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So... is there some entry req that prevents a character who's already evil, thinks God is rubbish, and wants to summon Him explicitly so he can completely sever himself from God's domain and finally attain true freedom, from taking it? Because otherwise what's the point of even having the final choi...

Monster lists for Summoning or transformation should be simple and short. Going through the Fiend Folio to find out what demons are secretly on the Summon Monster List at various levels is not acceptable. I'm reminded of Neverwinter Nights (1&2), where the Druid is considered one the weakest cl...

6: Spells should work. Magic that works is D&D. Fighters and Dragons just need 90% saves, because Magic is for killing hordes, not legends. So you really want 3E's wizard/fighter problem back... just flipped over? And early 4E tried the wizards as AOE minonkiller bots concept... everyone said &...

The only reason my reaction differs from indifferent approval is the inherent hypocricy of WW constantly pretending that no, their vampires don't have sex (ever since VtM became srs bsns at some point I was not here to witness, but clearly not at the start, since their first and best setting book, ...

Yar, generally the only kind of magic you give a shite about in jrpgs is healing magic. This also holds up in Skyrim, actually, where the only types of magic you give a shit about are ... healing ... and summoning, maybe. Like really. I can't say I ever needed to cast a healing spell on my characte...

Always assuming that they remember to make every melee class actually able to charge in 5E.

They didn't do so hot a job of that in 4E...

as far as utility goes each element is pretty damn useful. Water was the damn do everything god element of the show and fire was generally a worthless trap choice for anybody who couldn't do the high end lightning crap. I mean, it seemed like the other nations had entire exotic technologies built a...

Here's a horrifying thought... what if class design abortions like the Vampire and Bladesinger were a quasi "beta test" for what they want 5E classes to be like?

I don't think they'll have full books ready by Gencon, I'd expect there to be a Keep on the Shadowfell style mini-ruleset+adventure kit for it by then though.

Reducing the need for a party heal bitch/giving everyone some limited form of self healing is all well and good but I really do hate how 4E went about it. I mean, I generally *like* playing a healing class, but loathe playing one in 4E because that feeling of self importance and satisfaction in know...

. I mean, how boring would it be if your Gunslinger were restricted to the same options as your Archer? But Pathfinder Archers actually have way more interesting, better options than Pathfinder Gunslingers do. That scene in Thor where Hawkeye looks at a wall of guns and then grabs a freaking bow? Y...

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Oh goddammit, it looks like a fucking keyblade. Yes, all records of this weapon must be destroyed now, for the god of humanity, before some anime freak who jerks off to kingdom hearts sees it.

let's see... unless int based skills are all stupid overpowered (and they generally aren't) Int would be really weak and would be the new dump stat of choice for non-mages. Also splitting up Will defenses just to give Int a token defense feels arbitrary as all hell and just makes things complicated....

The main three things they're losing their shit over: Elven Chain Shirt - Level 9/19/29 Uncommon Wonderous Item Property: You gain +1/+2/+3 item bonus to AC while wearing this shirt with light or no armor. Potion of Invulnerability - Level 10/20/30 Common Utility Power * Consumable (Minor Action) Ef...

I always saw agile armor as a band aid fix for the stupid stat reqs for the heavy armor feats ("No really, let's put fucking 15 DEX on a feat for armor types that get no benefit from DEX") Of course now they're making like a hundred new armor types with all new fiddly stats, including heav...

psionics should be less about emulating magic and more about doing their own thing 'Course that would require magic didn't do everything to begin with . It wasn't just laziness that lead to the creation of so many "Psionic *Insert Name of Arcane Spell Here" powers. I recall an old homebre...

yeah, but you mentioned a wizard/ranger combo, so I tried to come up with a wizard/ranger combo that didn't suck too hard.

Is it possible to hybrid Bladesinger and Ranger? I would love for my Ranger to drop down some of the badass-to-the-max Wizard dailies, since I prefer to (theoretically, I hardly play anymore let alone as a PC) hunker down for the long haul and Wizard dailies excel at that. There isn't a hybrid or m...

Well it's been a fun couple of weeks in 4fail lands. The final version of the newer Hybrid and Multiclass article came out. Of course, balances issues like hybrid Clerics being able to trade their nearly worthless Healer's Lore feature for the holy crap awesome Battle Clerics Lore (and some are even...

Never quite saw the problem with the wizard tossing around actual hard action denial effects that last for a duration you might actually care about, instead of piddly attack penalties, slows, or limited forced movement that can't even be used offensively without someone bitching about it being overp...

So when is the 'Mearls not designing anymore thing going to kick in? Cause the last few classes they've put out, the Binder, Vampire, and Bladesinger are so bad that they've actually made me long for the days back when the PHB3 and it's the Seeker, Runepriest, and fucking this class might as well on...

I've noticed on the warlock update, one of the 'lock's dailies went from Save Ends to a set number of rounds the effect could be active for. Which, while it's yet more fiddly crap to track, it is a better solution to the controllers taking monsters out forever problem then "Solo's all but insta...

Four spell schools? What the shit? Is that a prestige class or alternate wizard? And these are the only features? It's one of those alternate wizard archetype feature thingies. Here's the rest of the features "Arcane Gun (Su): The spellslinger gains the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) fea...

So... moving on from the three goddamn pages of circle jerking about how wizards break or don't break a game world, let's talk about an actual PF book for once. Such as this pile of fail: "Mage Bullets (Su): A spellslinger is adept at transferring spell energy into his arcane gun attacks. As a ...

This first level can then be skipped for experienced players who are already secure in their gaming groups or making new characters for an already familiar campaign, etc., etc. Except that, no matter how you lay out levels, talk about game tiers. and design character progression, there will still b...