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I've also got Arcane Sight, Ghostform, Mestil's Acid Sheath, and Minor Reflection jotted down in notepad from when I started looking. These are all from WotC splatbooks or Dragon issues. Persistent minor reflection is an especially useful one to use considering it grants the tarrasque ability...

That actually is one thing that I considered, but the spell description places particular emphasis upon the creature performing an immediate task for no cost and performing an extended task for payment. I'm sure DMs exercise free reign adjudicating the spell in order to balance it and probably...

Maybe I'm missing something, but what in the world is Summon Monster IX worth in comparison to the Gate spell to call a creature? Gate is a standard action to cast, SM9 is a full round action; range medium vs. range close; duration 1 round/level vs. 1 round/level. Using Gate you can summon an...

Whoops. I was thinking of Rapid Strikes from Dragon #275. Level 2 spell that is "mini-Haste," giving one extra attack instead of a partial action and the +4 AC. I forgot that was touch but haste itself is close range.

If you can dictate terms for the match then no flying and no spells. And pretty much the only way to do that would be playing off the devil's pride. They are lawful creatures after all and might abide by such an agreement unless threatened with death. Something along the lines of "What need...

I'm guessing that the cone can be moved as a free action on the caster's turn or how exactly does that work? Has anyone houseruled allowing target: touch buffs to be used as persistent? If so, with what results? Anything exceptionally unbalancing? Because if I were DM'ing I'd be tempted to...

Considering a Pit Fiend is CR 16, which means it's designed as a challenge for a balanced four member party averaging 16 levels? Unless your character has some outrageous magic items then I don't see it happening. Would you care to elaborate on the circumstances of the fight? Your character's...

Exactly. I really think that the PHB authors simply slacked off on spell descriptions. I think it'd make sense for all "buffs" that aren't solely personal (like shield) to read personal or touch and have their saves as (harmless). We already know they fudged up on the descriptions handling...

But checking over the main FAQ I did see the same question, which I hadn't before. Touch does not equal fixed range for the purpose of the feat. :( Is there any published list of spells that do qualify for the feat? Are there any DMs that houserule touch spells working with persistent spell?

Tome and Blood FAQ was the first thing I checked and it didn't have anything relating to the feat. I know the main FAQ has a question about persistent time stop, explaining how/why it is impossible. At least I think it was the main FAQ.

I'm almost positive this is probably bringing up old news, but I don't have the search feature. Is there any resource on this board, another board, or on a site that list spells compatible with the persistent spell feat? Do spells with a range of "touch" qualify as having a "fixed range" for...

Hypersmurf: That covered everything. Much thanks.

I understand that skill points are supposed to be handled seperately when multiclassing, that the max ranks in a class skill are your level+3 and that cross-class skills are (your level+3)/2. What happens when you multiclass and the two classes share a certain class skill? Example: A level 1...

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Ronin: Spell Hawk from Quintessential Wizard seems to be a bit fudged by my reckoning, though. Counterspell Riposte was described earlier in the thread; a metamagic feat that adds +2 to spell level, but after successfully counterspelling a spell you can use the enhanced spell as a free action...

Am I wrong to construe that if something is "way too strong" then it is unbalanced? Simulacrum, if you are a DM or had to DM a game at high levels what counterspelling feats would you allow or disallow? Perhaps only certain combinations?

Simulacrum: But isn't complaining that a clever character defeats an aggressor as silly as complaining that a rich character with a lot of hired mercs defeats a poor character? Even an overtly aggressive character has to be clever if they are going to be effective. While the "all power attack...

I mentioned counterspelling with dispel magic a bit later. Olgar knows firsthand that my wizard in his game doesn't have a spitting chance of dispelling any enemy fireballs, since he's an enchanter with evocation banned. :) But I still have the satisfaction of hearing him groan out "Oh God, I...

I changed the thread name for AuraSeer in case he wanted to start a seperate discussion on how to counterpost stupid forum threads. :) No need for any confusion. With core rules (and only PHB feats) I absolutely agree. While counterspelling does enjoy the benefit of a 100% chance to work...

I did a ton of boardsurfing and forget where, but it was here or on the Wizards.com boards that I read from someone who asked the author of DotF about that at a convention. The speed ability changes to a +2 equivalent and gives 10 rounds of haste/day, command-word activated (standard action)...