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I tried, I really, really tried but every warrior-type build I tried to put together would always derail away from the Barbarian and go Ranger/Fighter instead. It's the Rage mechanic! I can't stand the whole gain HPs and lose them after the rage ends, don't want to play a warrior who needs a...

I've always thought a character can only be designated as a "creator" if they possessed the necessary Item Creation feat. How can a character create *anything* if they do not? Kind of like calling an individual who provided the necessary materials for the creation of a sword to a swordsmith and...

The most up-to-date version of the shade can be found in Races of Faerun at LA +4. I did a template class for the shade not to long ago, I'll see if I can dig it up if you're interested.

I currently tote el cheapo hobbystore backpack ($10) with handles for carrying on it's side, or for heavier weights, the normal backpack straps on the back. It also has a flap that clicks shut and inside the flap has places for penciles and pens. There's a net pocket on the outside that I put...

You do realize that clerics and wizards can leave spell slots open and may fill these slots at a later time right? This is a major bennie for preparation casters, 15 minutes and you got that special spell you need prepped.

Bing! Patryn has it my friends, I've been using falling in this way IMC. Often this allows for dramatic moments where characters begin falling (subject to the falling condition immediately but movement only occurs during that character's turn) but other heroic actions may still take place within...

Eberron for me! It has many elements I really, really like but the setting just doesn't jive for some reason. I think it has something to do with the "fragile" peace of the 5 nations. Nothing really *big* can happen as far as conflicts go in Khorvaire, not without setting everyone off and...

I imagine one of those extradimensional bags that allows you to retrieve what you want from the top of the container. :p Easy to do.

Low cleric count suffers from the typical mind-set of a gamer, aftrall, who wants to be known as the "character-that-heals-the-hero" when you can *be* the "hero" instead!

No new combatant here. Try a ghoul that has already rolled initiative but has chosen to lay a few inches under the ground (total cover - i.e. auto hide) and delaying their action until later. A PC is nearby - Ghoul stands and attacks catching character unaware of the ghoul's presence...

Why doesn't taking 10 work for a large group of characters? Taking 10 should work just fine for both PCs and NPCs alike. In fact, when a party goes "stealth" like that you know exatly what the lowest stealth check will be and with an NPC/creature you will know what their take 10 for perception...

Yup, very interesting catch by the RAW there Shin, hadn't noticed that one, but looks like they already caught it in the SRD and made the change - essentially fixing the wording to how the designers want the mechanic to function for mounted combat (not to mention how it's actually played out at...

I don't think so. Trying to cast more than one of these puppies in any given round are we? ;)

Scale doesn't go high enough. 49 WotC books here - mostly a mix of D&D (core + FR books, both 3e and 3.5e) and SWd20 books (original and revised).

Is there a reason you revised this feat to be more powerful than the Complete Adventurer version? The Mobile Spellcasting feat in CV is nicely balanced by requiring a concentration check in order to benefit from the feat.

With the current rules for wizard specialists there isn't a reason why a wizard would ever *not* want to specialize. Wizard specialization is too good, an extra spell at every spell level (most importnantly at your highest spell level) makes a great difference in power. You effectively double...

Especially poignant is the fact that strength checks don't exactly scale with levels. Not to mention that in order to move 5ft of more requires a full round action. There aren't many high-levels spells that can tie up higher-level characters this well. You'd think folk would catch on after a...

Readied-actions and grappling are a fighters friend and a casters worst nightmare. I wouldn't sweat this casting defensively stuff. A high-level caster is hard to interrupt in the midst of combat without going to the extra effort to disrupt their casting, they are highly skilled and traiend to...

The Shades spell states that it functions as per Shadow Conjuration spell, so it functions exactly the same, except where the Shades spell states how it functions differently. In this case: emulates 8th level spells or lower. Other spells such as Shadow Evocation, the summon monster spells, the...

Though this means non-fighter types die while fighter-types live, don't the non-fighter types have it rough enough with low-HPs now they have to be resigend to death while the fighter leaps in blindly into combat asured that death will not find him? It's a little lopsided since fighter-types...