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In my 3rd edition DMing experience, I have killed 38 PCs. Four of these were killed in an early playtest by another PC, but technically, he was a mature adult red dragon and co-DM. By the way, the version in the back of the PHB is printed with a CR that's 3 too low. Ooops. Then there were 28...

Take 15 levels of Ninja. If your Wisdom isn't good enough (I assume your Charisma is) take Imp roved Unarmed Strike (to qualify) and Ascetic Mage. Great AC, turn invisible, and 8d6 Sudden Strike. Or, if Book of Nine Swords is allowed, become a swordsage and focus on the Shadow Hand...

While I think that is the best answer, balance wise (assuming she can't cast the spell), is there any rules justification for this result? And I apologize that I cannot comment on the Practiced Spellcaster/Spell Enhancer question, since I don't know where spell enhancer is from or how it...

So what happens when the Wild Mage tries to cast Fireball, and turns out to be caster level 4th? All we know is that she can't have done that in the first place (but she clearly just did). Does the spell fizzle? Does she expend the action, but not the spell? Does the action not occur (in...

After reading the section you quoted, I think that the scope of that particular line is only for choosing a caster level lower than your actual current level. If you aren't choosing a different caster level, but using your actual current level, I don't think that there is a minimum, so the...

I think she gets a 4d6 fireball. The rules for Wild Magic in the specific overrule the general rules about minumum caster level. I see it as working the similarly to artificer-created scrolls. From ECS p. 32 Normally, you can't go below the minimums, in the general case. But both the...

Other ways to increase bow damage that haven't been mentioned yet (that I noticed) are Ranged Weapon Mastery from PHB II (+2 damage) and Plunging Shot from Masters of the Wild (+1d6 if 30' higher). As an alternate approach, you could build a rogue with Telling Blow and Arterial Strike, get a...

This one seems so incredibly obvious to me that I don't know how to argue it, except by absurdity. But, after some digging, I found some rules text that does clearly assume that touch range spells can be cast on the caster. In Complete Arcane, the Argent Savant's "Force Armor" ability...

That depends on what you mean by "lost sight of them." If you are being observed, you can't hide. As far as I can tell, (though, again, this is less precise than I would like) if you are observed moving to partial cover, you cannot hide in that cover. In order to hide, you need to gain full...

Lowering? You go from 1d8 (1d6 if small) + STR to 1d6+Wis+SacF level. For me, anyway, that is a significant raise in damage potential. Anyway, does anyone know if there has been an official clarification of the rules for this? I can't find one anywhere, and my email to the Sage gets bounced...

My Sacred Fist character has just unexpectedly leveled up quite quickly (it involved a demi-lich, a bag of holding, and a prismatic wall, better if you don't ask) and I'm about to get the Sacred Flame ability granted at 7th level. However, I don't get how it works. Activating the ability is a...

The ECL calculator isn't designed to be a point-buy system for designing races. It's designed to fit races to a rough power curve as indicated by the (previous to Dragon article) official sources. It doesn't check for abuses like you describe because real races (designed without the calculator...

3.) To look at it another way, Speed gives you an attack at your highest base BAB, but modifiers (such as the -2 from Rapid Shot) still apply to it. So +5/+5/+0 is correct. -- gnfnrf

Another Route An alternate path to high AC (if you allow monster PCs) is a Svirfneblin monk. Assuming an natural 18 in Dex and Wis, you start out (at 1st level, 4th effective) with: 10 base +1 size +4 dodge + 5 Dex +5 Wis= 25 AC At higher levels, Dex and Wisdom boosting items, Ring of...

I think the problem you have is far more fundamental. 3E rogues aren't no-combat wusses anymore, and feinting in combat is part of that. If you think rogues should be no-combat wusses, that is another discussion entirely. -- gnfnrf

My book says a year and a day. -- gnfnrf

Thanks for the advice, Zenon. It looks like there is good discussion there, and I'll certainly use it. But I'd like to get opinions from people who I know and understand from reading their posts previously. Anyone else? -- gnfnrf

Combat Staking My (never used) house rules for combat staking are as follows: A Wooden Stake is a Small Exotic Weapon that does 1d4 piercing damage, 20/x2 If a single Wooden Stake attack against a vampire deals 10, 15, or 20 points of damage, depending on the strength of the vampire, the...

I am going to start running this campaign in a week or so, and I have some questions from reading it over. These questions involve SPOILERS, so if you think you'll be playing it, don't continue. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILER SPOILERS SPOILERS 1.) How do the various sections of the adventure...

I find that, when teaching the action rules, you need a term for the chunk of a standard action that is the 'good part'. The standard action minus a move, or most partial actions minus a 5' step, I call a thunk. If you replace standard action with thunk, your categories seem just fine. Note...