I was going to say the same thing! It was the original Unearthed Arcana that introduced Comeliness as a separate score from Charisma. Or as I used to call Comeliness in my game, "Charisma until … (View Post)

There is no balance issue. Mages already have darts which are mathematically superior weapons. It was an arbitrary choice made by EGG in the mid-70s. We can follow it, or change it; but bottom line i… (View Post)

The argument I think does have some merit is the idea the crossbow is maybe too cumbersome for a Mage to want to carry. Although I wonder how consistently a player might apply this idea, and I tend t… (View Post)

Crossbows are absolutely categorically easier to use and master than any other missile weapon in the game. Especially light crossbows (as Nifft mentioned, Heavy Crossbows are a little more complicate… (View Post)

Imoen is the one character I always use (I like how depending on my needs she can be either the party thief or party mage). I've used pretty much all the other Good and Neutral aligned NPCs at one ti… (View Post)