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I wasn't thinking of merciful as good-aligned, but rather as damage that few monsters will have any resistance to. Stack it a few times and you've got a *LOT* of damage--so what if the guy is only unconscious rather than dead?

I've always gone with something like your rule #2--I set the check frequency so that there's always a reasonable chance of an encounter when a roll is made. I have normally handled the actual check by means of a chart of what's around they might encounter, though, rather than a fixed number...

In general I would always allow the invisible creature to simply step out of the way. I would only disallow that if there was no suitable location to step to. If someone is actively trying to find the invisible creature and isn't using a shield I would let them spread their arms and thus hit...

I haven't calculated it for 3.5. Long ago I brute-force calculated it for 3.0 and found that it was nearly worthless: You always took it if you needed a 20 to hit anyway (exploiting the min 5% hit chance of the game) or if you would hit on a 1 (exploiting the 5% miss chance.) Other than that...

Multiple hits with wounding weapons will stack.

Dual-wield two +2 wounding wounding wounding wounding weapons. OUCH!

It's weaker if you treat it as 1d6 fire + 1d6 fire + 1d6 fire. If you let it do 3d6 fire it's stronger because it's a lot more likely to get through the resistance. Personally, I wouldn't allow a flaming/icing weapon anyway--how can a sword be both hot and cold at the same time? (You could...

That one has a specific non-stacking provision in it.

Bane is limited in it's targets, I've never seen it as a problem. Likewise, vicious is a non-issue if you rule it can't be negated--and it certainly makes no sense to allow negation of backlash damage of any sort. Merciful is the only one that has any real potential to be a problem.

There is a balance issue here--small resistances are more common than big resistances. Note the price of the versions that do give more than one die of elemental damage. It seems to me that the problem can be eliminated by treating them separately. Thus: A flaming flaming flaming weapon...

But most things a druid would regard as sacred will be basically permanent on the timescale of his lifespan. An ice cave won't.

Big problem: They're normally not anything like permanent.

And how is a Wizard 2/Archivist 1 supposed to take a MT level? I do agree that a wizard/archivist combo gets around the dual-stat problem of the MT but you still end up just as many levels behind.

Compare it to simply taking a level of wizard alternating with a level of cleric. You do *NOT* get the dual progression with the epic MT!

There's no point in taking epic MT levels. It doesn't advance both classes at the same time.

Something I have thought about but I admit would be a lot more work: Once whatever the benefit the LA grants becomes something that's reasonable equipment for a character of that level then that portion of the LA simply drops off, no buyout. As portions drop out you recalculate the LA. The...

Using it on yourself, no problem. I would even permit it as a free action. It's not going to save you from the flame strike, though--you're already down. As a readied action I would permit you to use it on yourself simultaneously with taking damage (thus living through the flame strike) but...

In general I wouldn't consider any of the classes related as they gain little from her racial abilities other than the high charisma. However, this is always a situational situation--when you dip into a class to get some ability it should always be considered related no matter how badly it...

Stupid spell choice. The right one in this case is horrid wilting!

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