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If you study the turning mechanics in the PHB a bit, you'll see that cleric class level is the single most important determinant for turning power. Charisma is a bonus, but not a reliable or even particularly powerful one - you won't really be able to make up for a lower cleric turning level...

I have a Half-Orc Ranger character whose first favored enemy is Elves. He doesn't hate elves. He's close friends with the two elves in his party. He understands a lot about elven psychology, elven culture, etc. from speaking with his friends, and he's used to their fighting tactics. Most...

Admittedly, it is an oversimplification to say this, but: People have problems. And when they turn to escapism, it often doesn't really matter *what* they turn to - alcohol, drugs, television, porn, online gaming, tobacco, solitaire, food, music, religion, lost causes, cults... it can take a...

Re: longpointless PLANESCAPE:TORMENT SPOILERS - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mm? I remember Mebbeth and Sebastian could teach you how to be a mage (the first time you switch class), but Dak'kon and Ignus could not. However, they could switch you back to mage via conversation, once...

Ooh, I like this :) Really neat, and nice class flavor too. Doesn't seem unbalanced, though I have a tweak or two to suggest (of course) BAB: Medium is a bit high, considering that the Shining Hand disciple gets to (A) stack all his (wimpy) BAB for purposes of iterative unarmed attack and (B)...

Dak'kon, using Planescape: Torment's 2e rules, was a fighter/mage. However, in 3e I think he would be a PsyWarrior, and here's why: -Dak'kon's reasonably good at fighting. PsyWarrior's BAB is roughly like a fighter/mage's. -Dak'kon isn't, strictly speaking, a student of the arcane arts...

Song and Silence, p. 40 Feat: Snatch Weapon Requirements: Improved Disarm It's not a bad feat, either. Maybe even a little on the strong side, without being nastily overpowered.

Re: So now the hard question Dunno, but I'd rule that it was blinded, deafened, and had its intelligence lowered to 1 (or even 0) until it regenerated all of its hit points left. I don't think it would actually kill the troll, though. They're one of those really 'hack 'em apart, an' nothin'...

Incorrect. It's not flexibility that gives a bowstring the ability to impart force to an arrow; it's tension. You pull back a bowstring, transferring power from your muscles to potential energy in the bowstring (and possibly the bow, depending on the type). When you release, the bowstring...

"Before they were heroes..." I think it's fine the way it is... if you want to start out with characters that are fairly adept at what they do, start at 3rd level. I consider 1st level characters to be Novices. They're just barely more than inept... your fighter's trained in the use of...

ambidexiterity and dual-wielding... well... duelists are fencers, swashbucklers - anything along that vein, I suppose. I've never seen fencers tumbling in the middle of the fight, but it fits well with the derring-do antics of fantasy swashbucklers, so why not? Dual-wielding makes more...

Suppose a cleric took the feats Empower Turning and Heighten Turning. Could he/she use both of them on the same turning attempt? Example: A cleric uses Turn Undead, using the Empower Turning feat: this adds +2d6 turn damage at the expense of a -2 to the turn check. The same cleric also...

Presuming that the theocracy's god(s) is/are in their favor, the theocracy wins. game world deities sit just below the DM on the totem pole.

I think so. The feat says you can move before and after the attack. (You can't make a Full Attack - only a Standard Attack) But it does not say that you *must* move both before and after the attack.

Um, if I'm parsing your question correctly, then the answer is "yes." As in, the fighters using the Spring Attack feat to move in, strike, and then retreat, do not suffer AoO's from the dragon. Note, however, that the designated target is the dragon, and that these fighters are not exempt from...