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Recently, I've been creating some "white necromancy", protective and healing spells that use necromantic magic. My take on things is that arcane magic, as wielded by a sorcerer or wizard, cannot do away with afflictions, but it can transfer them to somebody else (see vampiric touch, for...

Darkness is the absence of light. Silence is the absence of sound. Darkness doesn't block the beholder's eye rays because they aren't light-based attacks. Your analogy isn't applicable. We're talking about silence, not some nonexistent deafness 15' radius. The description says that it stops...

I'm considering abolishing the silence spell entirely, or at least re-creating it from scratch. The unmodified spell is only 2nd level and can do all of the following: (1) Prevent a spellcaster from casting spells with a verbal component. (This all by itself is worth a 2nd level spell IMO.) (2)...

There is no errata for this spell. And yes, it seems overpowered to me too. Since it doesn't mention a save to affect the damage I'd assume there is none; the "see text" notation in the saving throw entry seems to indicate that the save only applies as mentioned in the text, where it only...

IIRC, Soldarin's ECL calculator was based off the ECLs listed in the Dungeon Master's Guide--many of which have subsequently been revised upward. I wouldn't trust it.

Of course, you could always take the cloak off and let another party member wear it until fully healed. Which is why allowing it is such a bad idea.

Why is being able to infect people with lycanthropy useful?

Well, comparing this to the 2nd level fearsome grapple spell on Wizards of the Coast's web site, which gives extra arms that can only be used for grappling, I'd say this spell is better. But it's not as good as polymorph self at 4th level. So I'd say the spell should be 3rd level, or 4th level...

(snip) I'd say the spell is anything but harmless. "Harmless" spells are those the target normally won't want to resist. Just knowing what spells the target has prepared warrants somewhat higher than 1st level IMO. To detect a creature's Intelligence and surface thoughts is a second level...

Slaad farming? What a... bizarre... idea. Wouldn't work in my campaign, though, since I created a new type of slaad, the brown slaad, that results from implantation/infection of animals or immature creatures. Stunted, retarded little things that aren't good for much (and can't reproduce), but...

No problem. I'll just take Exception -- Exception, then...

Nicely done. I'll definitely swipe a few of these subschools (ward, dispel, scrying, enhancement for divinations). Some subschools (temporial) I already have as spell descriptors [Time].

I've been considering such a thing, but haven't tried it out yet. One of the players in my Forgotten Realms campaign is planning on specializing in item creation (although he's at 1st level and is an aasimar to boot, so it will be a while), so it will definitely have an impact. The way I was...

Ok. If anyone is interested, here is my own take on the Lasting Spell feat, along with another feat and spell of my own devising: Lifelong Spell [Metamagic] You can cast spells that last as long as you do--no more, and no less. Prerequisites: Spell Girding, Safeguard Spell. Benefit: A lifelong...

I found a link to the article:http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20021031x I also thought of a another means to assemble a horde of undead. Many undead have the ability Create Spawn, which turns a creature slain by the undead into an undead under the control of its creator. You can...

In the Epic Level Handbook, there's a feat called Undead Mastery that increases the number of undead controllable by means of the rebuke/control undead ability. Epic spells developed with the animate dead seed can exceed the normal limits by raising the DC of the Spellcraft check needed to cast...

IIRC in 2nd Edition the targets of a specialist wizard's spells saved at -1 (equivalent to a +1 DC in 3rd Edition). Either someone just assumed that the save modification carried over, or its a house rule.

So the price depends on the creator's intention when the item is made? That's just way too abusable. What happens if the creator changes his mind later? I'm working on a set of rules to cover nefarious cost-saving shortcuts taken in the item creation process. One possibility is that the item...

If anything, the price to create ought to go up 30%. It serves as something of a security feature: the item is less likely to be stolen and used against you, and the thief will have a hard time even finding buyers for the stolen item. Of course, the item is considerably less valuable to someone...

This bugs you too? It also annoys me that whoever decided the fire bat's "familiar level" was apparently smoking crack.