Recent content by Crunchy Frog

Try a Psychic Rogue. It gives you enhancing powers, has plenty of skill points and access to the stealth/observation skills, and with Blink, you can make a +2d6 sneak attack every round. Alternately, take the Lurk from Complete Psionic.

Since you have plenty of higher-level slots, your slots with 5th (or even 6th) level spells or lower can (effectively) be given away like candy. This means that any slots with 5th/6th level spells or lower should primarily be filled with spells that either: - Can be cast as a swift/immediate...

One fairly scary build is the generic warrior from UA, with Favored Enemy for all 6 of the bonus feats. Each time you take it, you get a +2 to an already-selected enemy. This means your 10th level character can have +12 to damage and Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival versus...

Don't forget the Soulknife from the XPsiHandbook. No spells, only abilities are straightforward enhancements to the mindblade. Even if you don't have this book, it's in the SRD.

If you're prone, you can still make special attacks, if you put up with the appropriate penalties. This includes: Bull Rush Yes, you can bull rush someone if you're prone. I mean, the RAW don't say otherwise, right? Your opponent gets a +4 to his AOO (unless you have the appropriate feat to...

Hmm, bad adventures, ... The original Dragonlance adventures (at least the few I'm familiar with) were ridiculously linear. Narrate some text, fight some monsters and go right into the next bit of text to read, which leads to another monster, ... B1, In Search of the Unknown, wasn't plain...

Cloak of Charisma +4 (16K) Amulet of Health +4 (16K) (Needed to offset a sorc's low HP) Metamagic Rod: Empower, Lesser (9K) Ring of Protection +1 (2K) Gloves of Dexterity +2 (4K) 2000 left for scrolls and mundane equipment. This assumes that you have Mage Armor as a 1st level spell and cast it...

There are standard feats that give +2 to a single save, and a non-core feat that gives +1 to all saves. (Luck of Heroes?) Continuing this pattern would make a +2 bonus to a single save should cost as much as a +1 bonus to all saves, i.e., half-cost.

From the SRD: As I interpret it, if it is cast on an object, the object gets no save. And if an object in the radius were to make a noise, it would be silenced, with no save. But, any creature within the radius of silence would get a save to resist it. If you don't allow any save versus...

kjenk's list is also useful for spellcasters who are wondering what to do when grappled. For high-level casters, it's pretty much mandatory to have Dimension Door and/or Suggestion ("Flee from me!") to escape grapplers. And for armored arcane casters, don't forget to add in the spells that are...

Phillip: True, but you might find a used Staff of Abjuration (say 20 charges left) at level 13. In any case, Resist Energy's long duration (2 hrs+) might make it feasible to use this in advance of battle.

OK, first new staff: Staff of Pursuit: This staff is typically used by law-enforcers, and so is often topped with a gold star. - E's Black Tentacles (1 charge) - Dimensional Anchor (1 charge) - Prying Eyes (2 charges) - B's Grasping Hand (2 charges) Moderate varied; CL 13th, Craft Staff, E's...

So, here's what's with staffs: Advantages: - User's casting stat affects save DC - User's caster level affects variable aspects of spells/overcoming SR - Higher level spells - Variety of effects Disadvantages: - Expensive So, an ideal staff would take advantage of the good aspects of staffs...

In addition to these, you might want to consider spells that are cast well in advance of combat, or out of combat altogether. In these situations, you have time to get into and out of your armor to avoid Spell Failure. Some examples: L1: Comprehend Languages L2: Protection From Arrows, False...

Spell Focus (Conjuration) followed by Augment Summoning, if you like the Summon spells. Item Creation feats could be nice; I personally like the power of Wands and the variety in Wondrous Items. Since your Dex is 4 higher than your Str, Weapon Finesse would help when you use your puny little...