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We beat the roper with three 5th level characters. The Fighter-Rogue was Str 0, the 1/2 orc cleric had a Str of 4 and almost drown in the stream since he was over-encumbered, and the Fighter 4/Diviner 1 (on the way to arcane archer) did not take a single hit. The cleric was really our front...

It really varies. You'll have to read it as a DM, and compare each individual encounter to their capabilities. The Cathezar lair encounter and the soulmarauders in the bastion could be particularly nasty. -Fletch!

And, as hong pointed out, has no "type" which would prevent stacking. Brutal encounter you are setting up - sounds like fun. -Fletch!

If you have not escaped on the previous round, you are still 'caught'. I'd rule that that it happened every round. Otherwise it is hardly a CR 10 creature. We actually beat one with a party of three 4th level characters (2 melee, 1 ranged, 0 spellcasters) and a novice DM who did not know how...

The feat specifically says a weapon (so you could bash the enemy with the scroll), but it would not be an unreasonable house rule to use it as you describe. -Fletch!

Points for style... -Fletch!

Today is a strange day. For the second time, I must agree with hong, and this time fairly strongly. Perhaps the solar radiation on my planet has shifted in wavelength. :cool: As for all of the "literature" referenced (and I do not consider anything by Weis and Hickman to be elevated to the...

I'll run the risk of repeating myself, but you get a feat every three levels and an ability bump at every 4th. That would imply for me that feats are less 'special', less rare and more accessible than ability score increases. If a single wish will allow you to get an effect similar to the...

Why bother with SR 25 at epic levels. Even an 18th level caster will burn through most of the time, and it will have no effect against epic spellcasters or monsters. Now a Mantle of Epic Spell Resistance (SR 40); that is an epic item. -Fletch!

Then perhaps today is a good day to die. Then hit the bad guy. Why do 40 points of damage to his adamantite mace when you could do 90 points to him, considering that the weapon has hardness and the enemy (usually) does not. As a DM, I've had players sunder weapons when the bad guy is...

Re: Re: Re: Re: A Sundering point of View Never thought of it that way, but I have to agree with hong (news flash: snow starts to fall in hell :)). -Fletch!

I use battlemats and poster paper with 1" grid all the time. I play in two campaigns, and for the one, we do not have a player with a square grid battlemat - only hexes - and must use the paper. I prefer the battlemat for a variety of reasons, especially reusability. The poster paper comes...

The one suggestion I have not seen is a new DM; by that I mean a novice, virgin DM. Sometimes, someone who has never sat behind the screen before can bring a great new perspective to the table. It can be a bit trying at first, but the challenge of training a new DM eventually switches to...

I'd also vote for flexible core classes, but I view the classes as ingredients for the character, to be mixed to taste. Many, though, do not like the multiclass system. If you fix the issues of twinked saves and no BAB for multiclass characters (check the d20 Modern SRD for a good mechanic)...

Wow, I haven't heard of Jacob's Ladder in a long time. That was the movie my wife and I went to on our first date (she picked it). Man, was that a screwed up flick. If I was in a campaign like that, I'd probably have nightmares.... (No, not becasue of the association with my wife ;)) -Fletch!

I do think that the coughing and choking counts as "voluntary resumption of breathing", and here's why. Normally, breathing is a free action. What miasma does is make it a full round action. So, as long as you hold your breath, you act. If you take a full round action to catch your breath...

Me too. I had a bunch of replies that I C/P'd into notepad to save until things were working again. I thought it was my one PC that had the problem, until I saw the news post. -Fletch!

Grapple says you take an AoO for moving into an opponent's space. I'd allow this maneuver, perhaps as a way to get past an opponent blocking a doorway. You just have to accept the AoO, improved grab and similar abilities notwithstanding. I'd also require the opponent to move out of that...

I'll agree with both IceBear and WizarDru at this point. To complete my thought, I guess my problem is/was with DMs that do either run with little/no preparation, but fail to take notes of what they do. When the name of the bartender changes every week at the same tavern (and simply because he...

But sundering a weapon is never the best way to survive. There are myriad ways, and almost all begin with the phrase "we run". Get away, come up with a better plan, get more appropriate resources, hire mercenaries, buy a wand, something. At mid-levels and beyond (exactly when sunder is a...