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If you use the version of Mirror Image from the Main 3.5e FAQ (all images in one square), adding Displacement on top of Mirror Image doesn't help at all against a creature who simply closes his eyes and swings. If your enemy knows which square you're in, he can just close his eyes and get a...

In the section on the basic properties of magical items, the SRD says:

George has it right. For your scroll of Fireball, right out of the DMG, caster level 5, a sorcerer can't actually cast that spell until level 6. But a sorcerer with Cha 13+ actually meets the requirements to activate the scroll spell at level 5.

This is all covered in the old 3e FAQ. See the "dire ape grappling" entry. Skip's new article is wrong. It not only contradicts the PH and MM rules, it also contradicts his earlier ruling. But everyone makes mistakes. They have larger implications in an official, published piece about rules...

Sure, but then you'd have to adjust your hands on weapon and shield and stuff. It seems much easier to prick your finger on your Spell Storing Armor Spikes +1 than to mess with Quickdraw and the off chance that someone will try to Disarm you while you have only one hand on your greatsword.

Spells with "Target: You" are fun spells to put into Spell Storing Armor Spikes +1. Your fighter buddy can spend one of his attack actions (like that third iterative attack at -15 that never hits anything) to hit himself for some nonlethal damage (1d6+1+Str) and get himself a combat buff...

According to the PH, a natural 1 is not always a failure on skill checks. A natural 1 is always a failure on attack rolls and saving throws, but not on skill checks, ability checks, caster level checks, dispel checks, wild empathy checks, turning checks (undead, etc.), sphere of annihilation...

Beware: that Rules of the Game article makes up several new rules of the game, but it doesn't label them as such.

The Main 3.5e FAQ introduces a new wrinkle on this topic: So what are we to make of that? Does that FAQ entry change the armor spike rules back to the way they were in 3e, where armor spikes did not inflict extra damage? Or maybe it adds a new grapple action to the list in the PH, one which...

My buddy and I have a good schtick. He has a level of Tactical Soldier. I have a low AC and a ton of HP. When he's next to a bad guy, I run past him and say, "Kick me!" He gives me a kick on his AoO, inflicting non-lethal damage, but because of his Sidestep feat, he gets to move five feet. This...

I see your logic, and I agree that the rules need clarification. There are conflicts and unclear sections within the rules. The PH says a grapple check is like a melee attack roll. It does show that grapple checks have a different size modifier than other melee attacks, but it doesn't list any...

(That took me less than a minute to look up in the on-line SRD. Would you please take the extra effort to read the rules before posting?) It doesn't take much of an action -- just a swift action. And you don't get just one extra attack -- you get a full attack. With a high base attack bonus and...

He'd need the Fling Ally feat from Races of Stone. The spiked armor wouldn't help much.

You could sunder his spell component pouch. He'll have a hard time casting most of his spells with his material components scattered all over the floor. And I'm willing to bet that he doesn't have a spare pouch in his equipment list.

I'm not making up a new rule for this. A grapple check is like a melee attack roll. I follow the rules from the old 3e FAQ, pages 45-46. For the attacker, natural 1 auto-fails, natural 20 auto-succeeds. 1s and 20s are not special for the defender. Since Disarm uses opposed attack rolls, it...

Don't forget the Exotic Military Saddle. That prevents a -5 penalty for riding bareback, which would stack for the -5 penalty for an "unsuitable mount."

You shouldn't be using those calculators unless they're calibrated to D&D movement rules, especially the 5-10-5 diagonal rule. The description that iwatt gives sounds like he's using some different rules, like standard trigonometry.

The idea of using Power Attack while grappling has two nuances to it: 1. Does the Power Attack penalty apply to opposed grapple checks? Grapple checks are a strange beast. The PH and 3e FAQ say they are like a melee attack roll. CW seems to agree. The 3.5e FAQ implies in one place that they...

A good way to make aerial combat faster is for everyone to figure out their actions before their turn. Make sure everyone knows who's at the plate and who's on deck, in the initiative order. If someone can't figure out his actions within a few seconds, you, as the DM, just say, "Okay, we'll...

One level of Psi Warrior doesn't do much with Expansion. At manifester level 1, it has a one-round duration -- just enough to give you -2 AC on your opponent's next attacks, then it wears off just before your turn. If you're gonna go psionic, go Psi Warrior all the way. Power Attack and the...