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Hypersmurf or kreynolds, could you visit our gaming session just once to slap around some of the players who think they know rules but DON'T in our group? I had to spend 45 minutes looking through books last night finding exact text to prove that Phase Spiders do not provoke attacks of...

Your body doesn't "appear" to be dead... it IS dead. From the text of the spell... "you place your own soul in a gem or large crystal, leaving your body lifeless". Thus, any ability or level-draining spells and such I do not believe would affect your body, since your body is temporarily...

On of the most evil things I ever did in my campaign was have my PCs encounter a Flesh Golem made by a Necromancer with a fetish for children. The Flesh Golem was made out of children parts, and spoke in a little girl's voice.

The Evil Cleric in my group was recently quite cheesed off when I reminded him that he can't cast "Protection from Evil", since he's evil. In all honesty... I forgot about it too!

I, also have never really understood the difference between fighters and warriors. If you need a fighter that's not quite as good as a level 1 fighter... then go ahead and make something up for it. But I just don't see why this should be a CLASS you would actually gain levels in. A crappy...

Hmmm... by granting monsters that a player with a low point-buy system kills a +1 CR (thus netting them more experience) aren't you in fact talking about giving the character in question a -1 ECL for the purpose of calculating XP? What I mean is that you're saying if a level 5 character with a...

He he he Yes, the opponent in question would be well advised to PICK UP his longsword before going in to try and disarm the player with the chain. Don't Monks have a few feats available to them that allow them to ignore the massive size penalty for trying to disarm with your bare hands?

I agree that the CR system isn't perfect... but I don't think your system is going to make any big difference. I think the equipment characters obtain and their wealth can be a much more imbalancing factor to CRs than a character's base attribute scores. I mean, if you want to talk about CR...

Our most famous rule error EVER. When we started playing 2nd edition again 5 years ago (I hadn't played since Jr. High) somehow we got it in our heads that CASTING TIME was the AMOUNT OF ROUNDS IT TOOK TO CAST THE SPELL. Can you imagine being a wizard and saying "I'm casting a fireball!" and...

The MMII has a ton of these "Out there" creatures that are just SO specific in what they do that you could never ever just run into them, and designing encounters using them is extremely difficult. I mean, when are you ever going to use a Bone Ooze or a Flesh Jelly? They're just too out there...

It becomes munchkin when the only thing you care about on your character is how fast he can kill something. When he's not a character anymore - he's just his BAB and the sum of his equipment.

So if you've moved at ALL during the round, you can't can't combine a 5' step with your MEA like you normally could if you started the round prone? Makes sense, I think I remember reading the rule where the 5' step only applies if it is your only movement for that turn. Must've forgotten about...

I'm SURE this question is in the FAQ somewhere... but I forget exactly... someone do us a favor and look it up. I'm pretty sure the answer is "yes" the fighter with the longsword gets his disarm attempt. Basically, you've tangled up the fighter's sword with your chain... but failed to wrench...

Greycastle: My last Cleric was a Lawful Neutral Cleric to Jergal (A former God of Death in FR). He was VERY neutral and despised the fact that the undead are used for evil purposes. His goal was to animate the dead to prevent evil forces from doing so, and use their own "tools" against them...

I love evil clerics - I've played 3 of them so far in 3E. Your party is going to be annoyed with you, as an evil cleric, because you're not loaded to the gills with healing spells. Instead of wasting spell slots on heal spells, I usually spent some money on a wand of cure moderate...

In my group, we made a very stupid error and misunderstood flanking rules until just last year. We thought that to "Flank" all you had to do was attack your opponent from the side or from the rear. Thus, you could technically flank someone that wasn't engaged in melee with anyone else. This...

Generally, the only items you need to worry about that can only be used by certain classes are scrolls, wands and staves. I think some rods may also fall into this category. In this situation, a character has to have the spell on his spell list to be able to cast the spell, and there is also a...

Unless a magic item specifies that there is an additional chance for arcane failure, it has no effect on casting. If you're wearing weapon gauntlets, as long as they don't restrict your ability to reach into your spell component pouch or anything, they shouldn't have any affect on your...

I'd definitely agree - it's the same thing as if you'd disintigrated one creature if a pair of them were grappling. It's sort of odd... but it also makes sense. One minute Tordek is struggling to cut his way out of a Purple Worm's stomach... the next, *poof* falls flat on his ass.

One of my friends has recently started DMing, and we've been playing a second campaign under him. He's been doing traps a bit differently, which is why I ask. When we succeed at a search check for a secret door, he's in the habit of telling us "you see the outline of a door hidden in the wall"...