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Okay, now I am somewhat confused. I had decided to buy the Spell Compendium, or at least look through it at the games/bookstore. So I checked the Barnes and Noble site to see if they carried it. It's listed as not yet published, due out on December 27th. Has this book been published? And if...

Regarding wealth, I haven't had this problem because my group tends to be the "get your character raised"-type. Rather than the "He's dead, roll up another"-type. However, it seems to me that a simple solution to the problem is to simply stop giving out treasure if the PCs loot their fallen...

I've heard a couple of folks mentioning the "Spell Compendium" recently, which I garner is a new 3.5 spell sourcebook, correct? Are there any good paladin/cleric spells in said volume, or is this a sor/wizard resource?

As a DM, I describe blows with a short bit of description. "You perform the maneuver perfectly, but uncannily he dodges." Or "You manage to rap him on the side with your mace, he grimaces in pain." Nothing too fancy. Enough to keep combat from being a simple numbers game, but not so much as...

Not gonna touch it! :p

Even though I subscribe to Thanee's "subjective rule" regarding Mind Blank, I agree with KD here. THis seems a clear-cut case of information-gathering.

I haven't seen such a feat. I'm guessing because then to make it fair you'd have to include another one for the rest of the group. Really Smart You are really smart, and learn more from any given experience than others. Benefit: You gain 20% more experience than normal. Normal: You gain the...

The quote itself should have undone him. Note that the text for Power Attack never mentions doubling or multiplying of any kind. For every point you subtract from your to-hit roll, you add 2 points to damage. But you aren't doubling anything. You're taking one value from one thing, and...

Well, "Ooooooo!" when you read the stat bonuses, and "AAARGH!" when you get to the price. :p

Wow. Again, this just goes to show how differently we all see these intimate issues. From where I'm sitting, it seems like you'd rather live a lie than have a friend intrude (as you believe it would be) on your relationship. I can't fathom that. The idea of preferring to be cheated on...

There's a story about a group of gamers, I don't recall the origin or exact details. The crux of it is that the DM at one point says "you see a gazebo at the top of the hill," but one of the players doesn't know the word "gazebo." He thinks it's a monster's name, and acts accordingly. The DM...

Is there nothing in the character's background, or actions, that might have created any kind of obligation? When I was hospitalized for a few months earlier this year, my DM simply had my paladin leave on a personal quest (to take the Trials to join a certain paladin order) that he had been...

It's funny you should mention this, since I've heard exactly the opposite, that many of the folks you find at RPGA games are real whackjobs simply because, per its rules, the RPGA cannot turn anyone away. So you find all the gamers who get kicked out of private games flocking to the RPGA.

I sympathize with you, Gruff. It can be hard to find good gamers. There are indeed a lot of gamers who became so because they were outcast due to poor hygiene and bad social skills, and haven't really ever improved. However, I think you should look at yourself as a source of faith. You...

Yes, I seem to recall one revolving around Slaadi and implantation as well. I'm fairly entrenched on the opposite side on this one, but have no desire to go round and round again. :p

Not only that, but it's a 20 level class progression, because the ghaele is so powerful that it's not fit to play at full power except in the company of 20th-level characters. i.e. it's ECL 20.

I find this logic difficult to comprehend. How could "your sword" mean anything other than "your sword"? If it'd said "a sword" or "the sword" then perhaps. If it'd said the spell ended when it left "its owner's hand" then perhaps. As it stands, it seems clear (to me at least) that the spell...

I'd probably treat the Awakened Animal's nature similar to the way faeries were described in Tad Williams' The Flower War, which may or may not be rooted in real faerie legend (I am not expert enough to say.) Basically, I'd allow the Awakened nature to be passed down through the generations, at...

Yep. I don't mind cultural differences, etc. in my games. I don't mind new classes, (though that requires a lot of trust in a DM,) either. I'm an attentive player, prone to writing short stories about my PC, even. The key is in the method of introduction. As you so truthfully said, players...

That's just it, though. It enhances your vision into a Divination, which is blocked by Mind Blank. Or at least, that's the idea. Perhaps it's a bit too far-fetched for actual use. This is, again, a matter of interpretation IMO. I see it as magic that is obfuscating what is really there, i.e...