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Every other round - one round to activate the true strike, one round to attack. And they all need to be sorcerers or wizards to have the spell on their list, or have plenty of ranks in Use Magic Device, as it's a spell trigger item. So not quite as bad as it seems at first. J

Too bad I'm no longer in Boston, I'd actually like to play AU 'stead of running it... J

It might help to have a more visual representation of things. First, spell cards. Put all the spells she knows onto index cards. Tell her to pick X cards each day for the spells she knows. Now, for slots. Mageblades get 8 levels of spells (0-7), so you need 8 different colors of...

Languages shamelessly ripped off from Dragon Magazine, JRR Tolkien, and whatever websites offer fantasy dictionaries. ;)

Kind of a weird question, isn't it? If you're asking 'does stock D&D handle it' then the answer is of course 'no'. If you're asking 'could a set of alternate rules be written to handle it', then the answer is 'yes' - but it'd be 'yes' for any gaming system. J

I think my earlier post got eaten by the board slowdown. In any case, I think that in order to make the players want to find out 'how', you need to make it personal. Hmm. They are hired to find out how the deceased died. That's OK, appeals to greed, but it's pretty weak. No personal...

Out of the ones I own: Minions Arms & Armor Airships Doom Striders ...I have to give the nod to Airships. If I had more time I'd be starting a game just for the excuse of using it. J

And can be done much better in 3e. (Elric, too.) The D&D system is good for ultra-cinematic action. That's why I always am kind of confused by the threads looking for ways to turn it into this grim, gritty, "realistic" game. Seems to me it'd be easlier to start with something whose base...

EXT - CAVERN [THARION topples, but DI'FIER and his MILITIAMEN have no time to rest as a unit of TWISTED ONES slams into their flank - the diminutive, web-armored creatures swarm down the side of the ravine. DRU jams her piston into her belt and draws her sword, laying into them. Above, the...

Yeah. I was trying to be all subtle, see. J

My philosophy can beat up your philosophy. J

Arcanists in my world refer to themselves as a 'Magus of the 3rd Circle' (if they can cast 3rd level spells), but that's about the only in-game reference to it. J

Go in after it. When the DM claims you take damage, tell him that a green dragon's breath weapon is chlorine gas, and therefore the lake is no more dangerous than a swimming pool. J ...what? It might work...

I believe it's based on how you treat your allies - the conversation choices you make when talking with them, etc. J ...of course, you could call them names to keep them on your side, too...

You can always counter a spell by casting it as a counterspell (even if it is dispel magic). This uses the counterspelling rules. You can also use dispel magic as a 'generic' counter. This uses the rules under dispel magic. In the first case, you're not casting dispel magic normally, so...

...but if you don't have a general attitude? Anyway, generally I'm pretty closed, unless I'm specifically running something like Planescape. I mean, if I wanted Dragonlance characters, I'd be running Dragonlance. I kind of view that sort of thing as being only a few steps better than saying...

Maybe he'll go away if you call him names. J Obscure Hints R'Us

I did this to my players once - actually, I wanted to start the next segment of the game with them captured. Rather than run them through some sort of diabolus ex machina that they couldn't win, I simply said: "Look, what I want to do requires you to be taken captive. I hope you're OK with that...

Extra Smiting's BAB requirement of +4 allows clerics to get it at 6th level, too. If they made it higher, then clerics would have to wait until 9th, and if they made it lower, then paladins would be able to get it at 3rd. I would guess the designers settled on 6th level as when it should be...

Sounds like Lynn Flewelling's Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness - the first two books were the same plotline while the third, Traitor Moon, was a different story with the same characters. (She also wrote two stories set in the same world, The Bone Doll's Twin and The Hidden Warrior...