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I like Lackhand's proposal of a metaphorical sword. Another alternative: Azrai needs to trick the PCs into forging a real magical sword, possibly by having his agents plant clues that this sword is the only way to destroy Azrai himself. Send the PCs on adventures to collect power components (a...

Thanks for the compliment! As to the MM stats, I generally run things pretty fast and loose without constructing detailed stat blocks, so this hasn't been an issue so far. But if I actually need to calculate stats, I'll juggle the numbers a bit so that all stats go up slightly from age group...

The shrink item spell's default function is simply to shrink the item; turning it into cloth is optional but not mandatory.

I'm not familiar with Permanent Spell. Where is this feat found, and how does it work? I should note that the feat wasn't intended to allow a caster to metamagic spells beyond their normal limits; this is a bug cause by insufficiently stringent wording, not a feature. Even without stacking...

Is that actually the main problem? Because you can't take a feat more than once unless it's explicitly permitted by the feat text, and Metamagic Synergy doesn't permit it. You can only take Metamagic Synergy once, so your example is inapplicable. How about twice per day? Three times per day...

This is how I'm handling the goblin races in my campaign... ---- Svartalfar, also known as “dark elves”, are ghastly humanoids from the gloomy realm of Svartalfheim. Their hordes invade Midgard on a regular basis in search of meat and slaughter. Those knowledgeable in such matters divide...

I was in 2nd grade when my mom bought me the blue box Basic set for Christmas in '78. Y'see, my dad had bought Squad Leader for my brother and I, and my mom hated how all the little cardboard counters lurked in the carpet when she did her vacuuming. So when she saw the box said that all you...

Thanks for the replies! These all give me some ideas to chew on. For a more specific question, how closely located are the magical academies in your setting? If you there are three such academies (for example), are they all in the same city, in the same country, or spread across the world...

I'm planning on putting a few academies of magic into my setting, where magic is systematically taught to groups of students. Do you have schools for mages in your settings? If so, how common are they? What are the entrance requirements? What sort of political and social clout do they hold?

This also makes the antimagic field a valid lich-killing tool in your campaign, yes? Cast the field and run past the lich; just a touch of the field and the lich's phylactery fails, and your fighter companions can finish the job.

Did you figure out who built the thing yet? Personally, I'd vote for Helm. Make the jailers intensely Lawful, possibly replacing some celestials with modrons and inevitables, and have them so attached to their programming that they're totally unable to cope with the fact that the prison's...

Please do; this discussion has been fruitful. The most likely upgrades for this particular variant are either to increase the number of uses per day, or to remove the "minimum of +1" clause; a free use of a +1 level metamagic feat doesn't seem like a problem if you can only do it once per day...

And a giant's legs will snap under its own weight because of the square-cube law!!!!!1!one!!

But it's not analogous at all. Empower, Enlarge and Extend all affect the spell parameters that Amplify increases; Heighten affects none of them. I suppose it does increase the DC, doesn't it? I usually think of Heighten Spell in terms of its ability to increase spell level to bypass Globes...

Because this is clearer than "most spells". I could repeat the text of Eschew Components, but it's simpler and more concise to use the feat as is. Amplify Spell increases caster level, while Heighten Spell increases spell level; I'm not sure why you are choosing Heighten Spell for purposes of...

Rune Secret [General] You have unlocked a rune’s most esoteric mysteries. Prerequisite: Caster level 8+, Greater Rune Focus. Benefit: The benefits of each Rune Secret are unique to the chosen rune. Consult your DM for details. Special: You can select this feat multiple times. You may choose...

This clearly mimics modern medical practice, where for critical surgical procedures in which cost is no object, several hundred nurses are squeezed into the operating room for maximum coverage.

Anyway, to put my money where my mouth is: * Confusion, lesser: 1st, due to its extreme limitations. * Glibness: 6th, on par with mass suggestion * Good hope: 4th, on par with crushing despair * Modify memory: 6th, for its power and flexibility * Song of discord: 7th, on par with mass hold...

This isn't Bard-as-full-caster, this is Wizard-with-Bard-spells-in-his-repertoire.

Almost none of the other bard spells match that ratio. In fact, the vast majority of bard spells are available to other casters at the same spell level. Certainly none of them are 9th level spells for other casters. So your rule of thumb doesn't work at all. Lesser confusion seems equivalent...