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Wyrd One: That's not technically so by D&D standards. If what you are saying were true, then an unarmed human could make two fist attacks during a full round action. A natural attack in D&D does not provoke an attack of opportunity and is used as a part of a set attack routine. Humans don't...

Thanks. Interesting. The replies you got imply that natural attacks count as monk special weapons for the purpose of flurry of blows. This means that the thri-keen monk can freely interchange his claws with his unarmed attacks. However, I find it strange that you can use flurry of blows...

Thanks for the reference. There are a couple of problems with that write-up. As you said, the flurry of blows should be +14/+14/+9/+5. But also, the damage for the tentacle attacks should be 1d4+4. It looks like the monk has +3 Str modifier, and a creature gets 1.5x its Str damage for its...

Wouldn't she be a druid? The movie version, at least. She had power over trees, flowers, flying monkeys, and the element of fire. She could also teleport, scry, and fly with the aid of a broom. There isn't really a class just like that in D&D though. Adept? I don't think she'd be a...

This has surely been discussed, but I can't find it in the FAQ. How do a monk's unarmed attacks combine with its natural attacks? I will be running a published adventure in which the PCs run into a 5th level mind flayer monk. The person who wrote the adventure seemed to think that meant...

Lost in translation? Turanil, I notice that you're from France. I wonder if you were translating the word "déçu" as "deceived" rather than "disappointed" in the title of your orginal post. It's an easy error to make. Perhaps it makes more sense in English to say that you're disappointed...

That goes the same for mind flayer spellcasters. For instance in the Manzessine Prison adventure from Dragon 92, the head of the prison is a 7th level mind flayer diviner with the Spell Focus (Evocation) feat (but not Spell Penetration). It makes little sense that a wizard charged with...

Mind blast is now a 4th level psionic power found in the psionic powers section.

Are you keeping them at 8 HD? I think it's odd that they have the abilities of a 9th level psion, yet they only have 8 HD. Shouldn't they have 9 HD? I used the PHB version of them. Edit: Or, if a 9th level psion has a CR of 9, shouldn't a mind flayer with the same abilities and racial...

A good, practical solution!

According to the Expanded Psionics Handbook, it's an instantaneous effect. If that's hard to get your head around, here's an example: bump your head against a heavy object. If done correctly, you will be stunned for a few seconds because of the pain. The head bump was instantaneous, but...

Another problem with mind blast: there's no cure for it. It's an instantaneous effect, so disple magic doesn't work. It isn't paralysis or slow, so remove paralysis doesn't work. The party cleric was trying to restore his comrades and I allowed an area dispel to work, but strictly speaking it...

Greatwyrm: It was a group of 5 11th level dwarf characters that I had created myself for a one-shot "tournament" adventure. They included a cleric, two fighters, a rogue, a ranger, and an 8th level cleric cohort. Their saves were decent, but mathematically they are bound to fail. If you have...

I just ran an adventure from Dungeon 92 that takes place in a mind flayer prison. The players did not like it because half of them were stunned half the time from mind blasts. Although mind blast may seem like a good villain power on paper, in reality it makes for a very boring encounter...

:lol: :lol: :lol: So true! My mother still acts as though it's out of the ordinary that her neighbors get internet in their home.

Well, as long as this is turning into an "I'm right, you're wrong" kind of thread, I'd just like to point out that Hong's definition of fantasy is not technically correct, while my teacher's was. From an on-line glossary of literary terms (http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm) The term...

Wow! I've never seen it said so well. I agree. FR to me doesn't feel like "fantasy." However if I think of a human town as Mos Eisley, all of a sudden I can justify the fact that it inevitably has 6% halflings, 5% dwarves, 4% elves, 3% gnomes, 2% half-elves, and 1% half-orcs. And the local...

These systems are described in Unearthed Arcana. Also, Star Wars uses a wound point/vitality point system. WP/VP separates actual physical damage (WP) from the ability to avoid damage (VP). The D&D system combines the two into one HP total. The most important difference is that characters...

I concur. Or Reserve Points. Open your eyes, people! The D&D combat system was devised with the assumption that PCs would have access to clerical healing magic. It's the hidden HTML of combat and damage. If you don't want to be chained to a cleric, use an alternative combat system, i.e...