Recent content by Nathan

For my play-by-post campaign "The Shackled City", I am looking for a reliable player that is able to post once per day under normal circumstances. The new PC would start at 3rd level. The party currently consists of a ranger, a monk, a transmuter, a bard, and a beguiler. For more information...

Do you really think the spell is broken if used as intended by the game developers (and their intentions seem to be quite firm, given that the skill hasn't been revised in any product)? Firstly, using the skill takes at least one minute, but may even take hours (say at a party). Secondly, the...

Thanks! That's a good argument.

I am aware of the effect that there have been many discussions on whether this skill is broken or not - I personally don't believe so. Anyway, my question is independent of these issues. I should add, though, that my DM hasn't invented his method to fix anything, but uses his method because he...

Hey, I disagree with my DM on how to read the Diplomacy skill. He says that a Diplomacy check is always due to a negotiation and thus calls for an opposed check. As he understands the system, a character using Diplomacy has always to roll against the opposed Diplomacy check of the NPC + a DC...

I was thinking whether there was a default maneuverability for fly speeds whenever non is given explicitely.

My question is about the spell-like ability "Sudden Shift" that is described on page 70 in the PHB II. It says: "You temporarily change your form to grant yourself a climb, fly, or swim speed equal to your current land speed..." How can I discern which kind of maneuverability I get when using...

Thanks for the quick answer! So to sum up, this is the consensus: 1) In 3.0, a Spring Attack was a standard action (in 3.0 terms). In particular, it couldn't be readied. 2) In the first printing of 3.5, they simply had the 3.0 version copied over. This means that it became ill-worded as there...

The following question has come up in a game I am playing in: Is it possible for a character with a feat like Spring/Flyby/Swim-By Attack to ready an application of the feat, i.e. to ready a move in between of which an attack shall be executed? I'd say no because an application of this feat...

Okay, it is more a role-playing issue. Of course, if we understand the D&D rules as the physical laws of our campaign worlds it is obvious that the sages in our campaigns will find out these rules pretty soon. However, if we see the D&D rules only as something that approximate the physical laws...

Thanks for this good example, Corsair, to clarify the problem with the wording and the grammar. I would read darkest-colour or highest-level as an adjective. Otherwise, one would leave out the hyphen, I think. Given this, as a mathematician I'd say you'd learn the cars John is capable of driving...

Skipping flavour text: Prerequisite: Arcane caster level 9th. Benefit: You can use detect magic at will. Also, as a swift action, you can attempt to determine an opponent's spellcasting ability. You make a Sense Motive check (DC 5 + target's caster level). If this check succeeds, you learn the...

In case only the levels are disclosed, why doesn't the feat then say "you learn the levels of the highest-level spells the opponent is capable of casting"? By the way, is the concept of a spell level really an in-game or rather a meta-game concept, i.e. do the characters know of the concept of...

I understand what you mean but doesn't this contradict the wording, talking about SPELLS and not spell LEVELS?

Hey all, does any one of you know how the Vatic Gaze feat (from the PHB II) works? First of all, it gives a character Detect Magic at will. Then it says that using a Swift action, one can determine an oppenent's spellcasting ability. By succeeding on a Sense Motive check (DC 5+target's caster...