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Thanks, guys. I appreciate the input. I think you've given me enough to piece together a fairly workable solution until they come up with an official fix or clarification. I sure hope that 3.5 clears up some of this.

Hmmm. That's not the answer I was hoping for. That seems to be a major oversight on the part of the designers and WOTC.

(cups hand to ear) ***the chirping of crickets*** Hello? Anyone there? :p

I'd go with the FF version because it's the most recent, but it's really just guesswork until 3.5 comes out. Technically, using anything besides the original rule until the release of 3.5 is just using supplementary information, and isn't considered "official" anyway. If you want to use the...

How do multi-armed monks work? For example, if a monk had the insectile template from SS, it would have a total of six arms. Now the tough part... 1) How many natural weapons is he considered to have? 2) How do feats such as Multidexterity, Multiattack, and Multi-weapon Fighting work with this...

This is true, but the lance description specifically says that it "deals double damage when used from the back of a charging mount," not on a regular charge action. Kind of a bummer.:(

Good call. :)

I don't own A&EG, but, in OA they have an item called a Chahar-aina which can be used with the same armors that Spatula mentioned but requires the med. armor proficiency. Both the Dastana and the Chahar-Aina stack with "the foundation armor and any shield worn, " but I don't know that they'd...

By doing that, aren't you still effectively making the longspear a pointless choice? It then becomes a "lance" that won't do double damage on a charge and can't be used one handed while mounted. The lance seems like it should be an exotic weapon as written. Do you think it would be better to...

Why on earth would anyone use the longspear then? It seems as if the designers made the lance a "medium" sized weapon so that it could be used from horseback with a shield in archtypical medieval fashion, for jousts and the like. I wonder if they just neglected to think that someone might...

Thanks for the praise, guys. :D On a related note, can a lance be used when a character is on foot? If it can, it's a reach weapon that can be used one handed in conjunction with a shield. (edited for grammar)

I'd like, for a chance To return to the lance Though your knack with the stack Of the crazy beast pack Had me flat on my back With a chuckle; I return For the answer I yearn Can the cloven hoofed man With the lance in his hand Make a charge 'Cause he's large? And be counted as mounted? (With...

That's not exactly what I was getting at... :p And that could border on obscene.

I'm not sure if there's a rule mechanic to support this, but it seems logical that centaurs (or any tauric creature) should get the benefit of the double damage from a charge when they use a lance. Has this been addressed anywhere?

I don't have books handy, but I'd say no on the healing issue, with a IMHO as a disclaimer. It's "similar" to a polymorph but is not the spell; a hound archon is not a lycanthrope, even if the abilities seem similar; assuming healing even though nothing is mentioned is always a bad idea; and...

If you don't mind something a tad bit house rules-esque, Sean K. Reynolds has a feat for this very problem posted on his site. Click here to check it out.

The blessed crossbow bolt issue seemed to be a particularly nasty deterrent at first, but the rules on DR seem to suggest that the bolt would need to overcome the creatures DR of 20/+3 and do damage in order to slay the creature. To complicate matters, you're dealing with a spellcaster who has...

I wholeheartedly agree. The Ritual of Unlearning is another SS ritual that allows you to trade in class levels equal to the ECL of the goal monster in order to become that monster. This seems much more balanced, and is, in effect, the process you described. I understand that WOTC wanted to...

I hereby rename this thread EPIC WEAPONS GOT THE SHAFT :D

Thanks. I missed the differentiation in terms of negating cover. For some reason I had it in my head at the time that it gave a miss chance, not an AC bonus. I'd have to agree with you about the +6 bonus, as well. The difference in price between a +1 Bow of Seeking and a +1 Bow of Unerring...