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Sweet (though Vorpal Swords really shouldn't be listed as a Su ability, unless the Balors are calling the things into existence)

I picture a dwarven "lich" as less of a lich and more of a dwarf that's somehow converting himself into an earth elemental, or something along those lines. He has known the stones and earth for all his life, and now he is one with them. It's not a lich per se, but it's a creature that has...

If you decide to use ECLs for creatures in order to adjucate it, then Shapechange would become one of the most useless spells in existence. Anything actually worth using a 9th level spell to turn into is going to have a massive ECL (for example, a juvenile dragon, which wouldn't even be good...

NWN stacking? The +10 cap that Hong mentioned only applies to stats, if I remember right. Magic items can add a total of +10 to any stat, and a bunch of +2 stat items (or casting a stat-buffing spell when you already have appropriate items equipped) for 1 stat will add up. basically, if you...

Polymorph turning you into an average member of the species implies that you truly are utterly generic, both in stats and in appearance. Isn't pretending to be another race a -10 penalty or so to Disguise checks? The polymorph bonus is probably meant to counter that penalty. Alter Self, where...

My normal inclination is that anyone who takes multiple toughness feats for one character should be shot. Granted, this might be because the only player I know IRL who actually does that is a complete idiot, and his HP Machine gets the stuffing kicked out of him anyways. Whe I hear Toughness...

Dragons and outsiders make surprisingly bad choices for PCs due to the huge number of dead-weight levels (IE, levels that don't grant HD) that come with them. Feel free to trim the ECL down, if you think you get a number that's too big. Half-celestial comes out to like a +8 or +10 adjustment...

I don't that'd work for PCs -- far too much time and money required -- but it'd be interesting.

If they think that L5 or whatever characters can handle frost giants, you might as well splatter them. They could use a better understanding of the game. Just roll up new characters in your campaign world and keep going. Since you want to be merciful, allow the PCs to flee if they realize...

Going by savage species rules (if I remember right).. Typical total ECL for a dragon would be HD + 1 (breath weapon) + 1 (stat adjustments; +2 for the older dragons) + 1 (flight) + 1 (spell-like abilities) + 2 (elemental immunity; +1 if the dragon also has an elemental weakness) + 1 (natural...

Big monsters can take -20 to their checks and not lose their AC bonuses. Humanoids should probably go squish the rogue before they go after anyone else, if they know what they're up against. I just realized that the DM never thought to pull that on my grappling-based character (wait for me to...

The lifedrain attacks are usually described as being comparable to having a piece of ice shoved through your heart, so I'd kinda expect the victim to notice. Succubi should be an exception to this, but they're special.

Gate doesn't allow a save; why the heck does epic summoning, which should be even better than Gate, allow one? A writer probably had a brain fart, there.

Yes, yes it is So the ear spoon is both a hygenic tool and a big sharp thing on a stick? Neat.

Okay, cool. I'd guessed it was a pole-arm due to where it is in the weapon list (specifically, in the 1E book it was alternate to one of the other pole-arms -- probably looked different, had a different name, but was identical to the pole-arm in stats). But Ear Spoon?! What does that mean...

I was looking through a 1st Edition PHB (didya know that 1st edition fighter/mages could cast in armor without penalty?), and I saw in the weapons list "Bohemian Ear Spoon." Seriously. What the hell is that? The 1E PHB doesn't describe any of the weapons beyond their stats. Sorry if this...

Planescape raised the total number of known Type VI demons to 24. Balors really aren't strong enough for there to be so few of them, though.

I voted Alignment, since it only really comes up when certain spells are used. Or when someone is playing a Paladin. Getting rid of HP in favor of a system where anyone and anything can die from a lucky hit doesn't really facilitate epic combat.. The amount of goodies that White Wolf gives...

I'd actually houserule that using Wish for spell-duplication costs significantly less than 5000 XP, if any at all. The worst that can happen with a Miracle is that it just doesn't work (though I guess asking for something really inappropriate could get a priest in trouble with the boss. But...

Wow. Currently, my "yes" vote has tied the tally at 33 to 33. Vancian-style magic makes sense to me -- spells take too bloody long to cast from scratch, so you prep the energies ahead of time and release them with a short phrase or gesture. Since you have to plan ahead of time, having a wide...