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This, too, causes problems. The interrupts are resolved before the triggering action - that doesn't mean they begin before the triggering action. In other words, the triggering action is not atomic - it can be divided (in this case only). Archer: "I ready an action to shoot him if he speaks a...

It would be allowable for them to attempt a Bluff check to get that effect. This player doesn't need to Bluff, though - he really is casting a spell. I'd allow the Bluff to be opposed by either Sense Motive or Spellcraft. The ONLY reason you have to make a concentration check is because the...

How is it metagaming? It might be annoying, but it's not metagaming - at least, not how I've heard the term used. In character, the situation goes like this: the archer aims at the mage, ready to let fly if he sees him casting a spell. The mage, knowing that he's going to get shot at when he...

Hmm. I haven't actually encountered much that Spybot won't fix - certainly not on the level they claim, and if there's some kind of malware to be downloaded I have great faith that our employees will find it. I have to wonder if they were using the most up-to-date versions. If I had a spare...

Seconded. Nothing bugs me more than 'filler' levels put in to pad a class out to 10 levels. J

According to Ben Reich, you pick a catchy jingle and 'play' it in your head. One of the ones that gets stuck in there and you can't get it out. J Bless me, what do they teach them in these schools?

Thanks for sharing. Very uplifting. Really added to the thread.

It is easier if you're playing a low-magic campaign. But if you were playing a high-magic campaign, then commoditized magic items probably aren't a problem you need to correct (because they really are "just a +1 sword" J

Which, if the GM is crafty, can lead them into all sorts of adventures. I mean, there's a reason the Baron destroyed the swords, so that sword is special even if that's not reflected in the game mechanics. Maybe it was a geas - the Baron will not die save he is killed with a sword bearing his...

The funny thing is that it looks almost nothing like the Eberron elves. J

I just want to know when the hardback is coming.

Curse you. If I still lived in MA I'd be beating down your door for an Eberron game. Although you'd have to wrestle me for running SoC. J

I think your answer is going to vary depending on the magic. If it is 'rare, but powerful' then the siege will go to whoever has the wizard, and wizards of equal power will largely counter each other - there's only so much a single caster can do. The beseiger might cast cloudkill, but the...

I would use Profession, not Craft. If we take the Craft rules literally: Chef Olaf wishes to prepare a banquet for 100 people. This will cost 1000 gp, or 10,000 sp. The chef is a 5th level Expert, with maxxed ranks, +2 from Int, and skill focus in cooking for a total of +13 to his Craft...

I allow them under the same rules as I allow any other multiclassing - they need to declare it a level in advance, have in-game opportunity, and we both have to agree it's the right direction for the character. J

IMDB suggests "The Challenge": "All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island."

Oh, wow. Beowulf. Is it time to post my review again? J

Any word on when we can expect the hardcopy? I'm running my game at the FLGS tomorrow... J

I think you still have a couple of days to pick up Bastion Press' Airships for $5, which might honestly be a little more what you're looking for. Corsair's your man for detailed oceangoing play though. J

It is a bonus feat, but as a GM, I would say that it is not one of the ones you give up for the specialist variants. J