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It's even simpler than ForceUser@Home is making it out to be . . . it's up to the GM. Simple as that. Quoting books and using them as exacting standards in situations the authors probably didn't think of is, well, silly. It's like two different flavored Christians quoting the same Bible verse...

KaeYoss wrote There's nothing wrong with being creative with a spell. Using "message" to quietly threaten a public speaker (no save, no SR) instead of communicate with cohorts isn't expected, but it's creative. Or using prestidigitation to give illusory tactical cues in a silenced area. The idea...

In some rare circumstances I think a mirror image might grant a flank bonus. Reading the spell description, the spell doesn't spell out all the weird situations that can come up. A situation where an image 20 or 30 feet away from you is singed with a fireball, but you aren't, implies images can...

Another case of GM's call Since there is no explicit rule on the subject, I'd say you're in the enviable position of making a ruling on a per-case basis, going with what makes the most sense to you. If I had a couple medium characters in a 5x5 space in a 5' wide hallway, and the adjacent...

Nothing concrete BlackBart asked: Since there's no indicator in the rules or spell description, I think this falls solidly into the lucky category of "it's the GM's call". Whatever makes your campaign work better and is more interesting/fun.

It's up to the GM Alignment is a vague concept. The designers tried to nail it down as much as they could, but in the end, it's up to the GM to decide what's good and what's evil. It isn't all pre-defined by the game, so whatever criterion you use, it will be pretty subjective. I've been in...

scadgrad, Sorry. When I wrote, "Hyperbole aside," I was referring to your point ...which I was noting was a misrepresentation of his point. Ironically, the rule he introduced in his own game doesn't address the problem he has with spellcasters well. But it doesn't add any imbalance to the...

scadgrad wrote: Hyperbole aside, I agree with your reiteration of many people's point in this thread. Though I begin to think no amount of my repeating his point will allow it to sink it. Yes. There is a very strong argument that the game is quite balanced as-is. That much, he gets. His point...

mikebr99 wrote: He's always been interested in playing a non-stereotypical PC. In this case I think his main goal was to make a fighter based on speed and dexterity instead of strength. I agree. But understand, his beef isn't just with armor and the penalty it confers. Or just races and the...

Petrosian wrote: His axioms weren't 2e specific. They were something like, "realism shouldn't be sacrificed unless you gain significantly more in playability than you lose in realism." Again, his point is not that the rules do allow you to interrupt a caster with tanglefoot bags and thrown...

mikebr99 wrote: Really great point, and my biggest concern for adopting the rule we plan on adopting. Only caster classes get Concentration, realistically useless except for spells (you can't "Pick Up An Item Defensively".) Forcing players to buy more for it to be as effective as it was...

mikebr99 wrote: Well, no. Understand, our friend has correctly figured out that, depending on the speed of his attacker, a wizard has either a zero percent chance of being disrupted by a guy shoving an ax in his face trying to disrupt him, or a very nearly zero percent chance. Even an attacker...

Madfox wrote: Indeed, why shouldn't someone engaged in melee be able to consistantly move back and cast a spell without fear of failure? What, just because someone is engaging them in melee and sacrificing their normal attack for the express purpose of interrupting the spellcaster's spells...

maddman75 wrote: And he's arguing that that just doesn't make sense. I agree with him on this point. You can harrass a spellcaster with a bow, but not a sword? Doesn't make sense. He does know better. He has played both mages and fighters as NPCs for years, and found an area while running 3E in...

ouini said A few people, including Caliban, pointed out Which is absolutely correct. The 'fix' he implemented was an odd one, because it essentially allowed fighters who could already ready to follow and hit a mage, follow and hit them after they had already attacked them. The vast majority of...

DrSpunj said: I'm in his campaign, too, and actually, the rule he implemented is that a player can "spend" an MEA to ready an MEA (or 5' step, if the player hasn't moved, yet). Players -cannot- "spend" an MEA to ready a standard action such as an attack. Drspunj thinks, and I agree, that...

Whip penalty Unless someone comes up with a clarification, I'd say don't apply a strength penalty. The whip and the net are the most exotic of the exotic weapons, rules-wise. Even though the whip is neat-o as a tactical weapon, it's inferior to other ranged weapons in a lot of ways. Applying...

Speedy combat One of our GMs wrestled with this question (and with the players) for months. He figured a mage could eyeball exactly where he wanted a spell centered, but would make a player roll, as that eyeballed locale might not be the ideal spot. He had other rolls, too, for how well the...

0-level spell uses Mage Hand: Once, when unarmed, my bard Halfling used Mage Hand to drop his cloak over the head of the ghoul the rest of the party was fighting. I think all it did was take away her multiple attacks for a round, but still... Prestidigitation is awfully versatile. You can use...

Re: Turn don't rebuke True, nothing can be done about destroyed undead. Then again, they can't help you fight the remaining undead who aren't destroyed. Talk with your GM, see if you can come up with a domain ability similar to the Sun-domain ability, but for rebuking/commanding instead of...