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I'll disagree. The spells says "any attempt to OBSERVE you". If you're scrying my buddy standing next to me, you're certainly observing me. The wizard should be aware. If the spell was only meant to apply to scrying when you are the target then it would say "any scrying attempt where you are...

Of the following, which detect as magical, and if they do, what school? Spellbooks? Constructs?

DM's Familiar can do that with it's Advanced Search. It doesn't print though so it may not be much help.

And there was a new one I forgot about - BattleGrounds or something like that.

Under $25 total or under $25 per person? There are several options availabe: OpenRPG (free), ScreenMonkey, Fantasy Grounds, Kloogewerks. Die rolling isn't an issue with these - the programs keeps the players from cheating. All of the programs would require some way for you to make the map -...

The FAQ update really nerfs it down but it makes some sense. I'm confused on this one though: "You can escape the foe’s hold simply by dropping the shield (a standard action since it’s strapped to your arm)," Dropping an item is usually a free action. Dropping a tower shield is always a...

Sorry, the PC would have total COVER from flanking attackers. With a wall or door, it's obvious where the cover is and you can determine cover based on where the attack comes from. D&D has not facing though so the tower shield doesn't provide cover in any particular direction. Someone hiding...

>> i hide (move) and ready action (standard) to attack NPC1 if he doesn't see me ?! I don't really understand this one but, no, he couldn't do that. The character does not know if he has been seen or not. >> -i hide and ready action to attack NPC2 when he starts climbing ladders (ladders...

A Tower Shield can be used for Total Cover. So a PC cowering behind his tower shield - * Cannot make AoOs? * Can't see what is happening? * Would he be able to stop an overrun? * Since D&D has no facing, he has total concealment to 2 monsters flanking him? * Monsters, even unintelligent, would...

Tooting my own horn: Did you look at DM's Familiar? It is not a character generator so it doesn't have to deal with those pesky "rules". If you want to enter a creature, you just type in the info - you don't have to build domains, create classes, etc. Just type it up as you want it. Your turn...

Character Generators need to know the rules of the game. Combat Managers don't - beyond the basics. A Combat Management programs doesn't need to know that Fred gets +1 when attacking abberations, the DM should be able to adjust for that on the fly. If we're talking about laptop at the game...

There's Combat Managers, programs to run combat, track init, do attack/damage rolls: DM's Familiar, DM Genie, RoleplayingMaster, GMGen (part of PCGen, the only free one on this list) Those programs also keep track of information for you, specifically geared to D&D. There's also HTML versions of...

I'll speak to DMF since I wrote it: Will it handle all the modifiers: The combat board has a place where you can adjust the abilities, to hit, damage, and saves for a creature. So if you have a Bull Str and a Bless, you adjust the STR, adjust the to hit, and then DMF will take it all into...

I'm with Patryn. Skip's ruling seems very strange. If a creature with natural weapons can use all of them to attack the opponent as a grapple action, and the dire bear has a BAB at +8, the the bear can actually do a Claw/Claw/Bite TWICE. The bear gets more attacks while grappling than a full...

Cool picture, I like the shadows the figures give off. Sieobahn notes that he's running two computers. Klooge will also let you run a master and client on one computer. If you have 2 graphic cards you can use Windows dual-monitors to have the client on 1 screen and the master on the DM screen...

You could use kloogewerks to do that. Run a master on your laptop showing the full map, run a client version on the flat screen showing the player map.

Huh? Combat management has nothing to do with making characters - that would be Character Generation software. Maybe that's why it slows down your combat - you're trying to make it do something it doesn't. :) But you're main point is correct - test out the programs and see which ones fit your...

Combat Management I think combat management can make the biggest impact on your game: DM's Familiar (mine), Roleplaying Master, DM Genie, GMGen A good way to quickly find rules. A version of the SRD is nice but I like something that can open multiple rules at the same time. Again, my program...

A rake allows "extra natural attacks when it grapples a foe". So a tiger, for instance, can bite and rake if it has a grapple. 1) A tiger can use the "Damage an Opponent" option of grappling (requiring a grapple vs. grapple check) to use his bite. Right? 2) For the rake, does the tiger have...