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Cleave can represent any of a number of things - including the Errol Flynn fighting style where you throw knocked over guards into other guards for hillarious combat antics and the Conan style multiplybeheading swing. Since Cleave works just as well with a warhammer as it does with a greataxe...

Correct Way: 1> Take Partial Action to attack (anyone). 2> Take MEA to Feint. 3> At the end of your action your opponent would be denied desterity bonus if you attacked them, so your bonus attack can be taken against your opponent. Other Way: 1> Take MEA to Feint. 2> Take Partial Action to...

Every time it actually bothers to appear in text blocks - such as the Gnome Traits on page 106 to the Giant Owl on page 103. Such as an Aboleth's ability to steal memories? How about a Will-o-Wisp's Deflection bonus? You're looking at this as if the Monster Manual was written with...

The Vow of Poverty does not prevent you from spending money - it prevents you from keeping money. Similarly, if the party wants to pay 300 gold pieces each for passage by ship - the character can gather such funds and pay for the ride without violating anything. The vow prevents you from...

Attributes have a table as well, when was the last time you referenced it? So long as the table is periodic and predictive, people won't need to look at it, so the disadvantages of having a unique table do not exist. The problem with the current turning check table is that it does not follow a...

According to the guidelines provided by the spell: almost certainly. Once again, the DM is free to ban any particular ability - but the guidelines pretty clearly favor its inclusion. No, it is actually impossible. Even the list of "example" gained natural abilities in the spell are without...

Here's what we are up against: * Monster Will Saves approximately equal CR. * Charisma Bonuses sometimes don't rise at all, and in some cases can rise by as much as +6 within a single level. * Character Level rises exactly equally with the CR of the creatures you are supposed to fight. ---...

This thread has never been about what you believe. It's about what the rules say. :rolleyes: Please. We've already been over this. Unnamed Bonuses stack, even from the same source. And there is no rule about "same magic items" not stacking. Nowhere. Not in the PHB. Not in the DMG. Nowhere...

Skip Williams said that you could still Turn Undead while you were polymorphed. Skip Williams did it like this: When you have a class, it constantly grants you whatever bonuses it provides. So while you lose the Turn Undead ability when the spell is cast - you don't lose the Cleric levels and...

The same way you transform an animal to an animal? Or if it really bothers you, just cast Feeblemind on your friend and then awken him. Now he has the intelligence of a lizard, and we know we can awaken those! Seriously, this is a complete non-argument. Like people trying to say you can't cast...

No. Those numbers are right - you are wrong. The Allip has 4 hit dice and +2 Turn Resistance. So it's Hit Dice for the purpose of turning is 6. Similarly the Ghast has +2 Turn Resistance, so it has 6 hit dice for this purpose as well. Um... no. It's listed under "Special Qualities" - it...

This is a 3.5 thread. Followers are not restricted to Experts or Commoners - and can be specialist Wizards. If this is a Red Wizard of Thay - they probably are. Secondly, just because he is 15th level doesn't mean his leadership score is. If he has +4 in Charisma + Leadership bonuses he'll have...

Well no. Polymorph does not prevent you from getting any Supernatural Abilities (for example, you still get all the Supernatural Abilities from your class levels or magic items while polymorphed). It just doesn't give you any. Polymorph does however, give you all Natural Abilities. Not just...

1. Polymorph gives "natural" abilities. Natural Abilities are not defined in 3rd edition and are not normally marked in the Monster Manual nor in any other Monster books. Natural Abilities are generally listed as Extraordinary abilities because that's the only possible non-magical ability...

Of course not. Taking a single choice of infinite power completely negates any and all suboptimal choices you have made. For example: to become a Spelldancer you need to be a Wizard with maxxed out Perform Skill and Mobility. These are completely useless options, and until you start...

Because the Wizard's whole schtick is adaptability. The Sorcerer has to pick spells upon gaining a level - the Wizard picks after that. So if both were actually playing side by side the Wizard would get to pick second anyway. -Frank

Because Basilisk Vision does not reference Flesh to Stone and never has. While Stone to Flesh is an Instantaneous effect which requires specific countermeasures - Basilisk Vision is a separately defined permanent effect (both in 3rd edition and in 3.5). As we all know, permanent effects can be...

Because in 3.5 you can no longer dispel Supernatural Abilities or their ongoing effects. So in 3rd edition you can cure a basilisk stoning with Dispel Magic. In 3.5 you can't. It's just one of those subtle and unannounced "why did that happen?" changes from 3rd edition to 3.5. -Frank

That's a great come-back - but Balors have a Supernatural Ability to have a Vorpal Sword. You get Supernatural Abilities, and items removed from your body remain. Everyone I've talked to (including myself) agrees that this doesn't work - but the rules as written unambiguously give this the A-OK...

Wildshape is an ability with a duration. So even if the ability is lost, the Wildshape doesn't end. Similarly, Polymorphing - and by extension Wildshape - causes you to lose some of your Supernatural Abilities (which ones is not actually discussed in detail). Certainly Wildshaping in and of...