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No. You left out the important part of your own quote. "Outsiders breathe, but do not need to eat or sleep (although they can do so if they wish). Native outsiders breathe, eat, and sleep." The important part of the quote is, "if they wish". That indicates that there must make a choice on...

When I start a campaign, I give my players handouts stating all of the rules changes so that they know in advance. This is especially important if it directly affects their characters. For example, I would certainly tell them if the DR change. That doesn't strike me as fair leaving them out of...

Most creatures use spell like abilities as a sorcerer, some as a cleric or as other classes. No, nothing states that they are arcane or divine but nothing I have seen states clearly that they aren't either. That is the dilema I keep encountering. It is maddening that even after that "Rules of...

But the issue here is now whether or not they are absulutely the same, but whether they are the same for these purposes. There is an entire cagegory of effects for which a spell is the same as a spell-like ability and a category where they are not the same. The problem is that nothing specifies...

Your statement does not logically follow. The only thing that that header suggests is that there are also similarities between spells and spell-like abilities (otherwise they wouldn't have made a header that suggests that there are differences). The instance of Arcane Strike is not listed under...

Yes, but what I was wondering is if anyone knows of something authoritative that can be cited to that says this is wrong. (FAQ, a rule, a passage in the PHB, DMG etc.) I don't allow spell-like abilities to be used that way in my game but I was wondering if anything SPECIFICALLY says that...

Does anyone know if a creature can use a spell-like ability to power the Arcane Strike feat from the Complete Warrior? If seems to me that it can but that also seems mighty overpowered if that is the case. Outsiders with spell like abilities can give themselves auto hit and damage bonuses by...

Personally, I grant the sorcerer the ability to heighten his spells for free. That means if he is casting a spell out of a higher level spell slot he can actually get the full benefit for doing so. Another thing that I found works is to use the Planar Substitution rules from the Players Guide...

It is clear. Native outsiders DO breathe. "Native" is a sybtype of the "Outsider" Type. Outsiders DO breathe. They always have. For further clarification it says so clearly under the new entry for Outsider (last line). "* Outsiders breathe, but do not need to eat or sleep (although they can do...

I tried this once before in my OA Rokugan campaign. It works tolerably so long as you are facing humanoids who have fairly regular strength. Once you start facing large, strong monsters wielding two-handed weapons and power attacking you, a single crit hit is deadly. You functionally have at...

Not only smaller, but they reprint a lot of information and make very poor use of space. Tzarevitch

The appeal is that they are an alien faceless horde that is difficult to deal with. They are a "race" with no individual iniative or desire and where members of a certain rank are functionally identical to each other (in fact they have no individuality at all). They move about the universe doing...

The issue is not whether or not the PlHB is inspired by Planescape or has anything to do with Planescape. The issue is it wasn't a very good book. I run a Planescape game. I wasn't expecting a Planescape book, I was expecting a USEFUL book. The PlHB was simply a poor effort. 32 pages of Planar...

They tend to be slightly either more powerful or more versatile than the ability that they replace in my opinion but I suspect they are intended to be. They are intended to make the particular race more powerful in an area that they traditionally supposed to be more powerful. If you are not...

Here are some more details without revealing too much. Each race gets 3 classes and 3 substitution levels per class. Oops, the gnome bard gets 4 substitution levels. Dwarves gain a HD 1 size larger and Knowledge (Dungeoneering) for their class substitution levels. Dwarf Cleric: gets the...

Actually no. There ARE planetouched dwarves, halflings and trolls at least. The durgazon for one are planetouched dwarves (duergar). There is another type of planetouched dwarf that I can't remember off the top of my head. The wisplings are planetouched halflings and the demon troll is a...

I will do the best I can without the book in front of me. I basically it uses the same concept as the Planar Substitution levels from the Planar Handbook. At certain levels, if there is a substitution level available for that race and class you can choose to give up the listed class ability from...

All new. For example, the dwarf Battlesmith allows a dwarf fighter to craft magic arms and armor with NO innate spellcasting capability. The battlesmith DOES require help if there is a prerequisite other than simply caster level however. Also, the book does a wonderful job of reprising the...

No. They don't. It is under the "Grooming" section in the book. Tzarevitch