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Not quite, at least in D&D. B-) An spell that does 10d1 damage can be empowered (to do 15 damage), while a spell that does 10 damage can't. An effect that adds 2d1 damage to a weapon isn't multiplied on a crit, while an effect that adds 2 damage is. But generally, d1's are pretty useless...

Just to be pendatic, it will provoke an AoO from anyone who can see invisible creatures. But then, he's not really invisible.

Another drawback is that it takes 5 rounds for the full damage to occur. Quite often, the target is dead after a round or two, especially if other characters are also attacking it. It also requires either another spell (Spectral Hand), meta magic feat (Reach Spell) or for the mage to get up...

In my somewhat limited experience, if you're not interested in Spring Attack, Skill Focus(Tumble) is likely better than Mobility. You'll often completely negate the attack (and bypass problems like being tripped).

The rules to me always felt like they were written assuming one combatant was Small or larger. It certainly seems reasonable that a Tiny creature attacking a Small creature should have no more or less trouble than a Medium creature attacking a Large creature. (We'll ignore the oddity that...

It's possible to build a good warlock with a charisma penalty. Invocations are at will and don't require a minimum charisma. There's also plenty of useful invocations that don't have a save, such as the ones mentioned which improve your vision.

LA is difficult to do with gestalt, but requiring it on both sides certainly isn't the correct answer. Let's consider two non-gestalt characters. Fred is a Barbarian 10 with a LA +0 race. George has 5 levels of Barbarian and is a melee-oriented race with a +5 LA. Both are ECL 10, so they...

There's also the possibility of using flaws, which are from the same source as gestalt. There basically a negative feat, that gives you an extra feat in compensation.

Another thought is the Eberron Artificer. The benefits include: Better hit points than a wizard Craft Wand at 3rd level Access to every spell Incantrix ability to metamagic wands by using extra charges Able to craft wands with spells one level above normal Every crafting feat as a bonus feat...

This should give decent healing capability. You'll have infusions to heal yourself. You'll be able to craft wands of Cure X Wounds fairly cheaply. A charisma of 10 and max ranks in UMD would give an artificer +16 to activate wand, so it'll work almost all the time in combat. Actually, you...

I believe that's how it worked in 3.0. In 3.5, if an ECL 10 character is in a successful encounter against a CR 15 enemy, you get the XP for a level 10 character beating a level 15 opponent divided by the party size. As long as the party size is the same, it doesn't matter if the other party...

Dipping into a Bo9S class is more like dipping into a caster class than dipping into a fighter class. Everyone knows that the multi-classed fighter-wizard is a bad idea, because the wizard's spells lag so far behind what's typical for that level. A ranger/fighter/barbarian who dips into...

I ran into this problem as a GM, even with a group that tended to want to talk rather than fight. If the NPC steps up behind them without being seen, it's hard. Possibly ask for a knowledge (local) or sense motive check. "You recognize Tom, known as Death-Bringer to his friends. Nobody knows...

At first level, your to-hit is 0 (BAB) + Dex + Size + feats. Without any feats, that could easily be +2 or so. (The original post did talk about a first level warlock.) A halfling rogue could easily have a touch AC of 15 (10 + 1(size) + 4 dex), so you need to roll a 13 to hit, or 40%. An...

The skill list doesn't match well with the number of skill points. There are six skills, plus the profession, craft and knowledge sets. Profession and craft maybe get a few ranks for flavor or to qualify for a prestige class, but they're unlikely to be maxed out for long. Unless you're going...

You might also be overlooking that adding metamagic on the fly is a full round action, not a full round casting time. They sound similar, but there's a big difference. If you're casting a spell with a full round casting time (e.g., almost anybody casting Summon Monster I), you're casting...

Why wouldn't the damage from Fire-Shield and Chill-Shield stack? Or even from two Fire-Shields? If I cast Melf's Acid Arrow on a target 4 times, won't it take 4x damage each round (assuming none of them has expired yet)? You're using resource (spell slots and actions), so I don't see the...

You probably want to stop having "a horde of 1 HD mooks" as your default encounter. However, occasionally throw a huge horde at the party so this player can enjoy her feat. You can even make it a plot hook. Here's an example from a campaign I ran a while ago. An evil cleric of a nature god...

The graphics announcement thread in the Rules forum is broken. http://www.enworld.org/announcement.php?f=3&announcementid=78

IMHO, that Quicken is almost required isn't an indication that it's broken but that the basic casting mechanism is broken. Once you're a 20th level caster with several 9th level slots, what use are your 5th and 6th level slots? There's some utility spells that you want there, but can you...