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Chicken feather trap is creative. Comfy pillow is nice. I think you can get a alchemical silver morningstar for under 100. A nice secondary weapon because its silvered, its bludgeoning (!) and it does d8 (not bad). And it's a simple weapon! My wizard character tended to spend any extra gold...

What was the best, most creative way you've ever spent 100 gp? Assume you have a fairly well equipped character already.

I always thought it would be more desirable to have a normal-appearing animal (bat, toad, cat, etc.) that was tougher than usual than to have an especially flashy familiar like a tressim cat or a pseudodragon. I wish there was a feat that just allowed you to toughen up your familiar. Maybe it...

In the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, they use ravens for long-distance communication, rather like messenger pigeons. I like the idea. Is it realistic (not that it has to be) for ravens to be trained for that purpose? In D&D, how much would it cost to buy a trained raven...

I see your point. It is similar to that of Saeviomagy. I do think, though, that there is more potential for using the Profession skill in interesting ways as long as the DM and player carefully think it out so that it does not overpower other skills. It seems to me that there is no limit to...

I gave my players the Combat Expertise feat as an additional feat at first level, in exchange for also taking one of the character flaws from Unearthed Arcana. The idea is they take a negative feat in exchange for the additional feat. (Requirements for the feat are waived). The idea of being...

Here's what I came up with, if anyone is interested. I'd love to get feedback. I am only moderately pleased with it. The things I am not entirely happy with are that it relies on mimicking another skill (diplomacy), and the only additional feature (commanding hirelings) is of unclear benefit...

It's cool that you got to use your Profession skill, Patryn. But what an unusual way to employ skill ranks! I think what I would have done as a DM would be to allow you to make a Profession check to avoid having to make the Fort save, instead of adding them into one check. But I guess it's...

I think it's a great idea for the players to lose their stuff at some point, and by no means should they expect to get it all back! The reason I like the idea is that it reinforces the sense that a character's actual abilities are of the essence. Everything else is accessory. Besides, the...

Proactive is good. Synergy is good. Flavor is good. Got any examples of when you actually found the skill useful and specifically how it was used? Thanks for the contribution Ki Ryn. I'd like to get some more good creative brainstorming on how the skill could be used in more useful ways...

If you want to use an exotic weapon, see if your DM will let you use the Weapon Group rules in Unearthed Arcana.

Supposedly Profession skills can be useful in ways beyond simply earning an income. (What adventurer wants to just sit around and work for a living?!) So, I was wondering what (if any) useful purposes people have come up with. Specifically, I am trying to come up with something called...

Can I?

Some hybrids get two claws as a PRIMARY attack, and a bite as the secondary attack. So my question was can I use a second weapon in my PRIMARY attack, applying appropriate penalties. I think Vlos understood my question. I'll have to check out that ruling. But it sounds like what I thought...

I'm sure this has been discussed on these boards somewhere before, but ... If you've got a lycanthrope character in hybrid form, you can either get two claw attacks (primary) and a bite attack (secondary) OR you can attack with a weapon (primary) and a bite attack (secondary). Okay, so could...

You have to actually attack with the weapon in that round in order to take advantage of the defending effect. So, if the dwarf is able somehow to make five attacks in a round, then yeah he can get all those bonuses to his AC.

I agree with Majere. The "effects that target items" sentence is completely irrelevant when it comes to attack and damage bonuses. The text does not specifically state anything about damage bonuses, but we can assume that if it doesn't get the wielder's strength bonus added to its hit rolls...

First of all, are there penalties that apply when using a shield as a weapon? The rules call it an "off-hand" attack? Does that really mean anything, or is it just extra verbage? Secondly, if I use the weapon group feats variant from Unearthed Arcana, can a character ever be proficient with...

I probably should have clarified that I know very little about psionics, beyond the general concept. Could you give an example of some feats and/or items that I would be able to use without the ability to manifest?

In Eberron, the Kalashtar race gets psionic power points even if they don't take a level in any psionic class. What advantages or uses might this have? If there's anything cool I could do with it, I might just decide to play a Kalashtar.