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Uh. I’m afraid you’re mistaken. Please see p. 143 of the 3.5 PHB (or the same section from the RSRD). This clears up the rules for this action a lot, contrary to what you suggest. Instead of a strange rule that “if you move but do nothing else, you can avoid attacks of opportunity for the...

The thing that makes incarnum intriguing is the ability to shift essentia from round to round as a swift action. That means you can change from investing your essentia in offensive capability at the start of a fight to investing it in movement and defenses later when you decide you need to beat...

Hrm. I take back what I said about being pretty much completely done. I’m now looking at shifting skills around a little bit to cover some of the core rogue options, since we won’t have a full rogue with the party. Specifically, Disable Device, and more Open Lock. Although I’m not sure where...

Heh. It’s mostly true here, of course... except that I’ve bought a set of courtier’s clothes as well as free traveller’s clothes (since the basic sets don’t include courtier’s clothes, and they aren’t so much for everyday wear, anyway.) I’m assuming that whichever set I’m actually wearing is...

I was assuming that the whole doppleganger thing wasn’t going on, yes. :) I like the idea of Hariel having become friends with some relative of Lord Alistair, though. Presumably someone Hari could have met or been introduced to at some point when she met with Lord Alistair. Without BS’s...

I’d like to keep my connection to Lord Alistair’s daughter, even without Brother Shatterstone. (I am sad, though. Aww. :() Could you give her a name, if the idea is okay with you? In other news: I think I’m going to spend at least some of the rest of my ready cash now. I started thinking...

This is one of the discussions that comes up over and over again. I’m in the camp that says you can use flurry of blows and Two-Weapon Fighting at the same time. Not everybody is. My take on it is: Flurry of blows adds one attack at your highest attack bonus when you use it. You can only...

Hrm. In a gestalt-option setup, you’ll probably find that using more distinct classes will get you more benefit. Barbarian+Fighter gives you the toughness of a Barbarian (and the rage), plus the huge feat selection of the Fighter. But you still end up with only one strong saving throw...

Let’s see. I’d say Rogue 5/Monk 5. Human is about the only reasonable choice, here. (A halfling might work, but I don’t think you can afford to lose the bonus feat.) Strength no more than 10. Dexterity, Wisdom, and Charisma are the best bets for stats. (Charisma for UMD, Wisdom for...

I have to say that I find the idea of a 1/20 chance of 96 charges to be a bit freaky... But this is certainly an interesting system, overall. Spatz: There’s no way to argue that my math as wrong, either. :> The probability of rolling on the d20 a+1 times, the d12 b+1 times, the d8 c+1 times...

Darn. There goes my theory that being a bit "stumpy" has no mechanical effect. ;>

As somebody else pointed out: NPCs can always be smarter, more well equipped, better supported, etc. than the PCs can be. On the one hand, sure, if the NPC is optimally smart, the PCs should have absolutely no chance to see him coming. But... that’s just not very fun. An important thing to...

Custody battle with his wife. She got the hand, he escaped with the pony.

Mmm. Don’t forget that between 3rd and 13th levels, you’re also going to be picking up three stat boosts, three feats, and a metric crapload of magic items. Items of +5 to a skill are pretty reasonable for any skill (though I don’t immediately recall any standard items for Open Lock.) Perhaps...

Mmm. The book sounds like a definite buy, to me. I have to say that I like these genre books so far. I look forward to finding out what they go into next. I’d be pretty surprised if they don’t put out a politics and intrigue book. Hmm. On the other side, I’m not sure what else they could...

ETOOMANYPRESTIGECLASSES. Do many DMs really let players get away with this kind of abuse? I might let someone get away with two prestige classes, particularly if one of them was a five-level class, or one of the “dual-class” PrCs. But I’d never let a player gain a third unless they had a...

I don’t think I’d be happy with that situation at all... it smacks too much of “No matter what the characters do, somebody is going to get whacked.” Characters shouldn’t ever die (or be saved) just because it fits the DM’s story nicely. It’s kind of like the rules for mystery stories that...

That sounds about right by my reckoning of what’s been said. Note that if we’ve all been involved with work for Lord Alistair before (which it sounds to me like drothgery is aiming for?) there’s the potential that we’ve all made at least a passing acquaintance with each other by now. I’ve...

Karthak lost his right hand in a vicious custody battle two years ago. It must be said that this adds a certain uncanny flair to his bear hugs. And to his signature on legal documents.

Spatzimus: It's possible to do this task *much much* faster, if you calculate the raw probabilities instead of the full combinatorial possibilities. Start by making a table of (1..n, say 1..100) your first die. The 1 entry is the chance you stop at one roll (1/d), the 2 entry is the chance to...