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Yes. Your AC does not decrease even if you are blinded, stripped naked, reduced to 1 Dexterity, and have a giant bullseye painted on your chest. But conversely, your AC does not increase even if you wear +5 full plate, shield, ring of protection, and amulet of natural armor, plus cast every...

My character has been hoarding all the scrolls and wands from the NPCs we kill. I use up the combat ones pretty quickly, but there are some spells that I never seem to have use for, so they just end up collecting in my pack. I'm looking for interesting ways to use these uninteresting scrolls...

You may draw, load, and fire a light crossbow in a single round, as a special full-round action. If you attempt this and roll a natural 1 on your attack, you have shot yourself in the foot.

I've always just had warforged travel on foot, because they don't get tired. Horses have limited endurance, and must stop every so often for rest and food. Why bother riding one of those fragile meatbags if you yourself can sprint forever without a break?

Not all divinations involve asking questions of the gods. Some of them peer into the future directly, or otherwise gather information from the world. That's especially true for wizardy spells like true strike or locate object, but I also apply it to any cleric spell where it makes sense. The...

Budding? Come on now, that's just silly. The species does so have two genders. The females are called Elves.

I try to stay away from superglue (cyanoacrylate). It's the easiest to use, but I find it to be very brittle. When a figure is constantly being picked up and knocked over and shoved around the battlemat, the superglue tends to crack, and over time you end up having pieces fall off. Instead I...

Well blow me down, you're right. Thanks for the correction.

The book doesn't deal with this case specifically, so it's up to the DM. If the armor is nonmagical, it's pretty clear that you can't use something designed for normal humanoids. That's just from common sense, because regular armor doesn't have big holes exposing the shoulder blades. In a city...

Awesome! Let me guess, you've read Greg Egan's Diaspora? That's the only fiction I can think of that makes any attempt to explain a universe with more than 3 spatial dimensions. If not, I definitely recommend the book, and also Egan's website which has lots of cool simulations of...

My favorite custom world is shaped like an enormous torus. It's as long as Earth's whole orbit, but only as thick as a regular planet. The sun is in the center, and the day cycle is caused by the planet's rotation around its annular axis. (Picture a round rubber gasket with a dot drawn on the...

When I lived on LI I used to go to Men-At-Arms Hobbies, on Middle Country Road. That's not exactly close to the area you describe, but if it hasn't changed since my last visit, it'd probably be worth the trip.

At character creation only, I'd say to just add up the craft reserve for each level, and allow her to spend that much XP on crafting gear. It may not be perfectly accurate, but it'll be pretty close, because each created item frees up gold for other gear. For instance, her first level craft...

The result of this is not specified by the book. My ruling would be that when the rope trick ends, everyone inside is shunted to the nearest open space, as if by a mistargeted dimension door. Rope trick doesn't protect you from anything after you have left it. If exiting the space makes you...

The basic idea is interesting, but the situation is poorly thought out. As written, it's completely unfair and just plain cruel. It's on about the same level as the old "rocks fall on your head and you die" encounter. "Roll a Will save for the target until he fails" is exactly the same as not...

Yes. D&D is a game with rules. If you want to chuck most of the rules and wing it, that's fine, as long as everyone else agrees to play that kind of game. You need to be honest about it. Don't pretend to do something different than you are. Do not ignore the rules behind the screen while you...

That's not a complete analogy, because a melee attacker's weapon remains invisible. Fired arrows become visible as soon as they leave the bow. If your invisible melee attacker is using a visible sword, he certainly would trigger the target's readied action.

You're assuming that if the target can't see his attacker, he can't perceive it at all. That's nonsense. Being aware of something does not necessarily mean you can see it. We're talking about a character with Uncanny Dodge. He maintains his Dex bonus against invisible attacks, which means he...

Self plus 50 pounds of objects, period. If you're a biggie-size demon with 200 pounds of armor and weaponry, teleportation would mean leaving most of your gear behind, so you won't do it unless you're in imminent danger of death. Most of the time you'll travel by walking or flying.

Common stuff that causes fatigue: - Sleeping in Medium or Heavy armor - Lack of food or water - Extreme temperatures (heat or cold) - Some magic spells (like touch of fatigue) - The aftermath of Barbarian Rage - Failing a Constitution check during a forced march - Hustling for more than one...