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This is actually a really interesting inconsistency. According to d20SRD.org... Each character within range of a gaze attack must attempt a saving throw (which can be a Fortitude or Will save) ea …

Is there a good source for allowing players to create new (non-epic-level) spells, or combining spells? For example, how can a Wizard research and create a new spell? What if a sorcerer improvises an …

Apparently the Complete Adventurer contains rules for a new base class, the Scout. Can anyone explain, at a high-level, what is the difference in character concept between a Ranger and a Scout? When …

Players tend to not keep very effective track of their familiars. Where can I find (or equally what can I use as) alternative Class Features for Wizards and Sorcerers to replace Familiars which will b …

In Mutants & Masterminds, you can purchase a sidekick as a feat. I'm rolling up a knight, and I want a squire, using a similar game mechanic. Is there anything like this in D&D, other than the Leade …

Are there any rules - be they official or side-bar optional ones - as to what happens when a player rolls a 1 on their initiative roll? Is the initiative roll something you can critically fail at?

Make sure that combat has consequences. You don't have to kill characters; just make sure recovering from direct combat is not worth it :D Sometimes I had a rule where if you suffered more than your …

I'm not fond of the Barbarian's Rage ability. Whenever I roll up a Barbarian character, I think of the character more as a "brick" - strong, powerful and seemingly unstoppable, like... He-Man Bamm-B …

This question and it's answers may contain spoilers for the Harry Potter series of books If you were rolling a character based on Lord Voldemort (either as a player character or an NPC) for a DnD gam …

Were there ever DnD3.X rules for leprechauns?

Are there counterspell rules in DnD3.X?

This probably counts as a "huge, unwieldy injury system" but another alternative is to ditch hit points and adapt the Mutants and Masterminds Damage Save system. The idea is that - in addition to For …

For a while I tried Sorcery & Steam but found that it was really just a re-skinning of magic items. There are rules for building steampunk-esque equipment in the World of Warcraft d20 rulebook, which …

I had a rule where if you suffered more than your Constitution score (or half your Con score) in damage from one attack you got an injury - a broken leg (movement penalty) or you lost an eye (vision p …

The simplest, no-supplement way to abstract the money-making part, you should have them roll Profession. According to the PHB3.5, you earn roughly half your Profession check in gold pieces, per week o …