Recent content by Philosopher

Those books all came out initially with the orange spine. It was the earlier books (except for the Fiend Folio) that got the redone covers, in order to give them the orange spine. I figure it's because they wanted them all to be easily recognizable on bookstore shelves.

Correct. If power corrupts, then Iluvatar, Middle Earth's supreme being, would be more corrupt than Morgoth and Sauron put together.

How about just having the cloistered cleric getting three of the deity's domains? In other words, replacing the Knowledge domain with another domain.

I'd love a PDF too. Given that the license has been withdrawn, I'm not sure if even this would be available.

In terms of utility, I prefer hexes all the way. As the Darlene map shows, aesthetics need not be sacrificed for this utility.

Check out the free hand fighter archetype in the Advanced Player's Guide. It's designed for fighting with a one-handed weapon while the other hand is free. It gains a dodge bonus to AC while wearing light armour. It also gets bonuses on using various combat maneuvers. Check it out here (scroll...

Good question. This is the first time I've heard this point come up for Pathfinder. (Then again, I don't follow many threads on the Paizo boards too frequently.) It might be that they're not aware of the issue. Have you brought this up on the Paizo boards?

I'm not disagreeing with your interpretation. All I did was make an offhand comment about the actual wording of the parenthetical condition. I didn't mean it as a point of discussion. The main point I had wanted to make was that the wording was poor. Also, that I don't like the rule.

The if in question is making the statement conditional on spontaneous casters, not the benefits of gaining a spellcasting level. As you quoted, "spells known (if he is a spontaneous spellcaster)".

Strictly speaking, gaining spells known if one is a spontaneous caster says nothing about prepared casters. You're interpreting it as if it said only if instead of just if. In any case, the wording is poor. This issue came up about prestige classes in general in 3.5. I've always given wizards...

Do you really see no difference between asking two specific women what they think about something, and asking a generic online crowd to come up with an overgeneralization about women?

I, too, am in agreement with pawsplay. If you've heard that Linda and Maggie have switched to Pathfinder, why not ask Linda and Maggie?

I would prefer that, actually. What makes it complex is not merely how it's worded, it's a matter of how much extra rules (beyond core) that are needed, and how they all interact. If psionic resistance is just the same as spell resistance (same goes for any other game concept), then you're...

If psionic resistance functions just like spell resistance, then there is no need to have psionic resistance. It's just needless complexity. Just as we don't need arcane resistance and divine resistance, we don't need psionic resistance. Psions just need to access the magic differently with...

But how is this different from when you let them use gold to buy magic items?