According to WotC’s official errata, the artificer class from the Eberron Campaign Setting can only craft ‘artificer scrolls’, meaning that they are neither arcane nor divine. This calls into question the utility of the artificer in society. If an artificer can only craft scrolls that other classes find difficult to use, and the [...]

Something that I’ve never liked about d20/D&D is the fact that the Speed attribute is essentially static. It works well for tactical combat, insofar as most people know they can move 6 squares on the grid (30 feet) during any given turn. However, for cinematic events such as chase sequences, static speeds don’t [...]

Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed offers a number of new classes and races that can be used independently of, or in conjunction with, standard D&D classes and races. Planning my upcoming Eberron campaign, as well as my growing obsession with the setting, has led me to wonder how the various elements of Arcana Unearthed would [...]

The idea is really very simple. Basically, you assume that PCs have basic adventuring gear. Clothing, bedroll, a couple of days worth of food; I’ve never really believed that PCs should have to purchase this stuff separately. You can charge PCs for this stuff if you want to, but I generally don’t. [...]

I’ve been playing around with this idea for a couple of days. Basically, while I like the idea of the sorcerer class in D&D, I’m not a huge fan of the implementation. Wizards succeeded in creating a class that it simultaneously very similar to the wizard, but less effective. So, I decided [...]