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I think you misinterpreted part of what I said. I never said it doubled claw damage, but it does effectively double unarmed damage. The claws deal damage equal to EB + unarmed (the exact wording is: and then Beast strike adds claw damage on top of unarmed, so it's effectively 2x unarmed + EB...

Eldritch Claws + Beast Strike means that the claw damage gets added to unarmed damage. Note that the regular claw damage for Eldritch Claws is unarmed strike damage + EB damage, meaning that Beast Strike effectively doubles your unarmed damage and then adds claw damage on top of that. And...

Clawlock requires the Eldritch Claws feat from Dragon 358, so it might very well be off the table in this and other instances. If the feat is allowed then Clawlocks definitely rock when it comes to damage (especially with Beast Strike If you're thinking of Soulbow, I might have an idea for...

D&D is number crunchy. Regardless of what class you're playing, if you're getting buffed and taking damage and all those kinds of things, you're going to need to do a fair bit of math. I can definitely see myself using a spreadsheet to keep track of stats for any of my characters. Even though...

The players do have some capability of doing the reverse, but they don't typically have the possibility of shooting for an exact number. Thus, many simply go for higher numbers because they'll eventually run into something that requires those higher numbers. However, the DM can definitely...

That variant ranger is the one from Complete Warrior. Which has been noted as crap.

I did on the second page, though not exactly in the same words.

Who needs oddball rules to do that when there's the Planar Shepard? lol

See if you can ask your DM if your character can go on a quest or something to get the spell and then qualify for the class. By the way, is Ashbound available to you and compatible with the fluff of your character? It's Extend for free after all, if you need it.

Yes, we're an odd bunch. But much like the corridors feeling realistic, the space the players play in has to have at least some believability to it too. Having a player's human character take up 2.5x2.5 feet is going to raise questions once you start thinking about how much space the character...

You've already mentioned all the PrCs I've ever heard of that grant turning, so you're pretty much SoL on that front. The turning for Paragnostic Apostle might be wasted, but the other things it provides could be worth it if you're specializing in the spells that benefit from the various...

One of the primary reasons medium creatures occupy a 5x5 space is because that's roughly how much area it takes for a creature that size to be comfortable and effective in battle. If you're expecting a medium creature to be able to work in a space 1/4 that size then your expectations need to be...

Restricting books and items and such is usually more of an excuse for saying "I can't be bothered to learn the rules for these things, so I'm just going to ban them." Now, saying you aren't going to learn a certain rules set isn't a bad thing necessarily since it can take considerable time and...

Regarding Nezkrul's suggestion of Swift Hunter, the feat breaks down a bit in gestalt due to having more levels in both classes. In normal play it would max out at 20 combined levels, but in gestalt it'd effectively be 40 levels at 20th level, and I'm pretty sure your DM's BS meter will go off...

A 30 foot move speed won't cut it for kiting because of the charge action, since charges can go up to twice the character's land speed (and sometimes further depending on the build). You'd need at least a 60 foot move speed to get around that problem, and that's assuming the enemy is focusing...

If you want to make his spellcasting easier, just say "here are some of the most useful spells. Just prep those and don't worry about anything else." If he really can't be bothered to keep track of the very few spell slots he gets... Well, like you said, he's lazy, and that doesn't exactly...

I just looked in mine and indeed it does say: Summon Shadow (Su): At 3rd level, a shadowdancer can summon a shadow, an undead shade (see the Monster Manual for the shadow’s statistics). Unlike a normal shadow, this shadow’s alignment matches that of the shadowdancer, and the creature cannot...

The Bracers of Armor are an Armor Bonus (SRD link is already up, but you can find the list of bonus types on page 21 in the DMG), which is the same type as, well, regular armor. So no, they wouldn't stack, even if the armor itself had bracers (which none explicitly do I believe. Some do come...

As mentioned already, the Bracers of Armor and the actual armor don't stack since they're both an armor bonus to AC. Mage Armor likewise does not stack with either the bracers or the full plate because it too is an armor bonus though since it's a force effect it would grant that bonus against...

Yes, it is actually wrong. Wrong in the sense of "isn't properly supported by the rules." Untyped bonuses from the same source do not stack, and the same source in this case is the Defending property. Only one can work at a time. And even if a case could be made that it's rules legal, it...