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Player: character tweaking, rules pilfering, tactical monster slaying. DM: NPC tweaking, rules pilfering, tactical character slaying. Mmmm...parallels... -B-

Since a poor save is (HD x 1/3) and a good save is ((HD x 1/2) + 2), I'd say that an average save would be exactly between the two ((HD x 5/12) + 1). Works out close to DrSpunj's, but I like fractions (they're neater). -B-

Of course, if you're a 10th-level Spirit Shaman (CD), you can get your spirit guide to do the concentrating for you, allowing you to do that voodoo that you do so well. :) -B-

You may find that the Expert generic class has a little less "oomph" than the other two. Since the special abilities chosen as feats, and the Warrior gets the most bonus feats (which, IIRC, are not limited to a specific list), AND the player gets to choose their own class skills and good save...

Ditto for the Summoner Domain (+2 to caster level for all Conjuration (summoning) or Conjuration (calling) spells). 2 extra rounds of duration = 2 extra rounds of goodness. Oh, and it's 11th level for Contemplative at the earliest (10th level for the skill prereq; level + 3 for max skill...

My personal favorite potion? Potion of Cure Minor Wounds. The 25 gp Stabilizer! I also like potions Inflict X Wounds for undead. Mmm...undead healing... -B-

Do you have the Complete Divine yet? If so, check out the feats section. There's a Divine feat called Divine Metamagic that lets you burn turn or rebuke attempts to reduce the spell slot cost of a specific metamagic feat (chosen when you take the feat) on the fly. Basically, you burn an...

IIRC, the second option of the feat is supposed to apply to the normal skill system. Could be wrong, though. -B-

No prob. The item I mentioned is a variation of the one that my Fighter/Wizard/Spellsword/Eldritch Knight has in one campaign. Throw in the ability from the Bow of True Strike, the wand-storing ability from a crossbow in the AaEG, the Ioun stone-storing ability from the Ioun Blade (I think)...

Perhaps it is a reference to self-Bobbiting? IIRC, ability checks are considered rankless skill checks according to the SRD. I'd go against the whole taking 10 on attacks and saves, unless you want to remove a great deal of chance from the game. YMMV, though. -B-

A Spell Storing weapon (double your pleasure, double your fun). Ring of Spell Storing (for when you don't want to blow one of your own). Rod of Absorption (eat their spells to power your own through your weapons). Better yet, yoink the ring-attaching ability from the Ringsword and apply it...

Actually, I think Savage Species has some info on using wish to change your type and such. IIRC, it's right after the Ritual of Vitality, and there's a chance it won't work properly. --B-- PS: Sorry about the rant on that other thread, Anubis. I was having a bad day. :)

I've found that the buying off LA variant in Unearthed Arcana works out well for our group. Sure, it slows down the character's advancement a bit, but they'll catch up eventually. -B-

Agreed. It's time people realized that skill bonuses are effectively added levels (albeit with a limited focus). --B--

How so? I see the possibility of an automatic success on a SR check as following the spirit of the game: a world in which anything can happen. What you see as "oomph," I see as "magical aptitude." Most people don't have any noteworthy defense against magical attacks (i.e. SR); they're...

Doesn't the Greater Shadow armor special quality (and similar Greater abilities) in the DMG grant a +15 to a skill? --B--

IIRC, the summoner swaps their ability to call a familiar in order to gain the ability to reduce the casting time of summoning spells to 1 action. Gentlemen! Behold! Quickened Summon Monster IX! Sure, it's a 13th-level spell, but who cares? No one else can do it! :D I think super augment...

I was DMing a 3.0 anthropomorphic animal campaign (don't ask), the party consisting of a camel druid, a viper druid (no clerics in this campaign), a rhino barbarian...and a gecko ranger. The PCs were reclaiming a cave from an infestation of apes, baboons, and scatload of monkeys (all just...

Also notice, though, that the entry for SR doesn't have the disclaimer text that the entry for skill checks does: From the SRD: Of course, the entry for SR doesn't explicitly say that a 1 is an automatic failure, either. Yet another ambiguity in the rules. Yay! :eek: --B-- Edit: I...

From the SRD: and Bold = emphasis mine. From this I deduce (perhaps wrongly) that a 1 on a caster level check against SR is an automatic failure. If not, well, it makes a damn sensible house rule, IMHO.