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Has anyone ever thought that the D20 and other RPG magic systems seem to be a little to clean. Spell X produces effect Y at target Z and nothing else happens. What if spells and magical effects had consequenses or side effects that manifest whenever the spell is used. There are some obvious...

Re: Re: Magic Item Construction - Spell effect vs. Item Description The info on Montes site was quite helpful, thanks for the pointer. I suspect based on the fact you responed how I expected (and was leaning anyway), I'm likely going to go with those interpretations. Still interested to see...

You might consider adding Diplomacy as a class skill. A person in line of work would likely need to rely on it quite a bit. The first line of offence may be negotiations by force. When you come at the head of a column of holly warriors, this may be enough to get your enemies to back off...

I think that both functions of the scry skill should be absorbed by the Spellcraft check. A check could be made with a high DC to notice an "Active Aura" in the area. This would give enough info for the caster to use other skills such as spot or detect magic spell to pinpoint it's location...

The magic item construction rules provide for some interesting variations on how similar magical items could be constructed. In such cases, I am wondering how other DMs approach these questions when their players go to have an item commissioned or want to make them themselves. One example is...

Could be a cool approach... To all those who found the flaw in my: I generaly view any ability that is labled as EX, SP, or SU as something that gives the character or entity a game system advantage. comment, Cudos, there are alwasys exceptions to every rule and I did say generaly. But...

Wow, after tonights Hocky game, I may just write off the sport all together. I'll know tommorow night. At any rate. As I said, only toying with the idea. Likely what will happen is that I will use this idea as a one off freak occurence (a curse if you will) on an NPC that cannot afford the...

First I would like to thank everyone for their input, it has helped me a lot (not to mention my missconception on the duration fau pa). What works the best for me is to assume that a persons Soul can be considered a seperate piece from their body. However, for the act of procreation to occur...

I agree with most of the posts above that meta-gaming is using OOC knowledge in game. I also agree that it is a bad thing. However, rather than use the term as an insult or try to curb it (i've given up on that) I do the next best thing. I use the existing material as a guide only. This...

But polymorph does add organs. If you turn into a fish, you get gills to extract oxygen from the water. While related to our lungs, gills are not the same. I personaly prefer a description that changes the body completely from one form to another rather than some sort of "Warp effect" as...

There is of course nothing wrong with this assumption. My assumption has always been that a creatures type is linked to it's Soul or Spirit and that the Body (DNA or not) was just a meat bag that the Soul Resides within. From this we derive that the polymorph spell affects the meat bag and not...

The adept fills the role of a tribal shaman or such. I think this class works quite well as a NPC Cleric, which is what it appears to be.

Gave it a quick scan, looks cool enough. I like the Sacrifice HP for + to DC. Might introduce that as a Metamagic feat of some sort in my own campaign.

New Thread Based on the sudden relization of a wrong interpretation of the duration of polymorph, I have started a new thread under "House Rules" regarding the implications of changing the duration of the Polymorph Other spell from Permanent to Instantaneous. Anyone wishing to participate here...

What would the implications of a change in duration be for the Polymorph Other Spell? Specificaly, the current duration is Permanent which means that it can be canceld using Dispel Magic or detected as an active magical arua using Detect magic. If the Duration was changed to Instantaneous like...

The entire basis for this question was because I was thinking (and have been running in my campaign for a long time) that the duration was Instantaneous and Not Permanent. Kind of puts things in a whole new light (for me anyway).

Op my bad, duration is permanent not Instantaneous like I was thinking.... opps.

I've noticed a few people reference using dispel magic to reverse the efects of a polymorph other Spell. This is not possible. To reverse the effects of a polymorphs Other Spell, you need to use another Polymorph Other Spell with the tartget form being "YourSelf". Might make a difference in a...

Heaven forbit I should correct Monte Cook but in case number 2 above, nothing is leavng the body of the polymorphed creature. However I do see your point with regards to points 3 and 4. It makes these two possibilities mute. Thanks for the input.

I like the idea of introducing some sort of DR for the heavier armors. It is a quick and easy fix to make them more effective than they currently are. Another thing to consider is changing the MAX DEX stat to be a DEX PENELTY. This way, even if the character has a realy stupid dexterity...