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Yes. And that is why it is utterly useless as a metric. All it does is count spell levels; while someone could use the feat and burn all those spells in exactly that way that has no bearing or relevance to the way anyone would play in a real situation. It has as much to do with spell power as a...

Summon spell goes off->monster immediately takes its turn. Round goes as normal, the next time the initiative rolls around to the summoned monster it disappears without getting to do anything. So yes; only one round of attacks (Plural here because some summoned monsters have more than one...

It's easy to get into a game if you have a prior connection to the other characters. This is made easy by having NPCs referred to in characters' bagcground be common contacts, for instance. If one of the players feels a connection to this NPC because they spent effort writing a story that...

It's a matter of time, yes, but writing such an entry takes half an hour at most. If someone can't take half an hour away from their work and Real Life (tm) once a week outside their gaming session, I don't see how they can fit the gaming session in there at all. And it's also a question of...

This.

Not by default, but the pounce entry specifically changes that rule, hence adding something 'after the charge' in its rules text. No, they get a full attack after they charge, sometimes including additional attacks (like rake).

Power Attack Spell Focus (school of spell that has important save attached) Gr. Spell Focus (same) Extra cheesy: Quicken Spell Divine Metamagic (Quicken Spell) Extra Turning Extra Melee-y: Cleave Improved Bull Rush (push PCs into persistent area spells, off bridges, etc.)

I would not try to force the player into a different playstyle out of game or by metagaming a contract just because he's being difficult. Talking to him and telling him "You are making your character into a non-contributor by choosing to play this way" would pretty much be the limit of...

In addition to what the OP has said: Maybe next time you should try to address the OP's situation rather than a random one from your imagination. The OP is here specifically a GM and is seeing an imbalance between the classes that are on offer for his players, in case you missed it. This may not...

I've always played with the Minotaur ability only affecting mazes; they have an affinity for them and live in them. I'd say that a Minotaur can extrapolate the design of a maze after seeing a fair part of it so that they can find their way more or less directly to the exit after bumbling around...

That certainly changes things a lot from core; there are are a lot of rather powerful things in the FR books that makes the classes balance weirdly (well, more weirdly than they already are). That being said, your game is not how DnD is designed to be run. It's designed to be a team game, which...

Also, having crappy DEX won't help you any more against sneak attacks. Always having your DEX bonus available means that the only way to sneak attack you is through flanking.

Actually I'm saying that, X+Y ~ K, X+Z ~ K This only tells us that Y ~ Z, but not anything about the value of X. So yes, the rest of your post fits that.

This assumes that Grace and Dodge are as valuable as either feat qualifications or sneak attack. The evidence does not directly support this as Grace and Dodge are always one side of the equation. It does support that feat qualifications and sneak attack are similar in value, though (which I'm...

I agree.

The relevant part of the feat text: "In addition, your skirmish extra damage applies against any creature you have selected as a favored enemy, even if it is normally immune to extra damage from critical hits or skirmish attacks."

Again, constructs (and undead) Win. They do not get tired, their throats do not go dry, and exhaustion rules are meaningless to creatures without a Con score.

Only if they can see you. Knowing which square you are in doesn't help. So if they have See Invisibility or Blindsight, yes. If they have Blindsense or really good Spot or Listen, no.

But you don't need to shut up in order to fight if you're doing one of the songs that don't require concentration (like Inspire Courage, Countersong, Inspire Greatness, or Inspire Heroics). That's the point of them not requiring concentration, so you can run around and fight as much as you want...

Learn a sign language. Or have someone cast Telepathic Bond on you.