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Hey folks. DMG p. 78 says that a successful Listen check against an invisible opponent (that does not beat the DC by 20, allowing a pinpoint), let's a character "hear an invisible creature 'over there somewhere.'" How would you define "over there somewhere"? This is a serious issue because...

1) Do you pick one apparent source for the spell duration, or can you move it around within range? 2) If yes to 1, must your chosen locations be within range of your original position when casting, or just within range of your current position (in case you move)? 3) If yes to 1, is changing...

Since Dodge can be declared at any time during your action, I think Readying it is fine. As far as the other part of the readied action is concerned, you'd of course get it since Dodge takes no time, but you'd have to specify what you'll do when you declare the Ready. In other words, the Dodge...

Thanks, RogueJK. I'll be honest--I don't intend to purchase the MotP because overall it's not something I need. If you're okay with posting this information, I'd appreciate it. I should hope it's relatively simple and parallels the celestial/fiendish attributes and has the same relative power...

Hey there, For my particular campaign, I'm not keen on arcane casters summoning celestial/fiendish animals. I want to restrict that to divine casters. I think I read here somewhere that there are some elemental templates. Is that true? I'd like to have my group's wizard summon something...

For similar spells, check out Dragon 280 (Feb 01) -- Familiar's Sense (p. 62) and Familiar's Form (p. 63).

Holy frickin &@^(! I can't believe this thread! Magus Jerel, where do you get the idea that you can rewrite the PHB text in 1st order logic with a simple flick of the wrist? I mean, it's an interpretation, fine, but to call this a matter of pure logic? Please! How on earth do you turn...

Things we do... ...include: 1) Roll attack and damage together 2) "6-second rule" If a player seems to be taking too long to decide on an action, I then count to 6, and if they don't choose by then, they're delaying their action. Note that I don't give them only 6 seconds from the start...

Crothian: The glasses sound fun. I'm not sure the literacy thing is relevant in my game, but for yours it sounds good. One way I could incorporate them is to have them be a gnomish item. I run a Mystara campaign, where the gnomes are somewhat like Dragonlance tinkerers, although their...

Thanks for pointing those out. Actually, we're aware of them, but he understandably doesn't want to spend 10 skill points to get the 5 ranks in Spellcraft for another +2, and I'm sure he won't want to burn a feat at 6th level, especially since he doesn't care about the overall skill enough...

Hi folks, I've got a player with a 5th level rogue who wants to know if he can find a mundane or magic item to help his chances of emulating spell ability when casting from scrolls created for him by the party wizard. His current modifier is +10 total, giving him a 50% chance per attempt to...

Whoa, easy there killer! To ask this question is not to jack with anything. The PHB says "If you attempt to send the bead through a narrow passage, such as through an arrow slit, you must "hit" the opening with a ranged touch attack, or else the bead strikes the barrier and detonates...

Around corners Firing missiles from around corners is a standard part of both fantasy and actual combat. But fair's fair--if someone can shoot from around a corner, they can be shot at. The houserule I use is that you can shoot from around the corner, gaining 50% cover. You can't move before...

I let them use the grid. Heck, I as DM do, so why shouldn't they? It's fair for all, it's faster, and it keeps the focus on things that are more fun that guessitimating guestimation ability. For that matter, I don't worry about PCs knowing each other's hp total. Clearly, they should only...

All good ideas. Sounds like grappling a stirge should be easy, given the size mods, but going from having it grappled to removing it forcibly from the host seems to be another matter, perhaps another grapple check that then includes a healthy bonus for the stirge due to its many legs? Of...

Thanks for the suggestions, Artoomis. Any other thoughts? (bump)

Salutations, How do you handle the dissipation of smokestick smoke, especially in areas with little or no ventilation, such as certain dungeon rooms? "Naturally" is nice but a number of rounds, minutes, or hours, would be much more helpful. Perhaps the rules on smokebombs can help... I...

Greetings, My PCs are currently in a stirge-infested forest area, and have had more battles with the dreaded mosquitos from hell than they care for. Here's my question: How do you adjudicate attempts to remove stirges once attached? Well, one way is to let it suck 4 points of blood (CON)...

My group uses 5/10 and it works great. Just for clarification, we don't keep track from round to round. If you move one diagonal every round, for instance, you're paying 5 ft of movement each time, not 5 one round then 10 the next. Not worth keeping track round to round and people usually...