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I actualy allowed an awakened monkey PC in my campaign. I made it +1 to ECL to account for the extra HD and all the special abilities. I would have made it +2, but I also seriously limit the magic items he's allowed to use, and I don't have most items resize to fit him. He's still quite strong...

Hmmm......animal friendship causes the target to befriend the person who activates the spell. So if an animal drank the potion, wouldn't he become his own friend?

Well silence certainly does not negate normal blindsight. It is worth noting though that a direbat's blindsight is negated by a silence spell, this is clearly indicated in the MM. Thus it would be quite reasonable to argue that the druid blindsight ability would be negated by silence too, since...

Currently there are no official rules anywhere on underwater combat, much as they might be useful. 3.5 promises to finaly add some. I believe there were some rules in dragon once, not official but still potentialy useful. I haven't read them and I don't know if they cover spellcasting...

"however, it's hide-in-plain sight, so if there are enough shadows around, the shadowdancer can just hide while moving. i believe that the hide-in-plain sight ability does not follow the stalking rules in S&S since it is better than the normal hide skill." It is better then the normal hide...

"in the FAQ, hide in plain sight is a move-equivalent action that works like the hide skill. you can move and hide at the same time, since you can do that with the hide skill. so on your move phase of combat, you could move 15ft. to get to a foe and hide in plain sight, then on your standard...

Well hide in plain sight does have limitations. First off, if you attack you come out of hiding, and if you use the stalking rules in S&S you can only move a very limited distance before you attack. You can't hide again without a move action, so unless you have spring attack or haste there is no...

I believe the only thing relevent about the light descriptor is how it interacts with darkness spells, and vice versa. Obviously there are plenty of spells without that descriptor that do shed light, an obvious example being wall of fire. Personaly I'd say that even in a room lit by many light...

That is a bit odd, certainly by the letter of the rules you would lose your hospitalier abilities as soon as you tried to rebuke undead. But then, just because you have the abilities doesn't mean you need to use them. And you don't need to be an evil cleric to have the ability to channel...

Yeah, the healing domain does have the very major advantage that your guaranteed that your domain spells will always be useful. Since it frees you from the need of burning your other spells for healing, it's almost like you get one free spell of your choice each level. At least until you start...

"No it doesn't, and yes, you can." heh, I forgot that one one of the rogue special abilities is just taking an extra feat. Probably because nobody ever does it, in my experience.

"Because it is now listed among the General Feats, whereas the Rogue-only Skill Mastery is not." The reason skill mastery is not listed is because it is not a feat (unless there is some 3.5 change I don't know about), and thus it does not belong in a list of feats. Weapon specialization on the...

Well there are some creatures like harpies which are well known enough that you probably know in advance to expect some kind of sonic effect. Other times you just learn from experience. For example in a module in a living campaign I played (it's now retired so I won't be spoiling anything for...

True, but it's worth noting that..... 1) The long spears they used were (at least to the best of my knowledge of the matter) not 11 feet long like D&D long spears. and 2) They used this as a formation weapon, and it probably would not have worked anywhere nearly as well without 200 of them...

Your right, it doesn't say it's a free action. But it is definetely clear that you can sing while taking other actions such an engaging in combat. It might be easiest to just say it's not an action at all, just something you can do while taking other actions. Either way, everything else I said...

In my experience, most DMs will not allow one handed lance use, and Skip has said that it an error that the books allow it. However if it really is an error, it's never made any FAQ or errata that I'm aware of. It will be interesting to see what 3.5 brings. By the exact letter of the rules...

I don't have my books here, but doesn't it specificaly say that it is a free action in the same way as inspire courage? Of course you still have to do it on your turn, so you still die to the 4 banshees that beat you on initiative. But if you beat them on initiative, your all set, and can attack...

Well clearly doing a bard song doesn't require the concentration skill, but that doesn't mean it doesn't require any concentration at all. Doing complex algebra problems doesn't require the concentration skill either, but clearly requires quite a bit of concentration. Similarly the requirement...

The problem is that there are no official rules on this. We know you can't do anything that requires patience or concentration. But we don't know what kinds of skills or abilities require patience or concentration. Personaly I would certainly say singing a song requires a certain degree of...

Well it's noticable enough to draw an attack of oppurtunity in combat, although you could argue that's partial due to dropping your defence as well. Other then that it's probably up to the individual DM, there are no somatic or verbal components required so it might be tricky to spot. But I'd...