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No monsters and no magic. Make it about things that matter to people then. As already posted above, politics and intrigue can be big factors in the game. If you're looking for something more visceral, then make it about war. Countries going to war, the PCs drafted to work for their kingdom as...

I have been working on a hybrid class myself for an upcoming game I'm going to run and have run into the problems posted above about not outshining the primary role character with the hybrid. Now if we look to the MMO model there are plenty of Hybrids to look at, and how they can get away with...

I like it. It definitely works with the whole points of light concept of 4th edition. Inspires me to get back to working on my own campaign for 4e! I think to drive the point of the prejudices home, you'll need to have them exposed to the evil side of the humanoids first. Perhaps a prelude...

Awesome topic, I love it! I love to throw in special currencies into my games. Here are some of the ones I can remember: One of my favorite settings was a Steam-Fantasy world that relied on a special material for it's furnaces to function. Similar to coal, yet it only formed in hard to reach...

I had the same problem with my gift set. Scheduled to ship on the 11th of June but when the 11th came, it was still un-shipped. I called them and discovered they had outsold their number of copies in pre-orders. A couple of hoops later I had them sending me the books two day shipping free, as...

SRD: Massive Damage If you ever sustain a single attack deals 50 points of damage or more and it doesn’t kill you outright, you must make a DC 15 Fortitude save. If this saving throw fails, you die regardless of your current hit points. If you take 50 points of damage or more from multiple...

Its funny that this thread is so diverse, considering wizards released an errata for the phbII and this is covered in it. Page 74– Arcane Thesis [Substitution] Should read, “When you apply any metamagic feats other than Heighten Spell” Thus if you were to prepare an empowered maximized magic...

I think it makes sense, too. The first round you end up getting away due to the wizard trying to hit you.. The next round he will probably lead you a bit with the fireball, to clip you with it. Then it becomes a game of trying to guess where the other is going to shoot/ride, possibly using bluff...

I know this is a weird question, since 3.5 is almost finished with, but here it goes. I'm running my second attempt at a epic game, 21st level currently, and I've ran into some problems I've never had to deal with in all my years of gaming. The biggest one has been from the druid using the...

Scratch the gauth, rereading the PrC they must be true beholders and have an anti-magic eye to put out, so only the beholder fits the bill.

I'm looking to construct a beholder or gauth into a beholder mage (Lords of Madness prestige class). Does anyone have an idea of the LA of these two beholders? I know the eye rays are powerful, and even by removing them for the beholder mage PrC they will still be powerful, but this is being...

Didn't go as planned. But hey, they say no plan survives contact with the PCs. 1st round he used swift Quick March to have his zombies move forward, but all the PCs beat him on initiative and only one stayed behind, so closing the door wasn't worthwhile. Instead he threw up the wall of dispel...

Okay, heres what I ended up with: Unhallow on the structure, with resist fire built into it. Desecrate on two altars in the room to have the Area of Effect take up most of the room. 8 bugbear zombies as his defensive minions. The cleric himself has the following spells prepared: 1st- Bane...

Very nice. I'm using the stone shape idea for sure. They are a little low on potions so the shatter wouldn't be very optimal. I'm also going to use dispel magic. They are very reliant on their buff spells. I like the unhallow as well. Thanks.

Hey, I'm running an encounter tonight for my group and thought "Hey, maybe the EN guys have some evil advice for the situation" so here I am. This encounter will be the culmination of an adventure against an evil group of clerics and undead minions. It's taking place in the central church below...

Slaying Curse Necromancy Level: Clr 2, Hex 2, Sor/Wiz 3 Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Close Target: One living creature Duration: One round per level Saving Throw: Will negates Spell Resistance: Yes By conjuring forth negative energy and propelling it at your target...

Heres how I'd change it, (though I haven't tried E6 yet.. I'm working on getting a small group to let me run it for them instead of normal DnD). 1.) Reduce the damage to 1d6, but add in the next ability. 2.) The caster may spend turning attempts as a standard action to fill a 30' burst area...

Greyhawk What hooked me: Sometime in the 90s I came across an in character journal of a necromancer named Korel and his exploits in Greyhawk. Combined with me being a young gamer and the "classic" feeling of Greyhawk really sold me on it. I grabbed everything I could, every supplement I could...

I had a question about the Martial Study feat. Since your treated as 1/2 your character level for the initiator level, does that mean a 20th level fighter would only be a 10th level initiator and thus only be able to select a 5th level or lower maneuver (provided he meets the requirements)? Am...

Thanks! Thats pretty much how I saw it. So you can selectively use the OGL/SRD in your product. If you create something that's entirely new, like a non-skill/feat/talent system then that system itself could stay your's.. provided you don't make it OGL. Okay.