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Let's see now... if we just stick to PHB... Save or Die: Phantasmal Killer 4th Slay Living Clr 5th Circle of Death 6th Disintegrate 6th Destruction Clr 7th Finger of Death 7th Prismatic Spray/Wall/Sphere 7th/7th/9th Symbol 8th Implosion Clr 9th Weird 9th Wail of the Banshee 9th Save or...

For the most part, I tried to keep the changes linear, except for where there were obvious jumps in power. For instance, a spell that can be cast in combat has more value than one that takes 1 minute+ to cast, so there is a gap between combat vs. non-combat casting times. Transplanar is meant...

So I've been playing around with a system that would alter caster levels instead of using spellcraft. My initial goal is to allow a 30th level caster cast a 30d6 blast spell with relative ease (as oppose the DC 90 to do 40d6 we have now). Here's some of my thoughts for the system... Epic...

I apologize, I must have missed that. Then I'd agree that the DM has had ample time to remedy the situation and seems like he's punishing you for even having a background....

I'm in an Epic Campaign right now. I created a 30th level sorcerer who "wills" magic into existence and can hurl his spells pretty darn fast (Auto-Quicken x2, Auto-Silent x2, Auto-Still). He's got a pretty shady background, but has managed to escape it and now doesn't actively go out to help...

The more I see of 3.5, the more it worries me. Some of the changes are pretty good, they have been problems in 3e, but they are also changing a bunch of other things or making supplements core, which worries me...

That was my first gut reaction as well... but then I remembered enervation. So 3rd level looks about right here. The focus is... odd. Doesn't exactly lend itself to a component pouch (unless it is just a piece of a burnt spellbook). Also, the damage might be a bit much. As a 3rd level...

I've seen a lot of references to Detect Evil picking up the evil part of an alignment. IIRC, Detect Evil doesn't work like that... scanning the LE human doesn't show up as evil. Only creatures with the "evil" descriptor, evil clerics, undead (any), and evil spells or magic items show up. Am I...

That costs 3.77 million GP, just to research the spell. In addition, it only pushes the problem back farther.... (admittedly going beyond 40th level play is a little dicey). I'd advocate removing the cap on greater dispelling.

I voted balanced. In my experience, there needs to be some incentive to play the party healer as well as "answer" to a god. Having someone say "Yeah, but if your god took your powers away, you'd just be like the rest of us, eh?" isn't very appealing.... As long as we stick to core rules, I...

That's a pretty good analysis of damage comparisons. I would submit that the higher the level, the archer will only be able to do more damage due to getting double benefits from +X stacking. Also, remember the greatsword weilder must move up to the opponent, while the archer does not. If the...

Sad part is you usually take 0 when asleep.... so there are character who would fail the check (8 or less in the ability score). No brainer to tell the player his character was just blasted with extreme heat and he is now very awake.

The stacking problem really starts to occur at levels 10+, since this is when magic items get into the +3 or more bonus. Stacking a +1 bow with a +1 arrow isn't a big deal, but if we have a +4 bow and +4 arrows when the fighter just has a +4 greatsword...

I'd make a couple minor changes to the feat.... First, using it does not count as metamagic (i.e. no full round casting time). Change its type to general accomplishes the same results. Second, I think it should ignore 0gp cost focuses that have nothing to do directly with the spell. I can...

I had one player who did excellent voices in character. Now that I'm playing, I'm having a lot of fun being an insulting, arrogant, SOB. I get a lot of leeway since I've been dubbed plot <self censored>, and currently one of the other PCs is questioning who's "side" I'm on. It's an Epic Level...

I basically lost three players over breaking equipment. The party was on the way to a "legendary" weapon/armorsmith. I used a recent action on the party's part to throw in a "revenge" type of encounter, with the main strategy of breaking any weapon used. Now I know what a drag it is to have...

There is no save. He's asleep! Yes, it is impossible for the fireball to not have maximum effect. Why? There is no roll. No roll means no chance. This is an *entirely* different issue. The subject would no longer be asleep at this point so this doesn't belong in this thread.

Archmage levels add to both Wizard and Cleric for spellcasting? I thought it only did one...? Perhaps they changed it. I'd imagine the above config would have a 15th level Cleric (or did the PrC class for clerics get changed)? Oh well. I'm sure someone will come along and explain that to me...

While I've been DM most of the time, perhaps one of my favorite clerics was a friendly NPC by the name of Milo. His PrC was Divine Agent (MotP), but he was curious and had a tendency to "borrow" items for examination (oddly, he'd put them back when he was done). One of my players still thinks...

I don't see this class as broken so much up till 20th level, but once you go Epic... Around level 30, there won't be a spellcaster around that could match an Auto-Quickened/Multispelled version of the MT. Take that obscene number of spells and simply *rain them down* on your opponent. Ouch.