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Quickleaf's description of the giant spider that manipulated cocooned/webbed zombies is perfect. Make things inexplicable based on the rules. Break, bend, fold, and mutilate the rules in the service of building tension and horror. However, don't forget to let the players stand a chance at...

I'd call it a club, probably. Great clubs certainly seem like they'd be more about 2x the size of a bat.

Wow. That seems like the only drawback will be if a single player really powergames and the others don't. Gestalt, level 15, unlimited wealth (?!?!), and roll potentially massive stats. You might consider something like Silver Age Sentinels for uber powerful characters. The system is a bit...

The issues you guys have with spells and skills seems to be less an issue with the game being broken somehow, and more that the DM isn't mixing up encounters with varied enough creatures with abilities that can foil/ignore some of the spells' effects. Invisibility isn't an issue for creatures...

I like the idea of having to replace the decaying bodyparts in some fashion. I assume the organic replacements are cheapest, then mechanical, then elemental? Are you going to have all PCs roll to determine if they're immune or not? Also, how quickly does the half-undead template/trait develop...

I too have contemplated what worlds would be like if the dominant race was not humans. To me, dwarves seem like a good choice for a race that would possibly become the dominant power if humans are not there to claim it. They're lawful, militant, excellent craftsmen, and long-lived. In my own...

I never had issues with players just Tumbling around the battlefield (seeing as how it reduces movement to half) and even if they do, it just means they're set to make an attack. Nothing stops the enemy from repositioning with a 5' step on their turn to get out of being flanked or whatnot (I...

I have a question: what's stopping you from simply playing the 3.5 classes you'd like in a Pathfinder game? There might be a few slight modifications needed, but if you've got the Bo9S already and want to use it, I know it'd be quite simple.

Your idea is something I've been kicking around as well, especially since I've been reading The Dresden Files, where this is essentially how magic works. In the Dresdenverse, offensive magic is not impossible, but the act of harming a human(oid) is against the rules of the White Council. Certain...

How so? I picked it up and haven't really noticed anything jumping out as unbalanced. Admittedly, I haven't had chances to use the vast majority of the critters in a game session yet.

I've always done homebrew adventures and settings with my games, which makes it way easier to tailor things to the players' capabilities if I need to. So I suppose if I was running more packaged adventure paths I'd not so much cater to my players' whims in that regard. However, I'd still be...

I'm sorry, as a DM, I find it rude to not at least tell my players to pick some favored enemies they would like for their character and then do my best to work them into the campaign. This may be what your DM is going to do, but I'd be certain to tell him that you hope to be able to take...

Probably Heal, or perhaps the relevant Knowledge skill relating to the creature type.

I was leaning towards Profession: Painter/artist personally. However, Craft could work just as well.

Well, I just learned something. I guess it pays to read through all the rules that I thought they didn't actually change....

The thing to fix your complaint is one of the Alchemist's Discoveries, which simply allows his potions to persist so others can utilize them. I believe they get a Discovery at 2nd level, if I remember correctly. I know it seems lame to have to use a Discovery to share potions, but the Alchemist...

My group adopted a method where a critical threat on a confirmation roll means you roll again, and if it is a hit, the damage multiplier goes up by 1. This can keep continuing if the player rolls threats on confirmations for a while. The most we ever have had though was 3 in a row for a scythe...

If the other players are completely oblivious to the problems this other player is giving you, I'd take it up privately with Slow Player. If s/he won't work at paying more attention, tell them you'll just start skipping their turns if they don't respond within a certain amount of time. If the...

I too loved the description. That said, I've always allowed my players to use knowledge skills on monsters and Sense Motive on humanoids to gauge the potential threat. Based on their rolls, I'd say things like, "This warrior seems a bit unsure of himself and his hands tremble a bit as he draws...

Evidently you and I play with very different groups. Our current campaign is composed of 3 humans, 1 elf, and a half elf. My players use humans a lot because we all love us those extra skill points, and a bonus feat doesn't hurt either.