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I have a game I'm running where a chain golem is required. Well, not required so much as 'would be really, really nice'. Unfortunately, I do not possess a Monster Manual II, and can not access the necessary monster statistics. If anyone has a .pdf file or knows where I can find one (other than a tor...

One question.

What's Mindsight?

To be honest, I really had no idea what to go for with this class. The example I was given was really... light. It was apparently some kind of character with a whole lot of crit, both in range and damage. The player specifically requested a ten-level class; with a five-level I'd be much more comfort...

Okay. That's done then. Critique away!

No matter where else this thread may go, just remember; any game is better if you get to kill some Nazis.

Giant Crabs?

This is a PrC I'm making for a player based off of a PrC from Neverwinter Nights. I've never actually played NWN, so all I have to base this off is what I'm told of the class. This is a work-in-progress; please only comment on what's been made so far, else you'll sound like a goof. The Weaponmaster ...

Besides the weapon and armour proficiency being extraordinarily strange in it's own right, I feel I should mention that the longspear is a simple weapon. The class really gets a bit confusing for me (I'm not entirely certain exactly what it is you're trying to accomplish), so I'll just pick at one o...

Heh. Scion. Seriously. That game was completely broken. My starting character had combat imperceptibility. That means invisible, inaudible, and everything. No smell, no touch, nothing. It was awesome. But yeah. Class/level based systems can be balanced. It's tough, but it's possible. Classless syste...

David Bowie? It might have been magic pants...

GM's are irresponsible. Some try very hard (myself included) but we all make mistakes. The rules are there for the GM to follow more-so than the players. The only time it should be acceptable for the GM to "imagine how it is to happen" is when there is not a rule already in place to contro...

From being a Warcraft style Demon Hunter, I'd say.

I've pondered the various usage of skills in D&D for a very long time. The usefulness of skills is extremely variable (I will take Hide and Move Silently over Spot and Listen, since Spot and Listen take distance penalties and my only problem with being stealthy is taking longer; Appraise is righ...

Zelda d20? Gimme gimme gimme gimme! *fanboy squeal*

I agree with Talisman in that a skill should provide a new ability that functions as a spell might 2 spell levels lower. In fact, I highly agree with this in general, and I think balancing the skills against appropriate spells may be a very good idea. The problem I'm finding is that it may simply be...

Now now children, play nice.

Has anyone here played Star Wars Saga? I've given it a brief look-over at the behest of a friend, and it appears to be the bastard child of d20 Modern/Future, D&D 4E, and George Lucas.

"I rolled a 1."

"What are you playing?"

"A Monk."

"Your hands fall off."

"Shit. Time to roll a Wizard."

How about this? Suus who multiclass come to their senses and swap out all their levels for levels in the new class. Their background becomes more normal, and the stupid eye-thing goes away. Alternately, a character who multiclasses into Suu has obviously taken leave of their senses and immediately s...

Hm. I like criticals. Fumbles only to the extent of not stabbing yourself in the face. Weapon dropping, maybe, but not stabbing yourself. But I don't like auto-successes or auto-failures. When I'm running D&D, a 1 is a 1. If you miss, you miss, and if you hit, you hit. This is due to a personal ...

I'm with what everyone else just said.

Also, Frank and K's stuff was designed for 3.x; therefore, 3.x is more awesome.

For some things it's more difficult than others, but for the first few levels, I've always found it fairly simple. First we take the elite array, because that is "normal" stat array for PC's (and what I use for playtesting). 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8 I put normal in quotations because in truth...

The idea behind these abilities, like Paralysis Strike, is that the Ranger can affect creatures that normally can't be affected in this way.

For example, Tommy might be holding a magic longsword by the blade in his hand, so it’s not ”active” since he can’t take AoOs with it and get its bonus and its not providing him with any Constant benefit. I think the part we're missing is that yes, we can have tons of shit, but if it's providing a ...

That's why I wrote up the White Mage class. Duh.