General chatter

[Nephrite]

I would've kept leveling Druid and the Battle Shifter PrC until it was capped out with fun things like shapeshifting into dragons and other nonsense. After that I probably would've tried to find something else to further enhance the shapeshifting abilities.

Sounds about what I figured. I'm not sure there's a lot out there, but you could probably have dug up something or another.

My level 12 Feat was going to be Frozen Shapeshift, so I probably would've taken a sort of ice-themed somethingorother or just made it up as we went along.

[Anastasia]

I would've kept leveling Druid and the Battle Shifter PrC until it was capped out with fun things like shapeshifting into dragons and other nonsense. After that I probably would've tried to find something else to further enhance the shapeshifting abilities.

Sounds about what I figured. I'm not sure there's a lot out there, but you could probably have dug up something or another.

My level 12 Feat was going to be Frozen Shapeshift, so I probably would've taken a sort of ice-themed somethingorother or just made it up as we went along.

That makes sense. What about spells and the like? Had you decided on any?

[Nephrite]

Probably would've stuck with utility spells and specialized in more custom ones for ice bonuses.

[Anastasia]

Probably would've stuck with utility spells and specialized in more custom ones for ice bonuses.

Figures. You have a flair for those, I think, more than just direct damage spells. That and healing, but healing's always important.

[Anastasia]

Also, what level range interests y'all for the coming game?

[Corwin]

It honestly depends, for me. If this is a world we can grow in and affect as we become more powerful, it's more fun to start small and build up. From the 3-5 range, easily.

If it's intended as a shorter, self-contained adventure, say Vastwoods-style, 10-15 would be cool.

[Ebiris]

I figure 5 and upwards depending on what suits the scale of the plot?

[Anastasia]

It honestly depends, for me. If this is a world we can grow in and affect as we become more powerful, it's more fun to start small and build up. From the 3-5 range, easily.

If it's intended as a shorter, self-contained adventure, say Vastwoods-style, 10-15 would be cool.

It'll probably be longer unless everyone wants a short game. That's your call to speak up if so.

[Anastasia]

I figure 5 and upwards depending on what suits the scale of the plot?

To be announced but probably fairly long. I'm just looking for general preferences here.

[Anastasia]

Also, are there any particular classes/material y'all are interested in?

[Ebiris]

Depending on setting and party balance I'd probably go for an intellectual psion or a scary barbarian.

[Ebiris]

Oh, something I meant to raise, but you know how you have Knowledge (Local) subdivided so you have to tag it to a specific location? Can you change that?

It just feels really lame that someone with knowledge (nobility) can talk about the baroness of lesser nowhere, the duke of elvendom, the queen of the desert dominion, and the duchess of desire on the seventh plane of the abyss with equal aplomb, but someone lumbered with knowledge (local) (elftown) can't identify a human or know who the biggest ale-brewer in dwarftown is.

Relevant if I go with the intellectual psion.

[Anastasia]

Oh, something I meant to raise, but you know how you have Knowledge (Local) subdivided so you have to tag it to a specific location? Can you change that?

It just feels really lame that someone with knowledge (nobility) can talk about the baroness of lesser nowhere, the duke of elvendom, the queen of the desert dominion, and the duchess of desire on the seventh plane of the abyss with equal aplomb, but someone lumbered with knowledge (local) (elftown) can't identify a human or know who the biggest ale-brewer in dwarftown is.

Relevant if I go with the intellectual psion.

Yeah, I'll toss some houserule or another at it. I more or less agree.

I'll figure out something concrete down the line.

[Nephrite]

Whatever level range is fine with me, but I'm with Cor, in that if it's longer (since it sounds like it will be) that we start around where we did for Vastwoods and go from there.

I don't know enough about material to make any comments on that.

Class-wise, I was leaning towards Paladin/Bard as a combo, so I'd probably need to do some research on those.

If that steps on toes, then maybe something like Knight.

[Anastasia]

Whatever level range is fine with me, but I'm with Cor, in that if it's longer (since it sounds like it will be) that we start around where we did for Vastwoods and go from there.

I don't know enough about material to make any comments on that.

Class-wise, I was leaning towards Paladin/Bard as a combo, so I'd probably need to do some research on those.

If that steps on toes, then maybe something like Knight.

Right. I talked to you about paladin/bard before. I'd recommend the paladin of freedom variant and CG alignment. That lets you get your alignment issues in a row, rather than try to work two alignment-incompatible classes together. Paladin of freedom can be found here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#paladinofFreedomClassFeatures A few notes to further elaborate how this works.

1. You get an aura of resolve instead of an aura of courage. It's about a reasonably equal trade barring campaign specific circumstances.
2. Paladins of freedom are also affected by the houserules I run for paladins. They are: Charisma for spellcasting instead of Wisdom, K:P as a class skill and paladins can multiclass and then return to paladin freely. These are all gains.
3. Paladin of freedom qualifies for any non-core paladin spellcasting options, except for those that have the lawful descriptor.
4. Speaking of, you'll have two sets of spellcasting. Paladin spellcasting may be redundant depending on how you develop your bard side. If so, you may find it worthwhile to trade away the spellcasting. I'd recommend the Holy Warrior ACF from Complete Champion if so.

If you have some other way of working out paladin/bard, feel free to disregard all that.

As for Knight, it has some issues. I've put in a few houserules to prop it up, but it's really a surprisingly weak class. Especially since it came later in 3.5's lifespan. It's not that big a deal if it's part of a good gestalt, but heads up.