What’s this I hear about D&D having yet another revision? The 3rd Edition PHB was released back in 2000, but recent word is that they’ve been rewriting the PHB, DMG, and MM for what is being reffered to as version 3.5.
Let’s break down some of the new info versus some of the old. In this case, the Ogre character stats from Dragon Issue 304.
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Attacks of Opportunity and Movement
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It came up once, so I figured I should put it here:
According to the D&D FAQ, there is no official mechanism for moving a grappled target (eg. picking him up and walking away with him). The following are the recommended, but still unofficial, rules:
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Everybody loves monkeys, right?
The recent issue of Dragon magazine got the old gears a-workin’ again. In the Oriental Adventures book we saw a number of kung-fu fighting styles which basically ammounted to a neato bonus feat that is the culmination of a long set of prerequisite abilities and feats.
Ok, so it’s a Sunday. Jared & I are geeking out over Dungeons & Dragons crap, and something rather funny occurs to us.
The Hecatonchires (the baddest non-dragon critter in TSR’s Epic Level Handbook) is killable in one shot by a dude with a whip.
Yep, a dude with a whip. Or even a dude with a shuriken. Regardless of 60/+12 damage reduction, all manner of immunities, and an ungodly number of hit points, a lvl57ish Ranger with Abominations as a favored enemy and a handy “kill on crit” epic feat (the name escapes me at the moment), and a couple of other mild advantages can whack a hecatonchires in one shot.
Throw in Improved Crit and a keen weapon and there’s a significant chance that the critter will need to roll a fortitude save at +39 against a difficulty of 38 plus the Ranger’s Wisdom bonus. Egads, a chance in hell for a whip-wielding mortal to kill a cr57 baddie with a whip… Will wonders never cease?
A high-fantasy adventure with a fighter in it? What is this world coming to?
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The mysterious, mystical Druid. Not normally associated with large groups of people, Druids frequently keep to themselves. Their friendly contacts are often Rangers, Fey, or each other.
Clerics are great in a way because they come with a treasure-trove of motivations and complications
How about a party built around a Bard? Some performers have ensembles, after all