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    When does Fire Shield burn you?

    Grazzt, Do you mean "hit" as in "overcome total AC" or "hit" as in "touch the creature"? I can "hit" a creature but have my sword bounce off his natural hide. Cheers, /ds
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    Dieties, Demigods, and Worship

    Howdy. I have a couple of questions relating to dieties, demigods and their worship. I would like to understand how they work in a nutshell without a) purchasing another sourcebook; and b) can be used with the core books. From my understanding, their are typically many levels of...
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    Shadow Conjuration - how does this puppy work?

    Not necessarily. Quickened spells. Or part of the illusion is to give the perception that it took longer than it did.
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    When does Fire Shield burn you?

    "Any creature striking the character with its body or handheld weapons deals normal damage but at the same time the attacker takes 1d6 points of damage +1 point per caster level." This is ambiguous. I would only do it on a successful hit, but a legal interpretation is if the attack roll would...
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    Enervation and Energy Drain

    The SRD on these two spells leave something to be desired. Since I don't have my books with me, can ya'll clarify? From my recollection, enervation temporarily drains 1d4 levels which return on their own without the need of a saving throw. Does the energy drained condition for death still...
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    Undo/Redo help

    Only if you are in a diagonal hall reading a scroll of wish in full plate.
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    To the Official Folks: How will Wishes affect Feats?

    This is reminscent of the "a +1 BAB is greater than the power of a wish" argument. One of the tenets of this argument was that the only way you could permantently raise BAB was to level. Leveling is beyond the power of a wish and so it seems likely that BAB would be, too. Feats, like BAB, can...
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    Taking 20

    What does "carries no penalties for failure" mean? Literally I understand. But what from the game mechanics? For example, failure on Searching for the 100-ft. pit trap may result in you plunging into it. Failure to Handle Animal may cause it to run away. Failure to Disguise yourself may get...
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    <5-ft. Reach Attacks from the Darkness

    My mistake on flat-footed. I often use "flat-footed" and "denied Dexterity" interchangeably when I shouldn't. Let me see if I understand: - The target is denied his Dexterity bonus if the attack originates from the darkness. - A creature moving through the light to attack the target is seen...
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    Need some help here. DM wackiness in action

    I disagree with that. If your decision is based on a poor understanding of your surroundings, or envionrment, then I would agree. However, in this case, that is exactly what experience is about. Trying things and seeing that they work or don't. The important thing, from a DM's perspective...
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    <5-ft. Reach Attacks from the Darkness

    A character summons a fiendish hawk. It is sent to attack a creature whose only light source is a 20-ft. torch. Beyond his torchlight is darkness. The hawk swoops in for an attack. It enters into the square of the creature... Is the target creature flat-footed? The more general question...
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    Movement and 5-ft. Step (Standing Up)

    A 5-ft. step is not allowed in the same round a character moves. Do you consider the MEA of standing up from either prone or a kneeling position to count as a "move?" For example, the character stands up, attacks, and then moves back 5-ft. /ds
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    How Dark for "In Shadows"

    When you see the phrase "in shadows" applied to items, spells, or creatures, how dark must the shadows be? A party of four characters with a torch casts a multitude of shadows just from themselves and within the light source area. Could these shadows be used? A sparse forest will have shadows...
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    Need some help here. DM wackiness in action

    I'm not sure it would put it out if you think of it as Greek fire. Perhaps dousing it with water smothers the flames effectively putting it out, but causing steam to roll in a 5-ft. radius causing 1d4 scalding damage. :) I do not think purify food and water would have helped. I would award...
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    Energy Drain Question

    Restoration only makes a correction to the character restoring them to the minimum XP for the level. If the character earned extra experience after being drained, the spell would still raise him to the minimum XP for the level. It does not add any extra experience. Any experience gained...
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    ways to increase BAB other other than leveling

    I did recall that as I was typing, but was already committed to posting. :) I'm not sure that characters in Epic Level campaigns will, in the majority of the time, be fighting equally powerful creatures. In the admittedly few high-level campaigns I have been involved in, there was the...
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    Epic Weapon Specialization, Epic Wpn Focus.....

    I doubt they stack. While some texts are overly blunt when saying they do not stack, that doesn't mean text that doesn't spell this out explicity implies that they do stack. Typically, like bonus types do not stack. The only cases off-the-top of my head that do stack are a) circumstance...
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    BAB for a 98 HD Dragon?

    Hah! Can you really raise levels non-classed?
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    Sneak Attacks at Range (> 30 ft.)

    Are there any feats that extend the range at which a rogue can sneak attack an opponent? IIRC, the maximum range as per the core rules is 30 ft. /ds
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    ways to increase BAB other other than leveling

    This point was covered already. That fourth attack at +1 (without bonuses) may not matter now. But in 20 levels, that extra attack will be +21 (without bonuses). If it isn't such a big deal, then why fuss about it? Create a new spell that grants BABs and put it in a continuous item. Problem...
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