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Honestly. I made the same mistake. I posted about the same thing about a month ago. The format they used where they only listed the new spells in the spell index section is very confusing. Tzarevitch

Holy Word, Blasphemy etc.: I wish they would fix these spells. I agree that these spells are a bit busted since every half-outsider creature knows them and can sometimes cast them at VERY high caster levels for their CR. Mordenkainen's Disjunctrion: I love this spell. Our other DM uses it a...

Could someone else with the book explain this to me: The PHB 2 Beguiler Class has a spell progression that goes up to 9th level spells. The text says that beguilers use the spell list printed later in the book. The problem is that spell list later in the book only goes up to 6th level spells...

In practice, 5lbs of rock on a stick is nowhere near a good 5lb steel mace. If it was, there would have been no incentive to leave the stone age. Same is true of the arguments about bronze equipment. It is OK if that is all you have, but it will loose to steel every time unless you have a...

Has anyone out there compiled a list of spells now listed in the Spell Compendium which have been changed from earlier versions? By "changed" I mean significant change, not just a name change (i.e. change in spell level or in basic operation of the spell). It was nice of WoTC to produce a list...

1. No. The spell only gives objectively the shortest, most direct physial path and the means to bypass actual obstacles in the way. Casting a spell to make your trip easier is a subjective decision. 2. No. The spell does not warn you about guards. It says this specifically in the text. "[I]ts...

That sums it up for me as well. Unless you have those feats, counterspelling is simply inefficient. You are almost always better off counterattacking with a spell of your own. To counterspell, you have to ready an action for the odd chance that he casts a spell instead of doing something else...

What it boils down to is that unless the monk gets an early stunning fist or quivering palm in he will probably loose. There are simply too many ways that a spellcaster can prevent a monk from closing the range and the monk simply can't defend against all of them: Teleport related spells Walls...

So by your definition anything that corrects or explains the alleged "core rules" is not "core"? That doesn't make sense. Tzarevitch

Does this guy have any help? If not, he is going to die quickly. 8 on 1 is very bad odds even if he out-levels them. Here are some useful spells you may want to consider: Solid Fog/Acid Fog: Use these spells to inhibit movement and missile fire. If you are in confined spaces it prevents the...

I had the same problem. I went to www.popularcollections.com and bought common minis in bulk. Common minis are extraordinarily cheap. Uncommons are still a good deal. Rares can be expensive although still cheaper than buying an entire box of minis you don't really want. Tzarevitch

My gaming group alternates between gaming at my place in Washington, DC and another player's apartment also near the Van Dorn metro. I'll e-mail you about us as soon as I get home. Tzarevitch

Try this site: http://www.heraldica.org/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm It covers various european noble and royal titles and their origins. Tzarevitch

Rukh, Rajah and Maharajah were just ranks in the 2e MM. Loosely translated, a rukh was a "knight" or a "noble lord", a rajah was a "king" and a maharajah was an "emperor". I suppose they reach those ranks the same way other fiends reach the rank of demon lord, by age and power (i.e. HD and...

Lackluster? Are you kidding? Pool of Radiance was a pile of camel dung. They simply took the old SSI Gold Box computer game and made a module out of it. Tzarevitch

That is a perfectly reasonable interpretation under the "soft cover" rules. The rules do cover melee attacks against targets that are "not adjacent to you", and they state that they are treated as missile attacks with regard to cover. Note however that interpretation means that all targets after...

I am not sure where all the argument is coming from. By the rules, the caster would get sneak attack against all targets assuming the caster can satisfy ALL the other terms of melee sneak attack rules against ALL applicable targets. The text says basically that attacks are all resolved as melee...

The only one I am aware of is called the Hagspawn. It is in the "Unapproachable East" hardcover supplement for the Forgotten Realms. Tzarevitch

Someone already mentioned the bit about area control spells, but it bears reiteration. Walls of stone can be used to separate party members and control their movement and allow you to mass your npcs against smaller numbers of or single PCs. Fog/visibility blocking spells will tend to disrupt...

The problem is that other than the assassin, the enemy force isn't that good. They are trying to face PCs with on average twice as many HD and who are better equipped. You really need to use tactics and you should probably replace some of the enemy forces to increase overall force capability...