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I was reading this month's Dragon magazine's article on Heironeous. They have a small section on suggested prestige classes, and I was surprised to see that there was no reference to a Knight of Holy Shielding PrC (especially considering that group was mentioned in the article). Can it be...

Session 28: The Mind-Flayer's Sanctum 11th - 17th of Reaping. Alexander borrowed Eligos's laboratory in order to fashion some magic items. Most of these items were for himself, but he offered to make something for Tarric as well. When other party members placed requests for similar items...

To finally answer your question (which I intended to do before, but got sidetracked): Yes, I am running a core-only game with just a few tweaks, like my expanded death rule mentioned in a previous post. Also, a player with a druid character asked if he could get access to Wild feats from one...

Session 27: Acquitted! (Scapegoats No Longer) 2nd of Reaping. The party was in the thick of battle against a large spell-casting snake creature as well as a small platoon of drow warriors led by a female cleric. Katawan, who had rushed in to face the cleric in advance of the rest of the party...

Session 26: Beneath the Cold Forge 2nd of Reaping. Upon learning that the party was wanted by the Greyhawk authorities for questioning, Alexander was adamant that they should turn themselves in immediately. The rest of the group was much more wary. Alexander argued that the longer they...

Session 25 Aftermath: The Worm's Rampage 7th of Richfest (continued). After being informed that Tarric and Alexander were dead, the party members were understandably in no hurry to climb up the Rope of Climbing and join them in the Worm's gullet. However, there was little time to grieve...

Session 25: The Apostle Awakens 7th of Richfest. The session began in the middle of a fight in a sub-basement beneath the Greyhawk Arena. Most of the party was in an ancient training room where the party had just killed a skeleton animated by a purple worm (known as a Mohrg). Tarric had...

Session 24: Against the Undead Minions of the Kyuss Cultist 7th of Richfest. This was the big day - the finale of the Champions Games, the day that the Arena would be packed with more spectators than it would see on any other day of the year, and the day that something or someone was trying to...

Session 23: No Rest for the Weary 6th of Richfest. The party had holed up in the doppelgangers' octagonal room to rest and prepare spells for their final assault on the doppelganger lair. Thorash did all the healing he could at dusk of the previous day, including reviving Alexander. The...

Yeah, I've already made it harder to die. But I've got to be honest: I've never considered a system as generous as yours! My system works as follows: -1 to -9 hp means that the character is unconscious and dying (unless stabilized by traditional means). -10 to -(10 + CON bonus + character...

Session 22: The Maze of Mirrors 5th of Richfest (continued). While Alees continued to search the doppelganger rooms, the rest of the party explored the unopened doors along the rest of the corridor. After discovering a latrine, they opened the double doors at the far end of the corridor...

Hi all. I'm running the Age of Worms adventure path, and I'm having a somewhat serious problem that I have come to call "level lag". The problem is that my PCs' levels are not keeping pace with the expected levels of the modules. Right now, we're just finishing up some of the loose ends of...

In answer to the OP's question: yes, I would allow it. How long did it take the party to determine the nasty's AC? They probably spent a few rounds swinging at it in futility before they decided that they needed a 20. So they've already "paid" for the information. Now they should have a...

So when a Vrock realizes that you don't speak Abyssal and it wants to taunt you using its Telepathy (Su), it can't attack in the same round (because it had to use a standard action to activate its Telepathy)? Just checking.

Oops. I didn't realize that that had changed between 3.0 and 3.5. You are totally right. My apologies.

Dude, I hate to burst your bubble, but a dagger is a PIERCING weapon, not a slashing weapon. (Those soapboxes sure are slippery things, aren't they?) Besides, (like I said before) I am not going to suddenly give the bad guy a dagger if his stat block doesn't say he has one.

Maybe I'm missing something really obvious here, but how does one find out whether a monster's Supernatural or Extraordinary ability can be activated as a free action or as a standard action? My assumption would be that activating an ability is always a standard action unless the description...

Since a couple folks have asked about this, I'll answer it. This was the end of a bigger fight. (The Erythnul temple underneath the Dourstone mine in the second AoW module.) The PCs had already chopped their way through the grimlock cleric's minions, and the cleric had already cast all of his...

Is it just me, or are tanglefoot bags really annoying? I've had them used against me as a player and now that I'm a GM, I'm having them used against my bad guys. If they don't have a slashing weapon, a monster strength score, or some alcohol, they are just dead in the water (or very slow - if...

Session 21: Discovering the Doppelganger Lair, or Thorash vs. the Kraken 5th of Richfest (continued). The party had just defeated the doppelgangers who had been pretending to be prisoners. These doppelgangers were wearing tight-fitting (finely crafted) studded leather armor that they were...