Recent content by Shaele

Rapid Metamagic? Umm. Does this imply that sorcerers can use Quicken Spell now?!? (I wouldn't think so, for balance reasons, but the thought is there). Even if not, still worth it just to get back to standard actions ;)

Beguiler spells Unfortunately, all of these except Ventriloquism are already on the Beguiler list. I just went through the same agonizing decision with my level 3 beguiler. I eliminated most offensive spells, or spells requiring a save, since the DC of a level 1 spell won't remain great for...

Beguiler build Hi, I'm playing a Whisper Gnome beguiler (level 2 currently), and really enjoy him. He's a great blend of rogue abilities and very focussed spellcasting. My suggestion would be to to focus on your spellcasting abilities, and treat your rogue abilities as a nice "perk". You...

Bards baby, bards! They used the thief xp table, which meant that they gained levels and spells more quickly than wizards. As long as you had the same xp as the party wizard, you were actually a better spellcaster :)

You're restricted to medium and large mammals, avian, tree, and elemental forms. Nothing tiny like a cat or bat (depending on how you define some of the categories, they're vague). You no longer heal when shifting. You can shift as often as you want, as a swift action, so it would have been...

Aquatic Form feat Good question! Feats are difficult because the forms are clustered into pretty broad categories, and tries to apply the same stats and benefits to everything in that category (e.g. a "wolf" predator has the same stats as a "panther" predator. Do you include reptiles? If so...

Lest I forget... It probably hasn't come out in my earlier postings, but I like this variant too! As a few people have pointed out, it's advantages are pretty significant - swift shape, the ability to change back and forth to communicate with the party, stat boosts. I'm leaning towards one of...

Well, it *is* a nerf, of a sort, in that you have fewer forms, and fewer abilities while in those forms. We're not powergamers by anyone's standards. The druid in our old campaign generally wildshaped to scout, or talk to other animals in the region. In combat, she'd generally stay elven so...

Hi, I'm looking for thoughts/advice/clarification on this variant from the PH2. I'm DM'ing a new campaign, with a druid that wants to take a shapeshifter over a straight-up druid. At first glance, it looks great - not too powerful, but interesting, and well-defined rules around shapeshifting...

Actually, I think it's _this_ line in the SRD description that precludes your super-speed time trick. >> You can’t manipulate the time trait on your demiplane; its time trait is as the Material Plane.

RE: Publishing I'm a reader. I'd easily pay market value to see some of my favorites published. In many cases, I'd pay /above/ market value: - this is obviously a smaller market, and production costs will probably be higher - an extra few dollars is a small price to pay to thank the authors for...

From the SRD: At 3rd level, a shadowdancer can summon a shadow, an undead shade. Unlike a normal shadow, this shadow’s alignment matches that of the shadowdancer, and the creature cannot create spawn. The summoned shadow cannot be turned, rebuked, or commanded by any third party. This shadow...

This seems to be a common sentiment, but I don't get it. I dislike psionics is because of the mechanical differences. Not only do players need to become expert in the d20 system, now they need to worry about a system that differs substantially from the core rules. Frankly, our group finds it...

str 11 dex 13 con 15 int 16 wis 14 chr 14 neutral human bard Surprising...

Useful spell I can't find the source, I believe it was a Dragon magazine from a year or two back. My sorcerer uses it with his raven familiar. --- Familiar's sense (paraphrasing here) Level 2 Divination Range Unlimited Duration 1 min/level Allows the caster to exchange his sense for one of...