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If you're getting knocked out before you have a chance to cast a spell, then anti-grapple tactics aren't going to make you live longer. IE, if they were able to take you down in a single round, they probably would have been even more effective if they had just plain attacked you instead of...

Competance bonuses to attack and damage are rare bonuses, and will stack with all of your more common bonuses (various str bonuses, enhancement bonuses to dex, magical enhancement bonuses to weapons, etc etc.). This is the same reason that an amulet of natural armor, for instance, costs much...

((Repeated over and over again by various people)) Just like charging itself, it's not something that will come up in every combat. I've only used it a few times myself, but it works quite well in some situations: 1) Zombies. If you have a str bonus to make it worthwhile, it's great for the...

I look at it similarly. It's kind of the same way as the +1 enhancement bonus on a MW weapon is overtaken by (but not stacked with) the +x enhancment bonus to attack (and damage) of a +x weapon. The +x, while similar, replaces the MW quality without a reduction in cost. ==== The good news...

According to the survival rules, you need 5 ranks in order to automatically determine North. There's no more a DC associated with it than letting a 1st level wizard cast 5th level spells by making a spellcraft check. (and I mean inherently, not from a scroll, etc). If there were clues to the...

Blindfight helps only against melee attacks, otherwise Inifiniti2000 is correct. Modifying his little questionaire you get: *This becomes a debated issue when flanking. Some people say you cannot flank someone who is blind.

There doesn't need to be anything official other than the description of raging. You don't "lose" expertise when you rage, you just can't use it. It's like using Far Shot when you're 50 ft away from your target; you can't use Point Blank Shot (far Shot's pre-req feat), but you can still use...

Then what you've house ruled is that it takes less troops to setup along the same distance if the line is diagonal compared to when the line is vertical/horizontal. You're now covering that 15 ft line (2 diagonals = 15 ft) with only 2 enemies. If it was vertical or horizontal, you'd have to...

The line of text that allowed that in 3.0 is not existant in 3.5 (at least not in the same place, and not any other place that i've seen).

If you're going to have the new character both build and play the class, I think a human barbarian is the easiest class to play. Doesn't have the intense feat selection of a fighter, doesn't require the understanding of dozens of different skills like a rogue. All that really needs to be...

If the chance of disabling the trap is too low, perhaps the DM is setting them too high. Remember, you have to fail your diable device check by 5 or more to set it off. Dispelling and sending the monk through also shouldn't be incredibly viable. A lot of magical traps reset. So the wizard...

Spell storing vs shocking depends on how many times in combat you plan on hitting your opponent. As a cleric, since you might very well spend time buffing or having to heal other party members and not to mention lower attack rating, spell storing sounds like the better choice. Plus, I just...

The throwing axe is a light weapon compared to the javalin/club. (Also, javalins take a penalty when used in melee). If all you're going to do is throw it, the throwing axe isn't that great; But if used in melee, it can be finessed, or used offhand for lower TWF penalties. I think it makes a...

uhm...getting it across might be possible with an arrow (difficult, it might take a try or two, but possible), but the rope isn't going to tie itself around something (unless you're using magic of some sort. Ah...but there are footholds...of a sort. The rope is not a ceiling; you can wrap...

He's talking about the -4 from being in melee, not related to cover. (Though the 2 situations can frequently stack). There was never any chance of hitting an ally just because he's engaged in melee. Technically, the -4 to your attack is supposed to represent that you're erring on the side of...

Monks are caster killers. They aren't meant to be tanks. They are highly mobile combatants. They're supposed to take care of the problem enemies (usually ones that do lots of damage, but can't take much damage; like a wizard). After the early levels, wizards will rock a fighter's world 9...

Masterworking nonweapons/armor is typically a +50g to the price. At least that's for the items that add +2 to skills (such as MW thieves tools, and crafting kits, etc).

Yes, but a 1 round action technically takes longer, so apply the start a fullround action rule to it would be the most lenient thing you could do.

It is clarified in the FAQ with an example of either a charge's +2 or truestrike not getting added to a cleave attack. What "at the same bonus" is supposed to mean is the same BAB +other modifiers that apply; modifers that apply only to a single attack are not carried over. Other examples...

They bring it up becuase its a good illustration of why Cleaving off of an AoO doesn't make sense and also because it's easy to explain in one paragraph. If you want a more reasonable situation where the exact same abuse occurs, i can provide you with one. =================== 1) Setup: party...