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Well, on reading as much of the other thread as I could stand, I can see I am not the only one who is confused by the Hydra's AoOs! I can see where people get their differing views from, but I am going to go for option 1. YMMV, but I think this accurately depicts the waving forest of heads...

A bit confused here about hydra heads. The MM states that all the hydra's heads make attacks of opportunity using its combat reflexes feat. Does this mean that each head gets multiple AoO if multiple openings arise? (eg 2 PCs charge it, each PC gets attacked 5 times by the 5 headed hydra. Or a...

If your players trust you and don't mind the change to the rules, why not just rule attacks of opportunity whenever you think they are appropriate? Warn the players if a particular action looks like it would be very risky to do without being AoO'ed, so that you are not unfair to them. In 1st &...

Well, you wouldn't argue that a fighter had to attack with a reduced BAB for being feeble minded, would you? He is also using his skill to strike better, but just in a different way to a thief's sneak attack. Perhaps a lot of their fighting skills have become instinctive through combat...

Iterative=repeated, and in "D&D speak" means the extra attacks you get at high base attack bonuses. Glad I could help!

1)Flurry is indeed a full attack action. 2) Don't see anything in "stunning fist" to make it a standard/full round action. It is part of an attack action, which can be a flurry or indeed a full attack action for higher levels using iterative attacks. Don't forget, "stunning fist " is available...

Yes, why not? The same applies with a high level rogue who is flanking the opponent-he does sneak attack even with his iterative attacks, at least according to the RAW. (Whether there is a "Sage Advice" which nerfs this, I don't know.) If you agree with sneak attack damage in the first place...

Can't speak specifically about Dragon Lord, but I do have another recent Mongoose product-Drow War 1. If this is typical of Mongoose then I may be able to help. Its a great story and I am happy with it, but if its production values and nice extras with the product you are looking for, they...

You never know, someone here might be able to help me with a faulty TV. Its a rear projection Toshiba model, about 4 years old. Suddenly its got a serious blue "ghost image" next to the main image and that ghost image is distorted one way in the top half of the screen and the opposite way in the...

I spent a year in Strasbourg as part of my degree and numerous years' holidays with my penfriend before that. I went there believing all the stereotypes were pure prejudice and then found out that there is obviously no smoke without fire! Arrogance and preoccupation with bureaucracy are...

I have great memories of running this adventure twice and the original T1 village of Hommlett before the mega adventure came out. The computer game was a blast, too, despite its very annoying bugs. However, I rated it a seven because FOR ITS DAY it was good, and it has great nostalgia value (so...

Snap! (As an exiled Yorkshireman born and bred, I am happy to play my Dwarf with a Yorkshire accent. And like a true Yorkshireman, he is tough and bloody minded :D ) And before anyone points out that Yorkshire is the only accent I can do, I should point out that I can do a fair British...

Sorry, I meant that the EXTRA enhancement to make the shield go from +1 to effectively +3 costs 8000gp (as that's the difference between +1 at 1000 and +3 at 9000). I DO like the two handed damage and (naughty) effective bonus +2 to hit for ignoring tower shield penalties, but as per the...

Well, I can see what you mean- since my DM didn't mind this use, I went with it for the extra damage. However, as we have been seeing in the rest of this post, maybe I should have just taken an extra 2 AC points! Whilst I don't necessarily disagree with your overall assessment of balance, its...

Makes a lot of sense. Whether the mad mage will sit still long enough for in-depth spell planning is debatable, though :) He worships his toad familiar as a deity and really does play as hyperactive and round the twist, so quick simple requests work best (eg this spell would be cool and look...

Hmm, it might be my imagination (after all, I haven't read the adventure) but I am sensing a tendency on the part of the DM to ENCOURAGE us to strike to the head of the organisation. (Perhaps he doesn't want it to take so long in real time as it should.) A couple of things happened that just...

Can't use Races of Stone unfortunately. However, I see what you mean on the calculation front. I had started to feel that expertise wasn't always showing its worth when I did try it on the odd occasion, but the way you have shown it I see why. I was looking at expertise when faced with a really...

We have a few "problems" in this area. 1) We are focussing on the magic stuff when we loot so as to move fast and light. (Also our characters don't like to strip every dead guy for anything not nailed down-although I suppose that is going to hurt slightly in the long term wealth department. On...

It certainly seems that way-thanks for the support. However, there are a few ideas from this thread I will try to see if I can get a bit of an edge.

Well, I WAS thinking we would have more wealth than we do, especially only having 3 characters to divide the loot amongst. Another 40000 would allow me to up my AC by 7 if I bought a natural armour amulet+2, ring of pro +2, and got "upgrades" to the armour and shield of +2 and +1 respectively...