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[Tawa]

I just didn't want to have to look up some esoteric sourcebook every time I forget what some feat or spell does.

We also have a 3.5 noob on the premises.

[Nerjin]

I know, I just don't understand it. D&D Tools has everything, also for free.

Isn't that illegal or something?

Edit: So... will my name be added to the list up yonder or... Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse about this I'm just wondering if my character still isn't up to snuff.

[Tawa]

I think that WotC stopped making 3.5 books a while back. The site is big enough that they'd be arrested by now if they were going to be.

[Nerjin]

Eh, works for me.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I know, I just don't understand it. D&D Tools has everything, also for free.

Isn't that illegal or something?

As far as I can tell, nope. It hasn't been taken down, at least. The only thing there is this:

Disclaimer

If you, by any chance, wonder on a page from a rulebook you do not OWN (the source material is always referred both in url and in page contents), please, leave that page, buy the book and then return.

And let's be honest, who actually follows this.
You do, don't you.
Just my luck.
Edit: I'm not really sure if my question has been answered.

[Tawa]

Nerjin, I'll add your name to the list tomorrow.

What question, Immaterial?

[My Name is Immaterial]

Is stuff from D&D Tools okay Taw?

What stuff?

Feats, spells, classes, the whole package.

No.

Oh. Can I ask why?

[Tawa]

Oh.

The "SRD only" was in reference to Flying Dice's statement. The thing at the top of Page 4 is in response to your statement.

There's also the DnDTools disclaimer, considering the fact that I have no 3.5 splatbooks.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Shrug. I'll be back with a character.
I wonder if a psiwarogue would be possible?

[Flying Dice]

It's all SRD materials. AKA the stuff you can disseminate for free.

SRD only
SRD only
SRD only
SRD only
SRD only

I meant that.

I know, I just don't understand it. D&D Tools has everything, also for free.

Was that in reference to me? Because if you're going to disallow the Complete series, I might honestly just not play. They're practically required if you're going to do literally anything interesting, especially in terms of feats. They're about as far from obscure as you can get without being the PHB or DMG, and everything in them is about two seconds away thanks to d20SRD and the wonders of google. You don't even have to look them up; just ask and we can post links. :|

I can drop the Silverbrow, of course, but that's Dragon Magic, which is, like RoTD... pretty much also required if you're going to do literally anything involving dragons in the campaign. But since you probably won't allow multiclassing into Chameleon, it doesn't matter much and since the campaign hasn't started I can lose it and tune up my mental backstory.

At any rate, completed sheet. Human warlock, not even trying to do stuff with glaivelock/clawlock shenanigans. Take it or leave it, because I'm really not interested in the sort of snorefest that'll come of a campaign with nothing but nerfed Druids/Clerics/Sorcs and core-only Rogues/Fighters/Barbs. It'd take god-tier face-to-face roleplay to save the combat from that, TBH.

e: Here's literally everything I used that isn't in PHB/DMG:

Warlock
Silverbrow Human
Fey Heritage
Fey Power
Fey Skin

I mean, I understand not wanting to throw in stuff from Faerun or Stormwrack/Lords of Madness/whatever, but when there's stuff that's incredibly basic, provides massive quality of life improvements, and is available free and legally, I don't see why...

[My Name is Immaterial]

I just didn't want to have to look up some esoteric sourcebook every time I forget what some feat or spell does.

We also have a 3.5 noob on the premises.

I'm sorry, but this is sort of a flimsy excuse...

[Flying Dice]

I just didn't want to have to look up some esoteric sourcebook every time I forget what some feat or spell does.

We also have a 3.5 noob on the premises.

I'm sorry, but this is sort of a flimsy excuse...

Technically speaking, I'm also a 3.5 noob. I've never played a full campaign. Hell, the farthest I've gotten in a 3.5 campaign is whichever of the currently running ones here (among those I'm a player in) is the farthest along, so probably around the second encounter. It's an incredibly flimsy excuse; you don't learn about the system by screwing your eyes shut and sticking your fingers in your ears whenever someone mentions splatbooks, you dive head-first into the really arcane (in the non-magical sense) stuff and asking all the questions you can. I pretty much self-taught myself by ramming my face into PDFs, the SRD, and more experienced players until stuff stuck. It's often unintuitive, but that's where the magic of the internet comes in; I literally have a folder full of hundreds of 3.5-related bookmarks that I reference all the time when in game threads.

It's not the experience you have, it's the willingness to research, learn, and explore -- I can't speak for anyone else, but learning how things work is at least as much fun as playing the game. But maybe I'm a bit off from normal in the research side, considering the direction I'm taking with my academic work is pretty much pure research.

[My Name is Immaterial]

That's pretty much my story too. When I played my first game on here, I had almost no idea what was going on. If I didn't know what I was doing, I googled it. And I found stuff ten times as cool as anything the PHB, the MM, the DMG, or anything in the SRD.
As a DM: I've had to. Many people on the forums know all the different systems, and I've been reduced to pulling out Pathfinder and really obscure content as challenges to create a sense of mystery in my games.

But as a player: The feat selection on the SRD is TERRIBLE. Core has nothing interesting for anyone, except the most bland fighters and barbarians. And that's not interesting.

Since LA +0 races are cool:

Spoiler: Changeling (click to show/hide)

+2 racial bonus to saving throws against sleep and charm effects.
 +2 racial bonus to bluff, intimidate and sense motive checks.
 Natural linguist: Changelings add speak language to their list of class skills for any class they adopt.
 Minor changeshape (Su): Changelings have the ability to alter their appearance as though using a disguise self spell, this does not affect their possessions. This is not an illusory effect but a minor physical alteration of features. The changeling can use this at will and lasts until they choose to change again or are killed in which case they revert to their natural form. A true seeing spell reveals their natural form. When in use this ability gives the changeling a +10 circumstance bonus to disguise checks. Using this ability is a full-round action.

I'm also considering taking the following Alternate Class Feature to be a social rogue:

Spoiler: Social Intuition (Ex) (click to show/hide)

You are more aware of any social situation you may find yourself in. You gain the following bonuses:
Gather information checks to gain knowledge only takes 1d4+1X10 minutes.
Sense Motive gut reactions are done as a move equivalent action.
You can always take 10 on: Bluff, Intimidate, Gather Information, Diplomacy and Sense motive, even when distractions normally would not allow it.
This ability replaces the Rogues standard trapfinding ability.

Also, they get 10x4 skill points at first level, but only 8 from then on.

Here's what I have so far.

[Harbingerjm]

Next is class-fixing.
-Tier 1 classes are banned unless otherwise noted. Meaning no wizards. Also meaning that the only wizards are basically old guys locked up in towers who can't be bothered to come out into the world and are only good if you need a 9th level spell cast or something.
-Tier 2 classes are only available under the condition that you sacrifice a single point modifier in a skill of your choice. So sorcerers and psions are weaker in one skill of their choice, likely Strength.
-Clerics are OK, but we are using the Spontaneous Divine Casters variant from Unearthed Arcana for them and the Bard's spells per day table.
-Druids are cool if you use the Bard's spells per day table. They don't have to use the Spontaneous Casters rule.

SRD only
SRD only
SRD only
SRD only
SRD only

I meant that.

This whole campaign... Hahahaha... Oh wow, this is too hilarious to be true.

Ok, Taw, I'll bite. Making a character, if there are any spaces left.

I know, I just don't understand it. D&D Tools has everything, also for free.

Isn't that illegal or something?

OGL.

[Tawa]

Ok, Taw, I'll bite. Making a character, if there are any spaces left.

Sorry, we're out. I got you waitlisted.

As for the discussion on the page about non-SRD stuff, I guess that if you insist I'll allow the Complete books for classes and feats. ONLY classes and feats.