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If you want an instant Ally have the old flame show up at their home weeping. Shes just overheard a conversation between BBEG leiutenants about 'Plot Thread X' which she disagrees with and she remembered her old friend / lover / other was now an adventurer and whats him to help. Clear instant...

Okay I have to ask - what possible reason would anybody have for playing the rogue class in your game? If player intellect (and descriptive skills) replace character skill and if you intend to use a level 1 spell to double check my results then what reason is there for anybody to play a rogue...

This needs repeating. Many many times. If I take the effort to spend skill points in an ability I'd like to actually use that ability. Nobody is asking for the DM to throw the adventure away and just declare 'You win' just because I roll a dice but I am asking the DM to put me in the limelight...

One of the thing many of you are underestimating is just how easy grouping is in this game. You are either in the city of stormreach or you are adventuring. This means all people looking for groups are already in the same area. Chances are they are in the same pub so finding a group isn't the...

I remember a long time back somebody posted the difference between creating magic items (scrolls specifically) in the two versions [I'm paraphrasing since I don't have my books with me] 3rd ed: Wizards get this feat at 1st level. The character can create a scroll at a cost of 25gp * spell...

One of the comments I saw on the DDO forums is that in FR at level 10 you're still not high enough to be trusted to look after Drizzts cats :) If they implemented FR there all the fans would lynch them because they have to take liberties with the setting. The amount they are implementing in DDO...

If you want a long distance communication service in D&D why not use crystal balls? A mage creates tuned crystal balls which can only see one location but can be used by anybody. The person who wants to send a message pays a message clerk to put it in the tuned message room which can be seen by...

I just thought I'd mention if you sneak attack with a sap the extra damage from sneak attack is considered subdual damage as well. It's fairly easy for a rogue to knock out opponents.

No it's not. A natural 20 is an automatic hit and an automatic save. But for skills it is merely a 20. Similarly a 1 is an automatic miss and an automatic fail for saves (and runs the risk of kit being damaged) but for a skill it is merely the number one. This means that is somebody ends up in...

A true Master of Melee probably would want all of those. And the nice thing about fighters is they can acrue all of those feats in their career (although not at first level unfortunately). However a lot of fighters wish to become Wielder of Weapon X and thus concentrate on weapon focus, weapon...

Edena - unless beating the Drill Sargeant is some personal victory you could do what the rest of us mortals do and cheat :) Wonko the Sane found me this link a while back so I'll pass it on. http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=105443 Agraminyu's reference sheets are brilliant. Sprinkle a...

In all cases full Strength bonus is applied to to-hit. Relevant modifier applies to Damage only e.g. Person with 18 Str longsword in off hand = +4 to hit, +2 damage longsword in main hand = +4 to hit, +4 damage longsword in both hands = +4 to hit, +6 damage

You can throw as many thrown weapons as you have attacks in a round. (so a 16th level fighter can throw 4). However drawing thrown weapons isn't a free action so unless you have the quickdraw feat you can only really throw 2 (one in main hand, one in offhand - transferred to main hand before...

Many thanks for that. And it even appears I was quite close on the name - how's that for memory after 2 or more years :) And many thanks to everybody else who offered suggestions as well.

Some suggestions that helped out my group: Have one of the players run the initiative track. Since that is the major piece of paperwork at the start of a fight it leaves you time to get any minatures you need out, make sure you have all the notes you need and get yourself into the mind frame of...

As Aaron L says you don't apply the modifiers for size during combat you apply them during character creation. A small creature has +1 to hit vs EVERYTHING and +1 AC vs EVERYTHING. A large creature has -1 to hit and -1 AC vs everything. You jot it down during creation and never need to worry...

Just a quick correction but I think the half bonus for the off hand applies to DAMAGE only - you still get the full bonus on to-hit. You might want to double check that tho :) Edit - I see Kenobi has already pointed this out. Sigh - I need the improved initiative and fast fingers feats

Does anybody have any good links to combat cheat sheets - 2 or 3 pages of the common combat maneauvours / actions so beginners can quickly check the rules, see if they provoke AoOs? I had a set posted years ago by umm ... something like Angrimanu, soz I'm really bad with names. I'd like upto...

You get one AoO per opponent per TRIGGER. Normal people only get on AoO so it's usually moot. People with combat reflexes have the option of getting two (or more) AoO on a single person as long as they do different things. If the person moves in your threat range you get one AoO only. If they...

Not really because for a good 15 or so of those years you spent your time learning to control your body and hormones. You only really spent 4 years learning how to be a Barbarian/Bard. If at university I had wanted to switch from Comp Sci to Eng Lit I wouldn't have had to go back to primary...