Given the nature of the spell Comprehend Languages in Pathfinder, is there any particular advantage to taking Linguistics for a character who can cast it? Especially given the chance of severe (or horribly entertaining, depending on your point of view) failure with linguistics that doesn't seem t...

I am new to being a DM and am pretty much learning as I go. I am curious as to what some of the more battle-hardened DMs on this site would consider the optimal Player Character versus DM controlled monster would be? Thanks for any and all suggestions.

I've had this thought in my head for a while, as I'm developing my game, but this question really sparked me into posing the question. In the game I'm developing, peoples normal stats/attributes aren't just static numbers but they give an idea of personality as well. The ones I have so far are: ...

Does Mage: The Awakening have official rules for scrolls (containing spells, of course, in the old school sense :)) that perhaps even Sleepers can use? If so, please, provide book title and page number. If not, does anyone have a quick (but working) house rule for such magic items? (I don't have...

I am looking for something that would enable a fighter to use improvised wepons, made as a feat or as a class feature, i dont have something in mind. What i am asking is ideas on how to achieve that while maintaining balance. If you are familiar with Kambei from 7Samurai or Afro from Afro Samurai...

Lots of people must be familiarized to the Song of Ice and Fire series by now (since the realease of the HBO show). As some of you may know the Dothraki are a nomadic people of barbarians in the models of the Mongols and the Huns. They fight with one handed weapons called Arakh, similar to a shor...

Probably an easy question but I could not find the anwser for it anywhere. Our group have the Heroes of Fallen X books, the Dungeon Master Kit and the Monster Vault and although the DMK says that you use Melee Basic Attack to make an unarmed strike it doesn't say anywhere which die to use for th...

The split between fans of Pathfinder/D&D 3.5 and Dungeons & Dragons 4E, combined with the rehiring of d20/D&D 3.0 developer Monte Cook, have caused many fans to speculate about an upcoming 5th edition of D&D. Is there any truth to this?

Is there any (official or not) guidebook to the creation of classes, both prestige and base, that does not simply state what you must pick for a class (BaB, saves, concept, profficiences), but actually helps in balancing the class, even though i find balance a really shady aspect of 3.5.

Yesterday I had the privelage of losing my holy symbol to a story point (we all lost everything but our clothes). How can I determine what powers, if any, I can use without my holy symbol?

Wizards of the Coast recently announced that they will be releasing D&D 5e. While not everyone plays D&D, it is one of the biggest names in our space, and a great opportunity for RPG.SE to gain some traction. So what do we do to make this event a huge success? For reference, see wh...

I had the following situation last night. A creature attacked with a Fire and Venom attack. My character has resist 5 venom. does the resistance apply or do I need to resist 5 fire as well?

It struck me earlier that a few questions are being labelled homebrew when the house-rule is more appropriate. It also strikes me that the three tags, whilst related are not exactly the same, with homebrew some how straddling the two. Definitions from the internet: house-rules A common use ...

I recall seeing a picture of various stack site promotional goodies and there were star wars ones that featured a question and a link to the site. This got me thinking of various ways we could promote RPG.SE. Which questions on the site best showcase the site? A good rule of thumb is how well ...