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I'm not sure I'd allow spiked and bashing to stack. Is there some reference for / against this? As for 2D6 being the best, what about +1 flaming (or whatever) armor spikes? They would do 1D6 + 1D6 fire (or whatever element you want) and are light weapons (lessoning the penalties for TWF by 2)...

You could also take extra gold from the party to make up for the Exp you are using. That way you might drop a level behind buy you'll be geared out so well you won't be significantly weaker than the others. The PHB mentions 5Gp / Exp. That might be a starting point for your negotiations. -Tatsu

Not quite. If you are held, your AC is reduced by 4 and you are counted as having a Dex of 0 because you are helpless. But I've never seen anyone work it out ahead of time, how often are you held? (Let's stay away from the bad joke there) -Tatsu

Oh my god, I just noticed that. That's the dumbest thing I've seen in 3.X ! ! -Tatsu

Oh well, I give up. I've trashed it. Too much hassle for so little gain -T

All that just begs the question; why would anyone do this, ever? If you attack with a shield, you lose your AC from that shield (unless you have the feat). A shield does rather poor damage (1D3 for light, 1D4 for heavy). A spiked shield increases it to 1D4 for light, 1D6 for heavy). Or, you...

Fixed, and it should be noted that I am from the states, and an English teacher. I am not, however, a spelling teacher! DOH ! -Tatsu

Well, here you go. I made a little box that might help you. Good luck! http://www.tatsusargent.com/other_stuff/ac_modifiers.htm -Tatsu

I've seen a lot of first level fighters take toughness so they could take diehard. That gives them essentially 10 more Hp. But I've never seen anyone take only toughness. I just took Endurance for the first time ever with my Barbarian. He wears Mithril Full Plate, and the DM has a thing for...

Well, maybe an inn would attract bigger spending customers to your other retail outlets. Or, maybe you just want to have a place for people to stay in your castle. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question. If you mean that you are the innkeeper (not the lord of the area), then you have to...

Right, I forgot to say "all as a standard action". My player could for example; stand up from prone, cast the spell, take a 5' step and deliver it all in one normal round. Clarity is not my friend sometimes. As for the ‘debate’ at hand. It’s clear that you can take a 5’ step. The book says ...

Hi all, I’m making a 7th level cleric, and I am taking the Craft Weapons & Armor feat at 6th. So the question is, can I make ‘Celestial Armor’ at level 7? There isn’t anything in the description about minimum crafting level. But, it’s +3 armor, so normally you’d have to be 9th level. But, the...

OK, so I decided on a straight cleric human. The DM has upped the level to level 8, but I want to use some Exp to make stuff, so he’ll end up level 7. Here we go… Human Cleric (domains = Magic and Travel) 7 Exp = 26,996 (1,004 less than 8th level) 32 point buy . . . Str- 14 (16 with gear)...

Well, you can take a 5' step in the middle of a standard action, so I would allow it. IMC, you can cast a touch spell (like for example Vampiric touch) then step 5' and use it on an enemy. In my opinion, a 5' step isn't an action, so you can do it once a round, any time, any round. -Tatsu

If the argument is that poison is unfair, or not honorable than I would say it's not lawful to use. Good / Evil would depend on use. I would consider poisoning a bandit king so you don't have to slice your way through all his (perhaps neutral or innocent) guards a chaotic good act. On the...

Personally, I’m dyslexic. So, for me it’s a LOT easier to read blue on black than white on black (or black on white). Color is really helpful to understanding for many people, not just dyslexics. I guess I’m also chaotic enough to get really offended when a mod tells someone what color they...

Strange bunny hopping double post

a) It's unclear to me exactly, but I would say that it would be the same as a real ghoul, so 1D6+4 minutes. b) No, elves have no special immunity to anything in this spell. I think you are thinking of 1st/2nd edition, when elves were immune / resistant to all paralyzation. Now they are only...

Well, this was a 3.0 adventure, so it was acting as though polymorph was permanent. But, as we play 3.5 the DM made a quick ruling that it was in fact Poly any object (so you do get the mental changes). I suppose it is dispel-able, but that goes against the original idea of the 3.0 trap (it was...

Hi, my primary PC (Barbarian 2, Fighter 4, Champion of Gwynharwyf 2) was in a dungeon and he (a human) got ‘Polymorph any object’-ed into a Dwarf. So he lost his human racial bonuses (of which there are none) and got the Dwarven racial mods. Of course, he didn’t get the stuff that comes from a...