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My last campaign started with all the PCs in the marketplace of the campaign's major city. Most of them were there for shopping, one was a member of the guard who was on duty, a couple more were new to the city and got lost trying to find their way to an inn, etc. (Basically, just a spin on the...

Rules cite? The only mention of masterwork instruments in the rules I can find is that they grant a +2 circumstance bonus to Perform checks involving that instrument. A Perform check is not the same as the bonuses from a bard's Inspire Courage.

I like to HR it as "effective encumberance". That bastard sword doesn't actually weigh 6lbs, but strapping it to your back does limit your mobility a little bit more than simply having a 3.5-4lb weight in your backpack. Also, I believe the weapon prices include any neccessary scabbards, belts...

Okay, cool. Now to convince my DM. :) It'd be nice if they'd specified "an additional +4" in the description, but oh, well.

Never been killed by an AOO. I generally manage to avoid them outside of reach situations, especially when low on HP. (Last time I think I intentionally provoked an AOO was to charge my paladin past a bunch of undead to kill the necromancer controlling them. That was one of those beautiful...

From the DMG: Does this mean that on a sneak attack the bonuses increase to +4 to attack and damage, or that they are added to the sword's existing +1 bonus? We've been playing it as the former, but actually reading the description I'm inclined to think it's the latter since the +4 bonuses are...

I know there's lots of discussions about what to do about Sorcerers to scale them up and make them worth sticking around in past the first level a prestige class is available. In another thread, someone mentioned they gave sorcerers bonus feats at 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th level that could...

In the game I'm playing in now, I actually sat down with my DM to work out a prestige class for my rogue/cleric. His deity is the god of luck, freedom and trickery (though it's not malicious trickery. More knocking the cruel and the self-righteous down a peg. Tricking or stealing from an...

I was trying to use Disintigrate as a base, but I liked the Dex damage idea suggested elsewhere. The idea was to make it equally likely of working against both tanks and rogues (barring a sucessful save). The tank has hit points to burn, but his Dex isn't that great. The Rogue has a lot of Dex...

Party in current game: Human Cleric 4 /Paladin2 /Fist of Raziel 2 Hobgoblin Rogue 3 /Cleric 3 /"Divine Trickster" 2 Elf Bard 8 Human Rogue 8 Elf Wizard/Fighter/Swashbuckler/Bladesinger (not sure of levels) Human Ranger 1/Wizard 6/Horizon Walker 1 Spellscale Rogue 2/Sorcerer 6 For me the ideal...

Based on the suggestions in this thread, how does this sound to people: Flesh to Stone Transmutation Level: Sor/Wiz 6 Components: V, S, M Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Target: One creature Duration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: Fortitude negates...

Personally, I like it. It's certainly more evocative than "Complete Adventurer".

I was wondering how common party leaders are in other people's games, and how they come about. If the party has a leader, are they chosen by the group, or do they come about organically? Is it always one player defaulting to being the party leader, regardless of character, or do particular types...

The Complete books are optional sources. Only the PHB, DMG, MM and errata are core sources. It is up to the individual DM to decide if they want to expand their game beyond those core sources, and what additions to use. That said, I prefer the CAdv interpratation. It's very easy IRL to move...

"You know, in my defense, your poisons all look alike. You might think about relabeling some of them." Hey, c'mon. You've got to love the purple stuff. Sunny D is way over-rated. To actually make a meaningful contribution to this conversation, I think it makes sense for potions to be...

I used the armor as DR rules from UA, as well as the Class Defense bonus rules (though I reduced the starting bonuses) for a brief campaign and it worked pretty well, though we never got above low levels. The way I worked it was you always recieved the DR from armor worn and you applied the AC...

I voted sometimes, though IMC, if I allow a variant, 90% of the time the variant actually replaces the original class feature for all characters. I'll look at a variant, think "I like that/that makes more sense for this campaign, all class x characters now have this ability instead of y." I'm...

This is pretty much me. They never really registered on my radar.

I've been playing for 17+ years and I've encountered (and thrown at the players) plenty in my day. Same here. Those fights were always a pain. It was easy enough to figure out which one was the real one, but the huge reach on the tentacles and all the jumping around made them tough to beat.

While it might not be RAW, I see no problem with allowing a character to draw a weapon while charging. It's a very samurai-esque dashing forward and drawing as you attack sort of thing in my mind.