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Well depending on the characters involved it could affect their alignment with such and pose a problem. Not everything is hack and slash.

Jeffrie Actually that there alone would probably rouse the character in question to be suspicious. If you saw your brother, but noted he didn't make a sound, wasn't acting at all like himself and conveniently hides behind you, I would be a little suspicious. Happens in alot of spy cases as well...

The only problem I have with rolling is the unbalancing of the party. There is always that one that has super good rolls and one that got just above reroll to be crud. It takes away the fact that it goes down to luck rather than building a character how you like it. (Past the feats and class...

Diplomacy. ??? Profit. All else fails, turn it into a pet. Since it doesn't sound like its really much of a threat.

Naw we don't own any of the Pathfinder stuff. (We have been looking to try, but we got mixed reviews.) I'm almost positive it was either house rule (since all of us thought it was the +5/-5 deal) or just a me blunder. Either way its thankfully rectified. Heh, I might have to recomb my books...

Well, there are some useless feats out there that lead to better progressions. It's really a choice of taking the lesser of two evils that you got in mind and roll with it. Even Toughness has a few feats it opens up for to add to its usefulness. For Prestige classes, who knows what the real...

Haha well, dunno where I got the max +5 for -5 deal. Guess it must have been the group I played with or just got it confused with Combat Expertise. Would explain why I never saw any 'Improved Power Attack' out there. So its definitely alot more useful than I gave it credit for.

I've heard alot about Power Attack being praised over alot of other feats as being a feat that is considered quite useful. However I find its uses and advantages as a feat alone quite limiting. It has a maximum of +5 Damage for a -5 Attack. Which at times can mean putting down that extra enemy...

The key thing your forgetting is that even Sudden metamagic feats tell how they affect spell slots. Even if it is none. Shadow Metamagic only has the one entry referring to their spell slot adjustment and that is the line saying they function exactly like the metamagic counterparts. No where...

If your a low level person going to get attacked by a high level assassin, even them not getting a 'coup de grace' matters little since chances are your going to get dropped below -10 anyways. Its a thing of mechanics though, that is why Assassin's have Death Attack, which is essentially also...

Wis AC > Dex AC Its not usually bad to have both Dex and Wis to a Monk's AC, however Dex doesn't affect as much of their abilities as Wis does and only affects a few of their skills. Plus, unless your planning on using ranged attacks Dex is less of a priority. And even so, taking Zen Archery...

Anti-magic fields I guess? There's probably something. Lots of things affect constructs though.

@Jackinthegreen Ah, well that example probably wasn't the best then. Guess the only saying 'paralyzed with fear' doesn't apply in most cases of D&D. But was mainly just getting the point across that there is many other ways to make a character helpless. But this is by 'standard' speaking. There...

@Jeffrie There are a few other ways to make a person helpless. Grappling in some fashion I think can make one helpless if a third party is involved. also some fear effects render you immobile. As well as petrification or some gaze attacks. The part that section is referring to is any other...

According to RAW, no. Since he is not helpless in any regard at all. Just unaware. That's is why they are denied their dexterity bonus. For catching them off guard. The same is the one for the disguise. If he was in any of the typical states needed, then yes, he would be eligible. (Though...

I've had a few people implement gender modifiers or other cases relating to the sexes of characters be it bonuses or negatives. I always found it as a deterrent for some people wanting to build characters they like in lieu of a better character build optimization just due to a gender. Seen...

@StreamOfTheSky Whats to hate about it exactly? Some of the stuff there seems alot less cheap than most epic feats. Granted the SLA to SU eliminates basically one of the few defenses against the EB, I think there are worse things no? (Besides, if I recall, it only mentions it can benefit from...

@RUMBLETiGER Urf, we always figured they were feats. Guess we were doing it wrong. ^..^;;

Beguiler is a pretty adept choice. Almost like an arcane rogue without sneak attack. It's pretty decent on the tier grid as well so it's got that going for it. Can't really think of any classes that might be better suited than the core classes, kinda depends on what campaign type or style the...

Like a Greatsword, you can have one hand free to deflect arrows or do other actions needing a hand. For a shield, I would assume it would be the same thing. You'd be able to cast the spell, but like using the shield in an attack I would only allow such if they take the negation of their shield...