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A large mithral shirt for a non-humanoid creature would cost x4 and would have a weight of x2 normal armor of that type. I would figure the cost of the medium humanoid armor plus special material and then apply multipliers for size and shape. Masterwork costs are already figured into the cost of...

If an evil cleric has the maximum amount of undead commanded (HD equal to his cleric level); and he rebukes another two ghouls resulting in commanding because of his level; and he chooses not to relinquish any he already has commanded; then why are the newly commanded undead rebuked instead...

Wouldn't that be 22 skill points: +1 for being a 3rd level rogue? Ciao Dave

Turn Resistance does not apply to already commanded undead. Use their HD only for how many you can control. An 8th level cleric can have up to 4 ghouls under his command at a time. There is no choice to instead rebuke: Now, a House Rule could be made to allow this. Barring a HR; the evil...

I think such a cleric could not command any ghouls at all, per the rules. The ghouls are considered 4 HD for turning/rebuking purposes (2HD +2 turn resistance). Half of 7 levels is 3, not 4. If a 7th level cleric could command ghouls, though; he could command up to 3 of them as total number of...

Elven Chain in the SRD has a price of 4,150 gp. 4,000 gp for the mithral (including masterwork) and 150 gp for the suit of armor. Using the FAQ statement, this armor should only cost 4,000 gp. 4,000 gp for mithral, minus 150 for masterwork plus 150 for chainmail. I do not think masterwork costs...

Why would you subtract the masterwork cost from the cost of mithral when it explicitly states that masterwork costs are included in the 4,000 gp and mithral armor is always masterwork? Why include a masterwork cost in the total that needs to be subtracted to get the real cost? Ciao Dave

I was replying more to amaril who edited his/her post to remove the offending comment after DA and I replied and obviously before the Mods saw it. Ciao Dave

The ranks for Tumble set at 5 stop a Fighter from getting the Evaions feat until 7th level (Cross-class skill). Adding Skill Focus (Tumble) does nothing, but raising the ranks required to 6 means the Ftr has to wait til 9th level. Putting Improved Evasion at 12 ranks of Tumble means any class...

I, on the other hand, see the artwork from a deck of many things as unlimited in scope and potential. The major limiting factor being where and when the deck was made. Oriental art. Why not? Cave drawings. Even this is possible. Magical 3-d images that leap off the medium and come to life to...

Ah, then such campaigns would be set in the time of the Crusades, King Arthur, and Chauncer? Since the art is limited; is the armor (Full Plate or Half Plate) and other things (clothes, metallurgy, serfdom, missing middleclass) also limited? Or is it really just a mixture of all these bygone...

What exactly would be medieval art? Michelangelo? Da Vinci? Rubens? Or would you rather see more common forms of art on the deck? Remember that the deck is a minor artifact (emphasis on artifact) and should be of at least masterwork quality just to be a normal magic item. The power of this item...

The ranks numbers are not high enough unless you want rogues and monks to get improved evasion long before they could gain it as a class ability. Evasion: Dodge, Mobility, Tumble 5 ranks, Dex 13+ Improved Evasion: Dodge, Mobility, Evasion, Tumble 13 ranks, Dex 15+ Uncanny Dodge: Alertness...

So, the fighter in full plate+3 that raises his Dex to 14 will buy a new set of armor to take full advantage of his new Dex? He will still get the full Dex on skill checks, Initiative, Reflex saves, and missile weapon attacks without buying anything at all. Is it worth it for him to buy mithral...

The stated value of spellbooks in the PHB is 1/2 the cost of scribing the spells into the spellbook. From the SRD: Interestingly this does not include the original cost of the empty spell book (15 gp). Also, making copies of your spellbooks also costs less in time and money than the...

I would like to add that the economic perspective has yet to address the fact that if the melee fighter gains a magic item that increases his Strength or adds a point to his Strength score because of level advances; he does not have to buy or make a new weapon to take advantage of his new...

If the deck were for the cards most like the deck put out by TSR, then Sialla's would be best. Symbolism dealing with the card's name, the card's description, and the description of the card's game effect is best signified by DertyAngel's versions of the deck. Look at the cards for ruin and...

Hyp said: So this isn't a calculation? Beastmasters have effective druid levels (-1) equal to their class level (-1) +3. Rangers have effective druid levels (-1) equal to half their class level (-1) Negative levels suck. So 3(-1)+3(-1) + 8(-1)/2(-1)=6, Dire Badger [-3 levels (-1)]=2. Is that...

It says "-1 effective level"; in this case effective level would only use the total character level for effects that depended on total character level; it would use class level as normal for effects that depended on class level. In all cases level would be reduced by one. So yes, the...

As a low-level archer/rogue you need to exploit any reason to get a SA that you can find. Balance checks cause flatfootedness (unless the target has 5 or more ranks) Climb checks cause loss of Dexterity bonus to AC (unless the target has a climb speed) Blinding causes loss of Dexterity bonus to...