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Note that sometimes certain dms just cant deal with something. I have known dms which simply could not handle aoo's, at all. Anything aoo related was just beyond him. He was great with anything and everything else, push come to shove, and could think off the top of his head with great ease...

I am afraid that to me this just shows that you have never really used the spell in your games and/or never really look at grapple. I believe that earlier you said all 5 party members got out fairly rapidly. Likely this means that the fighter type(s) got lucky and rolled well and ran out and...

There are always situations where something will be useless. However, there are tools that are invaluable. Therefore I would have to say your conclusion is completely incorrect. It 'is' an invaluable tool, it just isnt 'always' useful. When it is useful is is invaluable, when it is not useful...

Yep, and given what it does and how easily that would seem appropriate. Although, many do mind it. yeah, there are some differences, which I pointed out. But the level difference plus the power of the lower level one vs the higher level one is pretty indicative. Or at least a sign that one of...

If you can calculate the value then feel free. if you wish to enumerate the situations where it wont do much for you I would say that you should not feel free. One can list an unbounded number of situations for each, but just because there are situations where it is less useful does not mean...

+1 caster level for anything that checks your caster level.. so spell penetration, spell duration, etc. It does not give you extra spells per day nor allow you to cast higher level spells. Those things are not dependent on caster level, they are determined by class which tends to 'also' give...

Having information mostly for free as a side effect of a different spell being cast which can also do other things? Definately invaluable. Information is one of the most powerful items out there. Tactics take time to call out and to take into action. Unless your dm has all of the bad guys be...

Generally true, but it is one of those spells that must be dealt with immediately or it will hamper everyone. with a grapple check of caster level +8 and a number of ways to boost caster level it can become a pretty large problem. Similar in some ways to the various 'caster level or less do big...

It depends on the game of course ;) But that is why I mentioned SR/PR specifically because there are other issues as well. Although one could play with diminshed effects rather than full opacity. but yes, with transparency each becomes stronger with respect to the other.. and weaker at the...

Evards black tentacles is already incredibly powerful anyway either way.. Talk about overpowered spells yet people dont seem to mind. But if the familiar is hanging out where it can be effected by area spells something is already wrong. Unless it has something to do in that combat then it...

For comparisons at this level how about the Leonal? He is a pretty cool little guy. He is pretty cool. Definately not as much damage but he has a lot of defensive abilities and a host of specials. A large number of skills for when those come into play, faster movement, lower hp, lower normal...

And that still means that the archon could talk on 'its' turn without penalty. So, no big deal either way, it just depends on what tactics would do what and when. But, it is still an invaluable tool.

since the rules say you can talk as a free action even when it isnt your turn.... If having out my archon forces the enemy to such drastic measures then the summon is worth its weight in gold no matter what else it does. Disrupting communication either by letting you know what they are up to...

Only if it is a mostly magical world. If it is a mostly psionic world then magic becomes horribly powerful (this point is mainly from SR/PR point of view). The different version simply makes things a bit more complicated along with questionable balance.. but since it is an optional rule one...

Whatever would be appropriate in character. But that is outside of the discussion. But, from a bad guy perspective, how much sense does it make in general? It is basically a scare tactic which the familiar itself could use its normally useless actions to avoid. Since the familiar itself doesnt...

not enough info seems to be happening a lot ;) In my experience familiars tend not to worry too much about being killed. But they are pretty fragile. Often if they are going to be put into a position where they could be hurt then it is a simple matter to buff them up a bit though. I just really...

well that was way too long ;) I'll try for more brevity in the future in this thread. Of course, likely I will fail. Anyway though, limited powers known and a lesser total pp and lack of scaling in a few areas are the tradeoffs for the benefits that psions get. If you treat them like any...

Since it wasnt listed or mentioned as far as I can see it sounds like a valid point to make. Plus, you had to burn 400 exp to get it out later and what it does early on is grant you an extra d6 damage on your attacks. It can be a nice feat for certain builds, not so much for others. Which...

Nonproficiency hurts a bit though I would imagine. The extra damage from the feat are extra damage dice. Hence, not multiplied on a crit. One attack per combat generally which has a good chance to miss which kills the extra damage ability.. Doing it for a few gold is nice as well, saves on...

those two comments seem to be at odds. Familiar + Scribe Scroll vs bonus feat chosen from psionic feat, metapsionic feat, or psionic item creatrion feat. More vs choice. Depending on how you want to look at it one could easily be seen as being better than the other. personally, I prefer the...