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AoO mechanics do not accurately reflect reality. If they did, how is it that an unconscious creature lying next to you is less of a target of opportunity than the armored, combat-trained, aware and moving person standing in front of you who's momentarily bending down to retrieve a sword from the...

Here's a diagram of what squares such a character will threaten. T is threaten, X is where your mount threatens but you do not, and M is mount and mounted characters's shared spaces. TTTTTT TXXXXT TXMMXT TXMMXT TXXXXT TTTTTT

I would like to point out that there have been entire threads devoted to this discussion before, and a separate thread is indeed the correct place for a separate discussion.

Because it was said that "If a healing spell (any, not just 4th level or lower) is cast within 30 feet, 3 times a day you can have it affect you instead of the intended target.".

There was an aspect of parties of PCs crying foul as NPCs used this against them. In a fight against a buff-happy Cleric, for instance, this could tip the balance of the fight. "So, you want to Heal your meatshield? Well, no. You'll Heal me instead."

There's nothing wrong with it. There's nothing inherently right with it either. Yes, by RAW, only humanoids can have the lich template applied to them. No, this isn't the only way to run your game. I have happily applied the lich template to an awakened monkey wizard. I had no regrets doing so...

If a monster has (any) class levels I always use its CR on the NPC wealth table to determine how much gear it has, rather than its level, its HD, its ECL, or any other measure. CR gives the most appropriate threat rating to the PCs, so the loot they get should reflect that - and the loot the...

I just want to add in a counterpoint to the "inter-party strife leads to out-of-game conflict" post. Recently in a Werewolf game (Werewolf is one of the most party-based games ever), my character sacrificed one of his packmates (that's "party members" in DnDese) to the big bad in order to get in...

Fire damage on the high seas is all well and good for burning enemy ships to the waterline... but pirates want prizes! Prize vessels, preferrably. If some of the crew can be convinced to come over to your side, so much the better! I would say you could go for big flashy non-fire invocations, and...

Great stuff! I'll definitely use this in any future campaign with vampires in it. Much better than the "I am very much like a wight, but more awesome" template in the MM. I'll change the rules for turning people into vampires, though. Vampires who turn everyone they feed into vampires are a bit...

The "You must move to the closest space from which you can make an attack" rule does not say that you have to stop at that space. You can continue moving as long as it is in "a straight line directly toward your opponent" before you make your attack.

However, if a creature was both incorporeal and invisible, there would be two miss chance rolls, one for concealment and one for incorporeality (provided there's no ghost touch weapon involved).

Fair enough. I'm not disagreeing with you in any way. But in my game, it's the same as drawing a weapon.

There is a simple pattern - the price increases by 16k each time. It only repeats twice, though, so hard to tell if that is a mathematical artefact stemming from some other pattern, or if it's the actual pattern, or if it's purely coincidental from people eyeballing prices.

IMG, going from a one-handed grip (be it just carrying a two-handed weapon, or wielding a selectable-grip weapon like a longsword) to a two-handed grip is the same kind of action as drawing a weapon. That it, it is a move equivalent action that you can take during movement if your BAB is 1 or...

I can see both sides of the issue. Some of the items in the MIC are very good for their price. But mostly I find them to be acceptable.

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My point is that if it is not outlandish, then everyone would be doing it, all the time, because it would be plain better than making a regular polearm from the Sunder point of view.

I think the best assassin is an assassin who can plan out a hit so as not to need all those mechanical bonuses.

If a weapon tied to a stick was an effective polearm, all polearms would be made that way. Why? Because of Sunder. If someone sunders the haft? Pick up the weapon end and swing it as an unbroken weapon. If someone tries to sunder the weapon? It has the hardness of an all-metal weapon and is...