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"I promised myself I'd stop ensorcelling the suicide waves of mooks the day it stopped being fun." I'm eager to explore the potential of a bard and needed a change of pace. :) Anyways, here's some nonsense to bump the thread. Maybe I'll do a post about Elwood's groovy lute exploration in the...

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Wizards isn't letting me download the Oriental Adventures errata and I have a question about two of the feats from the book. The OA FAQ explains that using Falling Star Strike takes up a use of the monk's stunning attack and can only be used once a round. Is this also the case with Freezing...

Now this I am happy with: 1) Urban Ranger (1): Weapon Finesse (rapier), Dodge, Shadow, [Virtual] Ambidextrity, [Virtual] Two-Weapon Fighting 2) Fighter (1): Mobility, Expertise 3) Fighter (2): Agile Riposte, Improved Disarm 4) Fighter (3): 5) Fighter (4): Combat Reflexes 6) Gladiator (1)...

Janos: Thank you very much for the Dragon 301 suggestion. I bummed it from a friend and found it extremely insightful. All the parry feats and such have opened up new avenues of thought. I'll be struggling to figure out what exactly to take now. :)

Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 14. Anyone wondering at the oddity should note the stats are rolled. I dropped my level 4 stat boost into dexterity. The concept is that he is a rake/swordsman. Levels in Gladiator will reflect his nature for showy combat and duelist is...

Ok. Twin Sword Style wouldn't work using a shield, naturally, but could you qualify for Off-hand Parry's AC bonus by using a shield since it is technically a martial bludgeoning weapon? Granted you take the TWF penalty and have Shield Expert. This opens up entirely new realms of cheese. +5...

Ah well, no stacking buckler and defending dagger bonuses. :( Now I need to figure out what to do with some feats. Which would you prefer, using a magical buckler or a defending dagger? The bonus to buckler is that it's so much cheaper and the bonus for dagger is that it can be used for...

What about using a defending weapon along with a buckler? Granted that you aren't making any actual attacks with the defending weapon, but using the attack action. I'd probably agree with the stuff about the triple dagger, but what if you are taking the attack action with it but not making any...

I am trying to min/max a future duelist and have a question about bucklers+defending weapons and the triple dagger from Sword & Fist. Perhaps the mechanics for the item are changed in the new A&EG or better explained, but here goes. When dual wielding a weapon with the defending property in...

I think the comparison between a painting and being near the living, actual target is pretty farfetched. So far as using assassination in combat, I actually got to play an assassin and his death attacks were used almost exclusively during combat sequences because the DM is not going to design...

Berk: Personally, I think that anyone willing to spend the cost on a 9th level scroll and can make the UMD check on it deserves those 1d4+1 free rounds. The alternative means simply hiding and waiting the rounds while your party keeps fighting and then get your attack in. Taren: I think the...

It all depends on the DM's interpretation of the 3 round observation for an assassin's death attack. Is the assassin observing behavior and attitude or are they simply observing the target's apparent armor, defenses, etc. in order to make a single, lethal attack? I personally feel that it's...

Hypersmurf: Gimmicks like that have tempted me to make an illusionist before, but it seems a lot more effective to use as a DM rather than a player. Since, of course, the DM's adjudication of NPC's reactions to your illusions are left entirely up to them. But the DM can exert a lot of control...

Loki: thanks for the feedback on your experience with persisting touch buffs. :) Are you sure about mirror image? I don't think of it as being "discharged" so much as individual images being dispelled by a successful targeted attack. I do understand your point of view but I feel like it...

kreynolds, I started an identical thread a while back. I don't have access to the search feature but try a search for "Questions About Counterspelling" or something along those lines. I, too, got very interested in the idea of a dedicated counterspelling mage. If you can't find the thread...

I never said it wasn't cheesy. :D But barring a houserule there's no reason I see it isn't legal.

The rounds that you gain from time stop could be used for observation to make a death attack once the time stop ended.

Yeah. I live in N. DeKalb. :)

While I have to admit that sovereign glue idea ranks up in some of the most desperate battle strategies I've read/heard about, spell-like abilities do not need any components to be used.