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My list of gripes about the rogue:[br][br]1. The x4 Skill Points at first character level makes order of taking a rogue level too important for multiclass builds.[br][br]2. The Trapfinding ability should be available as a feat and not solely as a class ability.[br][br]3. The wording on the option of...

3.0 T&B (almost) Astral Deva, largely as planetar, but higher flight speed and easier time passing for unaltered human.[br][br]Depending upon your DM's definition of natural, you may or may not have gotten:[br]immunity to electricity, cold, and petrification; NO[br] resistance 20 to fire and aci...

Guest (Unregistered) at [unixtime wrote:1085164754[/unixtime]]What's a "Homie?"

I've bought 2 or 3 packs of each expansion so far.[br][br]They are mediocre at best, and slightly overpriced at more than twice the cost of a Homie per fig, but they are extremely durable and easy to transport, which is a big deal to me.[br][br]If Andy's now in charge of them AND the price is going ...

Actually, the PrC multiclassing bit was dropped from 3.5 solely by accident.[br][br] Here's SkR stating so.[br][br]And the tail end of page 3/ start of page 4 of the 3.5 main FAQ also states that the dropping of that text was an error.[br][br]Somewhere out there, Andy Collins has also weighed in, sa...

1084990608[/unixtime]]WOTC is going out of business. [br][br]You owe me a nickel. [br][br]As for the subject at hand, get real.[br][br]WotC has the best editing in the RPG industry. And that *is* a crying shame, but the truth of the matter is that us gamers will buy books no matter how poorly edite...

Ah....but changing the name of your character class does indeed have rules ramifications.[br][br]Anyone else here remeber the stupid MtG arguments about Slight of Mind and the sefl-referential Black Vise? Similiar rules issues can arise if you rename classes at whim.[br][br]For example, if you decid...

It would involve a massive reworking of magic items, but I would really like to see a magic item system that did the following things:[br][br]1. Reduced the number of item/enchantment "slots"[br][br]2. Reduced the types of bonuses and de-emphasized the current stacking craziness. ( I could...

1081370400[/unixtime]][br][br]Again and still - that's the same argument . [br][br]That's because there is only one single argument on each side of the "are templates polymorph-legal question?"[br][br]Yea: "As, Alter Self , except "[br][br]Nay: " As Alter Self , except"...

1076783857[/unixtime]]With the 3.5 charge rules you are pretty safe. All you need is a chair.[br][br]Position the chair directly between you and the zombie as move action, take a five foot step back, and throw a rock. The Zombie has to charge directly towards you by the closest possible line and if...

I think that UA was sorely missing an optional system for divorcing durations from concrete time increments and expressing them in dramatic time increments instead.[br][br]There should at least be an optional rules sidebar somewhere outlining how to adapt things so that spells last in terms of Enco...

Well, the Spell-Storing ability descript is missing the "This property can only be applied to melee weapons, thrown weapons and ammuntion" clause found in the Brilliant Energy ability description. But it's also missing that "X bows, crossbows and slings bestow the X quality upon their...

Frank, you are firmly off in crazy land on that one.[br][br]Reading over the Sleight of Hand skill descript on PHB 81-82, it says nothing about using the skill to quick-draw items. It does say that "drawing a hidden weapon is a standard action which doesn't provoke an attack of opportunity"...

1079045400[/unixtime]]That "works" - but it has the Summon Monster Problem in that it doesn't have a meaningful duration and completely sucks.[br][br]The attack bonus is small (although mutj larger than in 3rd edition, where it doesn't even get your wisdom bonus to attack rolls). By the t...

The additional assumptions there are that you are attacking a creature which is susceptible to crits and has no chance of negating them (such as fortification armor).[br][br]Usually it's best to maintain your sanity and just work within these assumptions, but be aware that the actual average damage ...

This is so obvious I can't believe that[br][br]A> I haven't seen it before[br]or[br]B> It actually works like I think it does[br][br]So I wanted to run it by you guys to see if I'm out on a limb here[br][br] [br]Spiritual Weapon[br]Evocation [Force][br]Level: Clr 2, War 2[br]Components: V, S, DF[br]...

1078966231[/unixtime]][br][br]Similarly, why not just ditch the entire conceit of changing into existing creatures, and just have it be a free-floating system of extraordinary abilities, forms, statistics, skill bonuses, and whatever? [br][br]Because fewer than 2% of the gaming populace is capable ...

Or just have decent ranged attacks.

And I can't lay the blame on Andy for this neither - 3.5 actually has MORE high level fliers and archers than 3.0 did.

FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1077760737[/unixtime]]

Players Roll All Dice: Unless you were cheating, this "variant" doesn't change anything.

Untrue.

It changes the threat range (but not multiplier) of some weapons used by antagonists.

1077670936[/unixtime]]I know I am asking for trouble, but when they fail their save and drop to 0 HP or less, doesn't[br][br] Any creature reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by this spell is entirely disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust. [br][br]Take effect prior to turning into ga...

FrankTrollman at [unixtime wrote:1077472642[/unixtime]] basically everying but Kitchen Sink Bonuses.

-Username17

Which is a strong incentive to pick up the first level of Plumber.

Seriously, I'm looking real hard at having Enalias go from Wiz 5 to Fig 1 to EK.[br][br]Enalis is a "who needs Still Spell?" elf diviner in a mithral chain shirt whose spells are mostly noncombat utility spells (like locate object and tongues ), no somatic component spells ( true strike , ...

But of course money is worth less AFTER you spend it.

I take bigger issue with the fact that there is even less reason to not correct a FAQ answer like that for a period of years.[br][br]I mean, Skip is only human and is bound to make a few mistakes now and then. And the same would hold for any potential replacement.[br][br]That such mistakes remain un...

This doesn't help from the PC side of the table, but as per page 133 of the 3.5 MM:[br][br] [br]Goblins with levels in NPC classes have a CR equal to their character level -2 [br][br]So a Goblin paladin1/warrior2 is still only a CR 1 opponent. In fact, all classed goblin opponents now get two free l...