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as far as damage goes they do but the reasons to use the weapons become more prevalent as you get higher in level.

giving up wild shape, even if you're never going to be in melee seems like a bit of a mistake... But one possibility might be to use swift hunter I can't remember what the exact prerequisites are but my guess would be that you'd fulfill the portion usually derived form ranger so then it's just 3...

I think they're trying to tread the line of helping newbies and people who don't like character creation while not taking away the fun of people who want to do it on their own...

my mistake...

your will save and HP are still going to hurt you, take Hideous Laughter for example a wizard with 30 int, and spell focus is going to take you out of the combat better than half the time with a 2nd level spell... not to mention symbol of insanity, prismatic sphere, power word stun and at that...

not in the same round, no. in the next round you could but not in the same round. you essentially get a free chance to touch your target as part of the standard action used to cast the spell and you can't (usually) split up an action. you could take a 5 foot step if you wanted though.

I really think the term "grappled" is a misnomer, when in a grapple you are grappling not grappled, you have as much control of the situation as your opponent and are free to move within the grapple so you should be just as able to avoid a fireball. pinned is obviously different.

If you want to know what is possible check out the character optimization area on the wizards boards in particular the handbooks for each class are quite useful when making a character. But if you're going to post a thread asking for help make sure you've read the posting guidelines. The...

It's not really the Issue you both raised is the crux of the issue both the PCs and the baddie think they know what is coming and prepare for the opponent they faced in the previous encounter, however because both change this is not the opponent they face in the new encounter so this encounter...

IRC the short answer is that while they are decent choices there are many ways to make a more powerful character. I'm currently away from books so someone else will have to help you out with a more specific answer.

But the cost to upgrade the weapon from +8-+9 would still be 34000 on it's own. It's true there's nothing to prevent you from spending the cash to upgrade your weapon if you have the cash but the Kensai bonus will likely make the cost prohibitive.

But the balance issue there is that a 5 level character had a +5 weapon not the extra +5 kensai added.

bold mine It is mechanics-affecting because the PC had to use the game mechanics to acquire the weapon (in the cases you mention probably finding them as loot) and then the kensai class penalizes the PC for a role playing decision. Rather than changing to a MW cold iron weapon (the best choice...

the problem with this interpretation is that it means that taking Kensai gets less and less effective the later you take it. I think that assuming a character has a weapon appropriate to their level when they start and you are playing with a hard cap of +10 total there should be no problem with...

radiant servant of St Cuthbert... ;) a real sugestion if your DM will allow it and you meet the prereqs (which i can't remember ATM)