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Oh, cool, didn't realize there was an exception there.

Actually, in your example, the target of the Dominate Person would be unaffected completely by the Dominate Person. When a spell has a casting time of "1 round", it doesn't mean it takes a full round action and then it's cast. It means it takes a full round action, and then it's cast at the...

If you end up with someone in your space while you're prone, you get to shift 1 square (basically their version of a 5ft. step) as a free action as part of the action made to stand up, though it provokes an Opportunity Attack. Oddly enough, in 4e, you only provoke an OpAttack from standing up if...

I meant as an option to deal damage yourself. Most of the time, you should be concentrating on making it easier for your allies to kill things, yeah. But people were talking about a lack of damage-dealing potential for the Witch in general. And this is at least one way to possibly kill something...

No, but the GM needs to know what he's doing to run a system properly. If you don't know the rules of a system, then you're not going to run it well, it's as simple as that. You can hand-wave everything that doesn't work, but at that point you're running something completely different, and...

Well, when a player comes up to you and says "I want to use a feat that specifically refers to weapons to double the damage of all of my spells that use attack rolls. Because technically the rules allow it." and you say "Yes.", then it's your own fault. This isn't a case of a subtle difference...

"Proper" means "by the rules as presented in the books". But you're focusing on the wrong bits here. It's a word, not a value judgement. The main point was that when you don't know how to implement or judge the rules of a given system... why are you using that system? When you don't have a firm...

If nothing else, you can use the Slumber hex to put someone to sleep, then use a Coup de Grace to finish them off. If you're worried about thematics, you can fluff it as offreing a sacrifice to your patron. Make sure to only use a dagger or short-sword (athame), and only use that weapon for the...

Getting a +2 or +3 vs. magical beasts is a situational bonus, and thus its power is situational. If you're in a game with a lot of magical beasts, then it's a little overpowered. Otherwise, it's not really a big deal. Similar to how a Dwarf would really shine in a game that mostly deals with...

All of these settings start with the same baseline: medieval europe, and then they add in the fantasy bits. I shouldn't have to remove things from an established setting in order to run my game, since there will be far more people not running in a given setting that people who are. Again, in...

Okay, I really don't mean this to be harsh, but I fully believe that a thorough understanding of the game and the mechanics behind the game are required to DM properly. You can't really run a game when you don't know how it works. This is why I strongly support rules simplification: I'm...

They've got a few direct-damage spells, like Burning Hands at level one. But really, Witches are amazing debuffers. At first level, a Witch with Extra Hex can cause a target to roll 2d20 and take the lowest for all d20 rolls for one round as a standard action, then spend a move action to turn...

My point was that it's obviously far too powerful to allow double damage for spells, so a DM who knows what they're doing will simply say "No, it doesn't work that way." Even if a strict rules-as-written interpretation would allow it. That's what a DM is there for, to make judgement calls and...

Personally, I like the current drift toward "Make a baseline, then allow people to add what they want." The baseline for D&D is classic, romanticized medieval times, and the basic game should reflect that. Low-magic, low-power, and consisting of a mostly "normal" world. Then, let the modularity...

You cannot occupy the same square as another creature (unless there's enough of a size difference, which I doubt there was in this case). Technically, this includes if you're prone. If you were able to act while prone, then the mummy would not have been able to enter your space at all...

The impression I got was different. You seem to think it'll be "If your stat is equal to the DC, you succeed. Otherwise, make a check." In reality, it seems to be more like "If your stat is equal to the DC, you succeed. Otherwise, you fail." There are certain types of tasks where, if you can't...

Well... duh. Solving a problem never means that the problem wasn't there to begin with. But it doesn't really matter, now that the problem's been solved. Especially when it's something as simple as saying "This is obviously not how that's meant to work. Sorry, no cheese for you."

No, the Witch works like the Wizard. You start with 3+Intelligence 1st level spells known, and all 0 level spells. Then you learn 2 new spells at each Witch level above 1st. Your Witch spells are "stored" in your familiar similar to the way a Wizard has a spellbook, and you have to commune with...

There's a sentence you missed at the end. It says "This bonus only applies to manufactured weapons and natural weapons." Yes, the sentence is invisible, but any DM worth his salt will see it right there, plain as day.

1) and 2) Talk to your DM about a mini-quest. You could do it over eMail between sessions. Find a long-lost relic, an ancient family heirloom, or something like that. Maybe, as a bard, you've earned the patronage of some noble or another who gifts it to you. By 5th level in an E6 game, even a...