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    How to Make D&D Accessible to the Non-Mathematically Inclined?

    Reinvent the character sheet. See http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060929a
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    Banning Fly, Improved Invisibility, Dimension Door, and Teleport

    I think some of our issue here isn't necessarily removing them per se, but removing them in the context of The Savage Tide adventure path. Teleport is moot at the early levels but based from the previous adventure paths, come high levels, you might need to travel in a hurry. Same goes with...
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    Mages vs Clerics

    Greater Any Spell. They can get celerity. Divine Metamagic covers the Quicken of Clerics.
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    Overarching Plots Vs. Self-Contained Plots

    I think it also depends on the players. I mean an overaching plot only matters if the characters are there to begin and end it. It's also a delayed gratification thing... hold off now for a greater reward later. Unfortunately, overarching plots need to be good. You could be stuck in a campaign...
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    Overarching Plots Vs. Self-Contained Plots

    I think the nice thing about D&D games is that you can set it up as you want. There doesn't need to be just one plot (in a session) -- you could have two plots going on at the same time, one self-contained plot to end the session with a bang, and an overaching plot to end the campaign with a...
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    Powergaming: Wizard vs. Sorcerer

    I think it was pointed out in another thread -- how many GMs set it up so that Wizard character lose their spellbook (whether temporariy or permanently)? Because that's the only time Spell Mastery is going to be useful, aside from meeting prestige class prerequisites. Or we can even take a poll...
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    Who plays DDM Skirmish?

    I forgot where I read it but you can "randomly" populate a dungeon by shuffling the monster cards then dealing them. Instant random generator (although some sorting needs to be done unless your 20th-level party suddenly faces CR 3 monsters and vice versa).
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    Powergaming: Wizard vs. Sorcerer

    Spell Mastery yes. Eschew Materials not so much.
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    So how much does WotC get out of you per year?

    I usually buy one book a month from them (which is getting harder and harder when your local distributor isn't distributing them) which is a big investment on my part becomes it comes around to $40 a book and I used to earn $200 a month.
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    What's your group's AYCW?

    Uh, what Piratecat said.
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    What's your group's AYCW?

    It's by gaming group. All the players might want to buy PHB's for all I know. Or it might even be a big gaming group (a dozen players?). But when you throw in DDM and Dungeon Tiles into the mix it's an acquirable amount.
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    need help for spell/feat for a sorcerer that love FIRE

    Searing Spell (Metamagic) from Sandstorm. Occupies one slot higher but double damage against those with the cold subtype (or simply fire vulnerability), ignores fire resistance, and half damage to those with fire immunity (fire subtype still takes no damage), applies only to spells with the fire...
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    Warrior-Mage Prestige Classes: which are viable & which are not

    By RAW, no. They'll stack. But bear in mind when Complete Warrior and Complete Divine was being written, there wasn't swift actions yet. (Hence the Divine feats in Complete Warrior was a free action to activate instead of the subsequent swift actions to activate it.) Both are untyped bonuses so...
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    Warrior-Mage Prestige Classes: which are viable & which are not

    The explanation is that the Thistledown modification applies to the undergarment of the armor (since you usually wear padding beneath the armor). The padding is more maneuverable for somatic gestures but it has added weight. (Think of it has wearing multiple layers of t-shirts... it's...
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    Warrior-Mage Prestige Classes: which are viable & which are not

    Thistledown (armor modification) from Races of the Wild also reduces ASF by 5% although it increases ACP by 1.
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    Warrior-Mage Prestige Classes: which are viable & which are not

    It's also present in the Book of Exalted Deed where it first appeared.
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    A way to balance the greataxe with the greatsword

    WotC needs uses for the d12 aside from rolling up Barbarian hp. And Warblade hp. =)
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    Warrior-Mage Prestige Classes: which are viable & which are not

    On the WotC boards there was a way, after lots of enhancements and miscellaneous additions (there's the material in Races of the Wild too that reduces ASF by 5% and it's an add-on), to give a Wizard a breastplate. The armor check penalty was reduced to 0 so he didn't need proficiency (FYI you...
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    Generalizations the GM can get away with

    Two words: Iron Heroes.
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    A way to balance the greataxe with the greatsword

    You could always simply increase their size and they'd all get converted to 3d6 either way. :)
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