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Jonath Cailan: Jonath, while performing the last bit of his search of the house, sees Kip furtively glance around, then slip something shiny into one pocket, a piece of paper into another. Jonath grins. "Not at all," Jonath bows to the sorceress. "I've little and less use for it; I can...

... Which makes it a circular definition, and therefore pretty useless.

There are not enough swearwords in the English language to go here: "_____________ YES!!!!" Thanks for the linkage, Merric - FFG was, essentially, the company I was hoping was going to get Star Wars. I haven't played anything from them that I've been disappointed with, and the fact that they...

No, it's "code" for "Things which, at first blush, look like they work well, but really don't." Consider someone who wants to be a light, mobile combatant. You might think that dual-wielding and Spring Attack would work well for this type of character. The problem is that dual-wielding and...

1. Use tags to turn: . This is an example. . . I start below is. ... to ... . This is an example. . . I start below is. 2. No. Half-Orcs get the penalties they get. 3. Spring Attack (which limits you to 1 attack per round) does not synergize well with two-weapon...

Additionally, attacks of opportunity are not new; in 1E, etc. (IIRC), characters would get a free attack at enemies who disengaged from melee combat. AoOs are an extension of that same philosophy - that when someone is in your face with a sword, you darn well better pay attention to them -...

Jonath Cailan: Sorry, I was not available on Friday due to work-related reasons. Posting a bit of catch-up. :) Jonath pulls an arrow from the quiver at the small of his back, fits it to his bow string, and sights, trying for a shot that would not endanger Paaq - only to see the witch...

I assume you mean in cases like a critical hit, where you roll damage twice? In such cases, you roll twice, and add all modifiers twice. The only thing that doesn't get added twice is additional damage represented as dice, like a Rogue's sneak attack dice or the flaming weapon property...

Because "it's magic." :D

What part of "it doesn't matter" do you not comprehend? Fighters can take purely mental actions. The fact that they don't have many, most of the time, is completely irrelevant. [EDIT: Additional example of a martial class with a purely mental action: Barbarians entering a rage. This is...

It has always been in the back of my head, while playing a [Spellcaster], that I could do this. Usually, however (and because I play with friends), I go along with the GM's plans and go do [adventure]. It's always kinda-sorta bugged me that none of the NPC wizards - who, almost by definition...

I wouldn't forget working it out, actually - I'd just keep in mind that they're guidelines, and can't be exact. But for most purposes, they'll be pretty close. To your second question: Elapsed time, mostly. :D For instance, I ran an adventure where the PCs started at 1st-level and were...

Exactly this.

You can take purely mental actions while paralyzed. There are numerous magic items (especially in the MIC) which require mental actions to activate. Fighters can activate these items just as well as casters. Ergo, Fighters also have the capability to take "purely mental actions," so your...

Nope! Evasion does not help against such spells - unless part of the "partial" is half damage, in which case only the damage part is affected.

Generally, every doubling of the number of monsters increases the CR-equivalent by 2. So two CR8 creatures are roughly equivalent to a CR10 (8+2); 4 of them (2 * 2) are roughly equivalent to a CR12. 8 would be roughly equivalent to CR 14; 6, though is somewhere between a CR14 and a CR12, so...

Note: Paralysis absolutely does not prevent you from acting. A paralyzed caster with stilled, silent, material-eschewed spells (or spells natively lacking such components) can easily kill you while paralyzed. EDIT: Ah - so Freedom of Movement prevents you from being caught flat-footed, then?

Jonath Cailan: Jonath *snrks* once, quietly. "Aye - we'd best be on the lookout for black cats and broomsticks, too." He thinks a moment, "An old woman, living alone in a goblin-infested forest, well, she's either ne'er been found by the goblins, has an agreement o' sorts with them, or has...

... *sigh* Ready is a standard action which allows you to prepare a standard action, a move action, a free action, or a switft action to take at a later time under specific circumstances. You are paying for your prepared action in advance. You are not somehow getting multiple standard actions...

Yeah, I really don't get the controversy here.