Search results

I don't see how using PrC adds that much more work if you have already decided to fully stat out an NPC. It's certainly not worse than creating a multiclass NPC using only core classes. And given that I obsessively* create all NPCs "by the rules" (including skill points gained through Int...

About 300 km, so I'd say 3 h by car. I've got no idea how long it takes by train or whether you can get a direct connection.

I'll be there from Thursday to Saturday. Can't tell you how it is from personal experience, but I have heard only good things about the fair so far. Especially if you like boardgames and other stuff besides RPGs.

Ok, but that applies to all other specialists as well. So I don't see how that has changed. Did I say anything about a paladin? Why is it anybody assumes the paladin is going to be the troublemaker:p Seriously, I was thinking about a paladin, too. And I am not sure what their codex says about...

I suppose most people see this as an argument FOR choosing a Diviner. After all, you get more spells per day and don't lose as much as other specialists. Sure, but some might be frowned upon by the LG party members as "unsporting". That, plus the bad rep of necromancers and the fact that they...

I prefer 28 pt-buy. Gives you competent characters which still have a weakness or two. Plus, pt-buy eliminates the whining about bad rolls.

They are not bad, but I think the other schools have more to offer, and that is definitely worth the price of two forbidden schools (necromancy being a no-brainer in a good aligned party, IMO). Of those spells you list, only read magic, detect magic, and see invisibility (true seeing at higher...

I agree with ConcretBuddha. Plus, from my experience, divination spells are not that widely used, nor is there a useful one at every level that a wizard would like to prepare daily. My favorite specialist at the moment would be an abjurer, conjurer, or transmuter who drops necromancy and either...

No need to apologize, but using dwarves was a really bad analogy;) I would still use similar guidelines as I gave for the "pragmatic dwarf": - corpses/remains are treated with respect, not looted, and given a proper burial if possible - don't tear the whole thing down, seal it again after you...

Tough situation. In fact, I don't believe a traditional dwarf would put up with this at all. It's not lawful to violate a grave site for money (or any other reason, except possibly putting an undead threat to rest) - period. So if I was the player of the dwarf in question, I would politely...

I stand corrected;) What got me confused was something similar to the psi-weapon problem, namely the temporary hp undead gain from their level-draining attacks. These do add up, and I had assumed this was the rule - and not the exception, as you pointed out. That'll teach me to post in Rules...

Can't give you a source either (no books, sorry), but IIRC this was already discussed under 3.0 (and may thus be part of Sage Advice) with the following results: 1. In general, temporary hp do stack. 2. A spell never stacks with itself (unless you count damage). The latter is also mentioned...

I would create Gandalf as a celestial human bard 20 with a ring of elemental command (fire) and a staff of power, plus maxed out Use Magic Device for using the staff. IMO this would be much more in line with the powers he displays in the books than giving him wizard or sorcerer progression...

AFAIK 1 HD races don't have "racial skills" - they are always created just like PCs. So all listed skills would have to be bought as cross-class skills. Skill breakdown would be Hide 4 sp = 2 ranks +1 Dex -2 armor = +1 Listen 2 sp = 1 rank -1 Wis +2 Alertness = +2 Move Silently 0 sp = 0 ranks...

While some of the main characters in ME can cast spells, there are hardly any full-fledged spellcasters. A very easy way to simulate this is to disallow wizards, sorcerers, clerics and druids completely - all spellcasting has to come from rangers, bards, and paladins. And since you are still...

Time and money;) First, running an operation like that is a full-time job, nothing you do for a few days or hours in between adventures. You also need to build up trust in your customer base, which will take additional time. But the main reason this won't work easily is lack of stock: stores...

What I heard she is merely unwilling to give advance information on the rest of the story - or even be forced to decide prematurely on key plot elements - which would probably be required to create a consistent game. That's her prerogative as an author, but I hope there will be a Harry Potter...

Re: Re: Attacking a grappler I haven't checked this in 3.5. but in 3.0 it applied only to ranged attacks, and the info was well hidden in the footnotes of one of the combat tables. I suppose it is the same for 3.5.?

It took me a while to find this, but you don't get stat increases for monster HD (except if the monster advances as a monster above its basic number of HD). The info is in the appendix of the 3.5 MM, in the section about levelling monsters.

The designers already confirmed that the rule was accidentally cut from the 3.5 DMG. So no penalty. This has to be the most commonly discovered error;)