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I also voted it a "9". I think the "sonic" substitution is cheap though, and I don't allow it, because it changes aspects of the spell. As some people have said, sonic energy is more effective against objects and terrain and such. Since an energy subsituted spell has no + to the spell level...

Okay, so you have a Rogue searching for Traps... when he finds one.. how much does he know? I don't have Song and Silence... so forgive me if this info has been published. Let's say I have a basic pit trap. Now, the Rogue succeeds on his search check to find it. What does he know? What do I...

I used to live in Rochester... my parents still do... they called me last night and told me they'd been without power for 3 days. UGH. Ice Storms suck.

I had a member of my group who played a Doppleganger who had been cursed and permanently polymorphed into an Elf, and was a Druid simply because he hated being an elf and losing all his shapechanging abilities. Sure, on paper he wasn't that exciting... he was just an Elf Druid. But he had a...

I agree - making the character won't be difficult at all, especially combat-wise. If this guy is really basing his Paladin off of Vash and Kenshin though, he may try TALKING enemies out of fights, or figuring ways out of conflicts besides fighting. In these cases, remember that a creature...

Hmmm... actually let me ammend my previous post. Standing up from prone is move-equivalent, so if you moved towards an opponent with a Guisarme, and he tripped you as an AoO, you could then stand up, and combine a 5' step with your stand up from prone action. You still couldn't attack, (you've...

I believe yes, you can do the above... stand up, take a 5' step towards someone, and attack... but that's the maximum. SO.... take the following scenario. You're 20 feet away from an opponent with a Guisarme (10' reach weapon that can be used to make trip attacks) You move towards him, and at...

That's a very odd question. The only CLEAR answer is that any enhancement spells would go with the MIND if they affected your INT, WIS or CHA, and they would go with the BODY if they affected the STR, DEX, or CON. This only makes sense because when you Magic Jar, you are taking on the physical...

A spell that last 6 rounds lasts 36 seconds. Non-combat rounds are the same things as combat rounds. Sometimes, when characters are in a rush, rolling initiative and keeping track of rounds can be very important. For example, if your players were stuck in a room, and suddenly the ceiling...

Wizards can stand watch, sure! They're just not very good at it. Since they can't make listen or spot checks, if danger approaches the party, it has to be completely obvious - like a pack of 10 Dire Wolves surrounding the party at 60', howling at the top of their lungs.

If you want to be able to use spells THAT high in level, you'd best take caster levels. Remember, Use Magic Device is only really going to help you use wands, scrolls, and maybe a staff. Wands can't have any spell higher than 4th level... and you might be a bit hard-pressed to find wizards...

Knockdown combined with Combat Reflexes are great for reach weapon users. Take FULL advantages of those attacks of opportunity. If an enemy comes into your range, and you get an AoO, then knock him down, and he has to waste the rest of his turn standing up, and can't get to you to attack on...

I'm sorry guys... but I never got any of the Forgotten Realms 2nd edition stuff. I know you folks have all the old FR 2nd edition books, but we only played 2nd edition using the MM, PHB and DMG.... I got into FR with 3rd edition. Therefore, right now any new FR book is my bread and butter... I...

I thought Paypal was GREAT! It was NICE and SIMPLE and CONVENIENT. THEN some :):):):):):):) somehow got into my paypal account and transfered several HUNDRED dollars from my CHECKING ACCOUNT into his. It took me WEEKS to get the issue resolved. Paypal insisted they had refunded my money, and...

Eh? 8 Hours rest is the requirement for wizards. I've always assumed that the PHB uses "day" in regards to wizards simply because it assumes a wizard is only going to rest for 8 hours once per day. Technically, in my view, a wizard can rest 8 hours, cast all his spells, rest another 8 hours...

I'm thinking about planning my first incursion into the Underdark in my current campaign... the party is going to be assualting a base of operations for the Cult of the Dragon, and I'm thinking it might be more interesting if I had it hidden in the Underdark. We'll see. ;)

For low level parties... like it's been said before... you just have to do it customized. You do NOT want to liberally toss CR 3 creatures in there, even if the EL of the party is 5. A CR 3 creature can most likely kill a level 1 character in one hit, and it might have damage reduction or...

We play FR - and I have yet to make use of the Underdark... mainly because I'm not sure how it WORKS... I mean... how extensive is the Underdark? How do you get there? How do you get out? How easy is it to navigate? How likely are you to get eaten by something in the Underdark as opposed to...

*Stands up* "Hello... I'm a Forgotten Realms whore... and I haven't read a single Dr'zzt book... " *Gets stoned to death*

Doc, you're definitely correct. That encounter got extremely boring for me after that, and I was pretty disappointed, because personnally, I don't have the stats for Nightmares memorized anyways, so OUT of game I had no idea what I was up against, which was cool. Then I had to suddenly fake my...