Recent content by Boondoggle

The problem is that the persistent spell feat breaks games... Personally, I think it should give a x10 modifier on duration for the cost of 3 spell levels (and multiply with extend spell to give x20 for 4 spell levels and two feats). With custom items, I always overestimate the cost because...

I love the modern societal feel of Eberron. I think it is by far the defining characteristic. I think embracing magic as technology rather than some obscure, guarded, secret club is a wonderful change. To paraphrase Clarke & Niven, sufficiently advanced technology and magic are indistinguishable...

For cha synergy & more spells available to buff/heal, I would suggest a favored soul. I would also drop the Knight, since the flavor of the class is not one of a support character.

You wouldn't price it, your DM would. By the rules as written, the item is a magic ring, not an enhanceable shield, end of story.

I seem to recall an 'official' clarification at some point saying that any attacks to a head that do not deal enough damage to sever it have no effect. However, that may only have been the 3E interpretation when you could only kill some by severing heads.

Um... power attack is a class feature of fighters, as are all fighter bonus feats. Why take away that flexability?

The pushback feat in MiniHB synergizes nicely with the juggernaut's bonus damage on bull-rush thing. The feat lets you make a free 5' bull-rush attempt each round. 2 levels of psychic warrior (& 12+ wis) work very well for warforged meleers, mostly because of expansion, but the bonus feats are...

I think it would definitely apply. Also, remember that all skill tricks are usable only once per encounter, so while this ability may be an effective tactic, it likely isn't going to significantly alter battle strategies or anything.

Magic item pricing guidelines are just that, guidelines, not rules. 300k for +6 to all stats is not a reasonable price. That, and no one is going to buy 6 +6 stat boosting items. That would be a waste of resources. I think the belts are actually priced very well.

While it may not be an all day option, it is a 2 hour duration which will take you through a large chunk of a dungeon.

Play a warforged.

I would also suggest a bard-ish character: bard 6/mindbender 1 (for telepathy & flavor)/sublime chord. Bard can be surprisingly effective at battlefield control if you pick your spells carefully and use them well.

Nail, you completely missed the point. I know this mistake is an easy one to make and I'm not criticizing it at all. My point is a generalization. I am saying that the rules tell you explicitly what is allowed. If the rules don't tell you what happens when you do something, nothing happens.

What kind of DM throws such a lame & cliche 'dillema' at the paladin for no good reason? Why did he put the damn things there in the first place?

Healing as necromancy = Sacred Cow. I prefer game balance... and hamburger.