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Hmm, I hadn't considered the animal companion as a comparable situation (we don't have a druid or ranger in the current party). But I think it's reasonable to only put a 24-hour delay on it, with the day spent fasting and in prayer. :) Now a different question along the same lines: the...

My players and I got into a discussion this evening about the spectral hand spell. (The SRD description is available here.) 1. The headers of the spell say that the range is medium: does this mean that the hand can appear anywhere within medium range? One of the players (who often DM's at...

How does this work exactly? The rules don't put any requirement as to how long it takes for the mount to appear. And if the paladin "releases" his mount, as described in the rules, can he gain another one immediately? IMC, I'm ruling that the paladin has to wait 30 days, just as he would if...

Actually, I don't care about the regenerating creatures. How about a plain human fighter? How much nonlethal damage can be accumulated? Is there a RAW answer for this?

This is OT, but is there a clarification for normal nonlethal damage? The quoted entry from the FAQ deals with environmental issues, but what about just whacking somebody with a sap over and over and over... Do the rules state what the limit is, or can I apply 6,000 hp of nonlethal damage to a...

I like your second solution best. It allows the PCs to put a stake through its heart pretty easily if the PCs are prepared. It seems to me that an anti-magic field is pretty powerful against a vampire, because its damage reduction is Su instead of Ex...

I've always ruled that the globe prevents spell effects from passing through it, not from being cast within it. The spell description in the SRD doesn't specifically say this, though. But that's how I'd rule it. YMMV.

And while some here won't agree with the Rules of the Game series on WotC's web site, there are some useful angles to consider: All About Grappling, Part 1 of 4

These are all good suggestions. I would recommend, in order from "less expensive" to "more expensive" (based on spell level or component cost or casting time, for example): Grease (on the floor in front of you or on your body) Mirror Image Levitate, spider climb, or fly (as terrain permits)...

And can be very, very confusing to someone while they're climbing the learning curve. ;) Don't get me wrong -- I love the GIMP and I wouldn't spend money on other programs (heck, I don't spend money on software at all!), but I often have a hard time accomplishing what I want to do. I...

I've never used anything so detailed. But I got an idea similar to this from tournament play. I would hand out a 3x5 card with each player's name and their character's name, listed from the top to bottom of the card. Each name would have a line next to it. The goal was for each player to...

Okay, Stalker0, I'll be looking for it, too. Sooner would be better than later. :) Will we see it before Christmas?

I bought a USB-to-IDE converter specifically for backups. (Not mine, my wife's!) However, the chip that converts the USB signals to an IDE cable seems to require a special driver (nothing for it on my SUSE Linux 9.2 laptop). I may have to upgrade the OS on the laptop because more recent...

Wow, a lot of interesting points of view on this! First off, as DM I wouldn't allow a player to state that their character is going to wait 36 hours to be raised. There are plenty of problems with that: it's metagaming (if the player says something out loud, they will discover that the...

Actually, they can't. I was going to take a look and see if I knew of anything similar, but the link won't open: "Game Visitors may only view topics in forum 0", or something like that. So, you won't find any help here... :\

To follow up on Vascant's post, there are a couple of problems with DMGenie statblock import in general; not Vascant's software, but DMGenie's capabilities. The OP produced all those examples, but didn't say specifically what problem he had. The one that is discussed the most often on the...

True. But with DMGenie, I can click on the Roll window button, following by choosing Knowledge(arcane) or Knowledge(Nature), as appropriate, and then read the results (the roll for all enemies and party members has already been made). I can uncheck the "Enemies" box to make it easier to see...

So just out of curiosity... What is the effect of scribing the symbol of death on a wall and then covering the wall with an illusion? An illusion can be saved against when a character interacts with it. The PCs won't interact with it until they encounter it. Perhaps the illusion puts the...

I do, yes, but I go further: I only allow *core* books. From the player's point of view, that means PHB 3.5E. :) Of course, the DM has the use of MM1 and DMG as well. This also makes it easy with online tools such as DMGenie, since DMGenie is only allowed to include RSRD materials as part of...

Agreed. Which is why I don't allow 3rd-party rules IMC unless I've had a chance to seriously review them. And that doesn't mean read the text of an expanded skill description (such as Concentration from the XPH) and make a ruling on-the-fly. If a player wants to add something, the...