Recent content by csperkins1970

I agree with you on this. Classes, while never perfectly balanced, should be on par with one another. As I wrote before, barbarians should be able to beat soldiers and borderers in combat because they have more combat experience (and, as such, are of higher level) than the soldiers or...

Do you think giving the Soldier a bonus feat at EVERY level and getting rid of Formation Fighting as a class ability would help to level the playing field? For those who really like Formation Fighting, it could easily be turned into a feat that soldiers could choose. Just wondering?

Excellent! Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I really don't want to "game the system" with this character, though it bothers me that the barbarian class outstrips other warrior classes. One warrior class shouldn't outstrip another on a level-for-level basis, as each should have its particular niche in...

My character concept is that he grew up near the Pictish border, the son of a free landholder of little-to-no significance. He spent his youth hunting and tracking through the woods surrounding his father's lands and, when he came of age, served as a levy soldier along the Pictish border. In...

Even though I enjoy the Conan d20 RPG, I always thought that Iron Heroes was a better bit for a swords & sorcery-style game. I'm no Mike Mearls fanboy (thanks, in large part, to my dislike of 4th edition) but I really dig the Iron Heroes combat system, especially how skill checks can factor...