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Damage will still destroy it, just like anything else. I guess it counts as attended object for purposes of saves, though -- kinda like a construct-type creature would, actually.

Mighty Cleave is a weapon enchantment if I remember right -- gives you one extra cleave attack per round for +1 enhancement. Okay if you have Cleave, utterly useless if you have Great Cleave. She or you might have also been thinking of Supreme Cleave, which is an ability of the Samurai PrC...

I think the "automatic 30 points of damage" refers to the fact that at the level that the ring could be made, nothing is going to fail a DC 14-16 reflex save.

Since deflection bonuses practically don't exist and only the Dancers of the Spear have a defense bonus that's worth spit, being trip-based will work fine against human opponents. Attack bonuses will far outstrip the Defense bonus. Trying to trip Shadowspawn probably won't work too hot, though...

I guess +2 works.. Lacking a con score and being obliterated at 0 HP (let's face it, every PC is going to hit the 0 to -9 range at least once in their career) are pretty bad disadvantages. I'd say it's worth +2 at low levels and only +1 at high levels -- Con bonuses to HP are going to...

The first thing that popped into my head was "picture what it would be like if your dog could talk. It's not actually smarter; it's just able to talk, and understand you when you talk back." Personally, I'd be perfectly willing to give certain animals higher int scores than 2. Mechanically...

I voted for the "higher power" option, since that's what we just did for the new campaign we just started. Granted, "higher power" = our kingdoms; the party has been assembled from two kingdoms' talent pools, for a joint venture that might take some time. This seems to be the most common form...

1 or 2 levels is a token price; only a slight improvement over a PrC granting cool stuff and full spells. Well, yeah. "Appealing" and "balanced" have incredibly little to do with each other, and might even be at odds. They opted for appealing; a PrC that no one would ever want to take is a...

The rub in that is that if taking a PrC means giving up 9th level spells, then the PrC probably isn't worth bothering with. Actually, I can't think of any partial progression PrCs that I'd take with a straight-spellcaster PC; giving up 5 levels of spell progression for some limited-use gimmick...

The real problem isn't losing fast movement; it's that barbarians aren't proficient in heavy armor. He should be taking a -5 penalty or worse to all his rolls for trying to fight in masterwork full plate...

Eh, it's just an awakened tyrranosaur. It might do 1/3 as much damage as the 18th level fighter. It would've been a serious problem is Animal Growth doubled the critter's HD like it did in 3.0, but it doesn't do that anymore. At those levels, the party's wizard could stomp it with a...

Herremann, could you explain how the heck your party of 3rd level characters beat a dire bear? Especially if that somehow involved besting it in melee combat, which should've been completely impossible? I wouldn't expect a 5th level party to lose to a 3rd level party. I wouldn't expect the...

A full round with one side being completely unable to fight back pretty much ends a battle, at high levels. At least half the party will be dead by the end of that 1 round, if they're facing equivalent enemies. And why wouldn't an evil cleric take Blasphemy a couple times, if he knows he'll be...

Dragons have high ECLs mainly to discourage dragons from being PCs or cohorts in the first place. They aren't quite as bad as the assorted creatures with ECLs that are almost double their actual HD, but they're still pretty bad. Though if its only a couple HD behind your party, it shouldn't be...

Yeah, Blasphemy is really nasty. They've slightly toned it down, since the Dazed effect no longer hits higher level characters. I never, ever used Hezrou in 3.0E simply because they had Blasphemy at will. When using a creature to its fullest ability meant a guaranteed TPK, it's just not that...

I don't have the Draconomicon handy, but my quick answer would be LA for a baby dragon = HD+4 or so (flight, multiple attacks, natural armor, breath weapon). According to Savage Species,a wyrmling is ECL 10 and a very young is ECL 13. The fact that a wyrmling dragon with an ECL of 9-11 will be...

As Camarath said. Pit fiends weilding manufactured weapons are really nasty. Edit: natural weapons being used in conjunction with manufactured weapons just take the -5 penalty (and get 1/2 str mod to damage); they don't take the TWF penalty on top of that. Look at the hound archon for an...

Heh. Maybe Modrons or Formians as the Vorlons and Death Slaad as the Shadows. And ALL of the Shadows are Death Slaad, and those with a more scientific bent rework living creatures into weapons of mass destruction. Dragons could represent these living weapons (that used to be human beings!)...

I haven't bought any WotC stuff in quite some time, but I only buy books; I've never bought minis.

I swear a decent bit IRL. My characters usually don't (they're usually refined, polite-types), though my dwarf swore all the time.