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    Ring of Sustenance and Spellcaster's rest

    From the Rules Compendium pg86: Daily-Use Items Many magic items have a limited number of uses per day. When the last of these uses is used, that power is no longer available for the day, but the item is still magical and might have other powers available. Unless otherwise noted in an item’s...
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    Clerical spells and sneak attacks

    Another option would be to take the Metamagic feat Reach Spell which makes touch spells a ray of 30' range but is a +2 level adjustment. (which means inflict minor wounds at this stage :() I assume your 2 domains don't provide anything appropriate? Not a direct spell but Magic Weapon, Magic...
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    Coup de grace

    Is the use of COMIC and not COSMIC intentional? I rather like the idea of an apparently strait man (the paladin) being ruled by a bunch of clowns.:o
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    Coup de grace

    See, this is where I'm having trouble. To me you are coming from the wrong direction. You should START at the bolded part and change things if you want a more historically accurate portrayal of a paladin in a Christian setting. Based on certainly, but does not follow in the game sense you seem...
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    Open lock & Disable Device Nessecary?

    It is not common in our games, and as mentioned magic has a way of making it unnecessary. As a DM I tend to look at what skills a PC has and try to tailor something specific with that skill.
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    New DM and virgin players

    Keep it simple, maybe to PHB only. niche rules like grapple and maybe disarm & trip can be forgotten until later. First couple of battle should be considered "trial runs" with simple foes, then gradually up the tactical levels to what is reasonable for that foe. Expect these to go slowly until...
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    [3.x] Spells organised by Alignment?

    Try http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/index.asp It has a number of categories for searches. I can't access it at the moment so no guarantee it'll meet your needs. Jefgotbach has it right that many spells have no alignment. A spell's descriptor line is where that determination is made (just...
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    N00b DM Questions

    Sounds like the beholder tree worked very well for all involved (RP as well as battle at the same time is good in my books). On to Fighting Charm Person: It is important to note that those affected by Charm think of you as a "friend" not as master in all things that needs to be protected from...
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    Defending weapon question

    Agree with that Dandu. To me it is the ideal indication of RAI overruling RAW, as otherwise it doesn't work.
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    Number of Scrolls Carried

    Sounds to me that you need to ask the DM what books his world is from and or what house rules he has so you can make an informed decision about what you want to do. You have mentioned Eberron but also that it seems to be some post holocaust world (which it is in one sense), so how much knowledge...
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    Defending weapon question

    You do have to use the weapon to gain the defensive bonus. From the DMG: Defending: A defending weapon allows the wielder to transfer some or all of the sword’s enhancement bonus to his AC as a bonus that stacks with all others. As a free action, the wielder chooses how to allocate the...
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    Number of Scrolls Carried

    As long as the backpack or scroll case is large enough than as many scrolls and wands as they like. They just need to be able to afford them and have time to get them. And with all those extra spells from non-core books there are likely to be gaps somewhere regardless. Of more concern to me is...
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    specifics about petrification

    Possibly (no gripes with the logic here Dandu), but there are a couple of reasons why I would not go that way, more RAI (in my mind) than RAW. It is possible that the omission is an oversight. (Though I doubt that saying that "It does not say the clothes are not turned to stone" is a good...
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    Help with pricing and creation of a ring

    One thing to remember is that spells do not always translate that well into magical items, it can be more art than science. Caster level x spell level may not be the best calculation method. Case in point: ring of truestrike is a 1st level caster x 1st level spell, but could easily be priced by...
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    Ships, boats and conflicting info..

    From Wikipedia Jolly boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The jolly boat was a type of ship's boat in use during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The origins of the name is the subject of debate, but it was by the eighteenth century one of a number of ship's boats, and was used...
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    D&D 3.x [3.5] DM questions regarding the art of magic war

    So you don't consider there is any chance that the boulder and/or wizard are visible any time before the boulder is dropped because they are higher than the monster? Not even when leaving the ground? I do wonder if an invisible boulder dropped is considered an "attack" by a strict reading of...
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    D&D 3.x [3.5] DM questions regarding the art of magic war

    There are a few other things to remember. If the PCs are fighting any type of organisation, have survivors talk about tactics used against them. It is rare for ALL foes in a group to fight to the death. Then if they have the resources, specific counters can be done. There is also nothing...
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    Slotted equipment

    Magic Item Compendium has crystals that attach to weapons and armour. They only allow one "slot" though. Try that.
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    Devoted Defender help

    There is 1-2 feats that allow you to use your shield bonus on touch attacks, maybe in PHB2 I'd see if using the tower shield as cover would work as it may provide better protection in some cases. Besides AC, items that provide miss chances also good (i.e. blink). Improved Toughness for HP...
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    N00b DM Questions

    Sometimes pricing is more art then science but here goes: Maybe the equivalent of a scroll of 4th level (I'm guessing that because of the versatility of choosing 3 levels of spells)? A three charge wondrous item? One thing you probably need to define (you may have already) is what list a spell...
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