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I feel just the opposite, actually. If you use 3d6 (or even worse 3d6+2) you really make the extreemes hard to hit. Essentially, in a d20 world you have a 1 in 20 (5%) chance to hit any number (thus a 5% chance to get a 20). In a 2d10 world you have a 1 in 100 (1%) chance of getting a 20 (or...

Is this really 3e, or 3.x? Because 3.x is good for me ... 3e not so much. Useable, but not without its tweaks.

Wow. Some really cool thoughts there. Before I get to what I like, I have a stray comment. I notice that you have a Fire Realm but not Cold Realm. Now, I do know that your water realm does take on some cold powers so that's cool. And I understand that fire and water are opposites. But from...

Oh, I absolutely second these. EoM especially is a deep and rich (and kind of psionics-feel) system. The only problem that I have is that is is too deep and rich for my games to be useful. However, Mythic Earth (which came out of the EoM line is a much streamlined version of EoM. But yes...

Wow, there's some really cool thoughts in here. It is a type of system that originally first got me interested in the Tome of Channeling (Dreamscarred Press). It revolves around spheres of magic ... but I think they are pretty similar to your realms. I do think the mechanics in your system...

Well, this suggestion isn't for everyone for flavor reasons. In practice, though, it works out pretty well. My latest product, Complete Gear, gives an alternate to Item Creation (and Item purchasing, as well). Players are given a pool of influence points through which they can influence the...

The easiest wayto makea table is to use the code function and count spaces. The code tag makes every character the same width, so you can line things up nicely. And if you have access to a word processor that "counts columns" (most do) you can type your table into something like Word using...

Yeah, especially in the 3.x variant forums. Sometimes replies take a few days.... I agree. I'm not sure that making the sorcerer into a SLA character is really the way to go. And only being able to "cast" Domain spells 1/day up to the level known is a bit weak for me. Seeing as how limited...

A few of my favorite RPG supplements come from Dreamscarred Press. I love: Worldthought Medic - Yes, I know the link brings you to Complete Society Mind, but the linked product contains not only the Worldthought Medic but also WTM-esque several PrCs that are cool, too. What is a Worldthought...

Well, because a player down a level gains more for group experiences than their fellow mates who are a level higher. Well, that is unique for your games and cannot be assumed by your OP. As for how that balances your system, its kind of a moot point since you don't award XP according to the...

But you eventually catch up as yougain more XP by being behind when you buy back the levels. In fact, you catch up pretty quickly. LA 1 and 2 catches up around the time that their racial stuff begins to be nearly irrelevant - which is when it should go away IMO. LA 3 takes a while longer, of...

It is similar to the system for buying back LA in Unearthed Arcana, and that is a system that I loved before I went into a completely classless game. The nice thing about buying back LA is that depending upon thesize of your LA you eventually aren't even down much XP at all at higher levels...

This is borderline off-topic, but have you ever considered a point-buy system? If you go completely class-less, you not only don't have to worry about what to do with the saves (strong or weak from multi-classing) - but you can actually let players strive for the actual save score they want...

This was always my biggest frustration. [I play 3.x for the record] I was always finding that I had to incorporate elements into a character that weren't part of my plan just to get those that were a part of my plan. I know that this is a natural consequence of a system that uses classes...

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Yeah, I saw a hardcover about 2 years ago at the local Barnes and Nobles. It looked pretty cool, but I didn't have enough money to blow on it. But yeah, it looked cool and was in hardcover.

Sweet, isn't it? Once I got over my irritation of being left behind, I heard my wallet singing WotC's praises. It is an enjoyable feeling. And I can honestly say that I am happy those people who weren't enjoying 3.x are in a product they like, too. Yeah. But you can also supe up that car...

If you like tables and magic point sstems, might I suggest Elements of Magic (revised) and the supplementary source Lyceian Arcana? Both are excellent works and currently available for less than $5.00 each over on RPGNow.com . Honestly, if you have $10 to spend I would pick those up in the...

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Well, when I used magic items in games I largely hand-waved the shopping. If a player actually accumulated the gold and the town was big enough to have a shop/wizard/temple who could actually have the item - they found a way to buy the item. Item buying wasn't much of a place of enjoyment for...