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I know, but of course it does explicitly list it in the text under "Targeted Dispel". Which seems like it generates two options: (1) The text is in error, and you cannot target a spell at all. (2) The header is incomplete, you can target a spell, and normal targeting requirements apply (i.e...

The DMG does say to give dead characters XP for the encounter they died, after the level loss is applied. (3.0 DMG p. 169)

Yes, we pro-rate the XP loss to the same percentage point at the previous level. More or less similar to what you suggest. I do recommend that.

Yeah, this is really a running debate that I hadn't engaged in previously. Having read it closely, I think the intent for dispel magic is to able to zap a single wall of fire but not a bless effect, for example. It has to be visible by standard targeting rules. I think I've got to disagree...

Good catch. It seems like the Sage himself confused "draw/sheathe a weapon" with "ready/loose a shield", the latter pair of which you can in fact do with a normal move.

That's a 3.5 change (along with the whole business of "check all lines from each corner of target to source" for missiles, spells, and charges). One of the several reasons I prefer 3.0.

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Hmmm, how do you "see or touch the target" when it's a spell like spell resistance? From the SRD under "Magic Overview":

I read that as shorthand for "spell (or at least its effect)" as phrased in the first sentence of dispel magic's description.

Great stuff, thanks for posting!

My reading is certainly that spells that target multiple creatures create separate individual magical effects. Not that dispel magic has the power to make creatures entirely outside the burst area simultaneously lose their haste or summons that came from the same casting as someone inside the area.

3.0 DMG p. 64, under heading "Adjudicating the Ready Action":

Remember also that you get a multiple attack at each increment over 5. For example, once your total BAB is +12, your attacks are +12/+7/+2. (In other words, look up the entry in PHB Table 3-1: Base Save and Attack Bonuses that starts with the same number.)

In 3.0 DMG p. 61 there's this: So, the variant provides that in the first round of combat everyone just gets one standard action, whether that's a surprise round or not.

#1. Wait for action. #2. 1d6 damage. #3. Normal initiative roll. The only one that's really debatable is #3. Certainly you can't ready actions outside of combat. Perhaps a DM could rule that surprise is in effect, if the orcs have no idea what they're coming up on (personally for that I'd...

No, I don't see how dispel magic targeted on a person with spell turning is different from any other spell. It is turned like any targeted spell. If part of it gets through, then (like any nondamaging spell) each person involved has the given percent chance to be subject to dispel magic. Now, a...

From the SRD: To me, the skills are pretty clear. The first time an obscured "something" could possibly be noticed by your character, the DM makes one secret Spot/Listen check. That's reactive, and it's a non-action (in fact, you shouldn't even know about the check taking place). Anything...

No official ruling. Player or DM picks one.

Works as normal. Maybe they've grabbed your wrist and prevent you from touching with the charged hand.

There's also the published "Variant: Separate Ability Loss" (as I see it in 3.0 DMG p. 72) which directs you to explicitly keep separate track of the ability loss, and suffer appropriate incapacitation if damage >= ability. Of course, that still doesn't resolve the need to decide exactly what...