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Per my statement, I don't think the RAW states clearly when flanking is applied. I think that the lack of mention of how invisibility works with flanking is a hole in the rules. In much the same way that by the RAW a character with 18 strength can carry 12 great swords and fight without...

There are two affiliations in the setting, one good and one amoral, and two prestige classes to go with each affiliation. However, it looks like to qualify for any of the classes, your affiliation score has to be high enough that you're pretty much done with the adventure.

In my games, I've ruled that invisible characters cannot provide flanking bonuses. If you're in front of me, I'm going to act the same whether your invisible ally is behind me, or no one is behind me. Some of my players have pouted about this decision, but unless I decide to hand out the...

Over on the Paizo board, James Jacobs posted that the D6/HD damage of that ability is probably too strong, and recommended putting it at D6/2HD. Still 70+ damage on average if all three saves are failed, but not likely to kill the entire party before they can act.

It'd be great if there was a class that could channel spells through its weapons. Something like that, I'd call a Dawnblade, or maybe a Duskblade, something like that ;)

Oh, I'm aware that the skill guys have their uses. It's just my preference in characters (when I'm actually playing, a rarity as I'm better behind the screen) is wizards before rogues, so CM was of more interest than CS will be (and let me just say, I appreciate the new Complete books all using...

Sounds pretty cool overall, but not as neat as CM (although I am biased toward arcanists over skill-types). Luck feats will be worth a look, and tricks sound pretty interesting.

Sabine was grappling Elan, and so lost her dex bonus versus Hayley.

I think you repeated my point (although I had a bit of confusion going on while I made it). I recently was plotting out feats for a polearm user, and I had wanted the little extra protection a buckler would give me. When I was skimming over rules before, I was left with the impression that I'd...

Huh. I think I'd noticed the same problem with Improved Buckler Defense that Thanee had. But, looking at the description of the buckler, it says: So, is using a two handed weapon using a weapon in your off-hand? Or does that only apply for two weapon fighting. Although a 25th level...

I don't know exactly what I expect (besides more feats and prestige classes), but I'm expecting a good book. Complete Mage was a great buy, and reserve feats were a great idea. My expectation is that the second Complete part II will at least come close to matching this excellence.

Whew! Sounds like I made a good choice. With my group about to go through some drastic changes, it sounded like it might be a good module for a fresh start, so I picked it up on a whim.

There was serious temptation to redo a sheet at my last session. One of the players couldn't make it, so another player was entrusted with his character. It quickly became apparent why the player was always re-adding his bonuses to hit- the sheet was an organizational mess. Add on to that bad...

From what I've seen, the classes seem to line up fairly well with the base classes. My Savage Tides game (run with gestalt rules) features a warblade. He's pretty tough, swinging a great sword with Punishing Stance for 3D6 damage, and he can pump that up with some other manuevers. It's quite...

There is a size limit mentioned somewhere in there- eight people, including animal companions, mounts, and cohorts, iirc. As for higher level groups, it didn't come up, but I figure the prestige is big... for characters of about the party's level. Much beyond that, and there are bigger rewards...

I believe the FAQ suggests that if it counts as Medium Armor, you only need Medium Armor Proficiency to use it. It might not be the most realistic way, but it's the easiest. I've run it both ways, and treating armor as the base armor type for proficiency can be confusing and annoying ("So, my...

Actually, I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I don't have my 1stEdDMG handy, but I do recall a note to the effect that +3 weapons were considered to be made from a meteoric iron, +4 from mithral, and +5 from adamantine. There were also a few underdark races (drow in particular) who used gear made from...

D&D cartoon came from one of my brothers, Fiendish Codex II from the other, and my parents gave me the MMIV. I also spent some early Christmas money on paints so I can do something with the Arcana Unearthed and Iron Heroes minis I've had sitting around for a year or two. ETA: Oh yeah, I also...

Ah, very good. With my Savage Tides game on a holiday break, I should have plenty of time to look this over ahead of time and prepare it so I can shift seamlessly from Here there be Monsters to Tides of Dread.

Once my wife gets back to work, I plan to. WotC is my default purchase, other stuff tends to fall into the luxury area. Kuntz's Maure Castle stuff in Dungeon has looked pretty good, so I'd like to see what he can do with a full adventure.