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One of my players is trying to find a loophole in the rule about going from prone to standing. According to the AoO chart in the PHB this clearly incurs an AoO. He, however, is trying to circumvent this penalty by suggesting that a character should be able to expend 2 move actions to get up...

Wow! That's totally brutal. I wonder if my DM will let my rogue use a darkwood large shield? I was using thrown weapons anyways, so I only really need one hand until my character develops TWF skills later. Darkwood shields are way cheap for the extra +2 AC bonus compared to the enchanted...

Is there any penalty for using a shield with no armor check penalty (MW buckler, or darkwood buckler or shield) for a character who doesn't have proficiency with shields (i.e. rogues)? As there is no armor check penalty, no subsequent non-proficiency penalty should be assessed for any actions...

I am trying to understand how the Master Thrower's feats work with sneak attack. 1) Sneaky shot - allows you to deny you oppenent his AC dex bonus on an opposed check. This would automatically qualify the target for the rogue sneak attack vs. the ranged attack. a) How long does this...

According to the description of the Improved Grab feat from the SRD (highlighted sections are parts relating to my questions). I have a few questions about this ability and the mechanics of it. 1) If executing a grapple action following initiation of grappling, the description suggests that...

Isn't ability focus a monster feat? Is that even available for players? Adding an extra +2 to the DC, then adding rapid stunning seems awfully abusive.

The description of the next says that an entangled victim can break the net by doing 5 points of damage to the net. Is there a limitation as to what kind of weapons they are restricted to when attempting to damage the net while entangled? I entanglement that comes with being caught in a net...

After having my first baby in December, I ended up trying out pbp D&D and have really enjoyed it. I convinced a couple of old gaming friends of mine to join up and I am now DMing them through my first pbp game. Of course, this is all after wife and kid go to bed. Very enjoyable. No dice...

I know this probably belongs in the House Rule section, but after looking at some of the expansion books with feats allowing for using flurry with specific weapons, I was thinking wouldn't it just be easier to just have a generalized feat that allows flurrying with any specific weapon as a feat...

Or maybe they justify the increased flatulence as a way to improve plant growth in their cities. Farts are just aerosolized poo. They probably have songs they teach their children. "Give a hoot, And Let out a toot. Others may think that it's not cute, But trees thrive on your aesolized...

Well, it looks like I complained too early. dndonlinegames.com is back up as of yesterday. Time to go get my pbp fix.

I know this probably isn't the place for it, but I was wondering if the pbp system on dndonlinegames.com is dead. Usually if there are problems with the server, there is a notification for it, but I've received a windows "page cannot be displayed" window for the past few days. I'm wondering if...

Agreement with old school D&Ders. When we started playing, d10 wasn't even in existence. We just used the d20 that was marked 1-0 on opposing sides and personally colored in (with permanent marker) the numbers that were +10. Even when d10 came to be, I never liked it. Always just stuck...

I seem to think the issue of contention is if the opposed grapple check is the same as a melee attack. Even though both are similar in the factors affected the bonus (as pointed out by kjenks) the grapple check is only stated to be "like" a melee attack roll (except that it is opposed vs. a set...

Silly me, I just realized that people were talking about the counter-trip occurring after a botched attempt to trip. Of course, this is an active action which I would rule requires conscious effort to complete the action. That being said, I do not think that opposed rolls (to oppose the...

How about dazed opponents? As they cannot take actions, do they get AoO and reactive actions (opposed trip roll?)

inifinity2000: actually I started the thread with the idea that you could initiate a grapple/trip, etc.. while defensive fighting, thereby increasing your AC to make the initial AoO for the opponent more difficult to succeed (thus immediately stopping your attack). By doing this you would...

Patryn: From the text you've quoted, I would be inclined to agree that your interpretation that PA applies to the "attack your opponent", but not "damage your opponent" from a literal sense is correct. However, you are still making grapple checks to accomplish these actions, not attack rolls...

kjenks: I see your point on PA during the grapple. Getting something for nothing is a good deal and obscenely abusive. I guess one way around it is to disqualify PA when grappling, as damage during grappling could be considered as "grappling damage" as opposed to "melee damage" and thus could...

How convoluted is this, that attack bonuses (or penalties) apply differently to different special attack opposed rolls. So taking this argument one step further, if you have an enchanted or masterwork weapon (or anything) that gives +X to attack rolls, the +X would be applied to all "attack...