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Your best (and easiest) bet would be to simply roll up some standard characters. Create a range of 'plebs' to work as the majority of the 'army'; make them versatile. Create a template for mid level spell casters and archers, to fight from a distance. And then can create a standard 'assault...

The rules on permanency say that you cannot use feather fall or fly; or any flying based spell. It would be similar for wishes/miracles. With your vow and your mount being dismissible, you're pretty much stuck unless you were willing to take on a new class. As such, the Dragon Disciple is the...

I'm lucky (or unlucky) in the fact that these players have only touched DnD in PC games like Baldurs Gate and Neverwinter Nights. So they have some inflated views on some monsters, poor ones of others, but mostly no idea what they're coming up against. Setting them up against a Battlebriar has...

And even then it is determined by where the mount originated from. If it's native to the material plane (is that what they call the 'home' plane?), then it's simply an extraplanar when it's stuffed in its pocket. When it comes back into existence (for you), it looses this subtype and cannot be...

I should say as well, that during this Rogues attempts to find solutions to his combat problems, he stumbled across this forum (where I'd posted questions about how to handle sneak attacks). He saw my post, signed up, and sent me a friendly message filled with 'talk' we'd share while playing...

I've got similar problems (almost identical; first time player, wanting to Rogue (due to WoW) and alongside similar level characters, doesn't stand a chance). But he's tried furiously to see find ways around his handycaps. The most recent was devastating. He managed to buy a Blindfold of True...

There's also a fairly cheap spell in the Spell Compendium; Cloud wings. Only druids can cast it, but it's a level 2 spell (see if you can buy some potions or something). Increases your fly speed by 30. This is a great one for druids.. who already have access to a great number of flying shapes...

Thanks Cheers for the responses. Helps a lot. They've been looking at setting up a 'home' with defences (like a golem) for a while. The castle should do this nicely. I'll have the expenses/revenue system break even; in terms of what the player receives. But I may add some funds specifically...

Nice work. That's exactly what I need to explain to him. Yes, he's taken to throwing down a staff of the python (turns into a snake) behind his main foe to gain the flanking. Now he's after any other summoning magical items he can get his hands on; to sacrifice each time he wants to make his...

Thanks for the response. So it seems that the Rogue can make a sneak attack, but suffers a -20 on the Hide check when doing so. This seems more fair. I'd not previously heard of this. Is this just for melee attacks, or can he get away with ranged attacks without the penalty? The 'hide in plain...

I've got a Rogue character who's fairly high level, and eventually wants to move into the shadowdancer class. He's upset because his main 'sneak attack' ability can rarely be used in our (fairly) large scale combat situations. He's played too much World of Warcraft, and cannot get it into his...

I've introduced a Deck of Many Things into a high level campaign. The issue I've got is that one of the players pulled out a card that gave the player a small castle (to be placed anywhere they wanted), and a noble title. Now I'm at something of a loss of how to handle the campaign with a...

I should mention that you don't need internet access, only a computer. I typically take along a (f)laptop, but prefer to take my computer for ease of use (and the monitor size). The place we game doesn't even have a phone line.. Unfortunately, there's a fairly high learning curve for the...

I'm not sure what your skills are, but I have a nice system going for my games using a virtual server (easyphp). When I need something done for me, I create a system to do it (accessed via a webpage). Ideally, I'd have each player with a computer screen with their characters, spells...

A bit much.. As a DM, I wouldn't allow it. Especially not for a level 1 character. Something like this would be allowed as a spell for a higher level character that had a selected number of rounds of operation. But as a constant effect, it's too powerful. The damage, distraction, resultant...

High level chars I introduced a Marilith into one of my campaigns and things didn't turn out so well. The players launched a sacrificial lamb (a dire tiger enlarged) at the thing, which didn't last long at all. Then the players ran away like they'd seen a demon... But an easy solution for...

Thanks Thanks for the reply. This makes a lot of sense in hindsight. Makes high strength animals a much better option, along with those with multi-attack possibilities. And it's relatively easy to calculate stats for a druid in animal shape.

I've been having some trouble finding some rules on combat in wildshape. Specifically the base attack bonus that is used. If a druid changes into a bear, does she gain the three attacks allowed a bear, or only those allowed by her level? Does she use the base attack described in the Monster...