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I am also one of those who see roleplaying and powergaming as different axes. And I *so* don't get the importance of driving. WTF? I am a grown man with a job, and I have never owned a car. I have always been able to show up where I'm required, when I'm required to be there.

Not to mention the velocity difference of the ground at any two teleportation points significantly far from each other in relation to the planet's spin. But Gate and Teleport are two very different sorts of magic. I would rule that the momentum you enter the Gate on from one side is the...

Surprise isn't a condition like stun or daze. Surprise is not getting to act because you don't know what the hell is going on. You can't act in the surprise round because you can't act before your initiative count - a surprised character has an effective initiative count in the surprise round of...

You can't ready an action if initiative hasn't been rolled for combat. And I won't allow my players to "force initiative rounds" by stating "I attack the darkness!" or suchlike. I don't know if there's a specific set of conditions that have to be fulfilled for a party to roll for initiative...

How do you sunder a Brilliant Energy sword, anyway? It's made out of Brilliant Energy that doesn't interact with other swords.

This story is also referenced in Discworld literature. Science of Discworld, I believe.

My take on it is that you roll the hide check each time someone has a chance to spot you, and that is the meaning of the verb "hide" in the passage quoted - rolling a hide check. So if you don't have cover or concealment when someone has a chance to spot you, you don't get to roll a hide check...

I disagree that my position is only semantic window dressing. I don't think I shall be able to convince you otherwise, though, so I shall let my argument rest here.

Here's where we differ. You're using "effect" here in the DnD sense of the word, I assume, since creatures can be "immune" to this "effect". I would be using it in another sense or, to be more clear, substitute another word - "consequence". I do not think that rules applications are effects, I...

As others of us know, it is not brokenly powerful. No, he can't. In the Warblade's section on recovery, it is explicitly spelled out that "You cannot initiate a maneuver or change your stance while you are recovering your expended maneuvers".

Four, at "BAB" +8 (first end), +8 (second end), +3 (first end), +3 (second end)

Increasing the ECL of a PC or imposing an XP penalty on them will only do one thing - make the problem larger. Now the PC is meeting encounters that are higher CR for his level without getting commesurately higher XP for it, but he still gets his share of the loot. Alternately, he still gets an...

The difference is that if a living creature somehow gains immunity to death effects, they can still die from hit point loss. Being immune to paralysis means you're immune to effects that directly cause paralysis, but not immune to losing the ability to move indirectly, say from strength or...

Feinting is underpowered as-is. A single sudden strike (or sneak attack) is much less than other damage dealers can dish out.

But only if Buttercup asked him to!

And Freedom of Action renders you immune to being helpless from 0 DEX. I'm with the "0 DEX = paralyzation regardless of immunity" interpretation.

Until the party brings out their collection of 10' poles and trail those along the walls.

The rules for being in others' spaces make my head hurt. An unrelated question: Chu Li, are you Chun Li's father? And if so, do I have your blessing?

I want to disagree with Hypersmurf, I really do. I don't think the rules should work that way. But as far as RAW goes, I don't find any of the counterarguments in this thread - or the previous one I've seen where this was discussed - to be convincing. And I can't think of better counterarguments...

No. The AoO is triggered by the character attempting to get up from prone. By RAW, AoOs resolve before the triggering action, so the character is still prone when the AoO goes off. You ready an action to the moment the character does anything (breathe, look around, move a finger, etc.) after...