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Do the rules ever have redundant passages that exist solely to clarify the available options? Daniel

Ooh, shiny! I think that's why a lot of monsters like coins. They're real purty. Alternately, they may like them because these amazingly well-equipped and well-fed humans always seem to carry them around; maybe they give luck to the bearer. Or maybe they just realize that humans value them...

Every year for Thanksgiving, I go to a massive (30+ people) dinner at my aunt's house in Charlotte. And every year after dinner, I run a D&D game for my cousins--this year, a 17-year-old and triple 13-year-olds, plus any other kids who are around and willing. This year, though, the 17-year-old...

I looked at the watch detective, but decided it wasn't really right for this character. Too thinky, not enough muscle. Daniel

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Ooh, sweet! I think my brother has PHBII; I'll ask him to look into that. As a rogue/ranger, that would be fantastic. Daniel

Not only is this correct, this is vital. Grappling rules are already a gamekiller IMO: medium-sized PCs who get grappled by huge or larger opponents have virtually no chance of doing anything useful unless they have one of a very small set of options (light weapon, dimension door, or a wand...

Yay! This is the first time I get to translate Haley's speech before everyone else! Haley: Uh--

Cheiromancer, that's awesome! I really like it, and can imagine a wizard who has devoted her life to understanding this phenomenon. Daniel

That's pretty cool, Hyp! I'd never really thought about it that way; I might have to modify how I play my druid. At this point, though, I'm leaning more toward ditching the animal companion entirely. What would y'all think: would getting a bonus feat instead of the companion be a fair trade...

Actually, that feat looks pretty cool, and might be worthwhile. Where's it from? I've been playing a druid for many years, though, and I'm kinda hoping to go away from the druid schtick. On the other hand, it turns out the other PCs will include an enchanter wizard, an archery-rogue, and a...

Thanks, everyone, for some great ideas! I really like the idea of a level of beastmaster (although it'll have to be from Masters of the Wild), and will look into that. Unfortunately, I have very few 3.5 books, so PrCs are pretty much limited to the class splatbooks from 3.0 and whatever's in...

Let's all watch Lady deWinter's seduction, starring Haley Starshine! Creepy goodness. Is that foreshadowing? naw, can't be! Daniel

My lovely and brilliant wife read that a few months ago, and also loved it. I wanna get it at some point to read. My new job (proctoring tests) leaves me a lot of time to read, so I've just finished The Miocene Arrow, a pretty interesting postapocalyptic book and the sequel to Souls in the...

Sounds about right for me. I like dice a lot, don't get me wrong, but I can also enjoy a session with good politicking or other non-killing-things action. Daniel

Based on what passage from the rules, or what logic? Daniel

While that's an interesting idea, it's almost certainly not what's intended: the item is not ever mentioned as being magical, nor is it created through any spell or item creation feat. The reason for having them, Dagger, is that rarely they can be the object of an adventure. I played in a...

And what do the rules say about a wizard with a spell component pocket? Daniel

Can you elaborate on this? I may not be understanding what you're saying. It seems to me that you must choose at the beginning of each round whether you're "wielding" an off-handed weapon, or just letting it hang loose there in your other hand. If you're wielding it, then you can benefit from...

The closest I can come to a reference is from the Two-weapon fighting special attacks stuff: So it looks as though if you ever attack with a weapon in your off hand, all your attacks during that round suffer the penalties. Since you can't suffer penalties retroactively, you must decide before...