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Some mage tired of having fighters beat the crap out of him probably came up with it.

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I've not played savage tide. Is there any way that the player might know what this thing is via his background? If not, than I'm still on the "you don't know" side of the fence. It's clear though that you aren't trying to screw him over, and tactically, it sounds like a very valid strategy. I...

CDD - Character Deficit Disorder. Know that you are not alone. It's a common ailment among gamers. Ah yes, the ITS (integral to storyline) bit is set to 1. I've had this happen as a player before as well. It's actually quite frustrating. I've been of the opinion that, by and large, the DM...

Nope. I did have a survivorish "you've been voted off the island" moment once though. Generally speaking, I can game with just about anyone. I think. Heh.

I'm my house rules, that is what I do. If there is a good reason, especially from a rich character background, for a player to know something, that counts on the DC. In this case, without any of the background, DC15 is what it is. With more background, I could see that adjusting downward, maybe...

This is the heart of my issue here though. I don't agree with the premise that it's "screwing the player". It's a different kind of challenge. Fundamentally, it's no different than the level draining undead, the sunder rules (the only player I ever saw that sundered things got the crap beat out...

QFT. "As a player, I only ever want to succeed. If something is new, different or challenging, I want no part of it. If I can't be an epic god in 5 sessions, I'm going back to WoW". Sorry, I just don't buy it. There's a HUGE difference between running across a rust monster in one's adventuring...

And this is really the point IMO. The nerfing of DnD that is 3rd Edition in conjunction with the conceptual opinion that fighters should be able to do what wizards and clerics do. I've gamed for 25+ years. I've run across rust monsters with all those characters, in all that time, maybe, maybe 5...

Agree completely. A fond saying in my group is "there is no wrong way to play DnD". If the players want a rich campaign, then give it to them. If they want a faceless dungeon crawl, give it to them.

The rules are firmly on your side here. When one goes to paladin school, they learn all kinds of skills and feats. Just because someone went to school, doesn't mean they studied up on rust monsters. They might have focused on spotting or searching. An untrained knowledge check can only be made...

The basics are a DC 15 knowledge dungeoneering check. If he has no ranks, he can't make the check. What's the point of knowledge skills if DM's just allow anyone to automatically have them?

If the character had paid attention in paladin school, he would have put points in knowledge dungeoneering to recall that tidbit.

I'm just picking your post since it's the last, but I have a general question. What's the point of having folks invest in skills if the DM lets anyone just roll with a 25/75 DC check for knowledge about subject? The character could have invested in knowledge dungeoneering, but didn't. I'd be...

I disagree. This isn't nerf DnD (you know, with all the safety padding). DC15, since he has no skill points in it, he can't make better than a DC10. Unless there is some compelling reason why he would know of this creature, it sounds like an *experience* gaining encounter...

Nope, not unless he would have some reason to know of one. As someone else mentioned, a knowledge dungeoneering check would be a valid response, but barring that I'd say let the whining commence...

No. EWP and Monkey Grip reduce the effort of a medium to large weapon from two-handed to not-possible to become a 2 handed weapon. By going from large to huge, you go from 2 handed to requiring more than two hands (or "not possible), which I don't think there is a rule to handle (I'd house...

I agree. Personally, I got rid of most of that in my game world. There's a reason most of the world is a human world, not the least of which is that elves roaming the streets at night have a chance of getting the crap beat out of them due to their hollow elf bones and pointy little ears. :-)...

Only time I have seen it used was with the mage swapping places is where I got that. Was a pretty ballsy move to be honest...

Oh, and OP I guess I would say you should definitely ask your DM, since there are two logical directions that it could go, both of which can be defended pretty well.