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A friend of mine ran a True20 game, and mentioned that he liked it a lot, but he felt casters were actually a bit underpowered in this if they chose to go the direct damage path. As in "a fighter with a stick is doing better damage and not knocking themself out in the process."

Damage dealer? In core, you go Wizard.

Tank? In core, you go Cleric or Druid.

Ranged? in Core, you go Wizard.

Grapple? You go Druid.

Fixed.

Doesn't [Monstrous] mean you have to be radically non-humanoid to take it? So if you're a Tiefling Fiendish Brute you wouldn't qualify, likewise a Human Sorcerer with "Dragon Tail" and "Dragon Claws"?[br][br]Well, it makes more sense to call it [Monstrous], and just to ignore tha...

Bears are known for attacking chunks of ice filled with apples, if that helps?[br][br]As for Improved Natural Attack, keep in mind that not only can you take Combat School for your tamed lightning, Diamond Greatsword or giant demonfang dentist drill, but you can also pile magical enhancements onto i...

The thing is, I'm not sure how the rest get punished when the new character is brought back at the same XP. Granted, you could argue that organic characters are weaker than "Built at level X" characters, but I doubt it's that much so - particularly with retraining rules (and with the Tome ...

1187620093[/unixtime]]In a few months it will be virtually impossible to figure out how to get to Skip's article about how Fighters have the "advantage" of having a good Fort save. Hell, with a small enough body of people checking out the old secret content, they might even delete it from...

I generally disagree with any form of level loss associated with character death. Because it punishes you further for not optimising, thus teaching you that the way to not be punished is to pull out every trick you can. On the (very few) occasions where PCs have died in games I run, if they want to ...

Yeah, I agree with the Count. While I totally understand that if anyone has SoD effects, then everyone needs them to stay competitive, I regret the fact that they exist at all. If there was going to be an overhaul, the removal of "You die now. Instantly. HA!" effects would be high on my pr...

Sure, they can pick up the slack, but that doesn't mean the half dragon in question is actually being useful during that time, and as such, they're possibly not having fun during that period. I imagine most will want to take at least one class level first, and then they're flying at level 3 or so, j...

I'm looking forward to the really dumb things that crop up - similar to Balor Mining or Phoenix Duplication or turning into sharks that can't breathe underwater. The stupid stuff.

Yeah, I was considering removing the "+1 ability", but I honestly wanted crazy shit to happen when they wield their trees and termite nests.[br][br]The reason why spiky things have venom is that, at least here in Australia, any spiky plant is guaranteed to at least cause itches and rashes ...

1187534481[/unixtime]] 1187518812[/unixtime]]Castle of the Winds [br][br] Fuck yes . [br][br]I'm glad someone else remembers that game. 200% awesome, I guarantee it, and it had at least as much plot as Diablo 2 did! Granted, not as much as mos... as at least half the tabletop games, but still.[br][...

Well, as the creator of Conjuration Focus, I don't claim to be a master of balance, just better than most of the WotC boards and Skip Williams :biggrin:[br][br]I'm not actually sure if Conjuration Focus should have a bit of a tweak - perhaps halve the DR and Natural Armour bonuses, so that the summo...

D2 reminded me of that SNES game where you swat mosquitoes on the screen. You know the one. Probably appeared for PC either for free or in one of those "over nine thousand games on one CD, one of these games is Castle of the Winds, one of them is Moraffe's World, and all of the other games suck...

Yeah, I'll give it a look, and then either I'll like it and buy it, even getting the subscription (assuming employment) and fapping around with the online tools, or I won't like it, and will stick with 3.x and use the Tomes.[br][br]Chances are, even if I do convert to 4th, I'll still use the Tomes a...

Agreed. Although I like the fact that they attempted to combine casting and melee with the Duskblade, it still didn't work very well, and naturally the WotC boards decided it must be broken, on the grounds that it exists.

And the naming system was stupid.

Because it is the perfect idea of what a fighter/mage should be, not like that utterly broken Duskblade.

Hmm, good point. So, would it be better to drop the damage from that category of weapons, or weaken the effects?[br][br]I'm thinking perhaps the swarm should just last for one full round (and yes, I'll change it to any swarm that seems halfway believable and fits the CR), but that alone won't be eno...

Here we go, for those who played Phantom Brave, or who just want to kill someone with moss, or a beehive, or a termite nest, or a tree, or whatever.[br][br]Incidentally, it's not my job to tell you how much damage various shrubberies should do normally.[br][br] Nature's Warrior (Combat) [br]You stab...

But wouldn't that make sense? D&D frowns on that.

Spell Focus feats...[br]For the record, any mentio of a saving throw defaults to 10 + 1/2 your level + your casting stat. Not the basic spell level. This allows you to piss people off with even low level spells. They're still probably useless though.[br][br] Evokation Focus [br]You enjoy blowing shi...

I decided to make a few more - some (Combat) feats, because it's good to have the extra options, and a few Spell Focus ones - I know casters get a lot of shininess poured into their pants just from core, without the Tomes, but still, it's not like these feats are going to make things more stupid.[br...

I always like to choose a Mephit for my Improved Familiar. Simply because I think they're cool.

Then I feel like I wasted a feat. Especially when they die. This feat is a lot nicer.

I once played a monk and told it to attack a prismatic dragon. I wandered off to get something to drink, and when I came back they were still failing to hit each other at all.[br][br]It's probably bad to play the PC games before playing and running D&D normally - they'll give you crazy ideas lik...

[br]And while I don't see any realistic link between pedophilia and 4chan, I'm the new guy so don't need to go around pissing people off - especially when neither of the above (excluding halfling sex, which I feel is less welcome than dragon sex) has anything to do with roleplaying. So fine, no more...