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Oriental Adventures (and the Epic Level Handbook) place making a 10' step as a 5' step at a DC 40 tumble check... which really isn't that hard to get, especially with PrC's like Blade Dancer, or a rogue with Skill Mastery. I saw a nice charging build that used Scout and Singh rager, along with...

It looks like a close run between Imp. Init and Power Attack... but between the two, Power Attack

If you can get your DM to accept the fixed invisible blade prereqs, then Rogue 2/Swashbuckler 3/Invisible Blade X is a powerful combination. You lose some sneak attack from Swashbuckler, but get good hit dice, a feat you were going to get anyways (Weapon Finesse), and a bonus to damage equal to...

How far is the translated version? I watched the show in Japanese w/ subtitles, and it's odd when people reference episodes in English, since I'm fairly sure episode titles changed, and I have to be careful not to give away the plot.

Our group has been playing over IRC for a while, and there are some definite benefits and drawbacks. Being able to scroll up or check previous logs helps keep everyone on the same page of what the plot is, and I find the DM can weave a more effective metaplot, since even if we didn't pay...

If you can argue well with your DM, then there's an even better solution. The big problem is the interpretation of whether a staff requires a "class feature" aka. having a spell on a spell list. If you consider a spell list a class feature, and can slip this by your DM without a lot of detailed...

While most of our group is decent at building effective characters, some of us are much better at it (as far as min-maxing) than the rest. I'm one of those guys. When I feel a character is too powerful, either I hold back his potential, or show off in a blaze of glory, then retire the character...

There's a movie coming? Sounds cool. Is it already released in Japan, or is it still in development?

iirc, this was explained in the first season, though it's been a long time since I watched the fansubbed japanese versions. Basically, Ed creates a circle by clapping his hands together, making his own body the transmutation circle. That's why he always puts his hands together before transmuting...

The problem with the increasing DC game is that you can do some pretty ugly things past level 10, with just a few skills maxed. Plenty of people know the horrors that a high Diplomacy or Bluff character can do (Hostile to friendly in one round? It's not as hard as you think). Think of some other...

With the massive flexibility offered by various splatbooks, as well as the inherent flexibility of almost every spellcasting class, I think that almost any combination of character classes can succeed, as long as each character is sufficiently different. If you have a group of four straight...

I was actually searching around for something like this. I remember a great reference sheet I had a few months back, but I can't seem to find it. It was an Excel spreadsheet that listed feats, PrC's, spells, equipment, etc in vary brief form, and had the book and page number it was from. I...

Frenzied Berserker works well in this case. I played one whose personality was bipolar, to say the least. Normally, he was a quiet pacifist, quite happy in going about his business. Get him angry... and it wasn't pretty.

Wow. Those rock. Definitely printing them out for paper referrence (even though I play on IRC). It's nice to have everything in one place. It'd be nice to go to Kinko's and get a nice laminated copy of those, methinks. Decently thick cardstock, double sided printing, and mostly waterproof (for...

I don't know the modules... but this sounds really, really cool. Are these available as old TSR pdfs still? If they were, I'd be tempted to grab them and do a conversion myself, I've been looking for a module or two to run while my current DM takes a break. I want to get back into the DMing...

I don't think I've ever argued, but from time to time when I feel like I get less XP than I should, I like to talk to my DM about it. Not to complain, but to ask what I did to deserve/not deserve it, and some advice on how to do better. Getting feedback that's more than just a number (and...

I'm rather fond of that idea. There's a fairly general list of the words here, and with some creativity, you could probably find an approximation for most core spells with them.

For battle music, I'm always satisfied with the two Black Mages albums, which are essentially rock remixes of classic Final Fantasy combat songs. As far as other music goes, I find Cowboy Bebop and Fullmetal Alchemist to provide a solid soundtrack, but most of the time, I just let iTunes work on...

Same session, about 20 minutes later, after I spend 10 minutes explaining the statics system and rotational dynamics of the setup, including the possible stress fractures, pivot points, critical angles, and eventual displacements and pressure changes. Me: "Awwww, movie physics won't work?" DM...

I remember that fight. We were playing over IRC, and demiurge and I played the entire fight over private messages. That fight was one of the most entertaining in recent memory, and a great start to the campaign (it was the second or third session we played). My character (the rogue) and the...