Thaevrizhax's Lair

 I have come to a finalized, or near finalized, skill system which answers some of the problems I had with the previous state of affairs. In specific, it is less complex than the 2e system, though some complexity arises in how there are different categories of skills.  In total, there are class skills, and general skills, both may be gained at character creation/leveling up; class skills are specific to character archetype/class, whereas general skills are available to anyone.  The weapon/non-weapon proficiency system from 2e has been kept with alterations, where now the only skills that may be taken by this route are the general skills: This list has been pared down to (what I felt were) the most useful/relevant/thematic skills, that fit within a D20 table. Although somewhat unrealistic, reading/writing/speaking a language has been rolled into the Language, New entry.  If you want you could require two separate selections of the skill for both read/write and speakin...

  Currently, I am in the process of testing the Megadungeon   I created, which mostly consists of solo play, but allows me to reasonably discern how other players may tackle the dungeon. The dungeon sucks. (So far) Now, this isn't an overreaction to an endeavor being imperfect on the first try, but rather, a simple fact.  I have thus far only gotten up to the end of the second floor, which concluded with the characters chasing after a hobgoblin commander, one of them dying in the process, only managing to kill the monster just as he had opened the gate which led down to the next level. These first floors are faced with opposite problems.  Floor 1 has too many monsters, or rather that the monsters are of incredible deadliness in comparison to the treasure presented.  This could be fine if seen as a dungeon for high level characters, except that this is not what was intended, which removes the excuse (for me) of "a wizard did it" in relation to the strange variety...