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They might have stats similar to a kopesh, statted up in Deities and Demigods, which is just like the longsword, except that it is exotic and can be used to make trip attacks

I vote "maybe". I don't think it is clear what constitutes an "effect" in the D&D rules. I tend to lean towards the FAQ view, simply because the rule is ambiguous and the question is often asked, and providing an offical answer to such a question is the intended purpose of the FAQ.

I don't think I could cope with the loss of levels or hit points. Levels are just to strongly associated with D&D, and hit points are simply the easiest way to track damage, and combat doesn't need more complication.

In d20 Modern, it works like this.

If slow is a "related effect", then magical stunning certainly is.

It is a little weaker than a normal druid, but the ease-of-use advantage more than makes up for it. It is also very nice at levels 1-4, where the normal druid doesn't have many cool abilities. (Well, I do enjoy flame blade and produce flame.)

If someone wished for swimming ability, I'd probably give them a swim speed of 30 feet and the ability to breathe water. That seems like the most obvious option, and I don't think its outside the normal power of wish. In most campaigns, that won't be a very useful ability. A wish for a skill...

In a trip, you make a melee touch attack with a weapon. A melee touch attack is a melee attack that ignores certain kinds of AC bonus. It is otherwise a normal melee attack. When an attack succeeds, you deal damage based on the weapon. No rule in the trip special attack specifically changes...

I run M components by the RAW. If you have a spell component pouch, you have everything you need without a listed price; everything else has to be purchased specifically.

We've generally allowed the cohort to serve as a secondary PC, unless the player has the cohort do something contrary to his or her nature. For example, the neutral human marshal in my previous game had a neutral human cleric as a cohort. The cohort was basically a second PC for the player until...

I'm always amazed how different people's experiences are in different areas with different groups. When we've had a strange character, it's never because they have a bizzare personality. We get some sort of feral regenerating fey thing with at least 5 classes that has a personality that doesn't...

Complete Arcane says that a warlock can use sudden metamagic feats because "these metamagic feats don't require modified spell slots". A metamagic rod does "not change the spell slot of the altered spell", so by the same logic that allows a sudden metamagic feat to work, a metamagic rod should...

D20 Modern says that dropping to a kneeling or sitting position is a free action, and standing up from a kneeling or sitting position is a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity.

Hmm, interesting. I've never really looked through that book. They're in abbreviated stat block format though, which is unfortunate. Much better than what the Monster Manual offers, though.

Does anyone know of an online resource that has the statistics for the SRD dragons written up as a normal monster would be? That is, statistics for a wyrmling white dragon, very young white dragon, young white dragon, etc. written up in the same way other creatures are? I've always wanted to...

Miracle is pretty useful. Many uses don't require XP, and it's adaptability means that it can help out in most situations. The abilty to duplicate any cleric spell of 8th level or lower without an XP cost is very helpful. It can also be used to cast long casting time spells such as greater...

I voted no, but only in the context of an ongoing campaign. As a tournament one-shot, where it is a competition to see who lives the longest before succumbing to some arbitrary yet horrible death, it works well.

Power Attack grants a bonus to "melee damage rolls". This term is used three times in the SRD: in the Power Attack feat itself, in the bull's strength spell, and in the solid fog spell. Bull's strength says that modifying "melee damage rolls" is a "usual benefit" of improving a character's...

Like: Interesting flavor, after new wave of errata, reasonably well-balanced, interesting spell list which gives them a subtly differnt feel than other spellcasters. Have a nice mix of spells, with useful utility spells at lower levels, and good direct damage at higher levels. Dislike: Weapon...

Or, even more irritating for the poor wizard--"Sleep spell -- rush the wizard!" A 1st-level wizard's probable +6 Concentration isn't going to help much at that point. Even if they don't disrupt the spell, if the surround the wizard, he can't get all of them without risking putting himself to...