I’ve been writing up about the Arcane Academy of Ter Liatri. This is a big wizard guild in my campaign — Ter Liatri used to be the capital of the Empire before it collapsed, and the guild survived it. More or less. I have in mind a couple of prestige …
A focus and specialization feat tree is used to make a character better at two aspects of a particular ability. These improved abilities apply to a subset of items the character is proficient with, such as a particular type of armor, a particular type of weapon, or a particular school …
Mobility feats make it easier for a character to move around the battlefield. Here are the core feats, and a few more. Avoidance [Mobility] Prereqs: Dex 15, Int 13, Combat Expertise, Dodge, Evasion, Mobility, Spring Attack, BAB +4, Tumble 8 ranks Benefit: You do not provoke attacks of opportunity for …
While it is nice to get +1 to your AC against a single chosen opponent, I don’t think it’s really worth an entire feat – even if it does lead to a nice feat chain. I change how Dodge works and hopefully make it a little more worth the cost, …
Quicken Spell can be a very useful feat, but it is a very expensive feat to use. Being able to cast two spells in a single round is a powerful ability. Many spells may be cast as a standard action and the caster still has a move action available in …
Saving for half damage is nice, but avoiding all the damage is nicer yet. Evasion [Evasion] Prereqs: Ref +3 Benefit: On a successful Reflex save against an effect that allows a Reflex save for half damage, you may take an immediate action to move the minimum distance necessary to get …
These feats allow you to do additional damage to opponents who are unable to defend themselves effectively, by striking a vital spot. Your character does additional damage any time your opponent is denied Dexterity bonus to AC. Only creatures susceptible to critical hits (living creatures with discernible anatomies) are subject …
You can train to be better at using your weapons. Why can’t you do the same with your armor? Armor Focus [Armor Focus] Prereqs: BAB +1 Benefit: Choose one type of armor with which you are proficient. When wearing this type of armor you gain a +1 competence bonus to …
I’ve never been really happy with how undead work in D&D. I’ve got some changes below that I think will improve them in play and make them better fit my image of them. Note that much of this article has since been folded into my article on Revising Monster Types, …
This was originally posted in 2006 to help clarify the tags I was using on my posts to rec.games.frp.dnd. Apparently ‘kjd-imc’ became known as a place for cool-but-scary ideas, so people would sometimes avoid these posts even when they were relatively simple and straightforward topics. I’ve since carried the use …