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Agree with Artoomis, et. al. on the polymorph equipment sizing issue.

I have what I call my "QuikStats Spreadsheet" (one-line stats for all core monsters), but (a) it's 3.0, and (b) does not include abilities like Strength. http://home.earthlink.net/~danielrcollins1/download/monstrqk.xls

I assume that "picking a form" for a dragon includes picking the color & age.

I feel kind of wierd about this, but a quick Google research says the price of a slave in 1750 was about $160 (/4.4 = 36 pounds: http://www.eh.net/Clio/Conferences/ASSA/Jan_00/rosenbloom.shtml). Meanwhile, the price of a horse was "as little as 5 pounds"...

I recommend going back to the 1st Ed. spells, where they just gave you the look & movement, and didn't change all your statistics (until you got shapechange).

I'd have to call that a "DM House Rule/ extrapolation/ special price for that ability". :) As one alternative, I'd lean towards calling it "practically the same as +5 total bonus" and adjusting from there.

Yes. It was easier to find (like many things) in the 3.0 rules. For example, from the 3.0 SRD (or 3.0 PHB p. 132):

Ah, thanks for the clarification, I did miss that. The answer to that question would have to be "no, not by the RAW". It would require the DM to House Rule/ extrapolate/ price these abilities specially for that purpose.

No -- heck, we almost got the whole bloomin' forum shut down. :p

That's cool. At the same time, they inserted another explicit contradiction about "can you alter self into a templated creature", as discussed here: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=156488 EDIT: Guess that's alter self, not polymorph.

Agree that all of those are permitted. Last paragraph in my DMG, under "Adding New Abilities", has an example of improving a +1 longsword -> to a +2 vorpal longsword.

For some reason, this thread title struck the same part of my brain as "Perpetual Motion Invented" or "Unified Theory Established". :)

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking about.

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No. The list is the list.

This is a black-and-white "yes" in the core rules of the PHB. Check out the Combat chapter, "Table: Actions in Combat". Disarm, Grapple, and Trip all have a footnote. The footnote says this:

I've only played in one event, but the RPGA event I played in Gen Con '04 was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. Played with 4 friends & 2 strangers and we all had the best time ever gaming & getting in character.

Yeah, I did consider that, and it's a good solution to woods, swamps, undergrowth, etc. But I couldn't think how it would apply to terrain that's just a steep slope and/or rocky underfoot.

"At will" simply means "times per day: unlimited". From the SRD under "Monsters: Types, Subtypes & Special Abilities":

My understanding of horses and real-life cavalry is that they're really optimal for smooth, open areas. That is, in hilly/ brooken/ wooded/ rough areas, men on foot will move faster than horses. I've read many times that on a rough slope, a rider may need to dismount and lead the horse in stead...