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OK, i'll buy that :) thanks for the input! any suggestions on the Divine Disciple part?

How many spell slots do you lose when transferring spells? Recently a fellow gamer almost convinced me that your 1st- and 2nd-level spell slots are retained. So is it correct that you only lose access to one 4th-level spell slot, but are still able to prepare your normal number of 1st- and...

Let's have a look at some numbers: Today's Amazon.xy sale ranks for PHB3.5, english / local language UK: 1,143 / - US: 1,159 / - CA: 3,798 / - DE: 12,494 / 9,717 FR: 18,393 / 31,626 JP: 176,592 / 9,582 of course, these figures mean nothing :D . Unless you make the assumption that a) each...

Good idea! Polymorph / Wild Shape / Shapechange + number of Attacks (iterative + natural attacks) + Hit Points (new CON taken in account yes or no) + Hit Dice (gain HD of new form?) + worn items (which ones meld, which function?) Stacking of temporary hit points (False Life etc.) Detect Magic...

There's a feat called Arcane Preparation, in Tome & Blood. It lets Sorcs prepare spells just like a wizard does. But somehow I doubt the designers of Forcecage had that feat in mind... :) Probably that's why they errata'd the spell in 3.5 to have a normal material component.

I read somewhere that the pn template in CA was the same as in the 3.5-updated Manual of the Planes, and there the alignment didn't change, if I remember correctly. But perhaps some lucky CA owner can clear matters up?

What alignment do summoned monsters with the pseudonatural template have? Alienists summon monsters whose celestial/fiendish template ist replaced with the pn template. But, as discussed here, the template is in part responsible for the alignment of the creature. My impression is that the pn...

I also wondered about that topic in a previous thread. Take a look at the giant octopus: it has a STR of 20, and yet its constrict bonus is at +6, between STR x 1 and STR x 1.5 But most of the time, it looks like this: trample - based on Str, dmg = bonus x 1.5 constrict - based on Str, dmg =...

No, thank won't work. So that Ferocity ability of summoned (Dire) boars (you did mean boars, didn't you?) is pretty superfluous.

Yeah, I would propably houserule it similarly, so that all undead drain attacks are negated. I think False Life is a different matter, since it is indeed a necromantic spell, but not one using negative energy. In fact, the only spells that use negative energy (and thus are negated by Death...

Does DW protect against an undead's Ability Drain attack? Are these Ability Drain attacks powered by negative Energy? Are all undead abilities powered by negative Energy and thus defeated by DW? (emphasis mine). I went through the whole SRD, and the only monsters that explicitly state that...

Is it detectable via detect magic or similar divinations that a subject is affected by a Zone of Truth spell? i.e., can the caster detect an enchantment [compulsion] effect on the subject? If not, how can it be determined whether the target makes its save or fails it? Is the spell reliably...

Ever noticed that by very literal reading of the AMF spell, it actually supresses itself? AMF is a spell isn't it? So it is supressed, unless: Sadly, AMF is not mentioned... only a section later on about a second AMF not intervening with the first one. I know, I'm splitting hairs here, but...

:D good point! Thanks also jgsugden, I probably missed that answer from Andy. Was it on his boards somewhere?

Hi all, can a character starting as a Sor still swap spells at every even caster level when he gains a "+1 spellcasting" ability from a prestige class? For example, can a Sor15, who gains a level of Archmage, exchange a 6th-level spell? thanks!