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Basically most people here base their opinion on the monk class only on it's impact in combat. And nobody can deny that the monk is a frontline fighter-type. That he isn't as good in melee as a fighter is mostly true, but neither is the paladin nor the ranger. Monks have a good mix of...

I hope they clear up the prestige class problems with unarmed attack bonus, unarmed damage and AC bonus. IMO damage, attacks and AC bonus should be directly related to unarmed attack bonus.

Thanks... (my players will be kinda upset... they found two bracers of armor last session)

Does a Bracers of Armor armor bonus stack with regular armor? Or are they only useful for unarmored characters? I am not sure, armor bonusses seem to stack sometimes (at least "shield"armor bonus and "armor" armor bonus)...

Didn't gnomes and goblins hate each other? Gnomes at least have an attack bonus vs. goblins, which means they train to fight them. The goblin should have had a significant bonus to his saving throw to resist a charm person spell against a member of his hated enemy...

Sword & Fist has an excellent example of a mounted combat.

I have some questions concerning monks and prestige classes. As the FAQ states Prestige classes who can freely multiclass with monks add their base attack to the unarmed base attack of the monk. This means the multiple unarmed attack progression goes up. 1. Does this apply to unarmed damage as...

Thats what I thought... How can we handle this? First Try: Firing at the group would be AC 10 + size, attack roll modifiers would be normal (range, visibility and so on). If the group is hit, the archer rolls an attack roll with no modifiers (no BAB, dex, range...) at +0 at a random target...

How do you handle firing into a group? Imagine group of archers firing into a squad of 100 orcs. - Would they have to pick out one target each? Normal attack roll? - Would they just fire into the group (this seems logical to me)? ------>Would you give them a bonus to hit then? ------>Would...

Re: Re You are welcome. This might work, but perhaps it changes the Challenge Rating of this monster. The splitted halves really lose a lot of power. I hope it's not too easy now. When I figured out the stats, I noticed that the monsters don't really conform to the size increase rules...

BTW the game designer gave the fiendish black pudding n intelligence score of 3. Heres my try on different size oozes (through splitting): Assumptions: 1. First I assume that splitting an black pudding halves the HD and lowers the size category by one. 2. For size reduction effects, I...

I really appreciate your very creative plot ideas to give the players some help. I am not an inexperienced DM myself but it's always nice to get some input. The "true heroe sacrifice" really does it. By the way, the "base vs. acid" method of killing the beast would probably be their first try...

Re: Re I'll probably have them earn a few levels before I run them through this adventure. I think level 7 would be about right. By the way, the only spellcasters in the group are a gnome bard and an NPC dwarven cleric (Ex-PC). The rest is a human barbarian, a dwarven fighter/thief and an...

You are right about that, but I dislike the voice from behind which whispers "run away" to the PCs. This one can't be telegraphed except for the standard eerie feeling and evil aura. The monster is expected to surprise the PCs (well, they have a spot check DC20 to spot it first). Some...

Fact is, most critters don't have CR9 stamped on their forehead :-) They will find out, after one of them is dust... If this beast is the first to act, it just grapples someone (Improved Grab + Constrict ability) dealing slam + acid damage (4d6+4 damage, thats 18 on average), then drowns him in...

Arrows won't work, first it has DR 5/+2 which means that if you're lucky you overcome the damage resistance and you, well, split it. The split ability works on arrows too... I think I'll do, the variant with decreased attack/damage/size. Then they at least can hack it to undangerous pieces...

Running away is always an option. But i like playing games where characters stand a chance against challenges which are not obviously deadly (we're not playing Cthullhu here). A group which never met a black pudding doesn't know of its abilities and has to learn it the hard way. They will...

I am quite uncertain about how to handle the black pudding's split ability. It says, that weapons deal no damage to a black pudding, but instead split it into two with half it's original hps, until you only have 1 hp puddings left... Does a splitted pudding still have the same size, attack...

Thats my try on dwarven battle tactics: we retreat and are slain, we stay and get slaughtered, we charge and attack!

So now we have some interesting tidbits of rules here. Let's try and make an "unofficial" official rule out of it. I. Some of you mentioned a save (will or fortitude) with a DC set by an opposed roll (Intimidate or Profession(torturer)). II. This save is done every "time unit" of torture...