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D'oh. I thought this was a thread about the dragon magazine april fools articles. You know, with the 1/2 level spells? Invisibility 1/2 "Close your eyes and say 'you can't see me!'" Hmm. Maybe I'm the only one who read those . . . . --G

Fair enough, but lets contextualize the term a little bit. The New American Heritage Dictionary reflects a thoroughly modern sense of honor. But drawing from the source materials a little more, honor implies valor, dignity, integrity, and nobility. Honor is a more complex word than the...

Greetings, I'm planning on introducing two Legendary Weapons into my campaign when the party hits sixth level. I'm looking for some help balancing them. My goal in designing these items is to focus on the Character Concept offered by the players as a kernel around which the items will be...

First, while medieval justice was harsh and swift, D&D worlds need not apply a medieval justice system. In fact, as posted elsewhere on this topic, the published Forgotten Realms materials indicate that some justice systems are far more enlightened than others. Second, the point is exactly...

So is your post. I'm sorry to jump in here, but this is a great springboard. Having spent a substantial portion of the past few months studying the Star Chamber, I can tell you right now you're dead wrong. The Star Chamber was not permitted to impose the death penalty. In fact, in its early...

I'm looking for an ability for a bodyguard like prestige class, and I think someone's already designed one. Basically, I want an ability that will allow the PC to select a friendly target as a "protectee." If the protectee is within a certain range (probably 5'), attacks against the protectee...

Not explicitly, but the sub-text is still there. Paladins view every mission as a test, they gain power from their purity and devotion, they learn the class as squires, they get the horse, and the code is basically a chivalric code. I'd say it's close enough. --G

None of the above. The Paladin is the embodiment of the chivalric code, a knight in shining armor who acts valiantly, honorably, and nobly. Through the purity of his heart and soul, body and mind, he is able to alter the course of human events, whether through the intervention of his god or...

Yeah, but I think he's talking about the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Note that the 14th amendment is why we don't really need an ERA. --G

Perhaps it might be better if this read: If the PCs successfully decipher the scrolls, they can use them as normal. The problem with the quoted language is that it suggests that the PCs could use the spells "at will." --G

Oh, she minds. She has no control over the body, it does whatever her dad tells it to do. The only thing she can do is talk. Of course, that irritated her dad about a week before the party finds here, so she's been in a broom closet since then. Ergo, no punishment for the paladin. Thanks--...

I'm not really an evil DM, I'm an evil Keeper. And yes, the tone of my game is very dark and gritty. My players are in the process of discovering that underneath the bright shiny world they live in, where orcs are evil, there are ancienct beings that can only be described as Evil. It's a game...

An alternate, and elegant solution. 15 gp buys you a cart. You've already got a horse. Presto! Instant gear storage. How often do you engage in mounted combat anyway? --G

Actually, in all fairness, I recommended he play a paladin because I like them and don't think there are enough of them in the world. Here, he intended to detect evil, but every time he had the opportunity, he got distracted by other matters. I'm really not trying to screw the paladin and any...

Okay-- Here's the deal. The Paladin in my campaign made a noble promise to always protect a six-year old child. At the time, he probably didn't think much of it. He was simply trying to cheer her up and deal with some of her fears as they travelled through a dark forest. Fast forward a few...

See if your DM will let you manifest your mindblade with the Sure Striking ability. It's a +1 enhancement bonus that gets treated as +5 for overcoming DR only. Offer to burn a feat on it if that will help. --G

In the long run, I don't think resilience is that much more powerful than evasion (or improved evasion). Admittedly, I'm comparing a class ability with a racial one, but I don't think the comparison is out line, given the focus on how an Elan Psion would be able to abuse the resilience ability...

I played in a campaign once where the party had two wizards, Brimstone and Treacle. One was a fire specialist, the other a water wizard. Odd thing was, we never saw them together at the same time. One would wander off, just before the other showed up. It turns out, they were the same guy...

Well Monte-- In my campaign, goofy and odd creatures are a little more likely to see some play. Of course, I'm running a Ghostwalk campaign featuring an assault on the realms around Manifest by creatures from the Far Realm, so those little used bizare creatures will get some action as by...

Actually, the focus of my question is more along the lines of: what kind of relationships are likely to exist between different flavors of evil. Clearly, the mere fact that a demon and a devil are evil doesn't mean they're going to get along. However, when you take a classic example of evil, a...