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And if that natural 20 would not be sufficient to hit then you do not threaten a critical.

Shadows cannot function within an antimagic field. 14th level cleric will finish off shadows in no time. Even 9HD is not enough to resist turning. 3-5 HD shadows will be destroyed. Just FYI

Flaming doesn't stack with burst and you are talking about 2d8+2+5d6+5d10 on a critical (for a longsword) and its supposedly a +11 weapon but really not any more powerful than about a +8 weapon. Anyhow its cost 72+62=134k not 126k as I said previously. You can have a +3 vorpal weapon which kills...

They errated the price on that weapon. My suggested fix is just to make burst a fixed 2k cost, doubling for each additional use of burst on a weapon. A +1 weapon with all 5 elements and 5 bursts would cost 64k + 62k (2+4+8+16+32) for the bursts instead of being a +11 equivalent weapon. The...

1) Monte Cook Ranger 2) Quickened Sorcerors 3) Paladin Mount gets feats, skills and HD as magical beast 4) No harm spell 5) Half-feats, skill focus is +3 and only counts as 1/2 feat. Iron will is +1 will as are the other save feats. Imp init is +2 as a half feat. Toughnesses are 2,4,6,8...

5 for being 2nd level. Only exclusive skills are based off character level. Ok, I was 1 minute too slow because of the 1 post in 60 seconds rule.

1) Weapon Normal, bite -5 2) Weapon -4, Claw -8 3) Bite normal, claw/claw -5 4) No

*There are some spoilers as there are in almost every adventure review.* For your $3.95 you get 1 piece of light cardboard and 4 double sided 8.5"x11" sheets of paper with a color map on one side of one sheet and 2 staples. If I want a instant adventure I don't want to have to pull out my...

I think ECL 2. You will never die unless your whole party is defeated and that essentially never happens. Never dying must be worth at least 2 levels. You can be totally gung ho and disregard hp and no one ever needs to heal you because you heal 10 pts of damage per minute. Traps become...

The 24 hr rule is from Sage Advice. I think it was from when the Psionics Handbook came out. Its Periapt people, not the 5 alternate spellings used so far.

I think losing a level is enough of a penalty to stop players from doing things that result in their death on a regular basis. If you let them bring in a new character of the same level as everyone else there is no penalty for dying and that new character comes in with perfect classes and nice...

You say exploit, others say effectively utilize.

Just assign a level to the NPC when first created. It is unlikely in the span of a normal campaign for an ordinary NPC to advance. If a major character needs to advance in level then simply do so and justify it as backstory. If the character adventures with the party it gets a half share of...

The barbarian fist fighter prestige classes say the barbarian can bypass the DR of any creature with his natural weapons (fists). Is this the first official example in print in a WoTC product that deals with this problem?

You don't lose spells when you lose intelligence in combat. You might lose the ability to cast spells of x level if your int drops below 10+x. You lose all the other benefits of the wisdom bonus just like when you lose strength but not spell slots. Only effects like level drain that state you...

Once you memorize a spell you have it until it is cast. The answer is you don't get the bonus spell back until you have your item back for 24 hrs but you don't lose any spells just from taking it off.

I'll give an analysis of all 22 prestige classes so you can make a properly informed decision. Please note that I do not care at all about the lack of art nor about wasted space so that has no influence on my rating. I did not expect new spells or feats. I expected some good prestige classes but...

I didn't think the fighting styles were unbalanced. They tend to be very difficult to qualify for and very specialized. Is the fighting style in OA that changes the monk's damage from 1d20 to 4d6 unbalanced in your opinion too? That a 3.5 damage increase on average. A 16th level character who...

Hmm, I like the feats that let you do something new and different rather than adding some number to something I already have. I don't think sacrificial feats are a legitimate mechanic so I would rule all sacrificial feats as half feats. If there is one sacrificial half feat you still need to...

The sage did rule the opposite, which essentially eliminates the burst power completely from the game. For those people who still have some interest in using burst, there is always Monte's ruling that you ADD the +1d10. IMHO, with the sage's ruling a burst weapon is actually worth LESS than a...