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Interesting, I hadn't noticed the difference between the description, that clearly indicates that it is a bonus, and the summary, that clearly states that it is a substitution. I agree with Nifft, that rewarding multiple good abilities should be possible, I'm just surprised at how much of a...

Yes, spiked chain is a shadow hand weapon.

Does Shadow Blade from Bo9s really work the way I am interpreting it? Does it add Dex AND Strength to melee attacks with a shadow hand weapon while in shadow hand stance? Doesn't that seem very strong for a relatively easy to qualify for feat? If I understand things correctly, doesn't this...

path options OK I'll probably put up a poll to get a survey of which option people think is most interesting once I've five or so options. For now here are the three 20th level paths that I have come up with so far: A) Rogue 8, Swashbuckler 9, Scarlett Corsair 3 i.e. the basic option...

swordsage I am seriously considering this, but I think that the multicass restrictions could get problematic. I'd have a window of three levels where I'd be at 80% experience with regard to the rest of the party. That could be painful. And I'd want to do it ASAP so as to lose the least amount...

other PCs: Good Incarnate from Magic of Incarnum - Spits acid and shocks enemies and ussually has one variable by highly tricked-out skill at any given time, such as UMD or Prof (Sailor). Aventi Wujen with potent water spells: steam and ice mastery. Shifter Druid using the PHBII druid option...

fight Well he has only a smattering of roguish abilities and is clearly more outfitted for combat. So I'd say fighting, with a secondary goal of trap finder and possibly disarmer. Definitely NOT a scout. No scouting. Ever. Did I mention no scouting? Next level will probably mean a +1 bump in...

Yen's Gear Head: Circlet of Persuasion - +3 competence bonus to charisma-based checks, worn over a bright red dew rag. Face: Goggles of Minute Seeing - +5 competence bonus on Search checks to find secret doors, traps, and concealed objects. Stollen from the Jade Raven rogue during the Bullywhig...

In the great tradition of the Pimp my Pixie and Pimp my Ass threads from this board (imitation is the sincerest for of flatery I suppose) I present: Pimp my Pirate. :D I am running a shifter pirate in our savage tide campaign and quite frankly I've stumbled upon too many good options to...

Any time dwarven stability would apply If I recall, and I don't have my books with me to check, dwarves get a stability bonus when standing "on the ground." I remember comparing the text from the PHB for stability and the text from the Bo9s for stone dragon manuevers, and the were similar...

We use a similar house rule for mighty cleaving, but to not let the fighter who actually took cleave get outshined we neutered it a little bit: No cleave? Then mighty cleaving allows "cleave" three times per day. Got Cleave but no great cleave? Mighty cleaving w RAW. Got Great Cleave? Mighty...

Yeah except that you can only have 4 maneuvers readied at 7th level if I recall. Readying both means that the PC can't have much of anything else cool. So it seems like: Poison, disease, blindness, deafness, ability drain, curses etc are all fair game. I went through the condition section of...

Iron Heart Surge is a third level maneuver from the Book of Nine Swords (BoNS). It allows a warblade of the Iron Heart discipline to end a spell, effect, or condition that is currently "affecting" the warblade and lasts 1 or more rounds. This requires a standard action and provides a small...

swashbuckler The swashbuckler class from complete warrior works very nicely as a pirate or seafaring PC. Good balance, climb, tumble, jump etc, light armor and weapon finesse. I play a shifter swashbuckler/rogue in a Savage Tide Nautically themed campaign and I'm very happy with it. Arabesu

I'm playing a Shifter (Eberron) Swashbuckler in a savage tide campaign and I was wondering how one would price/construct an item that gives more shiftings per day. Obviously it would get better at higher levels, but wouldn't be as good at low levels. So it'd need some sort of way to scale the...

I know that there are several variants of the ranger class tailored to urban environments. But I can't find them in any of the wotc products. Does anyone know if an official urban ranger exists, and within which book is it located. Arabesu

Grease spell A target loses their dex bonus while balancing or climbing unless they have 5 ranks in balance or a climb speed, respectively. The grease spell forces opponents to balance while moving. Ready a shot and shoot while the opponent is moving for any easy sneak attack.

AC from Powers It seems like the Elan is able to use multiple rounds to buff up before a fight in order maintain that high armor class and high hit points; if they were surprised and flat footed they would totally be hosed: AC19 max, no bonus hit points, and unable to use resilience/resistence...

suggestions 1) Golems. The energy ball won't work against them, and thus the fighter/psion is a fighter with a base attack 4 points lower than a level 9 fighter. 2) Multiple opponents with evasion. Since the BAB is only 5, only one melee attack a round, and the opponents evade damage often...

Stand up I am not sure that the situation that Ogrork the Mighty was suggested should ever happen: "...try to get up (provoking an AoO) just to get knocked back down again (and suffer an extra attack from Trip)." ... because the AoO comes when you are still technically prone and trying to get...