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Eyes of Dark Aura. Got 'em. Wear 'em. Now I have yet 1 more reason to love 'em. :D

This argument does a good job explaining why so many high level characters so often hire low level characters to take on Kobolds. :D But seriously, as a (hopefully) impartial observer, here's what I am seeing in this thread: The pro-argument emphasizes tactics and using a monster's resources...

Yes. (Not including feats that allow dice of Sneak Attack bonus to count for special effects,) Sneak Attack damage deals hp damage in hp regardless of the attack form with which it is delivered. If you do it in a Str drain attack as a Sneak Attack, you are correct in thinking it does Str drain...

I'd agree with the multiple checks needed due to the prolonged period of time it takes to read and use the book properly. This alone may cause a character it is designed to harm to put it down while they're ahead (e.g., haven't lost XP etc.) If the checks are actually successful, yeah, IMO...

Spells & Spellcraft has a small but decent section on Alchemy.

Judgement call: Destana are *bracers*. Bracers with an enhancement bonus = Bracers of armor. AFAIK, you can't stack Bracers of Armor with the enhancement bonus from magical armor.

AFAIK, multiple enchantments of this type do work together. Logical exceptions could be made for putting Flaming and Frost on the same weapon, but there is nothing wrong with, say, a Corrosive Flaming sword. Yes, it does get absurd. But, that's why we have Sunder and Disarm. :D As far as...

I recall seeing such a table in the Arms and Equipment guide. Hope this helps.

The bottom line is, the villains have a couple CR 9 minions the PCs have to face. It doesn't matter whether these are CR 9 minions that have been defeated in a previous encounter or two wholly different CR 9 minions. The party faces danger in the form of these minions and must use resources to...

What Tellerve said, plus: Sunder and Disarm serve as an equalizer against weapon focus and weapon specialization and improved critical and a bunch of other feats that when taken together allow a character to become nigh unto a god (ok, so this is a little bit of exaggeration) with one...

In the campaign in which I play, we have used Detect Thoughts on someone who is thinking really hard about a location to bump up our Teleport chances to the "Viewed Once" category. I realize this probably qualifies as a House Rule, but it seems a reasonable approach and would be quite a bit...

Even when polymorphed, its subtype does not change. Therefore, its natural immunities should carry over.

Sorry, I don't have the book in front of me. It should be near the section on the Epic Leadership feat. However, I don't think you had to be epic to recruit a cohort with a PrC. I think it just said to treat the cohort as if it were 5 levels higher for the purpose of the initial recruiting...

The Epic Level Handbook goes into a little more detail on cohorts. Basically, the only signifigant thing I noted is that a cohort with a prestige class (or classes) counted as five levels higher for purposes of the inital recruiting.

If you use the formula of Intx10 = rough IQ, then this would yield an IQ of 60. The psychological term for this is Idiot (really, I'm not trying to be cruel here). Privateer was right when he said such an individual would be borderline retarded. Wisdom is willpower and common sense. This...

If the campaign will eventually go into Epic levels, it would be worth acquiring Silent/Still/Quicken Spell. They would allow you to meet the requirements for the Automatic Silent/Still/Quicken Spell feats in the Epic book, which allow you to Silence/Still/Quicken spells of a certain level...

Yes, you may use a scroll for this purpose. You may even use a Wand. You just have to have the necessary spell(s) cast (by some means) once per day in which the item is being crafted. Technically, you could even use a scroll one day and a wand the next and cast it yourself the next and have a...

I should know better than to use descriptive imagery in the rules forum. It always leads to trouble. :D I'll re-state my point without the imagery - a strong person could more easily force their way through any active defenses that still counted against the touch attack. A weak person would...

Straight up rules, yes, strength applies. I can give a rough example as to why. Keep in mind, in this I'm just using descriptive imagery and not talking about actually initiating a grapple. Imagine an arcane caster casts Shocking Grasp and reaches for his oppontent to deliver the deadly touch...

"Wierd" is a matter of interpretation :D , but yes, Musashi created a system in which the katana and wakizashi were used sumultaneously. Interesting side-note, though, from my reading he never used this style in any of his duels. Although he believed this style to be superior, he wasn't...