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Thanks dude. I was wondering about the Con/HP issue. Purchase prices for items is really not so much an issue at this point (nearly 1mil gold to spend), but I do start running into issues with slots for items. I'll dump the Weapon Focus feat. You're right. And looking at the Divine...

I could use some assistance building a replacement/back-up PC for an epic-level campaign I'm playing in. We're running into a good mix of opponents of varying HD and CRs, but one issue that keeps coming up is high spell resistance. My current brain storm is a Warlock/Cleric build, using the...

That's an interesting idea... I DM a DragonLance campaign and this calculation is actually included as a "rule" in the DragonLance Campaign Setting sourcebook for role-playing. If you do something in-character that is detrimental to the party you get an RP award -- the idea is, I think, to...

Although I quite like the idea of offering a half-bonus for a PrC that matches the characters archetype (and it would definitely be in keeping with wanting to reward the players rather than punishing them), it then puts me in the position of "judging" whether the PrC "fits" the player's image of...

First one, it depends. Second one, probably. Third, almost definitely. Fourth, see previous qualifications. NONE of what you said requires knowledge of the PC's alignment -- it requires knowledge of the context in which the action occurred, which the OP fairly well described. I mean, are...

I actually think Jack has a point here. If you have detect magic active, by the rules all you need to do to maintain concentration on it is take a single move action per round. When you're actively engaged in a dungeon crawl, you are concentrating on your environment, watching out for threats...

Completely 100% agreed. With respect, that's somewhat condescending and not entirely true. In fact, I explicitly said it'd be nice to know what the existing alignments are but, regardless, it's helpful but not necessary. You do not need to know the alignment of the PC to discuss the "alignment"...

Hello all. Need some advice. In a campaign I'm running, I wanted to encourage my players to rely more on core classes and I also thought the RAW about multiclassing was too punitive. I decided to toss out the RAW penalties for multiclassing when a PC's levels are too disparite (get rid of...

It might not, but when one kills another person there could be many different motivations. E.g., self-defense, greed, lust, act of war, negligent operation of a machine, etc. Just because you killed someone doesn't mean the act is evil (or that you are). However, I think it's more likely to be...

I'm reluctant to change party alignment for a single act but this was actually a series of actions (attacking, killing, mutilating, flushing). It'd be nice to know what the current alignments are, because (by RAW) you can only shift alignment one step along one axis at a time. Personally...

I think you're taking my words out of context. The specific example does not break the game, but it can form one part of a theme or ongoing abuse of the RAW to unbalance the game. Thus, I had first said things that either break the game or the theme. No, because that's applying cultural and...

Great; thanks.

By itself? It doesn't. To me it marks part of a trend or a style of gameplay that can disrupt the balance. (And, by the time you're 9th level, 500 xp really isn't that much of a cost.) Great... buy the wand and use a charge after every battle and spell you cast. It's not just about traps to my...

Situation: One of my players is running a Dragonfire Adept, which can effectively use Detect Magic at will. I'm trying to set a trap up for them with a body placed atop a Symbol of Pain. The make the trap more enticing, I'm thinking of having a Minor Image cast on the body to look like...

As for the first two, it obviously depends on what your concept of the game should be like. I do not punish my players for building effective characters, but I do try to dissuade them from bending (and abusing) the rules. I'm very comfortable with modifying the RAW if I feel they are being...

I would have done it differently (i.e., telling him you can't do that because you have no line of sight) but I think what you did is perfectly fair and acceptable. I have little sympathy for metagaming and while I don't go out of my way to punish folks for it, I do think letting them reap the...