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In general, the designers (i.e., WotC) and a fair portion of the community (I hesitate to say, "majority," without actual numbers) feel that bonuses to mental stats are worth more than bonuses to physical stats. Basically, a +1 modifier on strength is an extra point of attack/damage rolls, +1...

You're right, but I didn't think starlight would be brighter than candlelight, and, indeed, candles only provide 5' shadowy illumination. IMO, giving starlight the equivalent of a candle burning in every 5' square is overly generous--then again, the rules for sight/spotting are pretty poor in...

No. It's bright as daylight for twice the distance that a human can see in those conditions. Starlight is shadowy for 5' for humans. That means elves see clearly for 10' and shadowy for a further 10'.

So how do you charge a large creature? You can't get "directly toward the center of your opponent" or you'd end up in an intersection instead of a square. So either you do have to allow more than one path to be equally valid, or you have to forbid charging large creatures altogether. Me? I go...

This misunderstanding comes up all the time. The rules don't say "directly toward the center of your opponent's square" or you couldn't charge a creature that was large since the center of his square is an intersection. Rather, it says: If there is someone standing in a space adjacent to my...

I do, actually. But then, I enjoy thinking out the long term effects of seemingly minor alterations to economies and way of life when I DM. My poor players have wreaked havoc (unsuspectingly or otherwise) on several nations in our last campaign.

Ack. Okay, I hate magic shops, but setting that aside; how can you design an item and then buy it in a store? Are you talking about commissioning these and waiting for them to be crafted?

Just wanted to point out that you actually have to be able to cast Heal to make an item with it. That means a fairly high level cleric is already in your group? Not to mention the Craft Magic Arms & Armor feat.

The only way you could get a new familiar by the rules is to multiclass into something else that gave a familiar (i.e. Sorcerer) or potentially burn a feat on Obtain Familiar (from CA).

Not entirely true, you can post excerpts, but you certainly couldn't publish the whole book "for the sake of discussion."

Technically it doesn't qualify, nor would its mindblade progress even if it did. However, the Complete Psionic is due out next April and there's a very strong likelihood that the Psychic Rogue will be in there. That would be the perfect fit.

They research it themselves. Yeah, but there's no reason why they should. IMO, the fact that FR has adventurers is silly. Now that, sir, is a very good idea. That would reduce the weight of the ship itself to between 25 and 100 tons and make the weight of the cargo nearly negligible. It would...

I see your point. The rationalization is that there are planes for water, fire, air and earth because they represent the source of magical energy types. There should, of course, also be a plane of sound, but that would be a little abstract even for an inner plane. Science has to function on my...

Always. I hate the idea of magic item shops and not being able to piss in a circle without hitting an archmage. If there are that many high level casters in the world, there's no need for adventurers.

No, even though there is an elemental plane of Water, it still has to consist of Hydrogen and Oxygen for most everything else to be possible (including life). I will use physics and reality wherever I can without significantly hampering the game.

Actually, I'm the DM, and I am trying to figure out how powerful the nation that constructs such objects would be. I suppose I could drop things down from a Galleon to a Sloop or Pinnace and save a lot of time and money, but it looks like the end result is that they're too darned expensive or...

Okay, here's the question. What spell or spells could a moderate-level caster use to create a Galleon that could fly? I know about the Planar Sails and the Rudder of Wind (or whatever the item from the AE&G is that lets ships fly), but neither of those can be created by anything short of an epic...

I think it makes perfect sense that touch attacks ignore DR, since touch attacks either don't have to hit with force to deal damage (i.e. spells, alchemical items, etc.) or they hit specific weak spots in armor and natural armor. In the Master Thrower's case, that trick allows him to hit a...

Lawful? Sure. Good, certainly not. If he only purposely infects his enemies and takes reasonable precautions to protect his friends, Lawful Neutral would certainly apply.

With all of the good suggestions here and the built-in limitations if you simply read the spell, that's just lazy railroading. I'd never do it in my campaign, and I'd walk if a DM pulled that on me. Put some effort into your game.