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From the SRD, the special effect "Charged (50 charges)" has the base price adjustment "½ unlimited use base price." So, yes, one could logically conclude that as far as the magic item creation rules apply, an infinite-use wand should cost twice as much as a 50-use wand. In practice, that...

Wherein they learn what, exactly? I guess it might teach them not to let enemies cast from scrolls, but that's not always an avoidable circumstance.

5th level wouldn't be particularly unreasonable for him to have such a thing, in my view; I wouldn't put the price above 10,000. As others have said, Command just isn't that useful a spell - there are lots of other things I'd normally want to spend my one standard action a turn on before using...

Ring of Elemental Command: Earth? Likewise, Fire and Water. Not Air, though.

The difference, of course, being that spellcasters utilize such items by virtue of them being able to literally cast spells, an ability that is lost, as opposed to 'trick' the magic item, an ability not explicitly lost.

Well, I said it doesn't contradict, not that it doesn't conflict. The way the DMG entries are phrased quite clearly suggest that the only time prereqs apply is when the first level is being taken, while CW makes them checked continually. It's quite possible, as a logical matter, to apply them...

That's certainly a tortuous method of thinking. You can become a 2nd level Loremaster if you're a 1st-level Loremaster. You don't have to take the 1st level again in order to become 2nd level. However, it doesn't contradict - it merely adds more conditions. The rules put forth in the DMG...

Obviously not, but not making the rules if they would not make sense a substantial proportion of the time seems reasonable. ;) The change in Complete Warrior represents a new rule - its absence doesn't. Well, I don't know. If I were making the rules, I'd probably go with the more middling...

Should rules really be made on the basis that they sometimes make sense?

Hey, either one. Or both. Maybe it's just because I have an inordinate fondness for silly elements, but it seems to me that Outsiders would be perfect to be affected by fictional diseases. Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.

Nitpick: The plural of virus is not virii, but rather viruses. It's not even a proper Latinization - "us" generally goes to "i," not "ii." It is a bit strange that celestials and earth elementals can come down with the sniffles. Sounds like a good place for a house rule.

As of right now, the rules as written state that it does indeed function something like a feat - if you ever lose any of the prerequisites, you lose all special features. This is due to the explicit text put in Complete Warrior, which overrides the general implication from the DMG.

Interesting. I didn't realize that - I'm not as familiar with 3rd edition as I am with 3.5. Nevertheless, the fact that it went out of its way to specify first level indicates that it probably was not a matter of a simple omission, but rather a conscious design choice that was later, for...

If I didn't know you were serious, this would be hilarious. Actually, strike that. It's still hilarious.

Well, what the DMG actually says about prestige classes is as follows: "...meaning that the first step of advancement is always choosing a class. If a character does not meet the requirements for a prestige class before that first step, that character cannot take the first level of that...