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Wow. By almost 2 full hours, even. You must be on dial-up still! :D Just kidding, of course. :)

Is this question serious? If by non-magical, you mean doesn't cast spells? If not, what do you mean? Assuming that you do mean a PrC that doesn't cast spells, there are a boatload of them out there! Just open up complete warrior and have a whirl! That'll cover many, but there is still going...

Agreed, 100%. Really just because you're agreeing with me first, and I'm that kind of a guy. {No, not really :p } Oh, absolutely. Even of out the "It is broken" vs. "Not broken" camps come potential solutions to cope. Examples with DMM: persistant are things like dispel magic, more undead...

Good lord ... is this "Shilsen is broken" v. 2.0 ? Or - worse yet - does someone now need to make up a principle (or fallacy, or whatever you want to call it based upon how it is phrased) about how we know if an ENWorld poster is broken? :uhoh:

And, I beleive you keep your manifester levels seperate as well. So, no using that wilder level to cast a psion power (or the other way around, whichever happens to be more). Essentially, ask yourself it you would ever want to be a wizard/warmage. It'll be pretty similar to that. But yes...

True that! :D Actually, I find the whole "because Mistwell is arguing this way it must be overpowered" argument to be unconvincing, and hope it wasn't seriously offered (for the sake of not being rude to Mistwell, at the very least). I still am in the camp that the overpoweredness of DMM...

I appreciate all the wonderful references to fairies and mythology and everything. The thing is that I don't get D&D fey. I mean, elves are mythologically considered fey. But those elves are not 5'8" with slender bodies who love the forest. And the who D&D pixie/nixie/grig stuff just doesn't...

I'll agree with the above poster. Clerics have so many options, that players need to decide what they want their cleric to do rather than be good at everything. A cleric that wants to be good at everything needs many high ability stats, but they're also being unrealistic. A well built cleric...

Ditto for the Mystic Theurge, if you are trying to compile a list. As I said before, I don't mind DMs who say no in the beginning of a campaign. If the DM really thinks a warlock or warforged or Mystic Thuerge is broken, I can accept that. Just don't nerf it midgame! If you start with it...

When I first DMed, I checked over every creature I used. Then I developed trust in my 3.5 MM. Now I can use it and be happy with it without checking every detail. But, I had to learn to trust the book. Every book I buy has to go through that level of trust development. I don't automatically...

Yes, you are correct. Elemental creatures are essential neutral (for the most part). Don't think of rebuking them as an evil act. Think of rebuking them as bolstering them (making them stronger). In a sense, rebuking undead is like casting bless on your party. Well, in purpose only -...

That's cool! By that, I mean that I hope you didn't think I was placing a judgment upon people who allow it in game. I have actually heard that so long as you don't mind the power-up that the book is actually a lot of fun and makes fighters a blast to play. I'll agree with you on that much...

Actualy - and I'm assuming your post was meant to be helpful and thus that's how I'm responding - I do know what a falacy is. Years of teaching Geometry in High School and getting in "inverse, converse, and even contrapositives" have taught me what a fallacy is! Now, on to Doug McCRae's...

Perhaps I'm not reading it right, then. So ... In simple terms: 1. Optimizing rules out good roleplaying. 2. Deficiency implies good roleplaying. If that is the Stormwind Fallacy, then that isn't what I showed. To use my square, the Stormwind Fallacy argues that only 2 and 3 are a...

The following days kept Brandt and Semeion busy, specifically on the magical defense front. Semeion and Brandt both spent time researching detailed arcane defenses not knowing exactly what they would be facing. Ischarus, Charis, Rhema, and Ophee traveled south of Fingerdale until they found...

Okay, I also object to the Stormwind Fallacy. I much prefer punnet (sp?) squares. Ah, good old biology class. It was great until we got to the much more interestign sciences like chemistry and physics. But, I digress. I present the ... Nonlethal Force Square of Gameplay...

Yeah, that one was such an easy call that I decided to not even buy the book. That way there isn't the need to pick and choose. I just didn't pick. In general, though, I agree wholeheartedly with the "head 'em off at the pass" before broken stuff needs to be retroactively fixed. As a player...

I've always found that type of houserule easy to counter. As a DM, I employ a "classed enemies created equal to the PCs" rule. What this means is that monsters or what-have-you are plucked right out of the MM or wherever, but enemies that I actually make up from base classes and/or races...

Calm down, Mistwell. Please don't jump down my throat because I posted about my experiences, okay? Your experience and my experience are allowed to differ and we can still be friends at the end of the day! I'm not employing a "ploy." I'm not even being deceptive or sneaky. I am saying that...

I agree. I don't use nightsticks, either. However, I've no problem with DMM or persistant. A character so specialized is going to be easily defeated by enemies. Don't think they'll be able to do a tiny bit of research and find out what completely foils the cleric? Actually, as a DM I kind...