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Guantlet? "Elf needs food, badly"

I'd just toss out that "lose abilities for a day" clause and let it go at that. So they could use a bow if they spent a feat, multi-classed, or (more likely) were an elf. I don't see it being particularily unbalancing. Sure, it makes them stronger, but I think they needed (them and those poor...

The magic AC bonus on a suit of armor cannot go above +5, no matter what sort of bonuses they are (enhancement, sacred, luck, or whatever). So a suit of full plate that starts at 8AC is never going to be better than 13AC no matter how many different sorts of AC bonuses you throw on it. In...

An important thing to keep in mind is that any spell that get's put into the ring is weakened down to the minimum caster level, with the minimum stats needed to cast the spell in question. So things with level-depended factors (like fireball) are bad and things that allow a savingthrow (like...

Heh, I know that in real life there are many different types of arrows. What I want to know is that if my group kills a bunch of goblins that were using shortbows, can the ranger (with a longbow) refill his quiver with goblin arrows? I don't want to add any house rules or complications, I just...

Thanks for the PHB addition; would have been nice if the SRD said that as well. My opinion is still the same: If involuntary movment causes AoO's, then Great Throw does. That parenthetical quote from the PHB convinces me that involuntary movement provokes AoOs. I think it's a clarification...

When doing a point buy, I would strongly reccomend avoiding a natural 18. Instead, go with a 17 and boost up to 18 at fourth level (assuming you will hit fourth level fairly quickly). This will give you THREE more points to spread around, which could turn an 11 into a 14 on another score! If...

One of my players says that there are shortbow arrows and there are longbow arrows, and the two are not interchangeable. This makes pefect sence from a realistic and historical (and 2nd Ed) standpoint, but does 3rd Edition go into this level of detail? I notice that the PHB (or at least the...

Isn't that just a hold-over concept form 2nd edition? The spell descript in 3rd Ed says: So a spark would clear out about 4 cubic inches of web (in orther words, none). If you used a torch, you could clear 5ft per round. It looks to me like the webs burn and shrivel away from an open flame...

I had thought that pushing someone backwards with a BullRush could cause attacks of opportunity on them (the defender). But the SRD doesn't say that. If this sort of involuntary movement does not provoke AoO's, then I suppose that it is reasonable that the involuntary movement from a Great Throw...

No response from the Sage yet. Rest assured I will post it the second it arrives (if it does arrive).

On his turn, the subject may take an extra partial action, either before or after his regular action. So he readies an attack as his partial. When the ready goes off, it is followed by his regular action - pretty straight forward. It kind of sounds like you're wanting to twist the rules...

I think that it is detrimental to play to make the players roll things that give them metagame knowledge. Sure, if they are good roleplayers they won't act on it; but isn't it better if they don't even have to worry about acting or not acting? Isn't it more fun if they can just do what their...

My best guesses would be: -If you win, you just keep the opponent from doing something bad. -You don't need to make a grapple check except to do grapple damage, pin, or escape. -You have to concentrate to cast a Silent/Still spell just like you would a spell with no verbal/somatic components...

Yes, that would be very simple IF you could post the page that you are reading this from. I can't seem to find the rule in the books that says armor spikes make your offhand attack available when wielding a two-handed weapon; but I could find rules that say you can't use both a two-handed weapon...

Does it actually say anything about Spikes provoking an AoO? I could not find it and if it doesn't say, well I don't see why they would. That's not a default quality of a light weapon or anything. As for what makes sense, that has nothing to do with the rules as written :) which is all that I'm...

You'll notice that for the "Bite" attacks they had to make a special exception. This further supports the idea that ALL light weapons, unless noted otherwise, require one hand to wield. You don't get free attacks with your feet, head, shoulders, or any other body part. You folks are way off in...

They count as a light weapon, which means they can (and must unless it says otherwise) be used in one hand. If you are saying that you can use armor spikes without using any hand, then I am going to start wielding shortswords (also a light weapon) without using my hands too. I know that the...

My best guess: the rogues are flanking the barbarian. The barbarian ability cancels out the flank for the lower level rogue, but not the higher level one. So R1 cannot sneak attack, but R10 can. It doesn't say that in order for you to flank you have to have someone opposite you also flanking...

Sent this question off to the Sage this morning. Problem solved (assuming he responds).