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In addition, Mithral "includes" masterwork, so if doubling happens before masterwork addition and the Mithral price also needs to be doubled (even though it isn't the base price) you have to subtract 150 before doubling and then add it in again (or just double and subtract 150 afterwards, which...

How do you reconcile the fact that Greenbound Summoning doesn't increase spell level with the supposed overpoweredness of things-that-double-other-things like Twin Ray? One greenbound huge air elemental vs two of whatever elementals you get out of a monster summoning however many levels lower...

What gets me is the futility of giving an XP penalty to offset powerful characters. If the DM otherwise follows the treasure generation systems in the DMG, for instance, characters who gain less XP per monster killed will quickly be even more powerful for their level.

Huh, that's different from what I seem to remember reading. My bad.

But summoned creatures aren't actually removed from anywhere - they are created from raw magic.

Okay... well, the creature that you call is still bound to you, so you can still give it orders that it will obey... but keep in mind that after you send it back to its home plane, it has access to plane-shifting magic of its own and might come back for revenge.

Well, I interpreted the questionnaire to be hypothetical, i.e. "if your character was faced with this situation, what would they do?", not "Your character has done all these things - what have they done?", with the exception of the very first question.

It depends on your alignment and what you need done. If you're LG and there's a big bad demon killing and maiming innocent people on the prime material plane, gating in a Solar is a very good idea. If you're not LG, and you want the Gated being to help you execute some get-rich-quick scheme or...

Grey elf. 18+2 (racial) +1 (level) = 21. Or, 18 +2 (item) +1 (level) = 21. Edit: Or even Grey Elf, 16 +2 (racial) +2 (item) +1 (level) = 21 8 is a -1 modifier. Having no hit point penalty only requires a 12 CON -2 racial = 10. 10 has a modifier of 0. Or 20. Yes, it's still a lot. A Wizard...

There's an interpretation that says that wild shape isn't a magical effect that changes your size, but a magical effect that gives you a different form that "happens to be" a different size than you. I don't neccessarily agree with this interpretation, but you should be aware that it's out there.

Improved Grab specifically overrides this. Improved Grab lets you move opponents into your space rather than having to move into the opponent's space when you initiate a grapple.

I assume it is this (first hit on googling for "Black Company Campaign Setting"): http://www.greenronin.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=grr1409

Well, with the Charging Smite alternate class feature for Paladins, you can certainly use the class as a basis for a charger build.

Werebears are LG. If you're a good and kind druid who's proven that you're out to help the creatures of the forest and fight evil monstrosities, and then you approach a Werebear and ask for some of her hair so you can be better able to fight more monstrosities, I think she'd be happy to give it...

Why don't you think the "mooks" using tactics is a good idea?

I think bringing the charm-casting evil brain-eating mind flayer to justice would be the right thing for your character to do if that would be the way he'd treat any ally, friend, or family member that he discovered eating the brains of innocent people.

I disagree. I said "that is debatable", by which I meant that "the statement that Mettle works against the damage portion of an Orb is not the whole truth. There is debate on the issue. You should therefore check with your GM whether Mettle works against orbs in your game if you're considering...

Quite. And look at it this way: The monk isn't only holding onto the guard. He's also holding on to the sorceress. And she's holding on to the monk. Without being massively good at grappling, how would you expect someone to wrest an unwilling target from a master at unarmed combat?

How the heck did you manage to prepare those in 5th level spell slots? It's a Cleric 6, Glory 6 spell in the Spell Compendium.

Because they aren't skilled enough to set up a deadly trap, so instead they do what they can?