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Re: Carp.. Only problem with this scenario is that Polymorph has a Fort save, and you'd be hard pressed to get a bruiser to miss one of those. I'm painfully aware of this fact, as our party is currently up against a mess of giants (like a flock of geese or a pride of lions) and it'd be quite...

Re: Re: Re: Minimum time between prepping spells That might be a readability issue as well as an acknowledgement of the fact that, for the most part, your eight hours of rest is when you sleep at night. You would think that, when defining the arcane preparation section, they would make...

Then why is it the recent casting limit section in the PH only makes mention of eight hours of rest? Nowhere in the arcane magic section could I find something specifically stating that you need to wait "til the next day". You have to wait 24 hours from the time you last prepped spells?

I had always been under the impression that in order to prep a new set of spells, a wizard simply needs to rest eight hours. My DM says that you can only prep once a day, but that you need eight hours of rest in order to do it. Can you wake up in the morning, shoot off all your spells by 10am...

Allright, allright. Good point- it seemed that they made an effort to tell you what you didn't get... I can't see any good reason why they'd make Psi's THAT much more powerful. Probably an oversight. D'oh! Alas- thought that one seemed too good to be true. Anyone know of a good way to...

I'm also quite intrigued by the 9-headed hydra. While polymorph states that extra limbs do not grant extra attacks, the hydra has combat reflexes that allow each head an AOO each round. Has anyone had this come up in their campaign? From reading polymorph, there was no mention of feats made...

True, but even if the MM doesn't list a sphynx as having a magic necklace, it's plausible for one to have one. Likewise, a centaur would be able to use most equipment, but not boots or pants. IMC I'll just make the call on a case-by-case basis. Found the choice for my PC, I think, though...

Interesting ideas... I was also looking at the 9 headed hydra. While extra limbs do not give extra attacks, its combat reflexes let each head make an aoo each round. Combine that with reach and you've got some interesting combats. Of course, it's rather large and hard to fit indoors...

Our party's been slugging it out with hill giants and ogres lately. Happily, my character just picked up his seventh wizard level and is going to be taking Polymorph Other. Lovely spell, some might call it broken, but I plan on enjoying it. Now, aside from turing baddies into sheep, what are...

too good to be true As a player with a PC who's getting Polymorph Self when he next levels, this interests me... I love the feats and that Dex, but can't help but wonder if it might be too good to be true. Maybe not when you compare some of the 15HD giants you can 'morph into with Str's of...

I'd rule that you'd only lose spells if your new spells/day is lower than the number of spells you still have left uncast. I see the bonus spells as a form of encanced capacity. If the size of the glass decreases but by that time is only half full, why would you lose any water?

I've got a PC who's an item crafter. After we finish off these hill giants we've been hired to off, he's planning on using his share of the loot to set up shop in the city. Faced with the prospect of having to protect an inventory of items adventurers might need, he decided to focus on...

Then why does it say that a summoned mephit has to wait an hour before it can use its own summoning ability? This seemed to imply that they'd be around to do so, but maybe I'm reading too much into it... (edit) Duh- T&B, while not canon, certainly is explicit. That's the answer I'll buy.

A mephit's got a % chance of being able to summon another one of its type. That mephit has to wait an hour before using this ability. But if that's all the mephits were trying to do, before long you'll have nothing but mephits. There's no duration listed in the MM. Anyone have a bit of...

into int I'll second the INT recommendataion. I tend to play Rog/Wiz PC's and having a high INT helps the rogue with skills and the wizard with magic. If you don't want to focus on CHA, a level in wizard's a great way to let you use wands and whatnot. Search, Disable Device and let's not...

Aster could have told you Mitswell, old bean, once again you could have turned to your party wizard- the one who often casts ray spells and has Point Blank Shot. Yes, yes, yes. You can even take weapon specialization, ray, IIRC. Not sure about Improved Crit, though- critting with a weapon...

I've heard house rules of the sort mentioned, but nothing core. I've read a great many of these threads about the cost of scribing into spellbooks, as my main PC is a wizard and he ended up taking item creation feats in part to pay for getting spells into his book. I handle it differently...

Why not blink ALL the time? There's the fact that, IIRC, 20% of your spells fail. Rings should be powerful. They require higher caster levels and a feat of their own when many of their effects can be produced by Wondrous Items.

Sticking head above the crenellations When I'm the DM, rings you activate remain activated until deactivated. Why? Because there are times when you want NOT to be blinking. Or to not be invisible. But you don't want to have to take the ring on and off when you want to change states. If...

IMCs we, like most who have replied, allow up to 1kgp worth of spells to be placed into a single scroll in a day. We haven't addressed the possibility of tearing the scroll into other scrolls, but I'd say it'd destroy the item. I'm thinking of extending this interpretation into a house rule in...