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(Edit: In a fit of nitpicking, decided the previous edit was worth a post)

[br]Okay, so there's a game that someone in our group is DMing. According to the DM, it's gestalting two classes, one of which *must* be a caster. He mentioned this was mostly to have fun, and partially to playtest some stuff.[br][br]-Starting at level 5, and he plans to go to about level 10 over 9-...

This is the closest appropriate thread I can find to put this in...[br][br][br]...I happened to be making the DM's eyes explode by giving him stuff from this board. He's expressed a lot of admiration for Frank's style of critique--here's a direct quote...[br][br][br] I'd be honored if somebody took ...

[br] Grapples work like this: Its an attack that goes against Str, and it if suceeds you are Grappled (we'll decide exactly what that means later, but it probably means you can't move until you break the grapple). Breaking a grapple requires a Grapple action. [br][br]All this talk about Grappling is...

[br] No offense, but that seems pretty pointless for what he wants to do. You don't even get that spell until level 11. Alter self lets him do what he wants at level 3.[br][br]Permanency + Water Breathing is gonna need to be available pretty damn early for a mixed group with that sort of thing in mi...

[br] For a mixed group, e.x. land-dwellers like Humans with aquatics like Merfolk, how early should Permanency+Water Breathing be available? I am planning on some deep-sea diving in underwater caves, and this ain't really viable at low enough levels. [br][br]Not to plug a source, but I think that Pl...

[br][br] Rolling for hit points, in a way that lets the fighter roll two ones and suddenly never be level appropriate ever again, is also garbage. [br][br]You could have the option of house-ruling in favor of generosity if you're so concerned about that.[br][br]"You have d10 HD. You're our meat...

I'm ambivalent on stat rolls. They do their job, and it's fun getting 16's, 17's, and 18's...[br][br]I just don't often get them.[br][br]My characters are notorious for having an Aura of Suck, too. My characters, and everyone fighting them, suddenly become extremely ineffective on attacks rolls. [br...

[br] Cptn. Bleach was all hissy about Frank for a while, then suddenly got what Frank writes and now he's all in sycophantic mode. It'll wear off in a bit. [br][br]I'm the one who got Cap'n started on this stuff. He said something about being amazed at how Frank finds the time, and I made a crack ab...

One DM I know has something he called the champion array.[br][br]In a lot of his games, you get these stats to assign as you wish:[br][br]18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8.[br][br]He does it because it lets people make a character that's really good at a couple of stats, thereby helping to mitigate the occasion...

[br] Now there's a good question, what would a Tome series illusionist look like, if the Fire Mage is for typical 'blaster mage' style? [br][br]Setting up layer upon layer of illusions, spell-like abilities to make things, Displacement and Blur effects, able to confuse someone if they're in the mids...

[br] Wow, Frank, you must be a great multi-tasker or something else! Learning a new language, plus medical school, I'm surprised that you have enough time to post here! [br][br]Frank requires only slightly more sleep than Chuck Norris, can prepare and eat a nourishing meal in under two minutes, runs...

Depends on the person in question. And it's hard to answer because...[br][br]That guy wielding the greatsword and wading through hordes of kobolds? He's a fighter.[br][br]The guy holding a lance and riding a horse with curtains of it? He's a fighter, too.[br][br]The crime lord's sadistic top bodygua...

How about a tricked-out version of K (Tactics) and such things as monster and fighting style recognition?[br][br]Which would translate to:[br][br]1) You 'figure out' (read: are told) what the enemy's ideal plan is for the next couple of rounds.[br][br]2) You recognize the monster and its special qua...

The trouble with imagining Fighters doing stuff outside of combat is that they're such a broad category...[br][br]Jumping, climbing, and swimming are automatic, of course.[br][br]Ride and Handle Animal make some sense.[br][br]Really, they should be getting Spot and Listen, by the logic that Fighters...

And I'm at a real loss for non-fiends. Mostly, they just don't have enough defining traits that work for this. [br][br]I dunno...Sigma's Voldo-based feat was pretty cool. I'm all-for pillaging everything that works for ideas...[br][br]But let's lay some ideas...[br][br][br]If this is non-Tome or sl...

The major difficulty with Rogue is that it's a super-broad category rather than a single set of skills/abilities.[br][br]A rogue can be a diplomat, a con-man, a thief, a lookout, or a trapfinding burglar. And in combat, they're your favored flanking partner.[br][br]As it is, the archetype they're cl...

Yes, oh He Who Speaks and Builds Fences.

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Making celestial-blood feats seems to be trickier when I try it...[br][br]Look at it...[br][br]1) Not nearly as many kinds of described celestials as there are devils and demons[br][br]2) The described kinds don't have really trademark powers in the way kytons and succubus and the like do.[br][br]3)...

Last night I had a lengthy debate with a friend about the stuff on this board. It kicked off when I showed him the Fire Mage. He claimed the class to be broken because...[br][br]1) Medium BAB, 4 skill points, good skill list, d8 HD, useful weapon proficiencies, Good Saves (GAPS!)[br]2) Able to unloa...

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Since a monster or PC could potentially stack one at levels 1,3,6,9, etc and each one scales itself (ideally, if conditions are met.. which is easy for, say, a full True Fiend) [br][br][br]I'd really borrow a line from the Heritage Feats and say you can only get one bloodline feat, at level 1.[br][...

I realize that while I'm great on ideas, I'm not so good at actual design. My usual approach is to just turn something out and then modify it down to reality. That being said, here's my unfinished stuff on the Acid Mage. I'll add in weapon/armor proficiencies later and fix any glaring problems those...

Daddy was a Doppelganger! [br][br]Benefit: One of your parents was a doppelganger, most likely your father. You've inherited some of the shapechanger traits, and have the [Shapechanger] subtype. You can also make cosmetic changes to your appearance, such as eye color, hair color, and skin tone. Asi...