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I think we should write into the Sage and demand that the next PHB 3.5 2nd Edition devote 10 pages to a large table which has critical fumble rules for every possible weapon/enchantment/material combination. :) Example: Flaming +1 Silvered Longsword - On a Critical Fumble this blade flies...

Well, it's not so much a RULE as it is just the DM "deciding something interesting to happen". I'm sure he wouldn't "Break" a +5 Adamantine sword. If it were ME, I'd probably think of something along the lines for that weapon as "You swing your sword at the Golem, and miss, striking the wall...

Hyp - I'm curious how you would handle this situation as a DM, just because I know you're awesome with rules and such. Let's say a party enters a rather large room, heavily decorated. They are going through a wizard's domain. In previous rooms, they have defeated animated objects which the...

I don't house-rule critical fumbles, but my friend who is DMing currently does. Roll a "1" and you need to make a Reflex save DC10. Fail that, and your weapon is dropped. Last session someone rolled a "1" on the Reflex save, and he had the weapon in question break.

No, I agree, it's not that new, and if it turned into an abuse, I'd start ruling aganist it. However, the players that I have invariably consists of either powergamers who don't understand any tactics beyond what gives them a +1 or -1 to hit (i.e. if it doesn't have a modifier attached to it...

Wow - A ring that can completely buff up a melee person with one action! ugh - these are the sort of items I would DREAD giving to any of my players. Then again, I'm not a min-maxer so this sort of thing isn't really fun for me. More like Dialbo than D&D. ANYWAYS, even though I wouldn't let...

If the rogue has a sharp weapon in his hand, I might allow him to cut the straps on the backpack and let it drop as a free action. However, even on here I don't know if I'd allow it to be a FREE action. Maybe a move action that does not provoke an AoO. I think as a reward for creativity, I'd...

Greetings! I haven't played D&D in a couple years, but I'm coming back now with a vengence. I'm ALSO getting into fantasy mini painting for the first time. I have a lot of experience painting Battletech miniatures, but not so much with Fantasy minis for D&D. The Wizards plastic minis are...

Madhatter, MASSIVE kudos to you for using the Column in your game. I imagine that would be a really awesome mini if you can find it. I used one of those in one of my last campaigns, and thankfully my players were completely unfamiliar with the Fiend Folio, and it was a great encounter. On...

I seem to remember a bit of debate regarding whether or not the "Fly" spell still functions while under the effects of a Hold Person spell. Some people are of the opinion that "Fly" is purely mentally controlled. Personally, I picture "Flying" characters very much like "Superman", in the sense...

You know what? I didn't personally attack you, and I didn't choose my words in an attempt to insult you, and I resent your implication. I also resent your tone and attitude. Furthermore, the spell is written BADLY. I use words like "Seems to be" and "Probably" and such in this instance...

The spell text referrs to "Statue State", meaning that "the subject to solid stone, along with any garments and equipment worn or carried." Since when is "Solid Stone" flexible enough to move? Infinity, your interpretation of the spell would be more like "Stone Form" or something along those...

Sure, you can trip them, because the rule doesn't specify that you can't trip someone who is already prone... but the trip has no effect. Instead of the potion example, think of the movement effects of a trip attack against a moving opponent. If someone is inside your threat radius, and moves...

If you saved in the middle of a fight, and when you load the save find that the battle is "hung", you might be SOL. Do you have a previous save you can revert to? Try loading the "autosave". You might not loose much progress. There isn't too much you can do if the battle is frozen as soon...

AMD and Intel both have their pluses and minuses. Personally, I'm an Intel fiend. I have a P4 2.26 GHz Machine, with RAM and a Motherboard specifically designed to take advantage of all the features of that processor. However... ONE point you need to know, IF you decide to go with Intel. DO...

Yup. If you have 5 images in front of you... if you want to hit the wizard, and don't care whether or not you hit the images, just close your eyes. Instead of a 80% miss chance (4 out of 5 chance you hit an image), you now have a 50% miss chance, with no chance to hit the images, since once...

Thanks everyone for their suggestions! A Chosen of Bane is almost along the lines of what I want to do here... only a Chosen is much more powerful than this NPC is going to be. Nonetheless, he has still personally been picked out, lured to his death, raised, and then corrupted by Bane. One of...

I'm designing a BBEG for my campaign. It involves a Paladin who has been resurrected by servants of Bane, and then twisted to serve their evil purposes. Thus, when the party encounters him, he will be a Paladin/Blackguard. However, I want to give him a little bit more flavor, such that would...

Well, the basic fact is that Mirror Image has no save. There is no way for you to "disbelieve" the images. That's because the images vanish as soon as something strikes one of them. There is an inherant weakness built into the spell. If you could disbelieve the images, then the spell...

Okay, so here's the lowdown. I'm creating a BBEG for my campaign. 10 Pal / 5 Blackguard He has a Nightmare for a mount. The question is... should I advance the mount as a Paladin's mount is advanced, or just use the standard Nightmare? Should I advance it just ONE increment, similar to how...