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The average roll of 1d6 is 3.5, so an extra 3d6 averages +10.5, which I expect is how Thanee came up with that. Cheers, Vurt

I've been using the XPH pretty much since it came out, as my group tends to like the psionics flavor, so over the years we've put it through its paces. In my experience, psions are somewhere near the top of the power curve. Better than sorcerers, but not nearly as versatile as wizards. And if...

Well, here's some ideas for ways to challenge the fighter/psion, not so much nerf him. If there's anything that needs nerfing about that build, it's the elan's ability to trade power points for hp as an immediate action. 1) More encounters per day. If the psion has burned through his PP...

As written in the XPH, it's capped by level. You can't put more power points into a psionic manifestation than you have manifestor levels. Cheers, Vurt

If you open up your handy FRCS map, Elsir Vale lies just south of the words "The Shaar". The Wyrmbones mountains are replaced by the Wyrmsmoke in the FR, Lake Lhespen by Lake Rhestin, the city of Rethmar becomes Brindol and Channathgate becomes Dennovar. Cheers, Vurt

What I've done in the past in various gestalt games is have the LA take up both sides of the class progression, but also allow the optional LA buy-down rules, on p.18 of Unearthed Arcana. I've found the way you've proposed gets really wacky when players bring in new characters at higher...

Any kind of magical portal is a good excuse to cast some form of divination spell. Cheers, Vurt

To be clear to the original poster, you don't always need 4-6 encounters before rest in order to challenge the psion, but the player needs to be reasonably certain that it could happen. Which is to say, the threat that his character may end up a not-so-innocent bystander in things to come is...

Shrug. I don't have a problem with psion-types being better dispellers. They're already better blasters, but being a blaster is more of a role, whereas dispelling is just a useful weapon in your arsenel. Another way to guarantee that magic using folk end up being better dispellers might be to...

Here are some of the simple tweaks to the rules I've used in my game: 1) Astral construct - can only summon one at a time. No ectoplasmic armies without a prestige class or something. 2) Energy missile - +1 to save DC for every 2d6 augmented. In general, any time you see 1 power point...

Thanks, everyone, for steering me in the right direction. And as for the rules paradox, that's easily enough sidestepped. Cheers, Vurt

What happens when the party wizard starts casting sleep or begins trying to get off a summon monster I in the surprise round? Sleep has a 1 round casting time, and you can only take a standard action in the surprise round, but it seems rather nonsensical to me to say you can't start casting...

I would agree, since the flaming damage is applied on top of the weapon damage. i.e. All the damage isn't considered flaming, so the sneak attack is of the type of the original weapon damage, in this case piercing. Cheers, Vurt

If you have Complete Arcane, it talks about this under the section "Weaponlike Spells" on p.86. Here's the relevant bit: "A successful sneak attack with a weaponlike spell deals extra damage of the same type the spell normally deals." Similarly, the blurb on sneak attack under the Rogue...

Seriously! I hit post and when the page refreshed I was quite surprised to see yours following. I'm glad, at least, we reached the same conclusions, or it could have been even more entertaining. :D Cheers, Vurt

I don't recall exactly where in the rules it's written, but sneak attack damage is considered to be of the same type as the weapon (or spell) used to administer it. So in the first case, the werewolf takes 1 hp of damage, and in the second, the werewolf takes the whole 6 hp because it's all...

There's always psychic reformation. Use it to swap out your original Psicrystal Affinity feat for a new one. Essentially, it's a delayed XP (and/or gp if someone else manifests the power) hit for losing your familiar. Cheers, Vurt

I think that the default view is that if it hasn't been updated, it doesn't need to have been. IIRC, there was one similar prestige class in one of the 3.5 Forgotten Realms supplements which had some similar abilities. However, I don't recall which PrC it was, unfortunately. Cheers, Vurt

I'd like to see a views count on reviews. I for one would like to know if anyone bothers to read any of the reviews I write. Cheers, Vurt

E.N. Armoury – Shields By Adam Windsor Published by E.N. Publishing Pages: 31 + Cover + OGL Fully bookmarked Disclaimer: This is not a playtest review. I did not buy E.N. Armoury - Shields, it was sent to me for review as part of Crothian’s Review Project. In D&D, the extra strength bonus to...