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Thanks for the quick response. I have to say now, though, that this will be my last for this evening, as it's late here. Very late. I must have missed the bit where being able to use a runestaff through UMD gives you unlimited spells. If I emulate the class ability of a wizard to cast a 4th...

Right. I've read. What's the point of you being able to emulate having a slot if the emulated slot isn't somehow usable? Gaining a familiar is a ritual that takes 24 hours and costs money. I do not know of a spell that does this. I do not know of a magical device that does this. Ergo, I...

Sorry. I've been AFK for a few hours. First of all, thanks for your replies to me and Andras. I understand that UMD used to cast an nth level cleric spell is not equivalent to being able to turn undead (although being able to turn undead is a class feature and UMD says that it enables you to...

I don't know why I bother. Seriously, can you explain why UMD can't be used on the staff? The way I saw it was that the staff provides the actual spell; all the PC needs to do is emulate the class feature of having an appropriately high spell slot (and possibly the ability score for being able...

I would suggest that your rogue should have to emulate a class feature (ie emulate having a spell slot of the level the staff normally requires), and possibly emulate an ability score (in order to cast the specific spell from the staff), if the rogue's relevant ability score isn't already high...

Indeed? A few years back, the shadowcaster's author, Ari Marmell (aka Mouseferatu), joined in this lively thread about fixing problems with the class. Later, Ari helpfully summarised the changes over here.

That's exactly how it works in Lost City of Barakus, where it can be used in one quest instead of Knowledge (Local History) or Gather Information, except for the more obscure information (DC25+), where only Bardic Knowledge and Gather Information get results.

I have to agree. In fact, here's a thing. Please bear with me, because it's going to sound off-topic for a paragraph or three. I write and edit for a living. I'm not saying, "Look at me, baby," or anything but it's not easy to do and earn a decent living but that is what I do. I'm also older...

I don't think we're that far apart on this but, in the example you've just given, I would like to suggest a consideration: Q. Do we know how this specific creature has been defeated before? A. Is it legendary or emergent? If the former is true, BK might work. If the latter is true, it won't...

Patryn, you put forward a good case, as usual. It comes down to a semantic argument. And the semantics revolve around this: "Same Effect with Differing Results" If I make someone resistant to fire, is that the same as making someone resistant to cold? Is it the same effect? Your...

It shouldn't necessarily provide the details of all the vulnerabilities of every demon, sure, but there's no reason why it shouldn't provide some or all of a specific monster's vulnerabilities, if there are legends, songs or tales of that being. Folklore is typically rich in this kind of detail...

Such a ball would surely be in a league of its own.

Sure, the players bring about the situation, by burning through their resources too quickly or being too conservative about using them. But if their DM lets them burn and rest like this, then he's the enabler of the 15MWD. Ditto. It was 1e AD&D. The PCs were a monk (me) and a wizard, played...

A ping pong ball, perhaps?

Ah, the noble sport of pinball! ;)

I was responding to the post about the 15 minute work day being a direct consequence of 3e design. There has indeed always been a problem with 15 minutes workdays but it wasn't running modules that caused the issue to pop up. It was players' decisions that caused the issue to pop up. Your DM...

The fifteen-minute work day is a direct result of bad DMing and I saw it in action in 1979. 3e has nothing to do with it.

Pinball. P.S. Thanks for introducing me to jai alai.

A boule?

Why can't legends or gossip be the source of information on abilities, immunities, attack forms or vulnerabilities?