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My first Warlock character is getting into higher levels and more advanced incantations, and I was hoping for a few rules clarifications for the decisions I can make now. First, when deciding the DC for an Eldritch Blast's effects, is it based on the total level of the Blast or the effect that...

My first Warlock character is getting into higher levels and more advanced incantations, and I was hoping for a few rules clarifications for the decisions I can make now. First, when deciding the DC for an Eldritch Blast's effects, is it based on the total level of the Blast or the effect that...

I'm a DM running a 3.5 game in the suburb of Batavia. The game in question has been ongoing for a while and is likely in its final 6 months of activity; all characters are of the 15-16 level range. Despite that, attrition due to player's moving or changing schedules has made party size sporadic...

This would be my first Tome of Magic PC, and I'm considering it and (to a lesser degree,) the other two classes introduced in that book. Does that one or the other two come recommended to anyone? Are there any recommendations about what spells (mysteries, whatever,) and feats to focus on? I'm...

If so, what are your opinions for the amnesia arrows? If you had players who succumbed to the amnesia effect, how did they handle it and how was it resolved? What about the results of pixie PCs? If it was a problem, was there a house ruling made?

I've been using a flat world setting for a couple of years now (no, it's not shaped like a disc, I'm not that unoriginal,) and I was starting to wonder how the world would look to its inhabitants. For example, one of the common clues to a spherical world was that sailors noticed mountains and...

I was going over the books when I noticed that the cost of sleep arrows, for example, is strange. Each arrow is 132 gold, so I assume that is for the price of one arrow based on what 50 arrows would cost. That means a set of 50 sleep arrows would cost 6,600 gold. Minus the price of their +1...

In other words, I want to make a mount-heavy character that moves while mounted (in other words, the mount moves,) uses a ranged attack, and then moves again on the same round. Is there any published feat that does that? If not, how would you recommend making one?

This is the parallel to the "What core monsters should get the axe?" thread. What monsters from expanded 3rd ed books, like Monster Manuals 2-5, the Fiend Folio, Epic Level Handbook, etc., should become parts of the game's core books? I'd have to leaf through the books again, but here are...

I noticed, after going through the issue again with a finer toothed comb, that some of the CRs for the Time dragon were wrong. One older variety was three 3 CRs lower than the one before it. I thought it was just a mix-up between the two, but all the other age groups had around a 6 CR...

More accurately, with Core and Completely Arcane, at least at the minimum level. One of the requirements of the prestige class is that it has three acid spells to get the class, with one being 3rd level or higher. That's fine for fire and air elemental savants, what with fireball and lightning...

Basically, I have a character that uses what is basically a really heavy spiked ball on a stick, so something like a morningstar, but more so. If you ever played Silent Hill 3, that's sort of what I'm aiming for here. Did they ever make stats for something like this in 3rd Ed? Or should I...

Conceptually, I think they're great. Visually interesting, impressive background, genuinely creepy, the whole nine yards. But I'm a little worried that they might not hold up in combat. Despite having unique weapons, they don't seem especially dangerous in terms of melee combat. They are...

I posted this before, but it's been a while and I wanted to try this again. I'm currently hosting a 3.5 D&D game in the suburb of Batavia, located just south of Geneva and north of Aurora. We don't have a very difficult time schedule; we usually game from 2-6 pm every other Saturday. The game...

The party in my game is about to begin an adventure where they have to fight notable fiends located near a city to earn prestige. They get a greater reward if they capture their targets alive and return them to the city in a mostly harmless state. Why is irrelevent, plus there's a chance one...

I heard of some systems like this before, but I never had the need to use them. I have a new character who wants to play a younger character, but I don't know how to alter her stats for it or compensate if weaker than normal characters. Are there any rules that account for this, or perhaps a...

I posted here about a year ago about a new campaign I was starting. The game is still going on, but I lost a few players to time and distance problems; the usual DM's laments. As such, I'm looking to add at least a player or two back into the group. We play 3.5 with just a few house rules...

I'm sure this one has been asked a lot, but I haven't had to deal with it as a DM an a 3.5 environment yet, and it may come up soon. What's the official ruling on how monks can use natural attacks? Are they completely incompatible with the unarmed strike damage and flurry of blows, or can some...

I'm referring to ones so small that regular attcks don't work, specifically. The half damage ones a problem, but at least they can be worn down. What can a low level party do to fight one? They presumably have few area effect spells at that point. Is it just a matter of tossing alchemist's...

Well, my original version of this Story Hour began less than a month ago and thus was eaten whole by the ENWorld crash, so I'll begin it anew. Luckely, nothing new was lost; just some of the campaign data I already gave my players. Because this game, like the Quill campaign I finished a Story...