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Roll on tables 7-9 and 7-14 in the DMG to randomly generate them. Or just pick a couple of neat properties. Like....Bane: PCs.

Nonstandard creatures may have nonstandard body slots. Most humanoid things follow that format, but I know Lords of Madness has a different setup for Beholders, and I think Draconomnomnomnomnomicon has other rules for Dragons.

Yea, there isn't for disarm, but there is for sunder. Combat Brute has an option called Sundering Cleave. If you successfully sunder someone's shield or weapon, you get to cleave into the wielder. Unfortunately, sundering as a combat option is...less than desireable in most cases, as that...

Armor spikes are also a great primary weapon if you are utilizing a lot of natural weapons. Remember, if you are attacking with a manufactured weapon AND natural weapons, you get all of your iterative attacks PLUS all of your secondary natural weapon attacks (primary natural attacks are...

I'd say Magic Item Compendium. All classes use magic items. Thus, this book touches the widest number of characters...all of them. MIC is neat in that it has a lot of cool magic items that don't cost 40% of your WBL each. Your low level character can have 3-4 trinkets without breaking the...

More foes and stronger foes both increase Encounter Level (EL). The issue is, things get really deadly really really fast. If you have higher CR creatures, on top of having more HP, they have MUCH better abilities. Those much better abilities might have a good chance of 1-shotting a PC, and...

A Dispelling Cord (MIC) gives you a +2 untyped bonus, 5/day, for 1000g. Thats about as cheap as it gets. And I think its the Inquisition domain you are thinking of, Oracle only gives you a +1 bonus on Divination CLs. Also, a dispel check is a kind of caster level check. This is important...

Targetted spells would not have a chance to hit your friend. They don't miss. Its just target, then save. As long as the target is valid and you have Line of Sight and Effect, it works. If you cast a ranged spell with an attack roll (like a ray), it would be the same as firing a crossbow...

You could use non-handed weapons. Unarmed strike, armor spikes, most hidden blades, a weighted cloak, and a few others are all weapon that don't occupy your hands. That means you can still make claw attacks while wielding them. You'd get your full set of iteratives (including TWFing...

Its the ol' Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object debate. Both have absolute language in them. Both conteract each other. Obviously, you can't rate two absolutes against each other, so its kinda one of those divide by 0 events. I'm of the camp though, that believes that it shouldn't. If it...

Lightning Warriors are totally flavorful. They definitely trade power for flavor. I mean, come on, they can't even specialize and they don't get a familiar. Familiars are TANKS man, thats such a huge drawback! Sounds to me like your player is trying to slip a Lightning Warrior under your nose.

Wow dude, you are being unnecessarily argumentative...nobody's said that its ALWAYS a bad idea. I even said, if your DM bans PrCs or multiclassing, its a decent way to go. If you are PrCing heavily, you lose a lot more than you gain though. As I said, in a typical Sorcadin build...

If your DM bans PrCs, and you can only build as a Sorc20, and you want to play a gish, Battle Sorc is probably a better option. In the case of a Sorcadin, where you only have 4 total levels of sorcerer, Battle Sorc is a terrible option. You lose ALL of the benefits of Battle Sorc once you PrC...

The problem with Battle Sorc or Stalwart Sorc is that the benefits you get (larger HD, better BAB) only persist through the levels you take them. As soon as you PrC into AbjChamp, you are getting d10 HD and full BAB. The drawbacks of Battle Sorc, fewer spells per day/known, persist throughout...

Human Sorcadin would fit the bill: Pal2/Sorc4/Spellsword1/AbjChamp3 continue AjbChamp+2/SacredExorcist8 Focus on buffing spells. You already get auto-quickened Shield, but some gems like Dragonskin and Fly and Greater Mirror Image will all be helpful!

Suel Arcanamach (CArcane) gives you some good mid-late game buff magic. You could take 1 more level of Swash, then 2 levels of Duskblade (PHBII) and 1 level of anything else full BAB (Fighter would be ok here, for the bonus feat). Once you get into Suel Arcanamach, take 4 levels of it, then...

You say that like VoP is good...I'm confused. Are we talking about the same feat? And yea, some homebrew stuff is good, but a lot of it it pure crap. If you want to see some good homebrew, check out GiantitP, particularly stuff by Fax Celestis, ErrantX, Eldariel, DementedOne, and Krim...

Also, True Strike + Full PA + Multishot = win. Since Multishot is just a single attack roll, True Strike affects all arrows. Since the Energy Bow's PA effect is not precision-based, it affects each arrow. BOOM! HEAD SHOT!

Also, Bone Bow and Hank's Energy Bow, IIRC. Bone Bow is in Frostburn, but firing one shot is a full round action at -4 unless you burn a feat on EWP. Hank's Energy Bow is from the wizards website.

If you have to resort to AMF fiat every encounter just to challenge your PCs, you are probably don't something else wrong as a DM. Who wants to have a bunch of neato abilities, only to have to sit out the encounter with a dunce cap because the DM arbitrarily decided that he's not allowed to...