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    Monk Progression

    I also think the Henshin Mystic from OA would be right up your ally, maybe even more so than the Shintao, who is sort of a paladin-ish monk. Though I do like both of them.
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    Okay, fess up...

    We had a multi-year campaign end about a year ago and one of the NPC's was a hobbit with a quest fairly similar to Frodo's (though not nearly as epic). Can't remember the name, but it was very hobbit-esque. The campaign revolved around us trying to find him because he had basically been lost...
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    How do tower shields work?

    We had an interesting use of tower shields performed by a PC a while back. He had a sorcerer who picked up the still spell feat and a tower shield. He then used the tower shield in combat and cast behind it (he usually tried for area spells so the cover wouldn't matter) using all his spells...
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    Expertise and Power Attack at the same time?

    While I agree that a player could do both, at least technically (It seems a little weird to visualize), they will be very vulnerable to disarm attempts until it's their turn again. Both in the Power Attack and Expertise description it says the penalties/bonuses to attack, damage and AC remain...
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    Are Spells Balanced by Level?

    A couple points: #1: A spell level isn't necessarily used to compare two equal-level spells as much as to compare two equal-utility spells. That is to say: Flaming sphere is 2nd level and Fireball is 3rd because in combat Fireball dishes out more damage over a larger area, etc. And Message...
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    PC refusing to play a higher level character to start...

    You need to bottom-line it to this guy, post haste. If you let things continue pressure will just keep building up until it explodes and feelings get permanently hurt. He has a narrow paradigm for gaming, and it's making gaming difficult, frustrating and generally no-fun for everyone else...
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    Absent Players and their PCs

    I'm a fairly new DM but have been gaming for quite a few years. In my campaign there are 4 PCs so everyone is pretty much carrying their share of duties. One of the players is out of town this weekend, but the rest want to game. It would be much tougher for them to play without that...
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    [very OT] Help! Calculus hurts me!

    When in doubt, chain rule. x * cos(x) * sin(x) cos(x) * sin(x) - x * sin^2(x) + x * cos^2(x) I know the trig can be simplified, but I'll leave that up to you :).
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    ...And now Vadania with the weather

    I usually allow an applicable knowledge check (religion, arcane, nature, ...) if the spellcasters botch their spellcraft rolls. But only if they have it and can cast those types of spells. So if the cleric screws up his spellcraft to see if a temple altar has any spells on it, he can make a...
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