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You don't. That is "understood", that SR only comes into play in certain circumstances. Nontheless, just because you can, if you try really hard, avoid ever having to penetrate SR, it is nonetheless a measurable quantity of how effective a character is in certain situations. If you are forced to...

No its fine. You just need to remember that it only works against those the scout actually attacks, not the allies of the attacked. But of course, then there is tumble...

Thanx for that. But now onto the specific: Where are a gargantuan eel's vital spots? Given the pinpricks a human-sized rogue is going to attack with, would you rule out all sneak attack damage even if the combatants were submerged? Lets face it, you'd be hard pressed to kill a human with a...

LOL! I think that is brilliant! Unfortunately, there really should be some kind of common sense applied. But the same applies for 5-foot steping. Apparently Gargantuans of all kinds can only adjust 5 feet during a battle, if they are going to Full Attack, or avoid provoking an AoO.... A...

1&2) Most medium creatures have a reach of 5', but if you for some reason don't have that reach, yes, you would have to enter its space. Can't think of a medium or small race that doesn't have a reach of 1 square. 3) according to the rules, yes. 4) as 3. 5) nope. But that is just my...

You seem to be strongly misconstruing what I was stating. Obviously, intelligent foes, and those who know who the PCs are, will target the wizard, precisely because they understand what a threat they really are. Higher level wizards will to some degree be more obviously such. Indeed, there is...

I've played in too many really sucky games, when the DM couldn't get past metagaming themselves. Mindless Skeletons in a 1st level adventure, posted as guards, rushing past frontliners to attack the wizard on the other side of the room, for instance (WTF? did it have a special command to...

..... belt pouch obviously is labelled "Spell components" in a flasing Neon sign, and has exotic ingredients falling out of it. And the rucksack obviously states its contents in TimesNewRoman Bold 36. And of course, the second level wizard, with his amazing arsenal of 3 or 4 1st level spells...

Yes, it is a good one. Races of Stone has a variety of tough Dwarven armours. As to mobility, being a dwarf means that you aren't losing more mobility than a human in heavy armour anyways. Secondly, you can always get boots of flying later on in your career for added mobility, should you last...

Yeah, like every peasant on the planet... Must be tough trying to travel to the market. People keep mistaking the peasants for magic users, and slaughtering them on sight. No wonder Jack went up the beanstalk...

Mr Smith.... Surely you understand the concept of erring on the side of caution? By allowing the top 24, there is large room for manuever and to allow for various styles of play. And the sorcerer has access to Quicken, surely, via the use of Metamagic Rods? I suppose there is some debate about...

I realize your SPR is only one metric. But because it is so simplistic, we also need to have the other qualifiers onboard, in order to see the whole picture. This "SPR"-metric concept (albeit named differently) has been around before, right from the beginning of 3e: comparing Sorcerer vs wizard...

But of course the wizard has a big sign rotating around his head, reading "arcane spell caster". How many of the enemy combatants at second level are going to read that sign?

At 2nd level, the only thing forcing the enemy to deal with the fighter is the fact the fighter is constantly whacking people around the head with his great sword, while the mage is busy missing with his crossbow...

2nd Level? You can't go very wrong, no matter what you do. I'd be inclined to play a human fighter. Power Attack, Weapon Focus Great Sword or Scythe, Combat Expertise +1 more feat (Luck of Heroes, from FRCS, if you can get it). 28 point buy Str: 17 (13 points) Dex: 13 (5 points) Con: 13 (5...

There are a couple of spells that block or hindered teleport. I'm sure I've seen a teleport warning, a long duration divination spell, which IIRC even delayed the arrival of the teleportees for three rounds. Further there were others: scramble teleport caused injury to those attmepting to use...

Nah, its 7th, as I noted in my post above.

Not really, because this is no more of a likely problem than the high level spellcaster actually having access to wands/staves/scrolls. Choosing to ignore as you do, the specialist wiard having actually 5 of each level at 20th level, and the effect of the theurge having to diversify his...

Still going? Ah well... 1) NPC's have their own motives and interests. These are not necessarily inline with the aims of the PCs. (They may be negotiating with the leader for the demonic invasion for eternal life, for instance, or the return of the soul of a long lost love) 2) NPCs may be...

Yes, it is irritating to some extent when certain players just can't contain themselves. On the other hand, I put that information down to information picked up during an adventurer's pub round. The best method, I find, is to just avoid using staple monsters. I prefer a humanoid centric campaign...