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    Prestige Classes and Caster Checks

    I've always played it as though you were effectively a level higher for spells/day, spell effects, DC, etc. Technically it says that isn't the case - you only get spells/day and new spells as though you'd leveled in the original class. I'd play it the way I've always played it, however, as...
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    Simple Question: Magic Bow/Arrow and Damage Reduction

    It's in the SRD for 3.5. Special Abilities :: d20srd.org "Ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an enhancement bonus of +1 or higher is treated as a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Similarly, ammunition fired from a projectile weapon with an alignment...
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    Teleport and Sneak Attack

    I would say no, the target would not lose their bonus to AC, IF the rogue was visible to the target when he teleports. "Hey, where'd he go? Oh, there he is, trying to stab me. Sneaky little bugger." If the target didn't see the rogue teleport, then I would say absolutely the target would lose...
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    D&D 3E/3.5 [3.5] Familiar Question!

    Don't know of any standard feat, but a reasonable GM should allow you to burn a feat slot to cover it, particularly at epic level, where the DM should be figuring out why you can do things rather than why you can't. Here, tell him or her you got this "online" and see if you can get it...
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    The Master Specialist 9th level spells at 7th level?

    Even if houseruled, you still couldn't CAST the spell, since you're not high enough level. It would just be in your spellbook.
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    Roleplaying Despite Continually Horrific Rolls

    1. Ditch your dice and buy new ones, as there are known weighting issues with some dice. I doubt this is the issue, but it might be. 2. Get a small notebook and start recording every die roll in it. Dollars to donuts, over time you will observe a normal distribution of rolls.
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    Readying Spells (kinda long)

    Balancing it out is easy. Just make readied spells burn 2x or 3x the number of spell slots - yeah, you can cast your readied fireball over and over but it does cost you two 3rd level slots to do it. Since slots are limited, I'd go with spell levels rather than slots - you can burn a 6th level...
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    minor encounter suggestions requested

    The dwarves could run across one or more xorn, who they are able to communicate with (if one of the dwarves speaks Terran), and the dwarves could bribe the xorn to ambush the pursuing party, or could just tell the xorn that the pursuing party are carrying a lot of gems.
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    A New Idea "Wizard School"

    Harry Potter doesn't have to worry about game balance. No, I would not let my players run this class. It's far too overpowering.
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    Can a cleric with spontaneous heal take the destruction domain?

    Sure, if the DM allows it. You can have Healing and Death as your domains, if the DM allows it. Domains are the province of your DM's pantheon design; some will allow you to go nuts and others will only offer a few choices.
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    Mage Armor and Ethereal opponents

    It's made of force, but isn't a force effect. You can't hit a ghost on the head with a (portable) wall of force, either. Though I suppose that's an interpretation as well. On the technicalities, you may be right. On the game balance side, no. It's a 1st level spell, and 1st level spells aren't...
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    Effective Character Level...

    If you have more than about a few levels of difference in two people, then there is no real way in the rules to create a balanced encounter. The rules are designed for groups of peers, not Conan plus his pet squirrel. If you're committed to this party structure you will have to do a lot of DM...
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    Mage Armor and Ethereal opponents

    A clever interpretation, but no. The force field provides an armor bonus to the subject; it doesn't change the nature of the subject's weapons, or provide any other benefit not spelled out in the description.
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    Ship Graveyard Dungeon Ideas

    You need some overarching reason for these wrecks to accumulate in one place, or to keep happening in the same place.
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    i need help with my plot/game

    If he took the page out and is found dead with it, why didn't the assailant just take the page off his corpse? You have a lot of good ideas but it sounds a little overwhelming for your players, with a lot of things that many groups would either not pick up on or would decide wasn't important...
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    Maptools with Skype DM tips needed

    set the wayback machine For your Skype group, experiment with a seriously old-school device: the caller. For the whippersnappers, the caller was a feature of 1st edition D&D. The caller is "kind of" the party leader - though nobody has to follow his or her orders. Rather, the caller serves as...
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    Wall of Force and Anti-Magic Field

    You are correct. No spell can be cast into or through an area containing an anti-magic field; it is automatically suppressed. Existing walls of force, etc., are unaffected per their spell descriptions.
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    N00b DM Questions

    the Silence spell shuts down spellcasters From the d20 SRD: "All sound is stopped: Conversation is impossible, spells with verbal components cannot be cast, and no noise whatsoever issues from, enters, or passes through the area." If a spell has a verbal component, it can't be cast within...
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    D&D 3E/3.5 Another "Wish" question. 3.5.

    it depends... To fulfill a prerequisite, you must have the ability, power, spell etc. as part of your normal build. For example, if a (3.5E) barbarian has a strength of 18 and can rage for another 4, he is not eligible for a PrC that has a minimum strength requirement of 22. If the PrC requires...
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