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This discussion is similar to the thoughts I had about a Ranger 4/ Rogue x using the Unearthed Arcana varient rules called "Distracting Attack", which allow you to count your target as flanked after you hit. The trouble is that the Ranger's ability specifically states that the flanked condition...

Yeah, seriously. I was considering that feat for my Ranger, to apply Favored Enemy damage (not nearly as nasty as Sneak Attack, though more reliable) to all my Manyshot arrows, but even that just feels... dirty.

Read Complete Arcane. It's in there. I'd post it verbatim, but I don't know if that's exactly kosher around here. And thanks for pointing out that you're not being snarky. It's very easy to read too deeply into a person's posts without being able to hear their vocal inflections and such...

Greater Manyshot makes precision damage apply to EVERY arrow. It's possible to abuse that feat so very badly.

The way I figure it, the Ranger and the Paladin get spellcasting for two reasons only: Flavor and scrolls. One's choice of spells to prepare really helps to define one's character. A very woodsy Ranger can prepare a spell to interact with animals and end up using it almost every play session...

I whole-heartedly endorse extra action points. Perhaps 2 more than usual per level-up.

...or do they? You know, they rarely show what happens to the losers. I don't actually recall a single instance when they DID show it. Could be there are a bunch of one-armed losers kept under strict lock-down in an abandoned silo in the middle of a wasteland. Could be... The worst stats...

And here I go with a long-winded post of my own... Personally, I don't mind inventing explanations of my own for the who, how, and why. Some stories are more fun when they simply serve as excuses to employ dramatic framing and dialogue. You have to admit, the framing and artwork have a sort...

I like it. I think you critical guys are just enjoying reading your own long posts. Whoever appointed you as experts? Says you. Refer to last question.

A Knowledge skill as a prerequisite? Ouch. ...and Knowledge(Arcana), for that matter. You'd almost have to be a monk/sorcerer or some other such combination, or else take those 3 ranks as cross-class. Maybe with the Ascetic Mage feat [CV] it wouldn't be too bad, but then that's 4 levels of...

Meh, I don't think so. Of course, if something challenges a chain for threatened area dominance, I tend to like it. Chains are too prolific, because they are the only equipment that can reasonably do what they do. Wanna change that? I'm on board.

I didn't find Large and In Charge in either manual. Is that actually the wrong name? Or is it not actually a feat?

It's 250gp worth of diamond dust, not 250gp worth of diamonds, pulverized to dust. Making diamond dust takes a LOT of work, because diamonds are so hard, so I can imagine just a pinch of the stuff being worth 250gp. On the grounds of that logic, I would say diamond dust and solid diamonds are...

Why don't I recall a pretty hero? *fiddles with Adobe* Ah, right, because it was "Charismatic Hero". I guess they figured the connection to the six stats was transparent enough that disguising it in any way was pointless... and they ran out on nifty names.

The rogue does NOT give up much when he gives up sneak attack dice. He still has more skill points than any other class, Evasion (very nice), the completely unique ability to disarm well-constructed traps, Uncanny Dodge (not bad), and a selection of uniquely rogue special abilities. Meanwhile...

These options are, indeed, recipes for disaster. Don't try too hard to optimize them, because they are very fragile.

I just recently ran into this exact issue. My group was just on the cusp of a time-wasting discussion when I realized that my archer had a perfectly good shortspear he could use to negate the whole issue. With only one ogre to worry about, 42 HP to absorb any hits, and in the midst of a...

Sh**!!! Well, okay. Now I see that. +20 Strength is still nice, even if it only keeps pace with the +10 BAB you miss out on. What's this about exta AoO's with Improved Trip? You still only get as many attacks against a foe as you usually would, you just get to also trip them first... which...

Do you really think Combat Reflexes is worth it? That's only 1 extra attack in a round, and even then only if the enemy provokes attacks of opportunity. Perhaps something like Defensive Sweep (much later, though, because it's a BAB +14 feat) will open up the possibility of more frequent AoO's...

They wanted some way to keep pace with spellcasters, as far as I can tell. Since I'm not a fan of the Vancian spellcasting system, I'm okay with the design decision that it should not be the best way to deal damage in combat, just an alternative way. Remember, most of the classes/PrCs/feats...