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    Character Creator's Block

    Trapfinding is overrated. My barbarian just triggers them all. That's what Trap Sense is for. You have a barbarian in your party. It's his obligation to pump barbarian levels. Traps are no longer your problem. Your particular problem is scouting. Be a monk.
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    Any Offical Answer on wether Potions can be Delivered via "The Other End"

    There is a class ability of the Blood Magus that allows him to circulate a potion in his bloodstream until such a time as he chooses to use it. I think between the existence of such a specialized class ability and the RAW I would say, unfortunately, "no." However, I'm a big fan of creativity...
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    Does D&D require healing magic? And is that a good thing?

    so I did a quick skim of this thread, and I'm still confused. Can someone point me to a single usage of healing magic in Lord of the Rings? I don't think Frodo's convalescence in Rivendell counts, because whatever healing took place happened "off stage." The only cleric I can think of was...
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    Books you DON'T want to see WotC publish

    ITYM Incomplete Eunuch
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    Books you DON'T want to see WotC publish

    :lol: Player's Handbook 3.8 Dungeon Master's Guide 3.8 Monster Manual 3.8 a PDF describing how to upgrade everything from 3.5 to 3.8, including handling the new DR/driver, DR/sand wedge, and DR/putter Monster Manual VIII: More Drow with Statblocks Masterwork Item Compendium Expedition to Keep...
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    how to create evil

    This tickles my RBDM bone, but unless your players are psychologists, you may not be able to make use of this in your game. (conversation with Philip Zimbardo, for those of you who know who he is)
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    Am I a villain?

    I gotta say No The Grackle is right. You are merely chaotic; that doesn't even make you evil. Also, being the DM means that you use both carrot and stick. Villains just use the stick.
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    What happens to stunned flyers?

    Because stunning is not equivalent to paralysis, I'm going to say that the flyer continues in the direction it was last travelling at its slowest possible speed to avoid falling (though it will likely descend). So for the guy under the fly spell, he hovers in place, but the clumsy flyer may...
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    When does dominate person end?

    Agree with Mike, and then the spell is broken when the vamp is dead. Though, for delicious flavor, I would then have the fighter resist desecrating the vampire's corpse, out of respect, you know....
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    Gaming Hoaxes

    I was playing a gnomish bard. We were exploring some caves, on the lookout for some kinda enemy goat-people (race name starts with a V, don't remember, maybe Vrill?). We were escorting/bodyguarding a celestial child past them, to a spaceship deep in the caves. My bard, Lomax, slugged his...
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    What would the cr be on.

    No matter how you streamline it, it still seems like a bookkeeping nightmare to me. Work out some kind of power-up for the equipment, maybe borrow from Weapons of Legacy or something. So survivors' equipment also feeds off its deader brethren. Hence, at level 20, you have a guy with an...
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    Ranged Touch into melee

    waitaminute. I thought the -4 thing had to do with timing, not with soft cover. The shooting-into-melee penalty applies even if the shooter is perpendicular to the plane drawn between the two melee combatants. Hence: M.M ... ... .A. (for simplicity, pretend the two meleers M have reach...
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    I Rolled a Double-Zero (100%)!

    I had a 1st ed ranger with 18(17) strength. Am I the chumpiest? I don't understand. Why were you rolling percentile dice for scrying? How can you have a scrying mishap? Was it a scroll?
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    Readying an Attack vs. a Tumbling Character

    Tumbling only avoids Attacks of Opportunity. It doesn't avoid attacks. If the ogre readies an action, then the PC gets hit as soon as he is within range.
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    Is WotC Wrong? - Shield Other and Damage Reduction

    On the contrary: I have found this particular orifice to be quite "regular," IYKWIM.
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    The Slathered Plates of Butterworth

    I started my group with the "Richard Baker's Bread" hook. Was that a mistake! The Andy and Greg characters totally clogged my Collins-der. Condimentally speaking, I think WotC bungled this. One could say that Monte Cooks a bit too heavily with the Ari Marmellade, IYKWIM. Crunch to fluff...
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    Draconomicon, Races of the Dragon, and Dragon Magic - Which to Buy?

    Draconomicon is also one of the prettiest books in the line. It's practically coffee-table-book quality. So if you ever stop gaming <egad!>, you will probably hang on to that one anyway.
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    Oddest builds...

    ...until your fellow players noticed you making all of your saving throws...
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    Sustenance - Tracked or Handwaved

    Every once in a while in civilization I will swipe some cash out of the PCs' till for upkeep, repairs, etc. Don't track it very much. I never track arrows either. Only out in the boonies am I careful with tracking resources, e.g. the Standing Stone specifically states that food is...
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