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It certainly does look like they're going back and taking a "Tolkien-ish" approach to elves; or perhaps more accurately, one inspired by the myths Tolkein drew from when creating Middle-Earth. The Eldar/High/Gray/Faerie Elves become the Eladrin, dwelling close to the gods, while their cousins...

Actually, rereading the VoP under this strict "legalistic" interpretation, it doesn't specifically prohibit using a potion on someone else. Therefore he wouldn't lose the VoP.

A full-round action to burn a single square of Web? That's ridiculous, considering the roots of the spell. I'll have to move Web up a level or two or rule that a Web spell burns like tissue paper if you set it afire.

So.... one party member is dying, you have a VoP and you're out of healing spells. The only way to get your party member to survive is to dig out his potion of healing and pour it down his throat. This counts as "possessing a magic item" for a single round and "using a magic item" and therefore...

Kerrik: "Most conjurations, like wall of stone, are instantaneous effects - they become permanently nonmagical one round after being created." In 3e, that's true. It's not true in 1st edition.

You can set web spells on fire. That's a common countermeasure.

There's ways to counter many spells using mundane methods. There's ways to react to spells that don't involve being at the party's mercy. Mage throws an obscuring mist to block the archers, archers pull back and let the infantry-type monsters form a line and advance through the mist. Mage drops...

"It's spelt LuxuryYacht but it's pronounced Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove!" "You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you."

If he's got any interest in the sea, he could be Edmund FitzGerald. :)

Conan's code of conduct came down to three rules: 1. Face your enemies bravely. 2. Keep your given word unless you've been betrayed or coerced into giving it. 3. Never, ever, allow yourself to be imprisoned. If imprisoned, always seek the best opportunity to escape. Deception was okay, no...

I went back and looked at the alignment definitions in 3e again. They've changed a bit from 1e. However, I really don't see this character's "code" as being Lawful. "I won't hurt an innocent or a child, but if they're useless or stupid I'll neuter them. I'm really loyal to my friends... I hope...

Conan had a strong personal code. Conan was not lawful; he routinely ignored the laws of the lands he was in. Again, I have to put this out there: A personal code of ethics and conduct does not necessarily mean that the person is Lawful.

1. Good. 2. Irrelevant. Motives don't matter for alignment, actions do. 3. Good. 4. Could be either Lawful or Chaotic. Conan was very loyal to his companions. 5. Good. Not an indicator of either law or chaos. 6. Evil. 7. Evil, probably chaotic, as judgements seem to be rendered on the spot and...

Let's not forget that the point isn't to punish the wizard for not taking blast spells... it's to teach the wizard not to always rely on the same tricks over and over, regardless of character optimization. I think the "no blast spells" wizard is just as boring as the "all blast spells" wizard...

Another thing I noticed was that there are two magic rings missing from the DMG. Ring of Balance: This ring provides a +5 competence bonus to Balance checks. Ring of Balance, Improved: This ring provides a +10 competence bonus to Balance checks. This would be a relatively cheap and efficient...

Amulet of Lesser Invulnerability: Usable 3/day. Casts "Lesser sphere of invulnerability" or whatever the spell is named now on the user. What's unbalanced about it? And there should be an easy to use, relatively common counter to Grease. Magically created grease, that dissipates when the spell...

Oh, I just had a vicious thought. Subject the wizard, and the rest of the party, to... "The Mocking". Ingredients: One bard. Several bardic apprentices. One party with wizard who refuses to blast. Another BBEG. Bard approaches party with intent to learn stories of their adventures in order to...

Lightning bolt lost a LOT of its utility in 3e. The ability to start the lightning bolt some distance away from you really helped a lot and made it tactically flexible in 1st and 2nd. In 3e, it became a "line" which means it starts at the caster. That means to use it effectively, the caster...

There are a near infinite number of demons. There are a finite number of mortals. Demon Lords and demons are fickle. Even the CR 1/2 creatures have advantages that the mortals do not, like the fact that they are demonic and therefore have all the demonic qualities. This makes the mortals...

In the 1st edition D&D campaign I was in, there were Gnomish construction crews. They'd be hired by local nobility to survey the land and build keeps and towers, sometimes whole castles. They frequently used earth elementals and other magics to aid the construction, but rarely if ever actually...