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    Rules Used and Abused

    ok, a couple of answers to your questions... 1. Synchronicity. If cast as a swift action, does this truly give you two actions in one round? Can you use those actions to manifest two abilities? Ok, assuming he's using quicken power or a similar ability, then yes he can. 2. Metamorphosis. He's...
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    How Do You Store All Those Minis?

    Last winter, my wife found these at JoAnn's. The ones she bought for me were on clearance, because the lid/handle was red/green. It came with four sections, and I've divided my minis by [PC/npc usable minis] [animals/magical beasts/aberrations] [orcs/goblinoids/monstrous...
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    Quick Sheets! Revised! (4th ed version too?)

    I understand how it folds, I was just suggesting that it might be more useful if it folded like a table-tent. I was just wondering, have you used these in games yourself?
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    Suggestions for Speeding Up Combat

    The two groups I'm in (one I DM, the other I play) both use these initiative cards. http://www.thegamemechanics.com/freebies/index.asp#fantasy They've been spot-lighted by I believe the RPGA. They're handy for the DM, as every character's important stats are right there for him to look at, and...
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    Quick Sheets! Revised! (4th ed version too?)

    Its an interesting concept. The way they're folded seems a little odd. When placed in front of you, it seems like the dm would have to be on your left for both of you to see the outside stats easily, unless its folded tight, in which case it seems like it wouldn't stand up well. When I first...
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    Good podcasts?

    I've listened through all three of these podcasts' archives. Wotc's is ok, like others have said, good for insider information, and now some sneak peaks into 4e, but that's about it. DLI is probably one of my favorite podcasts (also the first one I started listening to). They give great...
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    Gary Gygax has passed. RIP beloved father of RPG's. (merged)

    I too hope for this to be a hoax. From all I've heard, he was a great man, and shall be missed if it isn't a hoax. I don't know if this is fitting or even more saddening that this happens on GM's day... :(
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    what magical armor quality reduces spell failure?

    Which was incredibly ignorant of the designer who wrote that, since it doesn't help a duskblade all that much. He only ignores the ASF from light armor, not a certain percentage. So even if he got armor with twilight on it, he'd still have some ASF to worry about... Now Mithril Chain shirt...
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    Spell Thieves and Pearls

    The item that moritheil was thinking of is a Momento Magica. They cost 50% more than a pearl of power and is usable to recover a spell slot for spontaneous casters.
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    Worth of a Familiar or a Psicrystal?

    It must have been a while since you've looked at Psicrystals, huh? In 3.5 Psions don't automatically get them anymore. They have to take a feat in order to have a psicrystal. So for them, they're worth exactly one feat. (however, there are other feats that improve them...)
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    Quickdraw

    Well, say you're going toe-to-toe with an earth elemental who just sundered your sword. Your turn, you quickdraw another weapon and still get your full attack on. I'll second the throwing mention. Also, with quickdraw and TWF, you can draw both as a free action. Say you drop your melee...
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    Surprise Round Sneak Attack

    Although... There are feats that allow you to attack with both weapons in a surprise round if you're positioned right. Dual strike from Comp Adv is the TWF version of manyshot. It allows you to attack with both weapons as a standard action (only one attack roll, both hit, or both miss)...
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    Making Magic Items without Spending XP

    If you don't like spending xp to make items, play an artificer... :) But, failing that, the power component idea sounds pretty good. I don't know if just the make it yourself would work out that well. Take a cloak of Elven kind. To make it, you have to be at least a 3rd level elf. We'll...
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    Do you buy D&D Minis?

    I've bought around a dozen boosters, give or take a couple. I've never played the miniature game, and use them only for our tabletop game. I'm in two groups, I DM one, and play in the other. My wife found a really nice set of stackable cases at Jo-Anns (a craft store) around Christmas time...
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    Craft question

    Since Shape D. only answered your question in a round-about way... It says "If the result × the DC equals the price of the item in sp, then you have completed the item." It doesn't say anything about how much you had to pay, just the price, so you go with the market price in silver.
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    Small change to a Warlock Invocation...

    It should work, but it shouldn't deal full damage to objects. Objects only take full damage from acid or sonic attacks. That's an effect of objects, not that particular invocation. All fire spells deals 1/2 damage to objects, just like acid spells deal full damage.
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    Dragon as a cohort

    I think your first problem was taking the wizard in the first place... With wizards only having a d4 for hd, unless they have really high Con, I'm not surprised that he died as much as he did. If you want something tough, go barbarian or some other warrior class. If you need magical help, you...
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    Dragon as a cohort

    The Dragon Cohort feat works like the leadership feat, except for dragons, you subtract 4 from the ecl to determine what kind of dragon you can take as a cohort. Leadership isn't a prereq.
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    Overhead Projection

    I think its actually a pretty good idea, as long as you have the ability to mount either the projector or a mirror of some sort above the table. I don't know how much they are, but in high school, I had used a couple of times, a screen that you could put on the projector that could hook to a...
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    Dragon as a cohort

    According to the Draconomicon, you'd qualify for a Brass, copper, or bronze wyrmling, a very young brass, or a pseudodragon. Alternatively... You could just get a cloak of charisma, and up your leadership score...
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