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I like it! The serpent will get a size bonus for the grapple, and the dragon loses it's dex bonus to AC (making it subject to sneak attacks, if you have a rogue in your party). Since facing isn't supposed to be an issue in 3e, I think I'd ignore the serpent providing cover to the dragon with...

Magic Item Creation, from the SRD: Emphasis mine. A player can create at most one scroll per day. Based on a DMG treasure chart (no page # available... IDHMBWM), a scroll can contain up to 6 spells. He'll need to be able to cast each spell (through learning the spells, casting from other...

From the SRD... (emphasis mine.) -AK

So does that mean if an Assassin used a "ranged" weapon for a melee attack (eg, a javelin), it does NOT qualify for using Death Attack? That's just loopy. Death Attack requires a melee weapon... it's obvious that the writer of the rule intended for it to be a melee attack. Sounds like a...

Eh... take it "House Rules", ya Off-Topic-Poster! (Like I should be talkin'.... heh.) -AK

Okay... I'll try this one more time... A bow stores energy in the form of a spring. But inertia's the thing when you're spinning a sling. If you just fling out the bullet on the first go-round, It doesn't go very far before hitting the ground. A sling's not a lever... it lacks fulcrum; it's...

As already stated, the classification of a multi-purpose weapon depends upon which of the attack modes is employed. If you club someone with a wagon, that is an improvised melee weapon. -4 to attack. If you throw the wagon, it's a thrown ranged weapon, as indicated by the "throw anything"...

Slings vs Bows I was trying to point out the similarity in principle, not usage. The energy is being accumulated in the form of inertia with the sling, and tension with the bow. (Unlike thrown weapons.) Besides... strength plays a major role in how far you can shoot an arrow, too. Not...

Some weapons are designed so that they can be used as melee AND thrown weapons... the dagger being a good example. Attempting to throw a weapon (or object used as a weapon) that wasn't designed to be thrown is going to incur the penalties for improvised weapons. So would using a ranged weapon...

Re: Re: Add one more thing to the mix While casting defensively will negate attacks of opportunity, I don't believe that it will negate prepared attacks. The spell caster would still need to make the concentration check if he takes damage, casting defensively or no. -AK

Well... you'd look pretty silly, throwing your sling at your opponent. :D The sling is used to accumulate energy that is transferred to the projectile of choice. Unless you're using an unusually heavy projectile, strength doesn't much figure into the use of a sling. Kind of like a bow being...

I think it bears mentioning that the back-and-forth AoO's are limited to one AoO against an opponent per round. -AK

Arrr! Shiver me timbers! Arrrr! -AK

It would also introduce bias against classes that don't use shields (wizard, monk, most rangers, etc.). -AK

Borrowing a page from corny Dracula movie scripts... The stealthy bandit, hidden from all but magical sight by his ring-granted invisibility, slowly creeps up on one of the unsuspecting Kobolds. He pulls his cloak close about his form, using his arm to cover the lower half of his face. As he...

Something to consider... they may be starting out at about the same level of maturity, but the gnome will mature at more than twice the rate of the elf. Any humans introduced to the story now would be unlikely to witness the elf reaching adulthood. (Barring magical or other unusual...

He gets the two free spells. It's balanced because he lost the benefits of the 2nd level of fighter (attack bonus, bonus feat, skills, hit points, etc.). -AK

Get a ring or befriend a cleric or ranger... Problem solved. :D -AK

From the SRD... Imagine, if you will, a spikey-armored fighter wielding a polearm two-handed, since he lacks the Monkey-Grip feat. Does he threaten an adjacent opponent with the spikes while he's wielding the polearm? Would he have to drop the polearm and "draw" (prepare, make ready...

Regarding suggestion for a new spell that lets you sound like you're displaced... see Sculpt Sound. (Bard 3). Regarding suggestion for a new spell that completely masks your presence (suggested name was Erase. Already taken. Erases magical (et al) writing.) ... Ethereal Jaunt. (Cleric 5...