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I think it comes down to whether or not the ranged touch attack is considered part of the spell casting; since if it is, then according to the Rules Compendium, you only provoke once at the beginning of the casting. I understand the two-AoO interpretation only if the casting and the ranged...

I think it would be better to say that when it isn't possible to separate the casting from the attack, then only one AoO is provoked. Spells like produce flame can be cast (possibly provoking an AoO), and then later thrown (possibly provoking another AoO).

Silence is also an illusion (glamer) -- you wouldn't allow someone a save to disbelieve this, would you? Just because both are illusions doesn't mean they should be handled the same. One's a glamer (invisibility), one's a figment (silent image). Glamers generally change the sensory perception...

Activating a spell completion item is "the equivalent of casting a spell." A wand is a spell trigger item, so it's easier to activate but does pretty much the same thing. Again, if I were your DM, I'd let you do it, but I'm not sure if you'll find anything absolutely definitive on this.

I'm not sure this is implied. Note that in the spell's description, it says that attackers are not at any special advantage when attacking a confused character. It's not like he's dazed or something, just confused about what is his best course of action. If this specific part is what is...

Well, I don't think you are actually casting a spell when you use a wand; nonetheless, I don't see a problem.

Are we talking about the TV miniseries from the 80s? Just kidding. Who's V?

Mix in some levels of Scout?

Every system has its flaws, broken stuff, whatever; no system is perfect. Once combo xyz has been identified as being problematic, then it's up to the players to act responsibly (e.g., perhaps use it occasionally, but don't abuse it). If the players can't handle that responsibility, then the DM...

By "the city," do you mean a single city? If yes, then you really need to convince the band to go on tour. Different cities will help extend the expiration date on this sort of campaign (new bars/bar skum, new groupies, etc.), and besides: What kind of band doesn't go on tour? Anyway, sounds...

Ticket to Ride Europe -- I even got my wife to play, and she hates to play games.

This. Why let some dude you've probably never met change the way you live your life?

Seconded. If you're Small and your mount is Medium, you can go wherever the other Medium characters can go. The damage dice are smaller, but you'll be charging, Power Attacking, etc. Plus, find a Medium burrowing mammal mount (wolverine?) for some gnome-flavor synergy.

"When I hear the word [epic], I reach for my gun."

Rather than have the transition probabilities change, you could just split each state A into many states A_1, A_2, A_3, .... For example, once resources have been spent, you transition from, say, A_1 to A_2, and from that point on you cannot go to other states with index 1; e.g., you can go...

Yes. And yourself if you keep playing in this "game."

Agreed, a minor nit-pick the mathematician in me just couldn't pass up.

Minor nit-pick: There are 16^6 = 16,777,216 possible sets of ability scores using the "old skool" 3d6 method. (Each of the six scores takes one of the 16 values from {3, 4, ..., 18}.) There are, on the other hand, 6^18 possible outcomes on the eighteen d6 rolls before summing each 3d6. (You...

I'm not sure what was so offensive about using the word "absurd," but I certainly didn't mean to offend. Yes, adding 6 seconds means that the time can now be measured in MINUTES. (Yes, 1 minute can be measured in MINUTES, just like 1 hour can be measure in HOURS.) I was just pointing out that...

I wasn't advocating Achan hiArusa's interpretation, I was showing that his/her interpretation leads to absurd conclusions.