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Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought to look at the magic item list for clarifications on the spells that go into making them.

This came up in a gaming session last night: A wizard was hanging from the ceiling via Spider Climb, well protected by Shield and Mage Armor,and our sorcerer decided to use Grease to get her down to where we could reach her. How would this work? Would the sticky feet from Spider Climb ignore...

Would this situation be a legitimate opportunity for the Whirlwind Attack/Great Cleave/bucket of snails plan (granted, it would need a fair amount of luck)? That is, declare a Whirlwind attack against a wizard and all his mirror images, Great Cleave when the first image is popped, and if the...

My thanks for everyone's input, but my main concern was figuring out the value of a gem that has increased in mass by 50%. I already have a pretty solid plot thread handling this wiseguy's scam--let him scam for a while, get comfortable, then nail him with a paranoid fence working for the mob...

A particularly underhanded wizard in my campaign has hit upon the idea of using Enlarge on treasures before selling. Combined with Change Self, he has come up with a pretty good scam. My concern is how a gem's value scales with weight. While it would be easiest to just apply the increase in...

The combo of Improved Trip and Improved Disarm is pretty powerful: if you use your free attack from IT to disarm a prone opponent, you get +4 to your opposed attack roll, while the target receives a -4 (a net 8-point improvement over a standard disarm attempt). As to Improved Trip vs...

I generally only allow Spellcraft checks if a PC has declared a readied action of some sort against the spellcaster in question. Otherwise, things just get cumbersome if several characters want to know what every spell being cast is. Additionally, it kind of ruins the usefulness of many...

I have also toyed with implementing the WP/VP system in a fantasy campaign, and it is very appealing. The Star Wars Core book has rules for Wookiees flying into a rage, which is essentially the same as a barbarian rage: +4 Strength, -2 Defense (AC), +2 morale bonus to Will and Fort saves, and...

Would a character using a scrying effect be vulnerable to a gaze attack? For example, a wizard casts clairvoyance to see what is on the other side of a door, and it turns out to be a medusa--is he stoned? If so, would eyebite be an effective response to detecting a magical sensor? Why or...

DM: An army of ten thousand orcs blankets the slopes of Helm's Deep, their hundreds of torches shedding a fell l-- PC2: Yadda yadda yadda...enough flavor text. Let's get to the hacking! PC3: What? There's orcs? I can't see! >several rounds of arrow storms later...< DM: A big, mostly...

Is a charm spell strong enough to convince someone to decline a save or SR? "OK, charmed flunky...my spell is about to run out, so don't fight it when I charm you again."

679-Ask a player to make a Will save. Regardless of the result, pass them a note reading "Act normally for now..." 680-When a character casts detect magic on a heap of treasure, pass them a note reading "You detect an aura of Enchantment/Illusion/Necromancy/Transmutation on character X"...

Potions are usually 1 liquid ounce, plus the weight of the container, so they would weigh the same as a vial of ink, which is "no weight worth noting" according to p. 108 of the PHB. Same thing with rings and scrolls (signet ring and paper are both listed on the same page). Under the...

On a similar note, what if someone were tricked into consuming a potion with a damaging spell? Would they get a saving throw? It is assumed that they forego their save when they drink a healing potion, but what about Inflict Serious Wounds, Poison, Contagion, or Bestow Curse? Any of these...

Shuriken aren't ammunition, so unlike magical arrows, they survive to be used over and over again, as long as you can find them. Even more important than Sure Striking would be Returning, especially if you go with Flaming or some other energy damage, which isn't affected by damage reduction...

Other bonus damage Has there been any ruling on other types of precision-based bonus damage, such as Point Blank Shot, Weapon Specialization, or a ranger's favored enemy bonus? If these bonuses aren't limited like sneak attack is, shuriken are much more appealing, since each one could do 4...

I think that Hold the Line is perfectly serviceable feat, as long as the DM plays opponents fairly. Unintelligent or aggressive creatures should almost always charge into combat, and even more clever NPCs would use the tactic when facing a party with strong ranged attacks or spellcasters. If...

You could go with Magic Mouth. It only costs 10 GP in components, and lasts until discharged. Make the trigger "anyone but me opening my purse", and the speech a 10-minute long variation on "Help! Someone is stealing Lord Puffypants purse! 100 gold to whoever brings the thief to Lord...

Crothian- prereq's are: BAB +7; Craft: Bowmaking 10 ranks; proficient with any bow; Point Blank Shot; Far Shot; Precise Shot; Quickdraw class features include a Sneak Attack progression, bonus to Craft: Bowmaking checks, the ability to ignore some amount of cover and/or concealment, a ranged...

Does anyone understand the rationale behind the XP cost of the Peerless Archer's fletching ability (Silver Marches page 117)? The price for making 50 arrows is exactly the same as making a single non-consumable weapon of equivalent bonus, but they decided to also put in a listing for making a...