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Dominate wouldn't stop him from using IHS to complete his given task. It would stop him from using IHS to end the domination effect, since, in all likelihood it would interfere with the last order he was given. For Nail: Just think of it this way: Using IHS to end dominate person/monster is...

Well, since he's trying to kill the halfing in exclusion to all other actions, I'm pretty sure that would stop IHS just as surely as a dominated wizard couldn't cast protection from evil on himself to supress the effect, or cast dispel magic to end it. And the dominated individual is fully...

It says on page 43: "In addition you cannot combine special attacks, such as sunder or bull rush with strikes, even if you have feats that make such special attacks more potent. However, some strikes enable you to make special attacks as part of their initiation;" I take special attack to...

Why not? I not able to find the reference, just the one disallowing sunder and bull rush (unless, of course, that that's what the maneuver does). And for Nail: This is the sentence that I think would disallow it. I guess if the caster gets cocky and orders you to "just try and resist my...

On the bright side, if you're dominated and your party spellcaster casts protection from evil on you, you can then use IHS to break free. The alternative would be for your spellcaster to use a higher level spell, like dispel magic, which may not even succeed. I think I'm going to ask our party...

That's it exactly! Thanks!

About 19 years ago, shortly after I started playing AD&D I remember a kid in my class (5th grade) bringing in a module for a few of us to play during recess. I vaguely remember the cover of the module, I think it had a picture of a fire giant wielding what looked to be a prismatic (or at least...

That would be the first sentence under the heading "Initiating Maneuvers and Stances" on page 38 of the Tome of Battle. It reads: "To initiate a maneuver or a stance you must be able to move." This one seems to get missed a lot. And if your group ignores it then IHS is a no brainer.

Nah, i'm just playing Devil's advocate. I'm leaning heavily towards IHS. :) A part of that choice was based the point you made early:

Sometimes. Once you've been paralyzed by the ghoul or ghast IHS won't help you because you're unable to move. If you fail your poison save you're still taking the initial damage, even if you use IHS to remove the effect. And if it's drow knockout poison IHS won't help you unless you succeeded...

I wasn't really planning on puting either counter on hand at all times. But there are definitely times when having a clutch Fortitude save would be extremely useful. For example, if you're facing off against a hoard of ghouls, or against an enemy that favors poisoned weapons.

Actually, RAW you can't use Iron Heart Surge when paralyzed, since you have to be able to move to use a maneuver. I guess that's my sticking point, I'm not sure how useful that would be in play. I denifitely appreciate the sharing of your experience with the various Diamond Mind concentration...

My warblade will be hitting 6th level soon and I'm planning on trading out a maneuver for either Iron Heart Surge or Mind Over Body. I like both, but I'm just not sure which is the better choice. Iron Heart Surge seems potent, when you can use it. However, to use it you have to be able to...

In the 3.0 DMG there are apprentice levels intended to allow multiclass characters at 1st level. You could just use those instead of NPC classes.

This one had me baffled too. It seems that there's a certain amount arbitrariness in the way that the points were calculated for dedicated casters (wizards, sorcerers, clerics, etc.). I found a post in this thread (http://forums.gleemax.com/wotc_archive/index.php/t-185062.html) that broke it...

For example, could a wizard with the Stormbolt reserve feat use the feat to blast someone while grappled? Using supernatural abilities isn't listed as an option during a grapple, however the Sage suggests: "The grapple rules provide a list of actions available to a grappling character, but it’s...

I'd thought about racial classes, since the weak creature types (humanoids, fey, giants, etc.) seem to work out okay if you just add 2HD per point of LA. For example, you could have a bugbear as a 4HD humanoind instead of a 2HD humainoid with a +1 LA. The problem I run into seems to be with...

However, what feat do you give up to give the goliath Improved Initiative? Your choices are Power Attack or Weapon Specialization, both of which directly weaken his damage output. Whereas the orc could give up Improved Toughness (since the 4 hit points aren't doing much for him anyway), and...

How does one get a table to show up correctly in a thread?

Good catch! I accidentally used the damage for a large bastard sword instead of a greatsword. If I redo the numbers with the corrected damage the Goliath edges out the Orc. However I noticed if I gave the orc Monkey Grip (and a bigger sword) instead of Improved Toughness it swung back in his...