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I play D&D because in real life when you kill people for their money you either go to jail or get promoted if you work for an insurance company. I don't have the fortitude to survive prison, and I'm not unscrupulous enough to sell my soul to an insurance company. Thats as good a reason as any...

"Don't feel too bad about not being able to take Mage Slayer. It's not as great as it sounds." Unless its used against PCs, then its really strong. With the feat that comes after it it becomes kinda broken. But yeah...in general for PCs its too situationally useful. And GMs usually can't...

in 3.x, I think a characters stuff is as essential to a character as their ability scores and character history. For one, the rules assume you have such items. For another, most players take great delight at getting phat lewtz. On the other hand, it kills a lot of peoples fun if they feel...

as a player, I really hate the 'you all need to be arrested' plotline. In most games, you can't even get players to go into towns that forbid weapons, or even require measures like 'peace-tying'. Any situation that would require any pc to relenquish their weapons or voluntarily lower their...

far as I know in 3.x the cost of magic weapon enhancements = bonus squared, times 2k. This is unlike defensive enhancements to armor and shields which cost bonus squared times 1k gold. A +1 sword = 2kgold +masterwork price. +2 would cost 8k. +1 armor = 1k gold + masterwork price. +2 is 4k.

Why would a merciful flaming weapon interract any differently with respect to energy resistance? You calculate the damage, then reduce damage accordingly to compensate for energy resistance. Then you deal the proper amount of damage which is subdual instead of lethal. You don't change the...

Geas/Quest is mostly for DMs. Not intended for use during combat. You could theoretically knock out a monster and cast the spell on them after the fight is over. Good way to get the PCs to go all Manchurian Candidate on a public figure and start a fun story arc where they have to go on the...

Actually our monk is very solid. I know monks are supposed to be really terrible compared to other stuff, but I wouldn't want to fight him. Warforged monk/Fist of the Forest Has the highest attack bonus in the group, the highest AC(touch too) the highest average saves, has the most attacks...

I think I am just annoyed at the seemingly arbritrary refusals...If we go to town and spend 40 days of down time and have a Sorc who can greater teleport us to anywhere on the planet basically, it seems really dumb to get to the book-keeping session where we audit ourselves and do our leveling...

Don't get me wrong, I've been enjoying the game for the most part. It's just the framework of the world has become cumbersome at this point. I don't think our characters are undergeared or not powerful enough. We've got a warforged monk/FotF. Shifter Druid/Moonspeaker, Pathfinder based...

I can see it now....an Enchanter with too much extra time on his hands, researching a new spell. Power Word: Puke!

So I just wanted to vent a tiny bit. And see if others have similar experiences in their various gaming groups. We're playing through The Age of Worms, so no spoilers please. We're 19th level, and we know there are only a couple chapters left before the final showdown. It's taken us over a...

I very much like symphony's observations. The recent casting limit rule seems to imply that 'spells per day' does mean 'spells per rest period' And as happens, the ring of sustenance does not cancel out the 8 hour rule. Is it really a good idea to make spell casters book-keep a timer for...

The warforged monk/fist of the forest in our 19th level game is pretty dang nasty compared to my 19th level Warblade/major bloodline/master of 9. He has a 13 point armor class edge over me, which applies to his touch AC as well. He has nearly twice my hitpoints with his +7 Con bonus. His...

Seems strange to have to split such fine hairs...mirror images count as creatures sometimes, but only of you target them specifically...and things that cant deal damage to them can count as attacks, but things that CAN damage them dont count? So magic missile which deals no damage to mirror...

I guess that means someone a caster with mirror images is still totally screwed if they get hit by a Black Tentacles. Tentacle pops up for every image plus the caster. Does that also mean that all the images provoke AoOs if the caster does? So someone with a huge dex and combat reflexes...

Saw this brought up in another thread and I didn't want to derail it. What happens when someone casts Magic Missile against someone with Mirror Image? In our gaming group, we've always played that magic missiles ignore the mirror image spell. Since magic missile strikes it target unerringly...

Magic missile can destroy mirror images? That is news to me. In our game, magic missile ignores mirror images. It neither requires an attack roll, nor can it damage non-living things. If magic missile can destroy mirror images without doing damage to the images, then can I use a Silent...

An arrow soaked in holy water doesn't deal extra damage to undead any more than an arrow soaked in acid does. grenade like weapons, such as alchemists fire, holy water, and acid flasks do very specific things. A entire flask of holy water has to be thrown at a single creature for it to be...

It says right in the description of the feat how long it takes to scribe scrolls. 2 hours if the market value is under 250g. 1-day/1000gp value after that. 1. Scrolls are the cheapest magic items to make...its important to note that offensive spells are usually not very good in them, but...