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Somebody beat me to it. I was going to mention that instant teleportation is not something that 6th level characters are supposed to have and that I thought it was odd how you're saying "it's story and we don't metagame" on one hand and then trying to metagame your socks off to build a character...

The Spell Compendium coming out this month is just a collection of the designers' favorite spells from supplements and Dragon magazines. Over 1000 spells in all.

When I first started reading this thread I thought, "No, Empower will work and allow you to exceed the caps of the normal spell--that's the point of the feat." But, having read Hypersmurf's posts, I've changed my mind. I think his interpretation is correct.

It can't be instantaneous and have a duration. Instantaneous effects exist either for the instant they are cast (i.e. fireball) or from the casting of the spell until something else changes their existence (i.e. wall of stone). Since a Mind Blast has a duration, it is susceptible to dispelling.

"Into" covers entrance to the spell area. Saying "Into or out of" would prevent crossing the perimeter of the spell area but allow people to dimension door, teleport, etc. as long as the start and end point were both inside the area. Since that was not what the designers wanted (or they would...

I suppose you could make an argument for that line of reasoning, though I doubt you'd convince anyone that it was the intent of the rules for a monk to be able to select a feat he couldn't use. Why would you bother?

Drow get Darkness + Faerie Fire. That means that you have concealment versus your opponent (20% miss chance and no sneak attacks) but they don't have concealment versus you, so Drow Rogues will kill you quick with that combination and other Drow simply have a combat advantage. There's no reason...

For what it's worth, I use a houserule that all Supernatural (Su) and Spell-like (Sp) abilities granted by a PrC are lost if the prerequisites are lost, but any Extraordinary (Ex) or "mundane" abilities (including BAB, HP, Skills, Saves, Spellcasting [if it's +1 to existing], and even bonus...

Also a good point. The Astral Deva I think has a level progression in the Planar Handbook. I'd use that to figure out what abilities she'd have at that level.

Not really that abusable. At the cost of at least 1000 xp and a at least 1000 gp you get a cohort of your level that has to pay per point of hp to be repaired. Sounds like a great way to drain party resources to me. If that creature is so powerful that its more of a threat than a party member...

I was agreeing with you in interpreting the Grapple on AoO rules in a way that makes sense despite what some consider the RAW to say, until you made this post. 1) No. 2) No. 3) So what? 4) No.

In roughly 10 years of gaming, I have never seen anyone (PC or NPC) attempt a counterspell. It's just not a mechanic that is intuitive or one that is usually the best option at any given time.

I find it highly amusing that the four of the potentially most powerful classes are here listed as the weakest. It just confirms my opinion that polls are typically pointless.

Flesh to Stone + Shink Item = Yes Of course, by the time you could make that work you could save three spells and boiling your party by casting Mass Fly.

It's common sense that in a swarm of cats some of them are standing on other cats? That's the argument you put forward.

The game was designed for "the normal human" to be first-level in an NPC class. By the time you're 5th or 6th level you can do things impossible for a normal human. By the time you're 20th level you are at least on par with mythical characters like Hercules. To think that 100th level characters...

Don't forget the Diving Charge option and a flying mount! (Lance + (STR x 1.5)+Magic+(PowerAttack x 2))x4 If you don't see how terrible an advantage getting an automatic hit with something like that is, then there's no point in arguing with you.

That's a reply? Is something unclear or do you disagree? I'm not sure what the "..." is supposed to mean.

1. No. 2. Yes (so long as you've turned them to your command). 3. Yes (so long as you've turned them to your command). From the SRD... "You turn the closest turnable undead first, and you can’t turn undead that are more than 60 feet away or that have total cover relative to you. You don’t need...

A door is not a magical item that the rogue possesses. He cannot use UMD on it at all.