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Prestige Class - Scarecrow This prestige class is based on my favorite Batman villain, Dr. Jonathan Crane, a.k.a. The Scarecrow. It is a prestige class for spellcasters who specialize in fear. I still need a 5th level ability (or not; I don't have a problem with dead levels--but a lot of...

I am calling this zombie variant the "Walking Dead," for lack of a better term. It is based on every single zombie movie that I have ever seen, where all of the zombies have the following traits (among others): 1. they spawn more of their kind from the bodies of their victims, 2. they can...

Does anyone has some fun, innovative, or just plain cool artifacts of their own design, that they wouldn't mind sharing? Specifically, I am looking for Major artifacts designed with non-evil clerics, monks, sorcerers, and rogues in mind. I need to place an artifact in my Epic campaign, to give...

In my home game, the party of heroes will be sailing for six months across the ocean to a far-away land. I want the people of this new land to have a very distinctive culture, possibly with some sort of alternative technology...and I think gunpowder would fit the bill (I'm picturing something...

While some are under the impression that most of the new core classes should instead be prestige classes (and there is certainly nothing wrong with that point of view,) I think that it should be the other way around...I think that a lot of prestige classes out there should be core classes...

(Continuing the great "What do you do for" tradition...) Folklore and Hollywood have more flavors of vampire than Baskin Robins has ice cream. What special flavor do you serve at your table?

I am kicking around the idea of allowing arcane spellcasters to call vermin as familiars. I think it will go well with my primitive desert-based campaign. But before I unleash these new critters upon my game, I wanted to get some feedback and suggestions. EDIT: This list has been completely...

This is the third edit of an ongoing project of mine, to create a core class for Samurai that sucks less than the one in Complete Warrior. (first edit, second edit) Some said it couldn't be done, that the opinions are too varied and the history too expansive to put into a single class that...

One of my players wants to build a Wolverine-esque character, a barbarian with the Fast Healing 1 ability at first level. His suggestion was that it could cost him his level one feat. To which I said, " :lol: :lol: :lol: " But I'm trying to work with him on this...I can see how it would...

I know that everyone has a favorite "sniper" type prestige class that they use in their campaigns; this one happens to be mine. I used it in a steampunk-themed campaign a couple of years ago, which had a strong military influence and gunpowder technology. The Rifleman in the story became one...

Sooner or later, every DM cooking up a homebrew campaign will create their own versions of these creatures. Alas, I am no exception. Here is what I am doing for the Rakasta (cat-people) and Lupins (dog-people), both from the Savage Coast game setting. Lupin Racial Traits • +2 Wisdom, -2...

Are you bored with bravery? Are you sick and tired of being kicked around by big beasties while the rest of the party looks on from a safe distance? Are you looking for a prestige class that will overturn the stereotyped notion that all fighters are, well, fighters? Then look no further! I...

My wife is a huge Harry Potter fan, and she likes to watch the movies over and over again in sequence. Which means, I also watch the movies over and over again in sequence. I'm not saying the movies are bad, but...well, you know. Anyway. I don't know if anyone else has this problem or not...

If this has already been discussed in another thread, please point me in the right direction... One of my players presented this idea to me at our last game, and I wanted to run it past the sages in this forum before unleashing it upon my world. The idea was to create a set of "caster's...

Does anyone see any power balance issues with this feat? Skill Finesse (General) Your grace and agility compensates for a lack of strength. Prerequisite: Dex 13 Benefit: You apply your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to Climb, Jump, and Swim checks. Special: Fighters may...

I created this prestige class for a spellcaster who wants to get more out of his Scribe Scroll feat. I wanted to make it more of a hobby instead of a career change, so I made it a five-level class. I'm concerned about balance and playability, though, so I wanted to toss it up here for everyone...

If this has already been handled in a previous thread, please point me in the right direction... Is it just me, or is the Radiant Servant of Pelor the most unbalanced prestige class ever published in an authorized Wizards of the Coast product? Take a look at it: free proficiency with all...

I'm gearing up for a new campaign that takes place in a sandy, desert environment. One of the players in my group mentioned that he would like to play a Shadowdancer, but I didn't think that it would fit ("shadow" is the polar opposite of "sun," ya know). So rather than tell him a flat "no," I...

This subject came up in another thread, and I thought I would move it to its own little page. The topic on the table is, should ranks in the Craft skill be required for Item Creation feats? The argument is this: the average person is not skilled enough to make a weapon without proper training...

I am thinking about boosting the number of bonus feats available to the Wizard class, and was wondering if anyone has attempted this before. (And as always, if this has already been discussed in this forum, please point me to the proper thread.) My plan is to allow wizards to get bonus feats...