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Well, the real decision you need to make is whether or not you're going to use Divine Metamagic. Is this going to be a powergaming, any-cheese-goes campaign, or something where the characters are more modest? If you want to use divine metamagic, you probably want to do something like human...

I usually simply ban disjunction. It's a broken mechanic, usually resulting in a TPK. With the Chain Dispelling, it's really not necessary. You could, perhaps make it a better version of Chain Dispelling, targeting every spell effect and item in the area, or give it a +5 bonus to the roll.

I think a bard would fit. Aside from perform (which you should take so you have at least some mechanical function) and possibly concentration (for spellcasting): Diplomacy (making nice with new cultures and who have recipes you want) Knowledge skills (for edible monsters - nature...

Arcanis Elorii, especially the Ardakene, might be a good fit, mechanically (they really don't match Tolkein elves at all in backstory). Ardakene get +2 Wis and Cha, -2 Con and Str. Immortality (don't die of old age, basically), and immunity to disease. They lose the spot and listen bonuses...

I'd consider it, but it's not an automatic. Those feats are a big price to pay, and losing knowledge skills as class skill is somewhat problematic. The familiar thing isn't a big deal at all. The abilities are nice, but I don't think they're so good that you have to take it.

My problem with this spell (and several others of its ilk) is that the counter measure is higher level than the spell itself. It wouldn't be at all unreasonable for a 9th level wizard to be the BBEG for a bunch of 7th level characters. If he hits the mage with this, it's essentially a...

The FAQ answer seems reasonable to me, though it pretty badly nerfs undead. For my own game, I'd give the same answer in general and then use my best judgement for a small handful of effects that ought to stack with themselves (like a wight's energy drain). That's a house rule though.

Well, that's one way to get rid of a vampire. Saves all the tedious coffin searching. I also just LOVE the revenance/revivify trick.

300k for blur and shield? That's a little extreme. He can get 90% of the same effects for 1/10th that, and it's always on (+3 mithral bucker and minor cloak of displacement.) You're making way too much of the "free action" bit, when you need to be comparing it to existing items (like boots of...

Scout building to dervish worked pretty well in a campaign we played. Ok, to be more specific, it was horribly broken. What else do you call somebody who can move across the battlefield, take a full attack for 200+ damage, and then move out of range of retaliation? Other than that, the...

For "standard" high damage output fighters, I see basically a few archetypes: Every one of these must have Power Attack - no question. Fighter 4/Barbarian X. Fighter levels for focus and spec. Barbarian 1 or 2/Fighter X. Take Extra Rage. More bonus feats this way. Barbarian 1 or 2/Fighter...

I'd allow it for hand weapons. Some sort of reinforcement for pole arms. But the most critical house rule for me is that breaking the shaft of a wooden shafted weapon doesn't ruin the enchantment. Just put a new handle on it and you're good to go.

The bard can cast Dimensional Leap because it's not the same spell as Quickened Dimension Door.

I'd have voted for "none" if it was an option. After the smack they laid down on Dragotha, I think they're going to do horrible things to the wormy one. That said, I voted for Storm. Fragile, and has a history of dying. I don't see how so many votes went to Hawk. He seems like the...

Warblade (book of 9 swords) and duskblade (PHII) are the closest to broken. They aren't really all that far out of line though. Some of the complete series classes might be broken on the weak side as full progression classes, but they can all serve a purpose for certain character concepts.

I think Hawk's selling himself short on his saves. Which is pretty scary considering he has 33/19/26 listed.

A lot of what's best is situational. You need to know your companions, and their play styles. That's going to be tough with a brand-new 17th level character. You don't know what buffs and defenses they need. But, as it happens, I've got a 17th level cleric I'm playing currently. Here's a...

Woohoo! Sweet update, JD. Thanks.

Why bother dealing any non-lethal damage at all? Everybody starts out with 0 non-lethal damage. 0 is more than -1, so when somebody's hp drop to -1 (or lower), they're unconcious due to non-lethal damage, even if they wouldn't otherwise be unconcious due to being at -1 hp. Sure, it kind of...

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