Search results

I have been looking at the ranger lately and when it came time to choose a weapon, the javelin just seems to make too much sense. Especially with quick draw. Here is what I am thinking. The powers that allow either a ranged weapon or two weapons to be armed (forgive me, I don't have a PHB...

Is using poison always considered evil? I am thinking of taking a feat (Venom's Gift) from complete champion. It is a wild feat that when sacrificing a wild shape, all natural attacks deal poison damage. I thought that using poison is always considered as an evil act, but my character is...

Is there a alternate druid class ability if I were to forgo having an animal companion? It is extra paperwork that I don't care for, and when there is already a large party, it can be even more time consuming in combat. Any books out there that replace this class ability?

The feat Fast Wildshape says that you can Wildshape as a move action. Can I move and change shape at once? For example, start my round in human form and move 30 feet and change to a wolf at the same time, ending my move near an enemy, then taking a standard action to attack my enemy. Sound...

Is it possible to lift an enemy and then throw them? I would love to be able to use environment more and I think this would be one way to do so. For example, pick up an enemy and throw them into a pool of lava, off a cliff, into a pit of spikes or into an area effect spell ("Back into Evard's...

A druid takes Improved Natural Attack (Claw). So now, every form he takes increases by one increment, right? So, I can be a Polar Bear and each claw deals 2d6 damage, but if I shape into a leopard, my claws deal 1d8 each, and so on. What about Rake? Since using Rake is using a claw, would...

If I were to have the Rapid Spell feat (metamagic feat that decreases the casting time for spells at +1 spell level adjustment, so a Full Round casting time = 1 Standard Action), and say I wanted to spontaneously cast Summon Nature's Ally II as a 3rd level spell as a standard action. Can I do...

My DM just nerfed Natural Spell the following way; 1. Natural Spell: druids with this feat can only cast spells targeting themselves as result, with a range of self or touch. This spell can not be used to cast spells of the healing school (it’s for buffing and self enhancement only!). So, I...

Is there a feat or ability out there that allows a character to speed up the casting time for Summon Monster or Summon Nature's Ally from a full round action to a standard action? Quicken Spell is obviously a choice, but I was wondering if there was something without such a steep spell slot...

Per the SRD: Pounce When a creature with this special attack makes a charge, it can follow with a full attack—including rake attacks if the creature also has the rake ability. If I charge as a leopard with Mulitattack, (Full Attack: Bite +8 melee (1d6+3) and 2 claws +6 melee (1d3+1)), do I...

Ok. I am trying to wrap my brain around this, so bear with me. If I have two claws and a bite attack because I am a lion, without considering Rake, how many attacks do I normally have? What penalties do I suffer to my attacks? Taking Rake into account, do I get any additional attacks? What...

I have a buddy that said he wanted to build a ranged character for our current campaign. He is current a third level human Ranger/Scout/Fighter. His current ability scores are as follows: STR: 13 DEX: 16 CON: 15 INT: 14 WIS: 15 CHA: 11 His current feats are Dodge, Mobility, Track, Point...

In another post on a different website, I read that a Druid can talk (and effectively instruct) a Hippogriff in Combat. Is this true? And if so, why? And if this is indeed true, it got me thinking... What other animals can a Druid summon that they can talk to and "command" on the...

The feat description states that evil creatures that are touched and fail their save take initial damage of 1d6 and secondary damage of 2d6. So, other than the loss of AC and a creature losing it's ranged/finesse bonus to attack, what other consequences does a character or creature suffer from...

So, I'm playing a Druid for the first time, and already after our first adventure, I think I need some tools to help me with book keeping. Our DM is a great DM, but he hasn't DM'ed in four years.. He has a computer to help him with all the "fun" stuff, but I he doesn't have everything...

Well, I've decided to make a Druid for our next campaign, mainly because I've never played one before. We rolled our ability scores last night and we have 16, 15, 15, 14, 13, 11. Our campaign setting is a one of a winter world. The highest temperature is perhaps 1 degree Celsius in the...

Heya folks. We are starting a new adventure and I decided to build a tank. I haven't built a tank before, so I was wondering what tips everyone would be willing to share. Or you could share your experiences regarding other tank builds. How should ability points be distributed? What skills...

What is a Rogue's best tactics against creatures immune to sneak attack? I was thinking about this the other day, and it just seems that a Rogue's best bet is to just stay away from these creature types and use ranged attacks. I can't think of any feat, skill, or one single magic item that...

Hey gang. Seems like Rogues have been a hot topic lately. So I'm gonna keep the ball rolling. I was wondering about this scenario: My dexterity based Rogue/Fighter has Two Weapon Fighting, Quick Draw, Weapon Finesse and Improved Initiative. Her ranged attacks are either Longbow or Darts...

The PHB states that you have a +1 attack modifier if you are attacking an opponent from higher ground. What exactly is higher ground? If I have Fly cast on a character, and he is, let's say, hovering 5 feet off the ground. Would that constitute being on higher ground and having a +1 attack...