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I am planning to run an old style dungeon bash, possibly even a megadungeon. And while I do love the old Dungeons and Dragons, I also like the option of a little mixing of classes. To that end I came up with cross-class training. I'm just a little stuck on what the cost of these advantages...

Jotun's Reach Trade Consortium Symbol: a blue sailed longship. (ships of the consortium all fly blue sails). Background, Goals and Dreams: A group of interrelated Seaking families merged their assets to successfully defeat the massed military might of House Stormcrown a century ago. After the...

The Holy Inquisition Symbol: the Inquisitorial Seal. Background, Goals and Dreams: Created in response to rampant heresy, corruption and taint within the institutions of mankind. It is the Inquisition's duty to root out taint and corruption in the Temple and the Orders, but they tend to stick...

Clan Hewhammer Symbol: a warhammer striking the peak of a mountain with cracks running down it. Background, Goals and Dreams: A populous clan of Shield Dwarves. Longtime allies of humanity, they have stood by them through the rise and fall of several human civilisations. Enemies and Allies: with...

I am planning on starting a new campaign in a while and am seriously considering tracking down a pile of X-Crawl stuff. I like the sound of a pay-per-view dungeon crawl league, blood sports for the masses and all that. Does anyone have any thoughts on an X-Crawl campaign?

Children of Oakthane Symbol: a stylised oak tree. Background, Goals and Dreams: The halfbreed bastard offspring of the enigmatic elf known only as The Oakthane. The children have a strong connection to the earth and nature, many of them being either Druids or Rangers. Enemies and Allies: As...

What benefits would you suggest be granted to a Ranger class to compensate loss of Spellcasting ability? More feats? Some Special abilities (eg. Pass Without Trace, Speak with ANimals, etc)? An extra skill point per level? An animal companion more in line with druids or a wizards familiar...

The Orders Militant Symbol: varies by individual banner Background, Goals and Dreams: The Orders Militant are a loose alliance of fighting orders, gathered under a single banner and leader to ensure their efforts are not squandered or misused. As the militant arm of the Temple, they enjoy...

House Tilgentor Symbol: a silver eagle on a black and red background. Background, Goals and Dreams: A pleasant façade of eccentric historians and archivists hides the devastating intellects and ruthless opportunism that has made this House great. Most nobles spend at least a few years...

Order of the Azure Flame Symbol: blade shrouded in blue flames Background, Goals and Dreams: The Order, once an offshoot of the militant arm of the Temple, has consolidated their independence in recent years. They are self governing and self policing. Taint is the great enemy, and all magi are...

Temple of Light Symbol: the Solar disk Background, Goals and Dreams: The Temple is a bastion of light and hope in a world beset by darkness and Necromancy. They stand as the first, last, and only line of defence against the plague of taint and corruption sweeping the land. Enemies and Allies...

Just bringing together a list of all my posts relating to my "vs the Undead" campaign. Classes - Battle Mage. Equipment - A heavier blunt implement. Feats - A few new Feats from my Campaign. Races - Powerful half-elves. Races - Charismatic dwarves. Rules - Stats at Character creation...

Outlands Reaper A powerful undead warrior whose victims arise as lesser undead in it's wake. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medium Undead (Extraplanar) Hit Dice: 20d12+20 (150 hp) Initiative: +7 Speed: 30 ft. AC: 30 (+3 Dex, +8 natural, +9...

Like everyone else here, I've tried a wide range of methods of generating stats for characters. straight 3d6, 4d6 discard one, 4d6 reroll 1s, best of 5d6, points buy, all 10s + 25 points...the list goes on. For my current campaign I decided on a heroic spread of attributes, to be allocated as...

Having the vast majority of arcane spellcasters in my campaign working for the other side, and the massive culturals restrictions that levied...the Battle Mage was my response. Combining aspects taken from Unearthed Arcana and Arcana Unearthed. The Athame is usually a longsword or greatsword...

Just bringing together a list of all my posts relating to my "vs the Undead" campaign. Classes - Battle Mage. Equipment - A heavier blunt implement. Feats - A few new Feats from my Campaign. Races - Powerful half-elves. Races - Charismatic dwarves. Rules - Stats at Character creation...

I opted for powerful Tolkienesque elves for my campaign world. Needless to say, they are not available as a PC race. Half-elves on the other hand are available. They are also the only race in my campaign that has access to the Druid class, a diluted manifestation of their elven heritage...

Regular Dwarves suffer a substantial handicap to becomming Paladins, the -2 Charisma affecting most of their abilities. For my campaign, with a high incidence of undead, I felt that a Dwarven subrace better inclined to Paladinhood was warranted. These dwarves are largely a surface race, focused...

One of the current threats facing my players at the moment is a number of orcish tribes bound into slavery by a coalition of Necromacers through the agency of the Thrall Mark. Thrall-marked Whether a willing servant, or an unwilling slave, the Thrall-marked is bound into the service of a...

My campaign features a few new or modified feats. Tell me what you think. Arcane Talent [General] Your very blood sethes with arcane energies, and even though you have chosen another path, some of that power answers the call of your will. Prerequisite: Charisma 11+. Benefit: You may...