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True enough. If the Guild casts its net wide enough, there is no 'opposed roll'- it can simply Gather Info with impunity. Nevertheless, the answer I gave was to the question: What opposes Gather Info? Perhaps a more appropriate question would be "What, if anything, opposes Gather Info?"

I once played a 'cowardly' wizard in a campaign with a pretty killer DM, and my character survived right until the campaign fell apart...after no less than 15 PC deaths over the course of four levels. Needless to say, 'cowardice' prevailed.

I don't agree that Gather Info opposes Gather Info. Rather, I would think that Bluff, Diplomacy or Intimidate would do so. BLUFF: "I'm on a very important mission from the king. It's top secret- don't tell anyone about it, and you will be richly rewarded at the end." If used appropriately...

The problem with the notion of being 'forced' to target the barbarian is that this assumes he is the biggest threat in the opposing party. He is not. At high levels, the enemy barbarian is one of the *least* biggest threats. Any primary caster is a bigger threat- Finger of Death beats bashing...

Looks like a great feat, though I'd side with FrankTrollman on the opposed check: make it the better of Sense Motive or Spellcraft, since both could be conceivably used in this situation.

No, but the likelihood is that when facing a raging barbarian in fairly light armour, the inclination of most opponents is to Power Attack unless they have a feeble to-hit, multiple iterative attacks or are two-weapon wielders. Certainly most two-hander brutes are going to want to do so. I...

That would make Monkey Grip even more lame than the old 3e one. No weapon one category larger does four points of damage more than its smaller predecessors, so you might as well just take Power Attack and have the flexibility AND the damage-dealing potential. Even a large Bastard Sword (2d8...

Not necessarily. A CDG is simply a death-dealing blow against a helpless opponent. This might well range from slitting a sleeper's throat to a classic execution with a mighty axe swing: I'm fairly sure that an executioner's swing would count as a 'Power Attack' under normal circumstances.

It's certainly an interesting question, and one which is much closer than it would seem superficially. Constitution is easiest to analyse: in essence, it gives you +1 hp/level by putting your 14 in it rather than a 13. This raises your average hit points per level by 1 from 7.5 to 8.5, an...

Casting on the defensive for a high level primary caster is a joke- about the only time you could ever fail is if you're playing critical failure rules and the caster rolls a 1. Stunning Attack works fine at low and mid levels, until Freedom of Movement or equivalent magics start appearing...

The problem with the new Hold Person is that whilst it is mechanically weaker, it is actually far *more* dangerous for the PCs. Under the old Hold Person, the best tactic for the allies of the caster were to wait until the round before it wore off before CDGing the victim, unless the victim had...

I like the Eldritch Knight/Frenzied Berserker with Quickened True Strike, Power Critical, Power Attack and a two handed weapon with a x4 crit :D . Core rules only though...another caster. At high level, nearly anything you throw at a top level caster is going to be circumvented. Freedom of...

Whilst we're getting increasingly off topic (i.e. cleric/wizard), I'd just like to chip in a bit re: the autobuffed super-cleric. Pro: It works at the high levels (15+) Con: It saps most of their high level spell ability. A fully autobuffed cleric can lay waste to a fighter and is one of the...

The best use of Mind Fog is before a Chain Spell, which have hopeless DCs (due to lower casting level and the -4 for chaining). Mind Fog followed by Chained Hold Person can easily win a combat against opponents with average-ish Will saves; Chained Hold Person alone is unlikely to work, and...

The infamous paladin1/telepathX is an exceptional build for high Charisma characters. Not only is the telepath one of the best Charisma-build classes out there (combining one of the best sets of powers and a decent set of Charisma-based skills), adding paladin pushes it over the top. Not only...

A similar feat exists in Sword & Fist which enables use of a two-handed weapon in one hand at the cost of a -2 to hit and requires Weapon Focus and Str 15+ IIRC. The key problem with this feat is that it is very rarely worthwhile. Given that you can only use half of your Strength mod, this can...

Far easier than cranking your DCs is knocking your opponents' saves down... A myriad of spells can give penalties to save, the most distinguished being Mind Fog which pretty much guarantees subsequent Will-save based spells are going to succeed (unless you're facing a cranked up monk). Spells...

I'd definitely like to refute this point. Defense Whilst the cleric has a few notable defense spells, such as Death Ward, wizards tend to have better (personal) defenses. At the low levels, Shield and Mage Armour typically give a better AC than the cleric (and Shield of Faith's feeble...

Obviously, 'better' spellcasting needs to be contextualised- comparing sorceror/wizard spells to clerical spells is in a way comparing apples to oranges: give me a horde of mooks and I'm better off with fireballs; healing a dying comrade as a wizard is tricky to say the least (you'd probably...

I'm with Tywyll on this one. Whilst I suppose in the epic context DMs have some more flexibility vis-a-vis non-epic play, it's clearly out of line with all of the canon epic material. Indeed, one could even qualify at 17th level- and the nebulous 'thinking outside convention' requirement does...