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OotS has been pretty good at making fun of many of the classic D&D elements so far. One wacky element they haven't touched on yet? Reincarnate. Just sayin'.

In #65, Vaarsuvius casts magic missile and gets five, which puts her at at least 9th level. She also casts scorching ray and gets two, so she's no higher than 10th. This is before the level-up in #124, so she's currently either 10th or 11th, if we assume their stats don't change as humor...

We once consciously set up a party like that for a short (2-month) campaign. It was our first experience with Eberron, and we wanted to evoke a "hapless adventurers thrown into trouble by their own cluelessness" atmosphere. When it ended, the party looked like Ranger, wis 7 (spell-less, but I...

Yes; it's in the "Physical Description" section of the Elan entry, on page 9.

Based on the data given after the test, it seems like they just picked interesting questions that might have some relation to gender and let the computer figure out what's relevant. That is, it looks like they convert your results into a point in some large-dimensional space and see whether the...

Geeky ENWorlder with too much spare time checking in. Unless I'm missing something, I think the d4s/d7 part of your system is a little off. There's a 19% chance to use the red and blue d4s, which is correct as 19 numbers remain, but after that there's a 1 in 16 chance of getting any of the...

Tripping is a pretty powerful effect combined with the 3.5 getting up from prone rules. One of the things preventing players (but not monsters!) from taking full advantage of this, though, is the options it allows opponents. Often what you fight has at least one of high Str, Dex, larger size...

There's also a spell in Arcana Unearthed called control temperature. Essentially, it's 2nd level, simple, and lasts an hour per level. It can't affect temperatures outside the range of 0 to 110 degrees F, either by changing them or changing to them. Hopefully that helps either provide a...

If it's balancing and has less than 5 ranks in Balance. (Hello, grease!)

If you want a 3.5 version, there's also Energy Affinity in the Miniatures Handbook, which is basically exactly the same feat except that it doesn't apply to sonic spells and it has slightly steeper prereqs.

I actually did this as an exercise a while back. There were also examples of casters who used each of the stats, but I guess they're not really relevant here. Here's what I ended up coming up with (please excuse the overlap): Strength: Barbarian with a big two-handed weapon. Or a brawler who...

John Q. Mayhem's numbers are right. It may also help to think about it in terms of expected extra damage (this is assuming you confirm threats half the time, on an 11 or higher): 20/x2: 2.5% chance of 100% extra damage: 2.5% 19-20/x2: 5% chance of 100% extra damage: 5% 20/x3: 2.5% chance of...

I would personally swap Str and Cha, unless the high Cha is for purposes of character concept. The hexblade is definitely more of a fighter with some supplemental magic skills than a caster, and you don't even get spells until 4th level. Other than that it sounds good. A good two-handed...

The Hexblade is also one of the ways to get into Dragon Disciple that gives you full BAB. Again, if you're into that sort of thing. :D

I'll admit that my build min-maxing skills aren't as refined as those of most others here, but it seems that you've got most of the good options figured out already, and the rest is mostly figuring out which combination of options you like best. Here's one build I was considering, in the hope...