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I had the idea of a barbarian (or a druid about to cast awaken) eating high Wisdom monsters to gain a will save, but it appears that isn't a problem. I thought since Str varies up to 35 there must be Wis 35 monsters also, but all the ones I checked (even Wis-dependent monsters like dryads and...

Good request, nicely phrased. As a workaround while you're waiting, I created a Firefox keyword search so I can type into my address bar and get these results. I did it by right-clicking the Google search box, "Add a keyword search," giving it the keyword "en", and then pasting the following...

Wow, this looks atrociously unbalanced. There's no spell or magic item that will give you that big of an intelligence boost. There's no spell or magic item that will give you feats and spells outside your class (without actually changing to a different animal). Compare this to something like...

Given that the intent is for some human skeletons to be able to use martial weapons and armor, I think the best ruling is that skeletons retain weapon proficiencies *even though they don't retain the feats and class levels that gave them the weapon proficiencies*. That seems to be RAW-compatible...

Actually, just about every other dungeon I've ever run has been a war zone, except that one of my players ran errands for the dragon in The Dragonfiend Pact. Megadungeons are a special case, maybe, where you bring the overworld inside of the dungeon so you aren't at war with the whole thing the...

You only have to be within 10 feet of the shadow, and a shadow has to touch you to drain, not the other way around. That's not the normal way I read "her own shadow," but it kind of makes sense.

I'm leaning yes, it's just that things that are creatures often don't count as objects, and it makes it kind of easy to hide anywhere.

A standard action works well enough for charm person. I wouldn't mind telling the players the same thing goes for them... I want hypnotism to work for them too. I was thinking of a "hot" war zone with confirmed hostiles and sworn enemies. I'm running a big megadungeon (Castle Whiterock) and...

In play report: As one character waited in the mine corridor, the dust mephit sorcerer came upon him alone. I gave the mephit a free surprise round to give hypnotism a chance of working. "He's making various droning incantations and gestures," I said. "Hypnotism," the player said, rolled...

When I prepare this spell, I write down word of recall (Rivendell). I don't think you can memorize it or put it on a scroll without having some location in between those parentheses.

I would imagine that a bird form would naturally use its claws for somatic components, since they're more handlike. Doing them with your wings would be like a wizard trying to do them with his legs.

My DM had us chase a pickpocket this way. One of your characters is going to get stuck somewhere -- they won't have either of the skills trained, and they won't be able to roll to save their life. Versus a pickpocket, this just meant I was left behind and frustrated (My demon bloodline sorceress...

I believe you should make a general ruling that Contingency activates on external conditions only. Allowing someone to contingently "cast spell X if I say Y" gives you the equivalent of a quickened spell, only better because you can do it during other creatures' turns.

Thanks for clarifying that the side of square rules are different and separate from the PHB rules. I like the side of square rules, but not the Effect rule you quote that goes with it. All the Effects I can think of are the sort of thing that you'd definitely expect a tower shield to protect...

Assuming that the side of your square you pick to have total cover is facing the caster, since Spiritual Weapon strikes from the direction of the caster. (You still pick a side of your square, right?)

I'm DMing right now, trying to hypnotise PCs with a dust mephit sorcerer flitting about some abandoned mine tunnels. That's why I was assuming Spellcraft. You're right though, I just did a search through the whole module and there are only four or five Spellcraft users. I guess I don't need that...

I sure hope Chris Perkins has more map fu tips to give because my battle mats have gotten a lot cooler with cliffs and such. Now, how do I represent shadowy illumination on a battle mat, say a temple where the torches give bright light everywhere except behind the altar? Should I use movable...

If I do a Spellcraft check and you're casting hypnotism on me, I'm going to hurt you. So if I want hypnotism to be castable outside of combat, the gestures need to slowly lull the target into a trance without anyone ever thinking to make a Spellcraft check. This is similar to how illusions in...

OK, here's how I'm going to enable that. HOUSE RULE: The verbal droning and somatic gestures for hypnotism do not resemble normal spellcasting (no Spellcraft check) and are not automatically enough to be threatening in and of themselves.

Would you agree that Silent Spell can't be used with Suggestion or Still Spell with the gem-placing requirement on Animate Dead?