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You can, in theory, make a Wondrous item in any shape that you like, staff included. With that thought in mind, look at almost any other wondrous item and see what it takes to shape it like a staff. First, the Staff is "Slotless", in that it isn't something worn in any of the standard slots...

So you're trying to craft a magic weapon (Staff of Spell Storing), using Craft Wondrous as the feat, and the Craft Weaponsmith skill. Spell Storing appears as a weapon enchantment, or as a magic ring. So many kinds of "No" in there it's hard to know where to begin. So I won't. Your DM...

Sorta-kinda right. A druid using Natural Spell can still be shut down by a Silence spell or a Grapple, as far as I know. The feat just lets them cast in Wild Shape form, using the limited verbal capacity and manual dexterity of that form.

Trying to be fair: I've played pretty much every edition of D&D there is, and sometimes I get the different versions of the rules confused. Deset Gled raised a fair point on facing. Can someone point me to tghe book/page in the 3.5 rules that covers this? Where it says that there is no...

The problem with the low Charisma isn't that the spell DCs will be low, it's that there won't be any spells at all. At least not for a while. At most, short of several Wishes or something similar, he'll be able to cast 2nd

Yeah, but... Let's look at the tale of three bears. The Black Bear has 3 dice of Bear and two of Awakened. The Brown Bear has 6 dice of Bear and two of Awakened. The Polar Bear has 8 dice of Bear and two of Awakened. The Black Bear starts with a Strength of 19 and 2 points of Natural armor...

Question: Can you cast a Summon Monster spell outside of combat? They do serve other purposes than meat shield, after all. If you can cast that spell, outside of combat, then "Rounds" exit outside of combat. Can a Bard use "Inspire Competence" outside of combat? That ability, like many...

Sorry, I thought I put those in the header. System is D&D, edition 3.5. Figure to aim for 11th level or so. I hadn't consider Savage Species, I'll confess, largely because we aren't using that book at my game. Still worth looking at . Thanks for the t

My wife, who is not an RPGer, wants me to run a Bard-Bear-ian. That is, a bear who is a Bard and a Barbarian. Bears, in the MM, have a Charisma of 6, and the Awaken spell adds a D3 to that, limiting his Charisma to a max of 9. Hard to be a Bard with that. a Were-Bear is an effective ECL of...

Since it's neither sunset or sunrise, no. It's twilight, either pre-sunrise or post sunset, depending on the character's point of view. Like I said though, I try to relate it, at least a little, to the waking world time frame, for wherever they were before they entered this realm.

The Darkness spell is 2nd level, or a "Least invocation", meaning it's the equivalent of a 1st level spell when used by a Warlock As shown, Continual Flame is a 2nd level Evocation(Light) spell (3rd if the caster is a Cleric), and counters or cancels any Darkness effect of the same or lower...

I'm up for giving posthumous bonuses to the fallen PC. I believe he tried to keep the dragon busy while others made their way out. It wasn't his fault that the others were busy trying to scoop up piles of treasure instead of running like hell. But every time there's been a serious threat the...

Well, there's two ways to get there, and that makes a difference. Some of my party came by drinking a magical sleep potion. They're there in their dreams. Most of my party came via Shadow Walk, using its ability to cross planes. People there physically can sleep and recover spells. Dreamers...

A few thoughts on this. First, obviously, don't depend on the Death Attack. It's a neat signature move for the class, but as you've pointed out it's rather specialized. Second, "Rounds" occur all the time. Try casting a Mount spell out of combat. How long does it take? (Hint, it begins...

Sometimes, when you have a chance to see an encounter ahead of time, as this group did on both occasions, "success" means finding a way to void the encounter entirely. In this case the party had faced the Flying Monkeys archers before, and had faced other airborne opponents in the course of...

Oddly, this question just came up again in my game. The first time the PCs were trying to access a dream-world version of the Palace of the High King. This was guarded by "Flying Monkeys" (re-skinned Harpy Archers, straight from the book), one per PC, and a CR 14 Dragon. Party level is 11...

The specific game was D&D 3.5, but the question can be asked about most role playing games. Premise: Not every encounter is one that the party is ready for. There exist in the game world things that the party isn't yet ready to handle. In my game we had a party of seven PCs, levels ranging...

We had a few situations come up in our last game session that I'd like some advice on. Facing some flying opponents (Harpy Archers re-skinned as "Flying Monkeys"), one PC set up an Obscuring Mist spell. Every now and then a PC would step out to take a shot or whatever. The question is, if I...

Good thoughts. Here's a little background. They've been here before, as a group. It's always twilight here. Remember Orcs and Goblins dream too, so the time has to be hospitable to all the races. That's not something they can change. Elves don't sleep, nor do undead, so as entertaining as...

My group is currently adventuring in "The land of Dreams". We treat it like another dimension, akin to the Plane of Shadows. The dreamlands are always in twilight, neither day nor night. If a particular section is in "nightmare mode", the sky is overcast and the wind is chill, as if it were...