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If your opponent puts it in the middle after you take a corner you've won, yes.

I think you're confused. Tic-Tac-Toe is still a Cat's game at that point, so long as you can think a couple of moves ahead, which is pretty easy in Tic-Tac-Toe.

So, essentially, you like the Saga thing where all the skills are level scaling, but instead of having the bonuses be +5 and +10 from the getgo, you want them to scale. Instead of having a somewhat random chart, I suggest that you simply say that skill training gives a +3 bonus (increases to +4 at l...

Well, an 11th level cleric will take your money, so long as its planar currency, or maybe services (not sure what you could do better than himself, and get your mind out of the gutter).[br][br]Clerics of that level simply don't take cash. Certainly not in exchange for experience. Of course, you're t...

Hide

As mentioned in the Dungeonomicon, Hide should not require cover or concealment to function.

That's great, but does neither cover nor concealment give you any bonuses then? It seems like being half hidden should give some sort of circumstance bonus.

Honestly, the easiest way to make a trap memorable is to *combine* it with an encounter. Sure, you can make it *into* an encounter, but that takes work and skill.

Is there some super secret extra limited magic trait that applies only to the contest? [br][br] A greater deity (rank 16 or higher) also can perform any one of the following acts:[br]• Change or apply a gravity trait within the realm.[br]• Change or apply an elemental or energy trait within[br]the ...

If I were to do this more than haphazardly, then I would have put it all (ability scores too) into a giant table. Level, BAB, attack bonus, ability scores, HP, skill ranks, whatever. Precalculated. I bet you could fit at least one, maybe two per 8.5 x 11". It's still useful to have the stats, i...

Still, I can't help but think that the math works out in favor of more attacks with more weapons. If nothing else, a monk with an amulet of might fists essentually has any number of identically enchanted weapons so it is always better to claim your attacking with N different "weapons" (fe...

Portable holes are 6' in diameter, which means they more or less take up one square, and they're 10' deep.

You could throw and light oil in various squares.

Setup rudimentary trip-lines.

Well, I like it. I'm not sure this is the exact way I'd implement it, but I like that full attack always gives multiple attacks. I'd probably be happy if it gave a fixed number of attacks...[br][br]Does this mean that if you have more than 5 natural attacks, you get no benefit?[br][br] You can take ...

The only thing you have trouble with is a CR 1/2 guy. [br][br]No, not really, CR should go from -inf to +inf. I mean, how difficult an encounter it is is supposed to solely depend on the difference in CR.[br][br] So you take an NPC warrior 10 and drop him into the quest without much trouble. And he...

Ok, maybe I'm being unclear... this is a template for the critters that a BBEG puts between you and him that try to prevent the hurty-types from getting too close. If you're playing a campaign where you are playing those kind of characters... I'm confused.[br][br][br][br]As for CR and LA adjustments...

The Artisan seems pretty good for an NPC class... 'cept I'd say that it's ten levels of stuff in twenty levels. [br][br]Ok, that's really funny. I ran across this at Monte Cook's boards, and I immediately thought it was a 10 level class -- and one that should look a lot like Conduit, with level sca...

Some monsters are just there to prevent you from getting where you are trying to go, but aren't troublesome in and of themselves. Those monsters have the [Speedbump] Subtype.[br][br] Size and Type [br][br]A Speedbump's type and size do not change.[br][br] Hit Dice [br]Gain one HD of the same type, a...

Ghouls have a +5 will save at CR1, except I erred -- they are immune. I expect I missed some others that are immune... (I'm pretty sure I missed lemures).

Scrolls of Color Spray have a DC of 11... That means even with a save bonus of +0, you have a 50% chance of success. And it's a 15' cone, so unless you're willing to go up close to the opposition, you're not going to get that many enemies.[br][br] Will saves are usually the lowest or second lowest y...

1179167379[/unixtime]]I like both Squirreloid and AlpaNerd's concepts but when used together it would probably break metamagic entirely. [br][br]?? They're basically the same system (I simply renamed LSLV, which was clunky sounding to ML, and changed the negatives to positives). I came to the concl...

Catharz wrote:
The 'alternative SRD'

I feel special. Of course, you might also want to link to www.d20ragon.com/frank

Also, if anyone else feels like linking to the site, it might bring the pagerank above zero...

But as a spell-like ability, it doesn't cost the Efreet any XP. [br][br]Ah, a good question:[br][br] Creatures with spell-like abilities that grant wishes may only grant wishes that have no XP cost. [br][br]Edit: Of course, that means you can still get truly awesome items by conning a Solar or Pit ...

Of course, I forgot the obvious:

3) Loading the critter up with piles of magical gear worth < 15K.

So, what is the appropriate way to challenge RoW characters in the wish economy? How should you reward them, experience-wise?[br][br]RoW Characters that have entered the wish economy are pretty darn powerful compared to many of the entries in the CR system, so, it is not trivial to select encounters...

Metamagic Feats are already inherently scaling feats. There is really no reason to have them also have scaling abilities.[br][br]I personally like the following ruleset:[br][br][Metamagic] Feats allow you to increase the potency of the lower level spells you can cast. Each application of a metamagic...

Unfortunately, this does at some point come down to us not knowing really anything about Genies. I mean, do they love, raise children, party, gossip, plot, belong to paramilitary organizaitions? I mean, what do they do with their time? What are their goals?[br][br] Genies are humanlike beings who dw...

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