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Well, that's certainly interesting. I guess I forgot to add the part in my post that I don't do 3.5, so I don't really care what the rules are in that version...but actually, that's quite interesting that they allow that in 3.5, and that's a good house rule, since cutting off a head is one of...

I don't know if this is some new 3.5 rule, but in 3e, vampires certainly cannot be vorpal-ized. They may have heads, but they're also undead type, which means they're immune to crits. Vorpal weapons only work on a successful crit, so vampires would not be affected by a vorpal weapon (or at...

I know you didn't say anything about the power level yet, that's why I mentioned that I was trying to "head off" your arguments...I had anticipated that there would be complaining about the power level, since there often is about just about everything on these boards, so I figured I would just...

Yes, a rogue can sneak attack with every attack if improved invisible. The only effect of the rogue attacking is (and while I don't think this is specifically spelled out in the rules, I think it's either implied, or a reasonable assumption to make) that the defender will now know what square...

If you want ridiculous amounts of damage, look into the Iaijutsu Master PrC from Oriental Adventures. It's possible to make Iaijutsu Masters that can do thousands of points of damage in a round, if you max charisma and do things to make sure that your opponent is flat-footed a lot of the time...

"The SRD argument"? That is the only argument there is. The SRD is, by definition, the D&D core rulebooks without flavor text...that is, the D&D rules and only the D&D rules. I don't have a copy of the MM or DMG handy, so I use the SRD in a pinch, because it contains all portions of those...

Search the "Special Abilities" page of the SRD for the phrase "magical enhancement bonus." You will find that it does not exist on that page. Also, adamantine gives a "natural +2 enhancement bonus," not a "+2 natural enhancement bonus." There is no such thing as either a "natural enhancement...

Sage emails say a lot of things. I seem to remember that in (one of?) the discussion(s) a while back, both sides claimed the sage supported them, but neither could produce any evidence of it (or perhaps both did...shrug). Anyway, the sage is not to be relied on in my experience, and I would be...

If I were just plain declaring that I was right, then I wouldn't back it up with the pertinent information from the books, but if you'll notice I have done that very thing. In the books, it says that DR is bypassed by an enhancement bonus, and it also says that adamantine has an enhancement...

Does adamantine have an enhancement bonus? Yes. Is DR bypassed by weapons with enhancement bonuses equal to or better than the number after the slash? Yes. Therefore, adamantine bypasses DR. Period. A poorly written example that doesn't use actual rule-based terms ("magical bonus" isn't in...

Nowhere in the main FAQ does it say that adamantine doesn't bypass DR. The core rules say that it does (DR is bypassed by an enhancement bonus, and adamantine has an enhancement bonus, therefore adamantine bypasses DR). And I agree that physical damage from spells would be stopped by DR.

First of all, if someone is finding adamantine weapons for cheaper than normal +2 weapons, I want to know where they're buying their adamantine, because everywhere I've gone adamantine +2 weapons cost 1,000gp more than magical +2 weapons. Also, adamantine weapons do cut through DR, they have an...

When you're using well over 50 arrows a day, it can be pretty impressive ;-) Not to mention the fact that the enhancement stacks with any other enchantments you put on the arrows, and also that the enhancement does increase up to epic power in epic levels. Also, I don't like to make characters...

I play an archer who is currently a rgr1/wiz1/ftr4/deepwood sniper1/arcane archer 9, with plans for 1 more deepwood sniper level and 3 peerless archer levels, then all arcane archer levels going into epic levels. He kicks major ass, kills everything, and is ridiculous. I believe that this is...

All kinds of cheesy ways to make weapons more effective Petition your DM to allow greater-than-+2 adamantine (epic adamantine, perhaps...going up to +7 or something, but costing 10x as much) Become evil, get a fiend of possession (from Fiend Folio) cohort with the leadership feat, and make it...