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Nasty! That is one bad bird! Noticed that the same table in the SRD gives another +1 CR for advancing to Large size, and I'd probably go with another +2 CR for its special attacks being upped. That would put you at around the CR 9-10 range, which I think is reasonable, although that DC 25...

From the SRD under Improving Monsters: So I guess that would make it CR 6-7. Seems a little low for that serious Fort DC save (shouldn't it be 19? (base 12, +5 from Con boost, +2 from Ability Focus)) but I suppose you can season that chicken to taste. Cheers, Vurt

Controlling the chains is a standard action each round, so the chain devil can either full attack normally (without the controlled chains) or control them and use a move or move equivalent action as well. At least, that's how I read it. Cheers, Vurt

I would expect most DM's love cleverness, I know I certainly do. In games I go out of my way to reward it. But using the Gate spell to try and get cheap wishes doesn't strike me so much as clever as it does like rules abuse. And why should I reward that? The problem I see isn't characters...

Although I can't cite a reference to this, I'm pretty sure two Evasions don't stack to give you Improved Evasion. I've only seen that happen with Uncanny Dodge, and the ability is very strong for a 4th level character. If you read the monk description for flurry it mentions that you apply -2...

As a DM, I would never reward a player for abusing a loophole in the rules. While the character may have an Int 30 at his disposal to create a "perfectly worded wish", I have to ask, could an Int 50 character come up with an even better worded wish? If so, then the original is not "perfectly...

The party sorcerer and cleric return to their fixer who gave them the job of cleaning out an orc stronghold, the body of the fallen barbarian being carried between them. Fixer: "What happened out there!?!" Cleric: "Well... First the sorcerer turned us all invisible. And then they snuck up on...

BWA! I'm surprised Ash-I-mean-Taran didn't reply with the mandatory "Baby, you got real ugly..." Sounds like you're all having a lot of fun. Good stuff! Cheers, Vurt

OMG!!! I didn't realize he was responsible for Paranoia too! ;D On a more serious note, I started playing the game as a young'un with the red box and the very occasional Dragon magazine, and maybe I was just too young at the time, but all of this is news to me! Cheers, Vurt

As a general aside, if only the literal wording of the rules mattered, there would be far fewer lawyers in this world. Why should intent be irrelevant? Cheers, Vurt

Usually, I just use the MM stats if it's a random encounter or generic creature. If it's something I preplan, with class levels, then I would usually roll, or just pick some reasonable higher stats. Recently, however, while perusing the 3.5 SRD under Improving Monsters, I discovered that...

Master of Chains aside, is there any reasonable explanation why someone with the Two-weapon fighting and Exotic Weapon Proficiency (spiked chain) feats shouldn't be able to switch between the using it for reach or for an extra attack? If I were training in such a weapon, it seems like it...

This may clearly be overly pedantic, but... It says that each round you can make an extra attack with a second weapon, not that you may do so. The ability is there, but you may not be able to use it whilly-nilly. Cheers, Vurt

This really isn't the discussion for it, and I'm only posting this here because I see it fairly often in my wanderings and don't want folks to harbor the wrong impression. Invisible opponents don't draw Attacks of Opportunity. Check the 3.5 PHB p.152 under Total Concealment: "If you have...

As a DM, my offensive NPC's often take SF and GSF to help punch their spells past the PC's saving throws. So far, I'm happy with the lower values and think that they are fair and that these are still reasonable feats to take. -- Vurt

Hey folks, let's please try and keep it civil. I'm also of the opinion that Uncanny Dodge only helps against flat-footedness and invisible attackers, which to me seems to be in line with a power/ability for a class of that level. Otherwise it seems to me that it would eclipse Improved Uncanny...

To be fair, the only thing I can honestly read into these rules is that whole topic is pretty messed up. I personally believe (but cannot prove) that any weapon can sunder any other weapon, and this is why magic ones receive a nice boost to HP and hardness in the new edition. They become, in...

Good point, kender. Hadn't thought about that one. More food for thought is the magic weapon "Shatterspike", a +1 longsword that can be used to specifically sunder weapons, on p.228 of the 3.5 DMG., in which the last line reads : "Shatterspike can damage weapons with an enhancement bonus of...

Surely D&D 3.5 is invariant under a 90 degree rotation about one axis. :D 1) Think of it as crawling 5 ft. in the third dimension? 2) Top down, the square is occupied. Viewed from the side, a prone opponent only occupies the square's (errr... cube's?) "edge". In such a case, the square/cube...

Well, I just see it as making the rule more general. Presumably, you don't only damage weapons with sundering attempts, but can also attack unclaimed weapons as well. It may well have been removed from the PHB because it was considered redundant, and to make room for some other topic. Also, I...