Importing the 4E Minon mechanic to 3.5

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:22:06 GMT

OK, so 4th edition apparently has this thing called "Minon" for certain monsters, that basically creates a decent number of mooks for a big boss type monster. These mooks are meant to be a minor threat to PCs, but go down easily. Someone over on the WotC boards asked for a conversion to 3.5, so I took a stab. I've playtested this once, but I'd like more feedback.

I would really appreciate some playtesting and feedback!!!

Revisiting 3E from a 3.5 perspective: Swift & Immediate actions for spells

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:08:43 GMT

The concept of a Swift action sort-of existed in 3E, but was limited to a Quickened Spell. Immediate actions didn't exist at all. So I thought I'd go back over the core spells & see where I'd like to see Swift & Immediate actions used.

The Swift Action is a tricky one, because spells with a longer duration can be cast out of combat as before-hand-buffs. Many combat spells with a short duration are balanced around the caster having to choose between making an...

Mixing Technology into the game

feeds@yuku.com (Apolyon2000) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:35:10 GMT

I know this is a touchy subject in the game that most people don't want to incorporate, but I was wondering what you guys would think is an acceptable amount of technology to incorporate. I've got a character that wants to take a Savant base class and make it more analytical where instead of getting spells for both arcane and divine, the PC wants to build like gas powered guns and things of the like.

So I ask the forum out there, what is a good limiting system for the pc...

Revisiting 3E from a post 3.5 perspective: Gnolls & Centaurs

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:32:49 GMT

From the time 3E was released until 4E was released, a lot of material was produced, and a lot of new rules were written. New classes, new monsters, new tools for designers. Every so often, I look back at some of the original, starting content, and wonder how it might have been written if the designers had full access to all the tools available at the end of 3.5.

Gnolls, for example, are a prime candidate for Powerful Build; every drawing, every...

3.5 magic item that replicates 4e mark mechanic? Critique

feeds@yuku.com (merldalf) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:45:14 GMT

(I posted these on the WotC boards and got no helpful input. I'm mainly looking for what people think the gp values should be. I really just kind of assigned arbitrary costs.)
I've really been wanting a way to make 3.5 fighters sticky like they are in 4e. How much should these items be worth that do the "mark" thing within 3.5 rules?

Challenger's Medallion
Price (Item Level): 9000?...

Dreamer Lord PrC

feeds@yuku.com (Elijah Benedict) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:29:32 GMT

The Dreamer Lord

The youth Brian cried a bitter tear as he looked at the house before him. He remembered sitting on his grandmother's hearth, listening to the stories of her youth. She had been 
legendary. She still was. Eighty years later the townsmen still boasted that their tiny farming village had raised the...

Planar Constable

feeds@yuku.com (Elijah Benedict) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:15:41 GMT

I was just cleaning out my hard drive, and found some stuff I'd made for the PrC Contests a while back, thought I'd repolish them and post. All 3/3.5 stuff. I welcome any criticism. This one I actually ended up using a lot in my home campaign. It was good for messing with my PCs.

Fear

feeds@yuku.com (PaladinTodd) — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:13:55 GMT
Anybody have alternate fear rules? The "your save failed, your PC runs away and you get to sit out the next 20 minutes of the game".

Race: The fey spawn

feeds@yuku.com (Calmar2786) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:53:08 GMT
Hi.

I've created a race for my game and would like to hear some opinions on it. It is LA +0. Is it too strong? Too weak? Should I adjuust the skills or the CL for the SA?

FEY SPAWN

Throughout the mortal realms fey both fair and foul are present, especially in the times of twilight and in areas where nature is strong and border between the material...

3.5 Novice Level Monsters

feeds@yuku.com (Soup Dragon) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:33:29 GMT
In preparation for the next time I start a D&D 3.5 campaign I've decided I need some weaker monsters in anticipation of probably having only a small number of inexperienced players. Basically I want to make the first few adventuring areas to be really easy. Here's an example of one of the monsters I'm working on:

Bandit, Inept
Medium human
Str 5 Dex 5 Con 5 Int 5 Wis 5 Cha 5
hp: 1 (1d8-3 HD)
AC 7, touch 7, flat-footed 10 (-3 Dex)
Atk: Dagger...

OneWinged4ngel's Rebalanced Paladin

feeds@yuku.com (lostdrewid) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:11:40 GMT
I was wondering if anyone has made any extensive use of OneWinged4ngel's Rebalanced Paladin. I am thinking of using it in my game - more and more, I'm beginning to realize that the paladin truly is an underpowered class, when in my mind it should be a much more impressive class, able to stand the test of time [and, you know, actually be playable at level 20].

Are any aspects, such as...

Terramancer

feeds@yuku.com (Manofdusk) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:59:07 GMT

Terramancer

The Freezing Tundra, Arid Wastes, and Raging Storm are all facets of my soul. To face me is to face

the harshest of all elements.

Prerequisites:

Able to Cast 2nd level divine spells and spontaneously cast 1st level arcane spells
Skills: Knowledge (Nature): 8 ranks, Knowledge (Geography) 5 ranks, Knowledge (Arcana): 5 Ranks,

Survival 5 ranks
Class Abilities: Trackless Step

HD: d6
BAB: Medium
Fort: Good...

Ranger favored enemy variant

feeds@yuku.com (Dan C Davis) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:08:42 GMT
I both like and don't like the ranger favored enemy ability. It's a nice ability, but it's completely dependent on the adventure you're running. Even if you allow retraining, it can still be useless for a while.

What does everyone think of this instead?

Favored Enemy (Ex): As a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity you may closely study a specific creature type from the ranger's favored enemy list during combat. Once studied...

Books of monster knowledge?

feeds@yuku.com (Dan C Davis) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:59:08 GMT
I like the knowledge skills in that a skill check lets you remember something you've heard about a certain monster. But if you know you're going to face a particular monster and want to do your research first, how much would it cost to buy a book about them, similar to the "Ecology of the (monster)" articles of Paizo's Dragon magazines? I'm thinking the cost should scale up with the monster's CR somehow, but I don't know where to come up with a base cost....

4E Race - the Catpeople

feeds@yuku.com (Utgardloki) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:07:24 GMT
Alright, here I am making a new race for 4E. The idea is to spec up some "catpeople", who combine feline and humanoid characteristics.

I am finding it harder to guage play balance in 4E than it was in 3E. Are my Catpeople so lame that nobody with any Wisdom score would want to play one? Or are they so L33T that nobody would want to play anything else? How much are my 3E instincts getting in the way of generating a 4E race?

...

Pimping my pathfidner Hexblade

feeds@yuku.com (nightstorm67) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:42:52 GMT
ok so I never did like the Hexblade as it was but really loved the idea of the class. With the onset of Pathfinder I thought I'd work on the class. So please Praise me. I need praise!!!!

Hexblade

Alignment: Any non-good.

D&D Homebrew

Importing the 4E Minon mechanic to 3.5

Revisiting 3E from a 3.5 perspective: Swift & Immediate actions for spells

Mixing Technology into the game

Revisiting 3E from a post 3.5 perspective: Gnolls & Centaurs

3.5 magic item that replicates 4e mark mechanic? Critique

Dreamer Lord PrC

Planar Constable

Fear

Race: The fey spawn

3.5 Novice Level Monsters

OneWinged4ngel's Rebalanced Paladin

Terramancer

Ranger favored enemy variant

Books of monster knowledge?

4E Race - the Catpeople

Pimping my pathfidner Hexblade