Does Protection from Evil spells protect its recipients from all enchantment (charm) effects and enchantment (compulsion) effects? (IE: Charm Person, Command, Suggestion, etc.)
Or does the spell stop at spells like Dominate Person/Monster?
This is probably the lamest statement I've seen to classify someone else's playing style in a couple of years.
If you want to stay with the core rules, that's your option.
A DM or player who has spent hundreds of dollars on D&D products and doesn't bother to use them to his own advantage...
I think he means Sinbad cartoon (Brad Pitt & Catherine Zeta). :)
However, the Ice Bird in Sinbad would probably be a Roc. The Goddess who summoned the Roc was also the same entity who casted the spell to bring freezing cold into the area.
Possible Repair...
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It all depends on your DMs. I have played with one group every other Sunday since Oct of 2001 and we're all stuck around 10th level. On alternating Sundays, I play with a different group that started playing seriously last Oct and we're all just 2000 or so XP away from 12th level. Go figure. lol