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Devil's Tower, Wyoming Hell, Arkansas Somewhere between Houston and Austin there is a Hollering Woman Creek. All of these sound like ripe locations for a horror campaign!

My answers are yes and yes. Here's the intro to my New Moon Investigations campaign, which has been going strong pretty much since D20 Modern hit the shelves: Magic is real, but weaker than it once was. Psychic phenomena really can happen. The walls between the realities of various dimensions...

Incantations are spells that can be cast by anyone, regardless of class, level, or caster abilities. They are often time consuming rituals that take multiple people to accomplish and a string of successful skill checks with really high DCs. I have a player in my campaign that is hot to try...

As an alternative, 1 Level of Field Scientist would take care of that nicely. It would allow him to add his INT bonus to AC (just like the D&D Monk adds WIS bonus to AC).

By the description given, I read it to mean it doesn't protect from the actual Charm effect, but does prevent the Cherm-er from exerting mental influence until after the Protection spell ends. Not a true counter, but at least a temporary reprieve.

I have always found the low levels to be formative in a character's design. What they do to get through those fragile times sets the tone for the character's continuing development. I started my group at 1st level. The first couple of sessions were story-and-skill-based and most of the XP...

I like the train of thought that inspired this thread. A good story needs villains with motivations. I like to take real-world motivations and apply them to my creatures. Sometimes I like to use Maslow's heirarchy of needs (familiar to most who took Psych 101) as a starting point...

Craft (trapmaking) and your Lyre of building should be a nice combo. If you have access to Fabricate, you could skip the annoyance of the Lyre's recharge time. Since Craft is an Int-based skill, it probably won't take many ranks in order to make it effective. The tricky part is to set...

The Forgotten Realms sourcebook also lists stats for a clawed weapon. Don't have it handy, or I'd save you the trouble of looking it up. Hope this helps.

Kinda evil, even. After all, the perpetrators would be knowingly inflicting a slow and painful death upon their victims. Allowing the bag/hole to be opened from the inside might preclude it becoming the bag/hole of cheesy, anti-heroic, slow death. Oh, and I loved the tactic you came up with...

Here's what I found in the 3.0 Player's Handbook FAQ. Hope it helps.

So the next question would be (assuming it was a signifigant enough portion of the beast to regenerate), "Is it able to regenerate its wound damage faster than it accumulates suffocation damage? As to whether you can open a Portable Hole from the inside, I would be inclined to say "Yes." If...

For me, it'd be more about the player. The more munchkin (roll-player) he is, the more hardline I would be about the rules. The more story-driven (role-player) he is, the more flexible I would be. I had one player who refused a Helm of Brilliance because it would give his character "Helmet...

I'd think that would kinda fall under the 'no stacking of bonuses of the same type' clause. After all, its two items with identical effect. IMO, this would overlap but not stack.

3.0 Answer: I made the same mistake myself. You're probably thinking about the rule that states only 1 free action spell can be cast per round (Quicken Spell feat). Other free actions are intended to stack with DM's discretion. And the DM's discretion is a very important part of the ongoing...