what you mean by "Heretical". You're using very...

Beginners Box is just that, for beginners. It presents a simplified version of the official game. The differences you are noticing include the changes in complexity for the starting player.

Since the thread is resurrected, and after re-reading some posts, I'd like to add the suggestion of dropping the spellcaster's casting stat to 9 or below as a simple mechanical option.

I've always operated from the mentality that the Players were permitted any character build and I as the DM am permitted to add templates and character classes to monsters. As long as the CR ends up reasonable, we're both playing fair. That said, most of the time I use things right from the...

Erm... Maybe. Mage Slayer states, in part, "Spellcasters you threaten..." and so we need to define if monsters with Spell-like abilities are spellcasters. The Glossary on Spellcasters defines them as, "A character capable of casting spells." The Glossary on Spell-like abilities states, "...

Use the Druid class abilities to play them effectively. Select a strong melee animal companion. Use spells. Have healing spells in reserve. Battlefield control spells. Damage spells. Throw Summoned Nature Ally when necessary. Wild Shape when you feel like going into combat. ...the only...

I'm playing a Vivisectionist, Beastmorph, Alchemist Gnome making the most of the Feral Mutagen. Essentially I Bite/Claw/Claw with sneak attack progression, little ball of angry fury. Fun times. My question is, are there any reasonable methods to acquiring additional natural attacks that could...

From what I understand, Dragons form a foundation for Arcane magic knowledge in D&D. The Sorcerer class originates from Draconic bloodline. Wizards study Draconic as a language because it's where arcane magic originates. You're welcome as a DM to redesign any creature however you want, but...

Ohhh... great question. To my knowledge, there is no in-game mechanic distinction to injury awareness. As already stated by Tovec, this is a sort of metagame awareness to tracking hitpoint loss. If it helps, I've always conceptualized non-lethal damage as soreness, bruising...

My personal favorite for default tunneling creature is the Thoqqua. Smart enough to be reasoned with, understands a language, simple enough to have simple desires that could be met. Have a small brood of them, treat them good and they can serve your tunneling needs. According to the fluff...

It has been my experience that casters make better melee combatants than melee classes do. As Pathfinder goes, I've played a Druid, a Vivisection Alchemist and a Synthesist Summoner. They've all been melee builds. The Druid would Summon Nature's Ally, had a Large Tiger and could Wildshape...

Perception Checks are move actions if you're intentionally looking for something, so there's a precedent for it being a move action. It would make sense to me to provoke A.o.O. if you're focusing on an illusion, you're less likely to be paying attention to the swinging claw coming at you, etc.

One reason to still consider what you see as real, even after being told it's not, is because it's really scary. If there's a raging, armored Orc running at me, and somebody shouts, "Don't worry, it's not real!", my adrenaline is still pumping, my defensive reflexes are still kicked in, and I'm...

I'd recommend you talk it over with your players. I know for me, the pursuit of the next level is one of the things that keeps me going. If this is enough incentive for them, then consider it.

One suggestion: For a manageable volcano control, I'd recommend a pack of Thoqqua's following the instructions of a leader. Enough of those tunneling worms used strategically and you should be able to control the amount of volcanic activity precisely. To extinguish, do you guys have any way...

Oops, I was responding to a Pathfinder thread right before yours, forgot to switch over. Some of the spells don't translate, I apologize. However, all I did was scroll down thru the Druid spell list & pick out ones that modified terrain, and then ones that could be useful in battle. 3.5 has...