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Playing a wizard or a cleric is very hard, especially for beginning players that don't know what their spells do. Even I have to look up spells sometimes to remember specifically how they work. Encourage your spellcasting players to look ahead to what they're going to be doing on their next...

You're going to get differing opinions on whether or not invisible creatures provoke attacks of opportunity. Personally, I rule that invisible creatures do NOT provoke attacks of opportunity, and this doubles in meaning that you cannot make attacks of opportunity when blind. Attacking a whole...

Here's an amusing situation we ran into last night that I thought I'd post for your amusement. It turns out we made a mistake on the Swim skill... we forgot that when underwater and failing your swim check, you start taking -1 penalties to rolls. So here's the scenario. Pirate attack on the...

We were attacked by Worg-Riding Goblins last night, and I created an illusion of a large Dwarven fighter to distract them for several rounds. The amusing thing was that a mounted goblin engaged the illusion, and susequently the Worg realized that the Dwarf was an illusion, but the Goblin did...

Just reading through the FAQ, it clarifies some nifty things... for example: Suppose an ally of mine is attacking one foe, then I somehow become invisible, draw my sword, and move to the other side of that foe, thus flanking the foe. Does my ally still get a flanking bonus even if I am...

MOST of how Druids will change will consist of their spell list, and their shapechanging. Since the specific rules on Polymorph are changing significantly, there will be a larger difference between how Wildshape works as opposed to Polymorph. Also, the druid's spell list is apparently getting...

How is the fact that archers now have to carry different arrows different from a fighter? You're talking about a DR change, not an Archer change. If Demons all have DR/holy silver Then the fighter needs a +1 Holy silver longsword to hurt it. An Archer has MORE options. He can have a +1 Holy...

I'm thinking of adding a puzzle to my latest dungeon which requires the shrinking of one or more players to an inch high or so. I'm not quite sure what mechanic I'm going to use to accomplish this... perhaps a Reduce spell of higher level? I'm not sure. The maximum a Reduce spell can shrink...

Blech. When you have players taking a level of Monk simply to get evasion... ESPECIALLY a Paladin... that just rubs me the wrong way. I'm all for building an effective character, but metagaming your character creation to this extent bugs me. Lump in here people who take one level of ANY class...

No no no no... There is a specific FAQ reference to this.

Keep the ideas coming! I created a new wizard last night, and I want to play around with illusions more than I have in the past. More ideas!

kreynolds is right on the money on this one. First of all... all "combat" does is divide time into "rounds" for the purpose of determining how often things can occur, what order, and how long they last. When "combat" happens, the characters are not whisked away to some alternate dimension...

Re: Re: 3.5 Gnomes favor the BARD! What the hell?! You really are. Why do you even bother posting anyways. You know everyone hates you around here. :D You know, if YOU can't play a Gnome Bard, that's your own fault, and you just probably suck at D&D and just don't know how to roleplay and...

I believe that the FAQ or the Sage or something says that it's "Okay" to be inside a Rope Trick effect while having a portable hole or a bag of holding on you. It's common sense here people. The GENERAL RULE is that any item which is some sort of an extra-dimensional container cannot be put...

Fortunately my only dealings with Spellfire involved 2 PC's and 1 NPC. The first PC who played around with spellfire had the Cleric in the party use all his leftover spells for the day on him to charge him up. This worked out fine except when the Cleric had to do a lot of healing. Then after...

No, you misread me. I said that Spiritual Weapon would DEFEAT Mirror Image, Blur, Invisibility, and other defensive spells. Why? Mirror Image is an illusion. The Spiritual Weapon doesn't "see". Therefore, the Spiritual Weapon will continue to attack the real caster of Mirror Image no matter...

Great, you've got your answer RIGHT THERE. If he's planning on using inexpensive wands of Light repeatedly on himself to keep him charged up with spellfire all the time, you are dealing with a "Munchkin" Spellfire weilder. Big Time. This is even worse than the ones who have their friends...

First of all, let me commend Pielorinho for coming up with a really neat flavor feat! I like this feat a LOT. It has just the feel of when someone tries to attack the seemingly unarmed rogue... suddenly they get a knife in their ribs. The addition of allowing a sneak attack is particularly...

The problem here is that a "singing minstrel" trait is what sets the bard apart from the other classes in the first place. Yes, they are "Jack of all Trades" as well, but first and foremost they are singers and performers. And Rogues still get more skill points in 3.5, as far as we know. ;)

Okay, this favored class change cheeses me off. When I think "Gnomes" the things I think of are Illusionists, Alchemists, Tinkerers, Inventors, and the like. That's what Gnomes DO. Sure, they can sing, dance, and party with the best of them as well... but their skills revolve around magic and...