Recent content by shadmere

Ohhh... So a Neutral/Evil cleric could Command undead using a Rebuke attempt, but a good cleric can't. I guess good clerics don't usually wander around creating undead, either. :p Thanks. :)

I've been using Animate Dead so far, but later on Create Undead will be available. Seems like a good upgrade. But can it really even be used? The text states that: "Created undead are not automatically under the control of their animator. If you are capable of commanding undead, you may...

This is a valid point, but the game mechanics simply don't exist for that kind of thing. A highly skilled acrobat can routinely walk across a tightrope. Yes, in real life, there's always a chance he will fall to death. But that chance is nowhere NEAR 1 in 20. I understand why people are...

I see the roll as a spectrum of skill. Taking 10 is something you can always do, if you are able to concentrate on the task at hand. (No one shooting at you, etc.) Take balance, or something. Let's say there is a tightrope across a huge chasm. To successfully walk across it, it requires a...

That idea rules. I have no idea if it's legal, because I know very little about the rules. But that idea is freaking awesome. You made my . . . well, not night. (Really good Chinese earlier.) But you made my hour, or something. :D

The platinum blonde is pretty hot. Seems like the game is an unholy mismash of half a dozen different rulesets, though. That would be really confusing to keep track of. :p

I understand that, but that interpretation leaves only very, very few times in which taking 10 makes any sense at all. (Only in situations where failure has a penalty, but not a . . . bad one?) Thanks! I just started playing a couple months ago. I'm enjoying it so far, even trying to start...

Thanks, that what I thought. :) And yeah, I know you can't take 20 on a trap. My post may have been unclear, I meant that I've seen people say "You can only take 10 on things like unlocking an UN-trapped door, in an empty room, when you have plenty of time." Heh. I guess that was a bit of a...

Over and over, I see threads and posts in various forums that continue talking about how you can only take 10 on a check if there is no penalty for failure. I have no idea why people keep saying this. According to the PHB: "When your character is not being threatened or distracted, you may...

So I'm playing a cleric in a Forgotten Realms campaign. I've talked to the DM and he's going to allow me to prestige into Bone Knight. (It's an Eberron class, but it fits fairly well into a non-Eberron setting, I think.) My character will basically be 'inventing' the class. He is not evil...