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The funny thing that gets overlooked when people claim that Haste is not unbalanced is what happens when a cleric can cast the spell (I think it comes in the Time domain). As unbalanced as it is for wizards it becomes horrifying with a high level cleric. The cleric can cast a hasted Harm on you...

True. I should correct what I said. Slow isn't a weak spell, but it is a fairly rare spell. I rarely use it because most of my PCs bolster their saves. They don't fail saves too often unless I seriously max out their foes save DCs. Tzarevitch

What does a limited partial action have to do with class features? Limiting the extra partial action to a partial move or a physical attack has nothing to do with class features. Anyone can make a physical attack or move if they choose. (BTW I forgot to mention that I do allow casters to use...

Actually, I think it is YOU who are missing the point. Your argument does not address the complaint that a lot of us have that Haste as written is overpowered. You are arguing that something cannot be unbalanced if there is a countermeasure to it. Your argument would make more sense if you...

My problem with Haste is that it makes no sense when compared to any of the feats that allow you to cast a second spell (such as Quicken spell. Quickening a spell requires a slot 4 levels above the spell's normal level. This means that you require a 4th level slot to quicken a cantrip or an...

Re: Re: Re: [BoVD] Busted CR, the Babau I have a character and a cohort who use slings. Admittedly they are both halflings. :D But seriously. You really have to use blunt weapons on them otherwise you make the fight much, much worse than it needs to be (and babaus are pretty irritating...

My DM uses babau all the time. If I remember correctly they are only about 8 HD. They shouldn't have been that tough against PCs of their level, but your PCs sounded like they played its game rather than making it play theirs. If you don't use blunt weapons on them they can last a LONG time...

A friend's old girlfriend went to Anchorage for about two years when she got a reporter job with the NBC afilliate station there. She was originally from Chicago and she swore that Anchorage got far colder than Chicago ever did. I don't think she ever really liked the city much, but then again...

Arabic names aren't that hard to learn. Players are adaptable. If you pronounce the names properly for them regularly they'll learn to pronounce them properly themselves. Tzarevitch

I firmly believe it is the players' responsibility to keep track of their OWN iniative. It is a simple thing and they can write it down if they need to. Tzarevitch

Actually, it speaks to the conditions under which something in the area area of effect takes damage not just when something in the barrier can negate damage. You are using an incredibly narrow reading of what the text says. The description is not quite as direct as most lingering damage spells...

Don't worry about it. That post was much less awkward than that horrid web-speak that some of my fellow native english speakers like to use. Tzarevitch

I don't have any Lions in my group either (or Crane, Unicorn or Mantis for that matter). Tzarevitch

Sickles??? Tzarevitch

This was my reasoning as well. "Permanent" is a duration. It does not suspend or alter any of the spell's other limitations or termination conditions. Tzarevitch

The birthright campaign I play in has passed about 8-9 years so far. Players are playing the following characters: - Baron of Talinie & Supreme Heirarch of the Northern Imperial Temple - (That's me) a ran1/pal1/cleric14 - Count of Endier and Guildmaster of Heartland Outfitters - human...

I ended up doing much the same thing in an old (2e) Al-Qadim campaign. Here is the long story of what I (Balthazar the 1st, Sultan of Taddabur, a dwarven shair15/merchant rogue 11/cleric 12) went through to found the city of Tadabbur: After we defeated the evil badgal (Tisan the Arch-Geomancer...

July 4, 1971. I am the oldest inmy group. The youngest is 24. Tzarevitch

Yes. Medically calibrated spectres. :D Tzarevitch

Bah! Lay on hands beats DR 2/- any day, especially at higher levels when you are being hit for 20+ pts of damage a blow. Besides, being able to fix your (or someone else's) injuries is always better than taking slightly less damage. Paladins with the correct selection of feats are powerful...