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Agreed. Since the RAW is silent about how much rest characters need, it might be instructive to review the rules for wizards, who do need to rest in order to prepare spells. PHB p. 178 "Rest: To prepare her daily spells, a wizrd must have a clear mind. To clear her mind, she must first sleep...

Neither can I. As far as I know there isn't one. That's why I referenced the info from the Endurance feat. But I think you can infer the rule from the rules on sleeping in armor. PHB p. 122 "Sleeping in armor: A character who sleeps in medium or heavy armor is automatically fatigued the next...

Yes. IIRC you can find it under the rules for sleeping in armor under the Endurance feat. A character that does not get a good night's sleep is fatigued. The penalties for fatigue are -2 STR & -2 DEX & the character cannot run or charge. A fatigued character who does anything that would...

The benefit provided by the 2nd weapon of Speed is a "similar" effect (it is in fact an identical effect) to the benefit granted by the 1st weapon of Speed & thus is not cumulative. So no they don't stack. But they do overlap, so if you lose the 1st weapon of Speed, the benefit granted by the...

I was curious about this too. But most of the problems you mentioned are addressed in the UA Facing rules. The UA rules allow a character to change his facing freely while moving, once per square entered. If the character doesn't move (or only takes a 5 foot step) he is limited to one facing...

Well, since I have been playing various editions of D&D for over 20 years, there are a lot of contenders for the title of worst campaign. Among the possibilities: the campaign where the DM hated the the system (1E) but ran it because that was what the players wanted. To make it more of what...

PHB p.59 "Remember that you buy skills based on the class you have advanced in, so that only the skills given as class skills for that class can be purchased as class skills for this level, regardless of what other classes you may have levels in." PHB p.62 "Regardless of whether a skill is...

Hong? You thought I was Hong? :eek: Man, if I were Hong, I'd be annoyed right now. No wait, I'd be amused. Apparently Hong is so unpredictable that he can do absolutely nothing & still manage to get HS worried. :p Right. You had established a precedent that you would review the Sage's...

:p Like a previous poster commented, once I saw the new RotG post on the WotC website, I immediately game here to see HS's response. This thread made my day. :) But I am wondering about one thing. While I have been quite content with the faceless nature of 3E/3.5E combat once I got used to...

It was Fall 1980 of my Freshman year at college that I first played an RPG. It was AD&D - specifically Module A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity. Despite the fact that we got TPKed by the final encounter with the flamethrower, I was immediately hooked. :)

Another Austinite here. I came to Texas for college & attended the University of Dallas - which is in Irving, natch. ;) That was where I first learned to play RPGs. I came to Austin as a grad student at the University of Texas & have been here more-or-less ever since. My gaming group meets...

I voted "Most of the Time". I like to have both a distinct voice (perhaps defined by an accent) & a distinct point of view for any character that I play. But unless everyone else in the game is doing the same thing, it begins to feel a little silly after awhile. So in most games, I don't...

Well, 3E does give an advantage to the character with a weapon as opposed to the unarmed combatant - an attack with your fists normally incurs an AoO while an attack with a weapon normally does not. Without the Improved Unarmed Strike feat (or levels in Monk) an unarmed combatant in a fight...

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Well, one advantage that hasn't been mentioned is higher base damage. A double weapon counts as a single weapon for WS & GWS, so you get the benefits for both ends while the offhand end counts as light for TWF purposes. You can get the same benefit by wielding 2 light weapons, but you usually...

Why all the Fuss? I'm surprised people are still complaining about the Spell Focus nerf. I know it seemed startling a few weeks ago when we first heard about it, but it scarcely seems to be an issue now that the books are out. Those who have roved through the 3.5 spell lists have discovered...

3.0 DMG p. 65 BEHIND THE CURTAIN: CRITICAL HITS "Critical hits are in the game to add moments of particular excitement." & p. 64 "This is an opportunity for you to give the players some vivid description, to keep the excitement high:..." This is admittedly just flavor text, but these snatches...

Storm Raven said: Because the game system already rewards these veteran combatants through higher BAB & multiple iterative attacks, which already increase the likelihood of successful critical hits. And because critical hits are in the game for flavor purposes, not for the purpose of...

Your proposed rule sounds like a more elegant way to accomplish what the rule is trying to do. It was confirmed earlier that a master can no longer gain a cohort who is only 1 level lower than the master. The cohort must be at least 2 levels lower than the master.

Let me speak for the lurkers who appreciated your fine work. Thanks Olgar!