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And LrdApoc, what other software packages do you plan to write reviews/articles for? I'm just wondering if my favorite tool is already on your list or if I should be evangelizing for it. ;)

Thanks for the reply, EB. Good stuff there. :) Hmm, I hadn't considered that. Thank you for pointing it out. I think I'm going to play it the same way. I like both of these. I can give my cleric a level of wizard/sorceror so that he can put the shocking grasp in there himself, but I don't...

Yep. I just reviewed the section in the SRD dealing with skill checks and opposed checks. An opposed check is defined as a skill check that is compared to another creature's check result. So a dispel check is an opposed roll. Darn. ;) I do not own a PHB. So yes, the SRD is my primary...

And even better, the dispel magic doesn't say that the roll is an opposed roll, it says that it's a dispel check. If you read that like skill check, then it should be something that can be empowered, because empowering doesn't work on "saving throws and opposed rolls". Would empowering work on...

Doh! Y'know, I read the feat description 3 or 4 times but never saw the text "caster level check" and thought maybe ... I suppose it is an opposed check, after all. Darn. :( Okay, thanks all. We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum browsing...

I'm reviewing a cleric build for the campaign that I'm running and looking for unusual uses or combinations of spells. Since the cleric has the Empower Spell feat, I'd like to find a good use for it. So here come some questions. The first one is in the subject line: if this cleric uses...

Yeah, that line of the spell was a bummer for me ... for my RttToEE campaign, I just ruled that the limit was 22HD so that one of my BBEGs could bring backa huge red dragon and burn up a gem from the same dragon's hoard (!) at the same time!

Which book is Benign Transposition in? I don't see it in the SRD.... What if the OP had wanted core rules only? It seems like dimension door would be the best in that case, right?

And the wording for Large and In Charge from the Draconomicon also explicitly states that the AoO, if successful, prevents further movement: "The opponent you push cannot move any further in the round."

Then why does the magic missile description say that inanimate objects are not damaged by the spell? The spell never misses, so it can't be that something is blocking the path of the missile... Otherwise, I agree...

I don't have much to add to Jack's post, except to say that I just joined a group using MapTool for managing the mapping aspect of a game; everything else will be done using voice-over-IP. (Right now we're on Skype, but the CPU usage is terrible, so we'll try TeamSpeak or Ventrillo or ... after...

Skeletons move really slow, right? Have your buddy hold one end of the rope and you hold the other. Then run around the skeleton until it's been looped around the ankles by the rope. Now pull really hard to tighten the rope. It should fall over pretty quickly. :) I think darthkilmor's...

I don't know of a tool that automatically makes the graph... I would probably run a link checker (there are a few written in Perl that I might try) and then post-process the output with GraphViz. If nothing else, maybe the links from the GraphViz site can help you find what you need?

Yes, this seems pretty obvious to me. Granted, they would need to use the "improvised weapon" rule and take the -4 penalty to attack, and they would be using the crossbow as a bludgeoning weapon... Could they pull the bolt out of the crossbow and stab with it? I don't know... The problem...

How about something simple? :) Two of your faster party members each grab one end of a 50' rope. With each standing on opposite sides of a corridor, they run forward, staying near the walls, and the rope catches on the displaced creature. They use the rest of their movement to wrap the...

Run 64-bit Linux with multiple virtual sessions running 32-bit Windows. ;)

Thanks, Avatar. I'll have to look those up. :) True, but I wasn't talk about flanking with a weapon that has reach, I was talking about flanking with an appendage that has reach. But you're right about trying to do that with a spiked chain!!

Agreed. ;) Here's a good question. Assuming that you play that a dragon's reach with it's long neck allows it to attack a creature from its rear side, does the dragon flank with itself? For example, the reach of the neck is 15 feet. A Medium-size creature is next to the dragon. The dragon...

+1 I would also highly recommend using FW over USB, if the option is available. Few PCs will come with FW ports, however. :( If you're considering software for backup, check out the pricing on Ghost 12 right now ... with rebate, it's free! So you'll pay shipping/tax/whatever, but the cost is...

It wouldn't fail. The GM would simply give you the answer: "Sir." ;)