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I too used the "level the cohort when the character leveled" rule. Seems to get rid of all that confusion. As far as magic items are concerned, just keep track of how much XP got burned. Now the cohort does not level until the character levels + whatever burned XP was used. Later.

Heh. I should check out my local borders and see if it is out there yet... First of all, I don't know why they called you. I usually decline to give out any personal information for just purchasing a book. Second, I would not have returned the book. Even if I had caller ID I would have...

I found sneak attack to be quite prone to abuse as well, dealing more damage than a fighter possibly can. Early in my campaign, a rogue started to use it with great effect. So, being the DM I decided to throw it right back. Soon afterwards we (me being the DM, and the player controlling the...

There's also an "ease of use" factor. If you don't like having to select your spell list every day, then go with Sorcerer. You agonize once over what spells to take, then you are done worrying about them. :D

Now Fly is 1 min/level... when did that happen?!?!

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This doesn't sound like Moria or a Mega-Dungeon. Sounds like a relatively small dungeon, keep, or castle the party can take over. When I think of a Mega-Dungeon, I think Moria (LOTR) and Undermountain (FR), which cannot be "cleared out" by, well, anyone really. Otherwise, I think the advice...

I actually find it quite funny that they stripped him down so much. I mean, what were they thinking the first time? However, in addition to removing the various Spell Powers, they also made Spell Power quite a bit weaker. So why take it?

Is the bonus provided by masterwork an enhancement bonus? (Nope.)

I'm of the "adamantine bypasses DR" camp. Touch attacks ignore armor. That happens to include "natural" armor. An enhancement bonus is needed to bypass DR. Adamantine has a "natural" enhancement bonus. It's still an enhancement bonus, just like natural armor is still an armor bonus, so that...

Overall, I like the change. Seems to fall in line with the changes they've been making to the spellcasters lately. This is perhaps the first change I've read about that actually toned down fighter types. Just as we don't need the uber DC archmages flinging save or die spells and ended...

Using a simulacrum as a diversion would be a good use. For instance, party is protecting something (item, person, etc). Simulacrum engages in combat, leading the party away from their charge. The "real" BBEG comes in an takes what he wants with very little risk to himself. Another "evil"...

I voted "yes, other." Honestly, someone can develop a neat character concept that would call for multiclass spellcasting, but due to the weaknesses of that approach, mechanically, the character is not as fun to play when compared to other party members. So my reason is really that of...

Multiclassing the fighting classes can be pretty cool, but doing so for spellcasting classes is downright suicidal. Which it really shouldn't be. There should be some advantages to flexibility over specialization, but multiclass spellcasters rarely have even much flexibility compared to the...

Got hooked on the series as well so I picked up the games. The first one was pretty interesting. The second was just like the first, so less so. Unfortunately, each $50 game is one forth of the game. There are 4 games total, you transfer your save between games. They also aren't very long...

Wasn't there some sage advice about defending swords in regards to DR in 3.0? IIRC, if you transfer all of your +X to defending, and the monster has DR 20/+2 (for example), then the defending sword does not count for bypassing DR (as it is used by the defending ability). If this is the case...

Cloak of Resistance +5 resistance (25K) Luckstone +1 luck (10K) Ioun Stone (pearly white) +1 competence (20K) That's 55K for +7 to all saves. Conversely, the only way, I think, to boost a DC by core rules is to use stat-booters (items and/or tomes) or Spell Focus (in 3.0 at least). Later...

I had to read that comment a few times to figure out what you were saying. The quotes should help others. :D I like the fact that raising DCs will be extremely less abusive. I mean it was just no fun to see the guy playing the red wizard/archmage and killing everything with a single wave of...

Hm... that seems rather odd. Perhaps those players should not be playing those classes if they take so long? When I was playing a wizard, I just kept a "standard list" of spells, crossing them off in pencil as I used them. When I needed different spells, I erased a spell and replaced it with...

Sorry about the multiple Archmage threads... I was just about to point it out here when they started to disappear. For some reason the boards were not responding (timeout). So, I was never taken back to my thread. So I waited and tried to post it again. I don't know if the server was bogged...