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How many spell slots do you lose when transferring spells? Recently a fellow gamer almost convinced me that your 1st- and 2nd-level spell slots are retained. So is it correct that you only lose access to one 4th-level spell slot, but are still able to prepare your normal number of 1st- and...

What alignment do summoned monsters with the pseudonatural template have? Alienists summon monsters whose celestial/fiendish template ist replaced with the pn template. But, as discussed here, the template is in part responsible for the alignment of the creature. My impression is that the pn...

Does DW protect against an undead's Ability Drain attack? Are these Ability Drain attacks powered by negative Energy? Are all undead abilities powered by negative Energy and thus defeated by DW? (emphasis mine). I went through the whole SRD, and the only monsters that explicitly state that...

Is it detectable via detect magic or similar divinations that a subject is affected by a Zone of Truth spell? i.e., can the caster detect an enchantment [compulsion] effect on the subject? If not, how can it be determined whether the target makes its save or fails it? Is the spell reliably...

Ever noticed that by very literal reading of the AMF spell, it actually supresses itself? AMF is a spell isn't it? So it is supressed, unless: Sadly, AMF is not mentioned... only a section later on about a second AMF not intervening with the first one. I know, I'm splitting hairs here, but...

Hi all, can a character starting as a Sor still swap spells at every even caster level when he gains a "+1 spellcasting" ability from a prestige class? For example, can a Sor15, who gains a level of Archmage, exchange a 6th-level spell? thanks!

I always wondered why certain spells had these strange material spell components. I know, it's magic, but if you want, you can see some "logic" behind most spell components. The designers apparently wanted to create some sort of allegory. For example, fireball needs sulphur and bat guano, which...

How much does a Bead of Karma cost, anyway? from the SRD [insertion mine]: Perhaps my calculator is broken, but when I take a complete (standard) strand for 25,800 and take away the bead of healing for 9,000 and the bead of smiting for 16,800 I end up with a bargain 0 gp for the remaining...

Thought I'd share this with you, I find it helpful. I created this because I always found it ardous to calculate the final stats of summonable monsters time and again. Ever tried to find out the poison save DC for a gargantuan fiendish monstrous scorpion that was summoned by someone with the...

from the SRD: and So does a Celestial giant fire beetle lose its mindless trait? And can it speak a language? If yes, which one(s)? -p.

Which of these monster special attacks are strength-based? I am working on a handy little spreadsheet where the most important abilities of summoned monsters are summarized, including the augment summoning feat, which increases the strength of summoned monsters by 4. It is clear that all attack...

When you shapechange into, say, a red dragon, what determines the age category? Assuming you are familiar with red dragons in general and (for 3.5) your HD permits, 1. you can shapechange into a red dragon of any age category. 2. you can only shapechange into a red dragon of an age category...

Don't know if this is the right forum to post, but I have trouble with this sentence from the Arcane Archer description (emphasis mine): What exactly is an area spell? Is it a spell with an "Area: ..." entry in its statistic block? My first thought was yes, and I see no problem when you imbue...

Can someone please point out a reference to me that material components, foci or divine foci have to be touched to cast a spell? I stumbled over that problem while pondering if it would be useful to grease a clerics' holy symbol to prevent him from spellcasting. But, looking through the books...

from the SRD: Protection from Evil: Protection from Good: the last quote also applies to protection from chaos and law. So is it correct that pfe wards against contact of summoned evil AND neutral creatures, while all 3 other spells cannot hold summoned neutral creatures at bay? Why is...

Inspired by the acid fog-stacking-thread, but I didn't want to hijack that, so here goes: do multiple castings of false life or other sources of temporary hitpoints overlap or "stack"? So Marge the Mage casts false life two times, the first one for 12 points, the second one for 16. What happens...

What happens to a character that suddenly exceeds his maximum carrying capacity, say, because he was hit by a ray of enfeeblement or similar magic? Can he drop some of his equipment as a free action? Or does he fall to the ground, being prone? Or even helpless? Any thoughts would be...

Does it work? For example, if the wielder is in the area of a fireball, would the ring trigger and counter the whole spell? (assumed that there's currently a fireball stored in the Ring, of course!) And would the same be true for a multi-target spell, say, slow? any insights?