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To answer the OP: IMHO, no, it's not broken. 4d8 once per day and takes up a body slot? Sure it's cheap and anyone can use it...once per day, but anything that helps prevent the 15-minute adventuring day is fine with me.

Well, the "...if doing so would provoke attacks of opportunities..." seems to indicate that they will try to come after you intelligently, as opposed to mindlessly charging straight towards you. So, if they would provoke, they might tumble, circle about, pull out a ranged weapon, etc. What...

If you're DM doesn't feel comfortable with campaign-specific races, then tell him/her Changlings are also in the Monster Manual 3, p. 24. No LA, no racial HD.

Sounds like maybe what you really want is: Full Rogue + cranked UMD + Rod of Enlarge Spell + 0th-level wands. Or replace "cranked UMD" with one or more levels of wizard. 0th-level wands are dirt cheap (take enough levels of wizard to make them yourself, even cheaper) and the Rod is cheap too...

My group recently ended our 3.5 campaign when two members were replaced with two new ones, so I suggested we try out the OSRIC AD&D clone for a trip down memory lane. Two months later we aborted and went back to 3.5 -- we just couldn't stop thinking in 3.5 terms, so eventually we asked...

I'd suggest wizard over sorcerer. Sorcerers are easier to play, but harder to set up properly. Wizards are much more forgiving since if you totally screw up your spells memorized or spell book, you can always buy/learn more (within gp limits, of course). Also, you'll get to play around with...

I'm personally not a fan of item creation feats, but realize they are necessary in certain campaigns. Yours doesn't sound like one of those campaigns, so I'd skip them. I am, however, a big fan of Sculpt Spell with AoE spells. Only +1 spell level, which if you just can't stand paying, you can...

Let's be honest -- you've never been in a fight. If you had, you'd know that after about 30 seconds you're ready to puke your guts out. A three-minute+ fight is a nightmare.

I'm at a loss for [emoticons].

Runestar, are you sure you aren't thinking of something else? Pyrotechnics is a transmutation spell, and transmutation may be second only to conjuration in terms of versatility/specialization. Sure, you have to set things up with a fire source, but we are talking about a 2nd level spell, and...

I think you're going to want to get Sculpt Spell ASAP, since, IIRC, pyrotechnics has a huge area, meaning that your allies are going to be inconvenienced quite a bit. Other than that, I agree with you -- it's a terrific, underrated spell.

Isn't it possible that we can read spells like scorching ray as being resolved by a ranged touch attack roll; but that, in fact, no range touch attack action occurs? In other words, it's not a ranged touch attack as an action (since we already know it's a spell and thus requires the...

Can you give a small toy-example, like the to-hit vs. AC example given above? Thanks in advance.

Isn't there some problem with the math behind skill challenges? Can anyone summarize what the problem is?

Forgot to mention: The Grenadier feat (PHB2) gives you +1 to both attack and damage rolls with splash weapons (no prereq). Not exactly sexy but maybe you can talk with your DM about a homebrew feat tree that grows out of this feat (increasing boni, larger areas, etc.) Thunderstones look like...

launch item (a cantrip!) + 10 alchemist fires in a sack = 10d6 of non-magical fire damage plus splash. Probably not the most cost-efficient way to blow stuff up, but could be handy in a tight spot and available at 1st level! Edit: launch item is in the Spell Compendium.

I still don't get why disbelief even comes up -- just because invisibility is an illusion spell? And even if one could disbelieve, what would be the proposed result -- the invisible person becomes visible? According to the PHB's description of the five sub-types of illusions, only figments and...

This depends so much on group composition. For example, one of my players has a hard time not making the most powerful character possible. Not in a broken sort of way, but he makes intelligent choices that always significantly increase the power of his character. Others in my group don't...

I give each of my players a dollar and then let them buy anything they want in the candy store -- that way they don't eat themselves too sick. More specifically, I give them 10 "buy-in points" at character generation, and then another 1 at each level up. Buy-in points can be used to buy things...

Actually, I think he essentially got it right ;) , though I would phrase it differently: one's a glamer, one's a figment. Sure, both are illusions, but...so what? Not all illusions allow a save. In any case, what exactly would the character be trying to disbelieve? It's not like a silent...