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So to follow this thread up, I've looked through the v3.5 FAQ and didn't find anything specifically relating to fighting defensively. However, since you've mentioned "vow of poverty", they clearly have a equivalent situation (but with an attack bonus instead of attack penalty). From the v3.5...

Interesting interpretation. So if you allow 5'-stepping after escaping a grapple, what is to prevent someone from always taking this option instead of doing normal movement, which would incur the AoO? If you've disengaged from grappling (standard or full-round action, depending on how many...

If you combine defensive fighting (or combat expertise) with a special attack (such as trip, grapple, disarm, etc...), does the -4 attack penalty from fighting defensively apply to the initial touch attack, the opposed check following the attack, or both?

If your opponent succeeds in escaping your grapple, but the space you are grappling in is threatened by an ally, does the ally get an AoO on the opponent as he escapes the grapple since he is moving from a threatened space to a different space?

There are exceptions to the light weapon disqualification for PA though. Unarmed attacks, rapiers, and spiked chains I believe can all use both weapon finesse and PA. This makes a lower str (but still 13+)/high dex character using these weapons still get the attack benefit from his high dex...

All good answers to my observation. Again I'm not arguing that the Druid is in anyway underpowered or worse than the other caster classes, and I understand the spell selection of the Druid is more geared towards battlefield control than "taking out" parts of the the opponents' groups. I was...

I was curious how people do the ranged bola trip attack. As it is a ranged attack, would the thrower's size affect the attacker's trip roll? (i.e. would a halfling throwing a bola have a -4 to his roll? or an ogre throwing a bola have a +4 to his roll?) And if it is determined by the size of...

I'm sorry I have no idea what briar web is as I only play from the core books. Or is it in the PHB, I can't remember and don't have my books at work. From your description, it must be a nice spell. I did not mean to ignore your post, but I am not trying to make the point the Druid class is...

Outside of the spells I put in my original list, most of these spells you've listed are either animal/object specific (a pretty severe limitation, unless you are playing an all wood's campaign), or damage-based. The other classes have incapacitating spells that have much less limitations on the...

werk: Were you trying to make your post sarcastic? All the effects of WIS that you've outlined are true for every classes' primary stats. And, of course, Druids are going to cast spells. I'm only trying to point out that their spell selection is such that the DC of their spells is not as...

I'm not arguing that Druid is not as good as other classes, but they don't seem to get as much benefit for having really high WIS as other classes do because their spells don't generally require save checks to resist the effects of the spells. Summon Nat's ally is great, but has nothing to do...

1st lvl Entangle is the only thing close to hindering opponents (and only hindering) Wiz/sorc sleep, colorspray, reduce person, charm person Bard's tasha's hideous laughter, sleep Cleric command 2nd lvl Druid has no real spells dependent on opponent's saves. Wiz/sorc Hideous laughter...

Doesn't the monk's Ki strike at 4th lvl make his unarmed attacks considered as "magical" for the purpose of damage reduction already?

Having never played a Druid character before, I was curious to put one together. I assumed that being primarily a spell caster that having a really high wisdom was very important (as it would increase the DC check on saves against the spells). I was surprised to find that the Druid spell list...

I was reading through the PHB and realized that when using an unarmed attack it is possible to use both Weapon Finesse (because unarmed attacks are considered light weapons) and Power Attack (because unarmed attacks are exempt from the light weapon disqualification). Is this true? Can you...

Thanks for everyone's imput. After reading, I'm not sure that this format is really what I am looking for. Although I do enjoy some aspects of roleplaying in D&D, the main attraction for me is the tactical battles and combats. That being said, I don't know how much I would enjoy playing a...

Actually, I was able to log on, but as my account was not yet activated (by my email response back to them), I have limited access to the message boards and I cannot post. Don't know if you are having similar problems.

I've already tried to send a personal message to Varun about the activation of my account, but no reply. My screen name is mostholy2 and I didn't see it on the list of players. The dndonlinegames.com site seems nice because of the built-in dice rolling and character records.

As I am a new Dad as of last December, I have pretty much given up on spending hours in a single session together with my brother playing D&D. As I was looking around I saw something called Play-by-post D&D on dndonlinegames.com. The concept looked very interesting and something that I might...

I guess 42 wasn't the answer to life, the universe, and everything. :D Thanks for running the lottery! Congrats to the winners!