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It doesn't seem like Improved Disarm is the way to go here. A rapier is a one handed weapon, and this guy sin't that strong. It seems like he going to BE disarmed more often than not. What else could we put there. Maybe somethign like improved Init? Hmm, I'm really liking what Nifft wrote...

Hmm, low Wis / Cha doesn't really sound like this guy (I know that build will live longer, but I've resigned myself to the fact that this guy may not live long). Also, we can't have Mithral, so a normal Chain shirt? Is Celestial armor in the DMG? Thanks for another good build to look at. You...

Hi all, thanks for all the good suggestions. I’m reluctant to use levels of monk because it seems a waste to take monk then not use a monk weapon (and loose flurry / stunning / etc.). I kind of like the sorcerer angle, but I see this guy as more of a high-wisdom guy than a high Charisma guy. As...

Hi all, I need some help. I need to make a PC for a core rule books ONLY game. That is, the PHB and the DMG. Nothing even from the Monster Manual. I want to make a PC which fits the “Chinese swordsman” style. Think “Green destiny” when you are making your mental picture. Little or no armor...

I think the assumption is that the Paladin scribing the scroll has the minimum WIS to cast the spell (in this case, 11). That means s/he doesn’t get a bonus first level spell slot from her wisdom and so can’t cast 1st level spells until she’s a 6th level paladin (4th level caster). That makes...

So, Smurf, if I activate my 50 +1 Flaming arrows, I can hold one and the rest instantly do 49D6 to me? Yeah, that sounds like it's what the designers wanted... I can see it now, charm the troll, get him to hold your quiver of arrows, turn them on and watch the equivalent of 5 fireballs go off...

All in all, I like the changed (3.5) identify spell. I like that you get to know everything about an item, and that it takes one hour. But, before, one pearl got you a lot of items, now it only gets you one. This really raises the per item cost. The problem with that is that you end up loosing...

Just to play devil’s advocate (No, that’s not a new D20 world) here… I’ve played in a few games where the death rate was high mostly due to a bad mix of PCs. We would have something like three fighters and a monk, no healing, no artillery. It seems like this party is plotting and scheming...

Just tag a line on the end that says it has no effect if the area is already darker than the spell's darkness. Or, leave it as is. Maybe some people in your world want a light spell that's not so light. It's great for hunting/spying on things in the dark. "We need a little light, but we don't...

I think there is one more angle people are missing here; class balance. If the mage can hit the dragon every time, even with his low BAB / STR, the fighter is even MORE useless in comparison. That is a good enough reason to me. Fighters in D&D start cool but are quickly outmatched by magic...

A monk with a 28 point buy system? Don't worry too much, he won't live long. -Tatsu

So let’s say an NPC has a magic shop. He has a good door, but he’s worried about someone picking the lock. He gets a smith to build a needle trap into it. (1). Then, he sets an ever-burning torch above the door so nobody can linger there without being seen by the city guards who pass buy...

Well, how about is we go around it and try to figure out what the DC for a rogue to use 'Use Magic Device' to impersonate a creature small enough not to set off the spell is. I think he has to be smaller that tiny to do it. I am thinking this is a major DC we are talking about. If we say...

I ran a campaign where there weren’t any gods at all. There was rune magic (which was called 'divine' in the PHB), but the vast majority of people didn't think it came from gods. Really, only clerics / paladins / etc. thought the rune magic came from gods. It lead to a lot of good...

I know what you mean about the silly craft rules. I am now playing a PC who spent FIVE YEARS making a suit of armor. We had to make it all before we started playing (IE, it's in his history, we didn't roleplay any of it). -Tatsu

Just for the record, a +5 Flaming weapon (total bonus of +6) doesn't work, right? -Tatsu

Just for the record, a +5 flaming (total bonus of +6) doesn't work, right? -Tatsu

Well, keeping in mind that he has to roll to attack for each of the goblins, you are right. If you have ‘great cleave’ you can keep killing goblins until you either miss one or hit it and don’t kill it or run out of Goblins. Or in other words, until you fail to ‘drop’ one. If you just have...

A note of warning on the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil; get (wait for??) the 3.5 version. There is an errata, but it literally is bigger than the original book. There is so much that needed fixing to get it into 3.5. Also, the maps will drive you CRAZY! They are all nicely drawn, but...

Well, it should be big, have swallow whole, and be a plant. Sounds like a shambling mound to me. Give it a different name, keep the stats and there you go, new monster! -Tatsu