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If you're suggesting that Detect Evil does not detect creatures of evil alignment, you had better head over to the rules forum and support you case (because I'm not doing a very good job of it).

Nothing in the spell indicates it acts based on alignment. It merely states 'evil'. The Holy Smite text is a more convincing, but there are counter examples as well. Detect evil says "Number of evil auras (creatures, objects, or spells) ", so if they mean alignments, then spells have alignment...

I'm looking at the Beguiler spell list and there are not any 0 or 1st level spells that require an attack. You get Surprise Casting at 2nd level, but is there actually any use for it?

Someone on these boards pointed out that the spell does not mention evil alignment anywhere so I checked and saw they were right. Then I saw that some things (like Holy weapons) said "evil aligned creatures" while other things (like Protection from Evil) just said "evil creatures". Looking for...

And if Detect Evil only detects things with the Evil descriptor, does Dictum only affect things that lack the Lawful descriptor?

Does the Detect Evil spell detect a person (like a gnome bard, if you consider them people) who is Chaotic Evil, or does it just detect "Evil" subtype things? Reading the spell, it looks like just subtypes. But since that is contrary to every Paladin I've ever seen played, I'd like confirmation...

Well, in my world at least, passing from one edge of a square to the opposite edge - even along the border - counts as "through". I can see where another interpretation might be drawn, but if both are feasible and the diagram text clearly supports the one interpretation over the other then the...

Another option might be to say that I wall right down the line between two rows counts as being in BOTH rows. So a medium in creature in either row, or a large one straddling the line, would count as IN the wall. For a line spell (like lighting bolt), if you cast it right along the grid line...

I can see that the spell point of origin has to be an intersection. But if the wall is placed at an odd angle across several squares which intersections do you start counting from to determine who is burned? If you start from an intersection on the hot side of the wall, you are going to burn...

When you cast a wall of fire, how exactly is the sheet of flame placed? Is it like a "line" spell, or could it run down the middle of a row of squares (as opposed along the edge of the squares)? Assuing that you want to place it aligned with the grid (ie. perfectly East-West) then there is a...

Is there a potential problem with the DR of many outsiders? If alignments are uncommon, then people will tend to not have Holy Weapons or Bless Weapon Oil - making DR 10/Good much more powerful than your 'standard' campaign. I've thought of using sub-types in place of alignments (with everone...

I'd like to drop alignments so I need to figure out where alignment is currently needed for an existing game mechanic (so I can House Rule accordingly). My initial list is Alignments affect mechanics with: Class alignment restrictions (ie. Paladin = lawful good) Clerics need to match their...

I know that the Rust Monster from taken from a platic toy that Gary had (I had the same plastic figure). Was the Bullette likewise 'inspired' by an existing creature? I have a vauge recollection of it comeing from a dinosaur or godzilla movie, but it was so long ago...

I have a gnome with a worg cohort that he uses as a mount. Do the normal mounted combat rules apply, or is the cohort (with an INT of 8) more of an NPC, requiring to Ride checks, but also not benefiting from Mounted Combat rolls etc.?

I don't see anything about that in MM3, or anywhere else. If someone has more info on this, please post a pointer.

Is a pixie (1 "fey" HD and Level Adjustment +4) with no class levels equivalent to a 4th level character, or a 5th level character? I know it will be equivalent to level 5 once it takes a class level. But before that, does the native hit die bump it up a level beyond its level adjustment? (I...

That's a good point, and my research into finding a cohort along those lines is certainly bearing out your theory (since there don't seem to be any little cohorts without big ECLs). I haven't ever used the Leadership feat before but we're running with a 4 person group through some tough material...

I was looking at Pseudo Dragon or Blink Dog but both have so many HD+ECL that there isn't much room left for class levels. I'm surprised that there isn't some ECL +0 or +1 race out there that is tiny. With all the books put out, I figured there had to be something along those lines. Pixie would...

I'm making a 6th level gnomish wizard and am looking for a cohort that can either serve as a mount (like a Blink Dog) or sort of like a familiar (like a Pseudo Dragon). Basically, I want a companion with some class abilities but I don't want to role play two characters or even have another...

Or you could rig up a bag of holding for a saddle and ride from there...