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Y'know, I just read all seven (so far) pages of that sh!t, having to actually go back and re-register on the Wizards boards to do so, and I cannot believe how much crap the foil action's received. I just went back and reread the class feature. It's not even available until Ftr9, by which even the 3/...

Hi, Mr. Homeland Security Man![br][br]Crissa, you don't need to destroy the whole airliner to actually take it down. If it's in the middle of the Atlantic, all you need's a sufficiently good-sized hole in the hull. My bet is that that much explosive power could probably be packed into a bottle of Ga...

In D&D isn't a better representation of what conventional comics-and-movies psionics actually is is from the warlock?[br][br]I don't own the book he's in, but it's my understanding he gets a short list of ever-growing powers defined by theme.[br][br]I thought what psionics should be was a guy wh...

Why in God's name would anyone ever play d20 Modern when Spycraft does everything Modern does about a kajillion times better?[br]__________________________________________________[br][br] Josh's Question: "What modern-era game would I want to run in d20 Modern that I wouldn't rather run in HERO...

…seriously, how many self-respecting DMs would have a trap disarming evil gorilla running around? [br][br]That's awesome! I am so making this the bad guy in future session.[br][br] You could make a type specifically for bugs, but why bother? If it looks like a bug than Vermin Lords can speak to the...

For some reason, we have the hubris to believe that we can make Jesus arrive sooner by instigating the events prophesied in the Bible. [br][br]My guess is that that isn't exactly the mindset they have.[br][br]Jesus wouldn't be arriving sooner … no, he'd merely be arriving . Nothing's being sped up ...

Be scared. And Rapture-ready! {OK, unhinged}[br][br]They say Red Heifer: The Bible predicts that the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Ever since the 70 AD destruction, one major roadblock barring the reconstruction of the Temple is the fact that the Temple Mount area has been defiled by w...

I mean, you see this sort of distinction made in fuggin' comic books. Superman is weak against 'magic' but is strong against 'psionics'. [br][br]There are a couple of distinctions, depending on the setting. Inborn vs. Learned: Anyone with sufficient training can become a magician. One has to be bor...

First of all, your cleric is serving them, and your cleric can get to epic levels. Is the god granting him more power than the god himself has? It's kinda dumb if the cleric gets to be a higher CR than the guy granting him his power.[br][br]Second, destroying a god will rapidly destabilize the game...

Thanks.

Okay. I play a core-only game, and I don't own the book those're in. I can't assess the value of the animal type with regard to those spells.[br][br]I figured the animal type was just shorthand anyway. Something to avoid having to say, "A magical beast with an Int of 1 or 2 with no spell-like o...

Actually, if they can be treated as animals they can have awaken cast upon them an arbitrarially infinite amount of times, thus having an arbitrarally infinite charisma. Thus insane. [br][br]Isn't that an awaken problem rather than an animal type problem? And can't that happen with shapechange and ...

First, the distinctive feature is the extra arms, which is worth quite a lot. Second, being able to choose to be effected as either an animal or human is disturbingly powerful. And third, the stat modifiers are far more animalistic then i intended - if anything the second bonus should be to intelli...

If that's enough for you, that's great. But, really, this is no match for the LA +0 races presented in the Player's Handbook or Monster Manual , especially the dwarf or deep halfling (but playing one will make you feel dirty).[br][br]How about this:[br][br] Telkor +2 Str, +2 Wis, -2 Int, -2 Cha: Tel...

…And exactly how big was that time-release pill?

I'd give your ninja the traps class feature at something like levels 3-5. This means a horde of low-level ninja are still blowed up by a glyph of warding , for instance, which is appropriately cinematic.[br][br]I'd make the art of evasion class feature a quickened ethereal jaunt for a number of roun...

To make room for someone that some functionary in HLS was friends with.

Unfortunately, as someone with a decade's experience teaching in the public schools but who's nonetheless been out of work for a year, this sounds like the real reason.

A ninja who can't disable traps sounds like a dead ninja to me, even with--perhaps--an array of mobility spells available.[br][br]And this…[br][br] Art of Evasion (Su): If an 8th level Ninja takes damage from any attack, she may suddenly shift into the plane of shadow and back in an instant, avoidin...

Having played a metric crapload of Soul Calibur III lately, my 5-year-old son digs on just picking the guy with a single style and picking his weapon and kicking my ass. I--at 35--, however, like experimenting with what I can do, mastering new moves, and seeing the specials involved in each differen...

Try this: [br][br]A sorcerer may cast any spell on his spell list, but, if he has not chosen this spell as one of his spells known, casting this spell uses a spell slot of its listed level +1. The spell level is considered as per the original when determining save DCs, spell level, etc. For example...

Off-topic, Sort Of:

Frank wrote:The US won the whole superpower sumo-fight with the Soviet Union…"

Good heavens, was that a Frankie Goes to Hollywood reference?

Slight topic hijack:

Waitaminnit. Having never played White Wolf's Werewolf: The Whatevering, is it true there's no biting people and turning them into werewolves? No American Werewolf in London king of stuff?

Who writes this stuff?

This should probably mention that you need to be on the River Styx in the first place to use this power, unless you want some truly odd things to happen.

I thought that was the point.

They cast at half your caster level, and don't use components.

So a Wiz12's familiar could cast identify for free?

• 5 ranks in the Profession (herbalist) skill no longer grants a +2 synergy bonus to Heal skill checks.
• In 3.0, a shield was always considered a light weapon. In 3.5 a small shield is considered a light weapon while a heavy shield is considered a one-handed weapon.

They were stealthy to me, anyway.