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I've noticed that they've revised the rules for identifying items and would love to use them for older items too, except most pre-MiC items don't have a spellcraft or use magic device DCs for me to base the PC's skills on. I'm wondering, is there a formula they used to establish the numbers...

although not illegal per se, it's liable to really raise the ire of your local DM. he'll probably just amp up every encounter possible as if you were fully healed, if you play this cheese on him. personally, i rule that the martial strike of the devoted spirit maneuvers are subtly powered by...

heh, back when we played 2e, that's how we ruled it: just add up all bonuses and use the maximum possible damage. we used to play a natural 1 as follows: re-roll the attack and use this to attack nearest ally, should they be within range/reach, and then roll regular damage, or, should no-one be...

blast! that was basically the only thing i was not 'getting' per se. alright, makes a whole lot more sense now. it's interesting though, as this method almost presents the scroll as a device that has several different interfaces: ie - a charismatic bard OR a smart wizard may use the arcane...

i'm kind of murky on the 3.5e 'casting from a scroll' mechanism. according to the SRD, to cast a spell from a scroll "The user must have the requisite ability score." this i get, but how do i determine if the 'summon monster I' that the group just found was penned by a bard, a sorcerer, or a...

i think the warlock is ruled in a similar fashion - (Su) don't provoke and can be used in a grapple, but maneuvers and invocations both require unrestricted movement; ie: not while in a grapple. although, in the MIC, the third eye freedom item gives you the effects of the freedom of movement...

hmm. i'm the DM of my campaign and I think that's pretty fair - i've never liked 3e followers as it leaves me dealing with a huge horde of nobodies and i feel it really bogs the game down. i rule that leadership only brings a single cohort. does anyone have any experience with the above and how...

maybe an analogy? spellcraft is like you knowing the fine-tunings of your car's engine, and could probably rebuild the engine block from the gears up should something go awry. you can identify problems based on description alone and can cite the product code and year of production, as well as...

i'm drawing a blank. i'd be interested to see what this thread turns up, because i've always found revivify to be a head-scratcher too.

interesting. let's say a PC warlock was unhappy with the +1 unholy desiccating greatsword that a blackguard was using against her allies, and decided to attempt to blast the weapon as opposed to the blackguard - are there any official rules for this, as sunder appears to be melee-only.

i'd definitely keep the boiling oil, but also go with the boiling water, but tweak it a little. water will be cheaper than oil for these kobolds, but being the tricksy little buggers they are, they'd probably soup it up, no pun intended. i'd add things like dead animal parts, limbs from past...

threw a villain at them who was an AD&D 2e psionicist when they were 3rd level. i'm kidding, that's too cruel.

I'd just say these 'tolkienesque' elves are regular elves with the half-celestial template, except change the stat-changes as following: Str +2, Dex +4, Con +2, Int +4, Wis +4, Cha +4. ...all for an +4 LA.

hmm. you know, i'm not entire sure, but i don't believe you can 'ready' actions outside of combat, otherwise instead of being ambushed you'd automatically activate the readied action to retreat or something. i'm foggy on the rules as it's nearly five am here, but i'm almost certain you can't...

well, since i'm a right rat-bastard to my players, i'd personally adjudicate the following: 1st wish: since your PC has no concept of 'levels', the genie noble would merely teleport without error you to the 20th floor of some tall tower, perhaps an ancient dungeon or burial crypt, since it...

although it's not the powerhouse you've mentioned, one of my favorite combinations is to use emerald blade and power attack, taking advantage of hitting a foe's touch AC and using a two-handed weapon so my power attack goes through the ceiling. even at 11th level, you could be doing +22 damage...

hello all, i realized that with chondathan, illuskan and calishite that 'common' doesn't make too much sense in a forgotten realms campaign, as there exists several 'human' tongues to cover the broad map that race (humans) has populated. i reason that since all the players already have...

i dm a game and the following situation came up - i'm kind of at a loss as how to rule upon it. party is captured and jailed by local bad guys, party is stripped of weapons and items. the group's warblade realized that he can use his maneuvers without a weapon and decides to use mountain hammer...

perhaps one of the reasons could be that create undead allows one to create self-willed, intelligent undead, with no level cap - it appears if one had the time and the money, there is no limit on how many ghouls you could have overrunning a local town; who, by the way, would 'recruit' more...

should someone die of disintegration would the spell reincarnate still work upon them? would it be possible to claim the 'traces of fine dust' left over is their remains and thusly the spell could be cast sucessfully upon them?