Recent content by Greymalkin

Hello. Without creating a new skill, how would you recommend handling a PC who wants to research (for instance, in a large library) the answer to a particular question? For the sake of example, let's say the PC is looking for information on a particular sorcerer who died ten years prior. This...

I think a bonus to survival or craft:alchemy makes perfect sense for a wolf familiar, though a bonus to your survival skill would probably be less useful in a party with two rangers. A bonus to listen checks might also work, given wolves heightened sense of hearing. On a related note, does...

Thanks for the tips everyone. I really like the arcane strike feat, but it will be a long time before I am qualified for that one. Any tips on familiars? I would like one when I reach 4th level, and I would like to make use of the augment familiar spell. Unfortunately, given my low caster level...

Hello. I am about to start my first game in a VERY long time, and would appreciate some help with my character. We are allowed to use the 3.5 Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Magic of Faerun, and the Complete Warrior only. After looking through the...

Thanks everyone. I think the stat suggestions for the porcupine are a great start. I will probably make it tiny, just to keep it a little more underpowered. I also think making the bonus unnamed would be great, but I don't want to give more than I should. I suppose a +1 to AC is no better than...

Thanks for the replies. Porcupines are definitely much larger than hedgehogs. They can grow to be just over 2 feet long (I also did a web search). I don't see this as too much of a problem as they still wouldn't be able to do much in the way of fighting. If I do allow it, and I probably will...

Hello. So a player in my campaign wants to get a porcupine familiar that grants the same benefit as the hedgehog from Tome and Blood (+1 natural AC). Do you think this is an acceptable familiar? It's not much bigger than a hedgehog and probably can't do anything unbalancing. Also, would the +1...

If I get an improved familiar at 5th level (wizard), that familiar gets all the listed abilities for a 5th level master, right? By listed abilities, I mean intelligence and natural armor boosts, as well as the more special abilities like touch and speak with master. The reason I ask is that the...

Thanks everyone. I had tried looking in the srd but couldn't find it. AuraSeer, thanks for the link--that is a much better version of the srd than I have been using.

Hi. Sorry for the possibly stupid question, but is "alchemical" silver the same thing as silver from previous versions? In other words, is it just for bypassing lycanthrope damage resistance, or does the "alchemical" part add something further? Thanks for the help.

I'm a bit new to this, and I could use some quick assistance. Let's say I am a Wizard 3/Fighter 2 with no armor, a longsword, and a lizard familiar on my shoulder. Before an orc closes into melee with me, I cast shocking grasp, designating my familiar as the "toucher" and holding the charge. My...