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It's just a footnote to PHB "Table 8-8: Attack Roll Modifiers". Note that it's only for ranged weapons (and not modified by size that I can see).

From the 3.5 FAQ on this issue:

Actually, I'm afraid you're confusing two separate penalties: (1) -4 for shooting into melee, and another (2) -4 for shooting past cover. In 3.0 and variant 3.5 this part can cause striking the ally. This is very nicely laid out in the diagram on 3.0 PHB p. 123.

Well, what your debating partner needs is a rule that says "And X% chance to hit your ally". Rules can be concise sometimes. Similarly, there fails to be any part that says "No chance to turn into a chocolate cookie", because that too is unneccessary verbiage.

Neither. The rules as written are (3) No choice, a -4 penalty, no chance to hit an ally. From the SRD: That's the entire rule. If you read the boldface part, you'll see there's no choice involved, and likewise, no chance to hit the ally specified either.

Seriously, download the 3.5 conversion of S1 that's in the Conversion Library. It's excellent, and it addresses all the questions you're currently asking. http://www.enworld.org/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=159 Or heck, I'll just quote the preface here:

Good point, although in my experience "compendium" adventures tend to have significant edits or deletions from the original material. I remember getting a bit burned that way with the B1-9 and S1-4 compendiums. Might be the case here, or maybe not.

As stated above, "S1: Tomb of Horrors" is 1st Ed., "Return to the Tomb of Horrors" is 2nd Ed. There is an excellent conversion in ENWorld's conversion library (and I wrote the optional Addendum that is there): http://www.enworld.org/downloads/index.php?cid=9 If you're looking for a download of...

Sometimes (mostly for physical skill contests) I make it a best 2-out-of-3 opposed skill checks or something like that. Makes it a bit more exciting as you close in on success (and gives a bit more bias towards whoever has the highest skill). I believe Unearthed Arcana has something similar for...

Correction: Hyp's right, of course. Align weapon is one of those 3.5 spells I'm not familiar with.

Hey, you're right, I misread that. (Stack with this hammer in all editions, 1, 2, 3.0, 3.5).

Not by a caster prohibited from those same spells. They would not be allowed to trigger the spell necessary for creating those items.

There is a restriction specifically on clerics. From the SRD under "Cleric":

One other thing. You noticed what Monte wrote in 2001. But here's what he wrote later on in 2003, in a review of 3.5: http://www.montecook.com/arch_review26.html

A lot of contradictory information has come from WOTC about this. The short story is this: - 3.0 DMG, as published: Yes. - Cook/Reynolds online 2001: No. - 3.5 DMG, as published: Yes. - Cook online 2003: Yes, but it's a mistake. - Reynolds/Andy Collins: No. - 3.5 DMG errata: No, and it never...

No, the only benefit together now is the ability to use a hammer of thunderbolts.

Guess I'll bump this once. Anyone know of an illusion to just disguise one object for a time, anywhere? Or do I really have to provide one myself?

On OGC: - Technically the core hardcover books (PHB, DMG, MM) do not themselves designate OGC. That's what the online SRD is for (which just happens to include almost all the mechanical rules in those core books). OGL writers are recommended to look only at the SRD, not their hardcover books. -...

SD: If that was the only concern, Unearthed Arcana also has a variant to switch clerics to a sorcerer-like spontaneous caster.

Another way of looking at it is that the "Sorcerer" was the 3rd Ed. authors' attempt to insert a "spell-points" something into the core rules. You might consider allowing only Sorcerers in your campaign world, no Wizards.