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One could argue here that what you see in "real world" fighting is people readying an action to knock someone over as soon as they've stood up, which would (mechanically) lead to the result that people who are trying to stand up get knocked over, and then they get punched or kicked while they're...

Getting up from prone resolves after the AoO, so no, you can't use an AoO to trip someone who is getting up from prone.

Play Amber Diceless! ;)

As for rowboats, the advantage on a placid river in an otherwise untamed wilderness should be obvious - walking and riding will be severely disadvantaged by terrain and shrubberies (unless you're a druid), while the rowboat continues unhindered. On a less placid river, rowboats have even more of...

So the weapon negates the miss chance. Does that mean that sneak attack will apply?

"Other" because "It Depends On The Campaign". In a carefully planned long-running campaign with a story, actual NPC interaction, all that good stuff? Banned. One-shot/ short running kick-in-the-door slay-all-the-monsters get-all-the-treasure? "Is fine. Crowe! Zey can come in."

I disagree. Low-level spells have low save DCs. Mind Fog is at the moment at the highest level this character can cast, and hence has the highest possible save DC for its school. WIth that -10 it is essentially forcing two saves to succeed for a single spell, that single spell being the second...

Increasing the designation 1 step may be interpreted as a "penalty". Note that it doesn't say "without the -2 penalty to hit", which would be unambiguous, but "without penalty".

No. An unarmed touch attack is different from an unarmed strike.

I've run pixies without problems, in two different games. Things to watch out for: - Flying and invisibility at low levels can be a killer combo for many published adventures. It's a killer information gathering device. - 60' Flying and invisibility combined with rogue sneak attack at higher...

Hmm, good point. But that leaves me confused as to why the [object] descriptor exists.

But they are immune to effects that require a fortitude save unless they also work on objects.

Why does everyone assume the Orbs work against Golems? - They have a fortitude save. - They do not have the [Object] descriptor.

The "Normal:" section of Corrupted Wild Shape references the rule that Polymorph only affects living creatures. Since Wild Shape is now based off Alternate Form, I don't think this applies any more.

The SRD says: Looking at Severe Wind, it says the penalties are -4 to ranged attacks and Listen checks. So -4 from the weather, and then another penalty for shooting from a moving carriage. Regarding bowstrings, I'd think that a society living in a world rife with magic and special beasties...

I do agree that Advancement in D&D or any other traditional PnP RPG isn't about coming up with a "build" to try and "beat" the game. At least it isn't for very many groups and very many players. I do not agree that a "class" should be like a real-world job. In fact, I think the whole "class"...

For option A, Remember that a surprise round is not a full round. Only a move or standard action is allowed, so no full attack sequence. For option B, If the rogues are hiding behind cover inside the room the figher would still be denied dexterity for their attack unless he spots them before...

If you're going this route, a LN deity will suit best as that allows you to be LG, LN, or LE without having to change deities or atone or whatnot.

"Encode and decode" is misleading here. A good randomly-assigned code that changes each day is only decodeable if you have the book that says which code is to be used. If the same code is used several time, or if you have access to intelligence about when codes were sent between different units...

Mass Inflict has "target: one creature/level, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart", not "area: 15 ft. radius[burst|spread]", so it isn't an AoE. If you are one of the targets, and you have spell turning up, I'd think that the spell would be turned. Whether that should affect only...