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    up a level, down a level

    IRDC whether this is RAW, but if you revoked his level advancements when he lost the level then he should have the option of changing his previously selected skills, feat, spells, etc selections upon regaining the level.
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    Psionics: Yea or Nay?

    Depends on how you define "magic" in your world. Personally, its one of the fundamental forces like energy, life, and matter. Clerics believe a Higher Being/Power controls how they may apply the Magical forces, while Mages rely upon gestures, material components, and difficult sounds to...
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    Tamer of Beasts

    sounds like time to request a xerox/view of the original source and if unapply to provide, retro-revoke any benefits, including subsequent level gains, which occurred from its introduction.
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    Servants of the Fey Queen of Nightmares

    Since she's invading mortal dreams, anything regarding the Dreamlands various incarnations would be fair game, both for source material and co-plots. IRC Eberron had a race native to the Dreamplane who could either be minions, recruits, and likely unlikely allies opposing her invasion of THEIR...
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    All Hail the Mind Flayer!

    Which is why I was surprised Paradigm Concepts's OGL variant didnt sell better; at least it seems rarely mentioned in conversations such as these that I've noticed. Amazon.com: Unveiled Masters: Essential Guide to Mindflayers (Races of Legend) (9781931374156):…
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    Monster Manuals: Things You Don't Kill

    Because the book was originally "misnamed" and should have dubbed the "Suggested Encounter Catalog" or some such and tradition has held over the decades. Rather than a shopping list of things awaiting to be slain, it includes many creatures routinely encountered outside of combat and knowing...
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    Under Ocean Cities

    Think Dwarven strongholds. The majority of such cities would be deeply excavated into the surrounding surface from an initial mining structure to minimize the problems of pressure, space, growth limitations, etc. Small observation domes/windows dotting the landscape around a submarine marina...
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    Dread Necromancer Spell List

    Spell lists are thematic suggestions based upon a presumption of which books you might have access to so your necromantic caster would prefer spells with Evil, Necromantic, and Universal descriptors from whatever sources your GM allows other casters in the game use. "The dread necromancer’s...
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    Help with casting spells

    Pretty sure he meant keeping a reserve weapon. :) Spell-casters begin the day with a finite number of single-use "weapons" which are discarded after each use, whether they successfully hit or not -- whereas the fighter's weapons are reusable nigh infinitum barring special circumstances such as...
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    Animate Dead on Multiple Spell Lists

    Animate Dead is limited to the corpses at hand so stacking is irrelevant. A. Caster1 animates corpses as a (10+7)th level caster B. Caster1 animates some as a 10th Arcane and more as a 7th level Divine. C. Caster1 animates some as a 10th Arcane and Caster2 as a 7th Divine. Regardless, a...
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    Help I think one of my players is a metagaming munchkin...

    What he's doing is akin to replaying a video game or re-watching a movie. Just because you've already seen it once, doesnt lessen the enjoyment the second, third, etc time around even though you already know whats coming. So unless his metagaming is intentionally disrupting the game AND the...
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    Summoning a specific Balor

    I concur, however believe its generally accepted a unique being is presumed to be the sole example of its race (ie Data was considered unique in the ST universe until the discover of Lor revoked that status), thus the Questioner's Balor is a specific individual but NOT unique and thus required...
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    Summoning a specific Balor

    For what its worth, I agree exposing the balor to the Negative Energy Plane will inflict a number of negative levels, reducing its effectiveness and ultimately killing it provided you can trap it there long enough. The SRD states “A character with negative levels at least equal to her current...
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    Animate Dead on Multiple Spell Lists

    Animate Dead is limited to the available corpses rendering Stacking moot because outlying village simply wont have many suitable corpses available for animation whereas major communities like Waterdeep/etc surely have precautions in place to deter/prevent wide-scale animation. Granted it would...
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    Summoning a specific Balor

    Gate would be a good solution. Open the Gate once they know that particular balor's name/location and step thru to the Abyss to slay it ... hopefully while its on its home sublayer to ensure permanent death. Having multiple Banishments ready would ensure leaving without the risk of stragglers...
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    WWII Tank Crew RPG

    I wonder if Pinnacle's Weird War II (d20, Savage Worlds) has sufficient info for your needs? Irc, Gurps had a conversion book at one time as well?
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    Do you add the ship's Int. when using sensors (SAGA)

    I think the default presumption is the standard ship sensors are NOT connected to an AI system and thus have a +0 Int modifier ... so increasing the +Int modifier if your's are, should be acceptable/reasonable.
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    How Much for that Dragon in the Window?

    The bard needs to keep in mind dragons are sentient creatures so her treatment/disposal of these immature dragons will definitely affect her outlook on life/alignment. It will also begin a recurring subplot regarding how the unmentioned parent/relatives react upon eventually learning the...
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    Summoning a specific Balor

    Generally speaking, summoned creatures return whence they came either when the spell expires or when death occurs, so summoning to you isnt a viable solution ... because plane-shifting it elsewhere, using a bag-of-hold/portable hole combination, etc would simply return it back to the Abyss even...
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    Animate Dead on Multiple Spell Lists

    I'm sure others will disagree, but it seems like you've got two options, depending on your style: 1. liable magic - he's experienced with as an arcane caster so controls (4x17 undead). However his deity, recognizing the value of the spell, likewise answers the spell request for an additional...
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