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Does anyone have any experience with Item Familiar? I'm thinking about having my Changeling Social Rogue/Skill monkey take it as his third level feat. Basically in his hands, it becomes a way to painlessly pick up skill tricks and languages. mypetrock

What is the most poweful build that you could come up with using one level of 20 classes and a race with LA+0? My thought is that you would want to start with as many melee types as possible, then add sneaky types, and finally add casters with useful first level spells. I'd go with Fighter...

I am considering playing a non-core spell casting class. But when I went to the Spell Compendium to see what new toys they gave to the new classes, I realized that they gave the new classes no love. Is it just up to DM fiat as to what spells would be available to non-core classes from the Spell...

My character is a Changeling rogue with an emphasis on the social aspects. As such I took the Changeling substition levels without realizing how important trapfinding is to my group. Looking at the other options that would give me back trapfinding, I'm considering either spellthief or beguiller...

I would have pressed for him to allow you to be a spork at least. I think you have to be a cleric. "All hail the holy spoon!"

Thanks, mvincent. I knew that it didn't make sense, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.

My party ran into a beholder the other day. The beholder was sitting at one of end a corridor with meat shield monsters ready to pound on the PCs and the party was at the other end. The party casters used Flame Strikes and other conjuration effects to kill the beholder so that the melee types...

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a RBDM. I gave an NPC spellcaster access to Miasma ("The spell that WILL take down the Tarrasque - eventually"), casting it on the party's Sorceror/Mobile Artillery Platform. Said sorceror had a Bigby's Hand in effect and wanted to move it to grapple the enemy...

I have a large (7-8) heading-towards-high (~15) level party that I'm DMing. Because of their level and size, I have to adjust the encounters so that they are challenged and earn enough experience to continue advancing in level. Consequently, some of my adjustments can cause the party to complain...

As a DM for a large (7-8) party approaching high level play, I'm constantly trying to find an optimal mix of challenges to keep them interested and entertained. Occasionally I'll overshoot the mark a bit and the players start grumbling about rolling up new characters. I was looking at...

Return to tomb of horrors I think Return to Tomb of Horrors was authored by James McMurray. The last post was probably some time around the new year. mypetrock

Nominate the Return to the Tomb of Horrors I can't find the Return to the Tomb of Horrors. I picked this one because it was one of the best at describing ultra high level combat and blending the story in. I'm not quite sure why he stopped posting, but I'm still waiting for them to go toe to...

Furnace I'm not sure if you are still needing ideas for the Forge and the Furnace. For the Forge, you should colocate it in a lawfully aligned plane and fill it with constructs. Use Blade Golems (LotIF), Iron Golems, Stone Golems, Steel Predators, and some of the new Golems from FF and MMII...

Do advanced constructs receive additional feats? What if the construct has Int 1? In particular, if I advanced an Iron Golem, would it receive additional feats? mypetrock

Another idea: What if instead of suppressing magic, the bestiary absorbs it and sends it back like spellfire from FR? The sanctum would almost seem to be an antimagic zone, but then ZAP! it isn't quite. mypetrock