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Finally, Now I Can Lunge From a Horse!
Trapfinding Troubles
Expressing Personality in Combat
Magic Item Goodness
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Bored? Not Alone? Change the Direction!
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Spice Your Fluff
The Nuts and Bolts
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Order of the Stick!
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Tribal People
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The Workbench

I am constantly forging new content for Avonia. Sometimes I need a second opinion. Sometimes I need third, fourth, fith, sixth, and seventh opinions. The workbench is where I'll have my partly-finished creations on-deck. Feel free to browse and feel obligated to comment on my creations here. Just shoot me an email and I'll be as happy as a clam. What does that saying really mean, anyway? Who the heck knows how happy a clam is?


Base Classes

History
This is the unfinished revised history of Avonia. It only coveres up to around the end of the last campaign. It is unedited and is missing some information as it is. But, for those of you curious about it - enjoy.
This work may go unfinished - the history as-is is not palettable, so I'm going to work on designing something else for it.
Unfinished History of Avonia - Dec 4, 2005. Word Document

Prestege Classes

Races

Other Game Mechanics
Spellcraft Checks for Item Identification
I personally don't like the idea too much, but two of my players have expressed an interest in being able to use Spellcraft checks in order to identify magical items. So, based upon the suggestion at the WotC website I have created a version of the skill use that is more towards my flavor. So read it, enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Identifying Magic Items using Spellcraft
This was originally inspired by an article on the Wizards of the Coast Website (Save My Game: Identifying Magic Items - http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sg/20051125a)\

This is an alternate method of identifying magic items for the d20 system.

Characters that have access to the spellcraft skill can make a spellcraft check in order to determine a magical property of a magical item.  When you discover a function of a magical item you also find out method of activation, it's command word (if applicable) and the number of charges or uses the ability has.

Item
 Spellcraft DC
Scroll
 20 + spell level
Potion
 25
Weapon or
Armor
 30
Wand
 30
Rod
 35
Ring
 40
Staff
 40
Minor Wondrous
Item
 25
Medium Wondrous
Item
 30
Major Wondrous
Item
 40
A Lesser Artifact*
 +20
A Greater Artifact*
 +40
using Identify
 -20
using Analyze Dwemer
 -20
using Read Magic on
a Scroll
 -20
Detect Multiple
Properties**
 +2 per property
Idenfity cursed
items***
 +15
*It might not be possible to identify all (or any) of an artifact's powers without the proper references or other information.
**Magic items with more magical effect are harder to identify.  It is possible to partially identify a magical item, revealing only a few of it's enchantments.
***A cursed item will be identified as a normal, functional item if this DC is not met.

If you have 5 or more ranks in Craft(Alchemy) you recieve a +2 bonus to identify potions
If you have 5 or more ranks in Decipher Script you recieve a +2 bonus to identify scrolls
If you have 5 or more ranks in Use Magic Device you recieve a +2 bonus to identify magic items
If you have the Bardic Knowledge or similar class skill you may add your bard or applicable level to any spellcraft check you make to determine the function of a magic item.

Magical Item
 Who could fully Identify it
A cure light wounds potion
 An apprentice wizard with an identify spell;
a 10th level wizard without any magical aid.
A +2 short sword
 A 1st level wizard with an Identify spell, a 20th level bard with no spellcraft ranks
A +1 chaimail of lesser acid resistance
 A skilled 1st level wizard with an Identify spell and skill focus (spellcraft)
An Imovable Rod
 A 7th level bard with an identify spell and
little skill in spellcraft;
A 20th level wizard without any magical aid and skill focus (spellcraft)
A Ring of Protection +1
 A 10th level wizard with an identify spell;
A skilled 5th level bard with an identify spell
A Headband of Perfect Excellence
 A 10th level wizard with an identify spell and skill focus (spellcraft);
A 10th level bard with almost no spellcraft skill and an identify spell
A +3 keen, flaming burst, ghost touch
bastard sword that is cursed to damage
the wielder if they hit an incorporal
creature
 A skilled 10th level wizard with an identify spell and skill focus (spellcraft)
A Deck of Many Things*
 A 20th level wizard with skill focus (spellcraft) and analyze dwemer.
The Hand of Vecna*
 A skilled 20th level bard with an identify spell and skill focus (spellcraft)