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You effectively can with HIPS (even though it must be "a move action or as part of a move action"), as you technically do not have to move when using a move action.

I agree. Of course, in complete darkness the shadow dancer wouldn't be able to use HIPS vs. darkvision (i.e. no shadows).

Note that: 1) The Shadowdancer needs to be near shadows to do this (and if this is from shadowy illumination, that could make sneak attacking difficult) 2) Only the first attack could be a sneak attack, since the Shadowdancer is no longer hidden after the first attack. 3) Hiding involves at...

Well, if you're the DM here you can pretty much nerf it anyway you desire (with or without a reason)... I don't think anyone is going to challenge it. If you want a RAW justification, this comes close (but still seems a bit off). The damage (and the save, technically) is still from the attack...

I agree that's it's completely imbalanced (whether you have evasion or not, really). Still, for 132k gp, it practically is an artifact. Just sunder the thing. Also, PC's should be about 17th level before they consider buying it, and by then I know of worse cheese. Besides, fantasy literature is...

Make it a Wood Elf barbarian for bonus cheese.

From the 3.0 FAQ (if desired): "The shadowdancer’s hide in plain sight ability is a supernatural ability, so by definition it takes a standard action to hide in plain sight, right? The monk’s speed becomes a supernatural ability at 9th level. Does a monk have to spend a standard action to move...

The HIPS ability merely allows you to use the Hide skill in areas that you normally could not, so it simply has the same action requirements as Hide: "Normally, you make a Hide check as part of movement, so it doesn’t take a separate action. However, hiding immediately after a ranged attack (see...

Perhaps, but you should still restrain from Googling for the “Character Wealth By Level” table. Since it is not open content, that would be wrong.

Ammo does not "disappear" (and this has been conclusively discussed before). It is simply (effectively) broken. For those concerned with realism, a broken (say) arrow could be possibly be used as material for crafting a new arrow, or maybe even as improvised (-4) arrow. For wizards, they might...

Trip with an Improvised whip or spiked chain. Even with the improvised penalty, a large skeleton shouldn't have a very high touch AC (and there would be no penalty on the opposed strength roll). Plus, I typically give a +2 circumstance bonus to any manuever that seems cool.

The OP is evidently an arcane spellcaster, so not without the Use Magic Device skill. Same with a prayer bead of Karma.

The aforementioned limited wish is the only one I can think of. Moment of Prescience can give you +25 to many things, but not DC. Get an even smaller army of indecent skeletons. A 12-14 HD skeleton is usually big juju at 7th level (especially if you obtain a hydra skeleton). When done in a...

It's a reasonable adjudication. It would effectively be just a tower shield (i.e. same weight and AC bonus). For the purposes of this thread it shouldn't matter.

Note that the world record (here) is currently at 302.

Yup (although, the OP seemed to be having the opposite sort of problem). Some possibilities: 1) Go to a giant, dragon, dinosaur, etc. graveyard 2) Pay someone to create the skeleton via Polymorph Any Object 3) Use Gather Information to find locations that high level adventurers have been through...

You mentioned this earlier, but he didn't state that duration was a concern, so I was trying to discern if it was, and if so: why (i.e. why couldn't he just cast it again each week or so)? And if not, was he thinking that CL did something else? Desecrate doubles this. From the rules: "Regardless...

Curious: why do you want to increase the caster level? As for increasing the DC: spell focus, greater spell focus, stat enhancer, Red Wizard prestige class (from the DMG, but not the SRD) and (if you really want it) scroll of limited wish (-7 to target's next save). Note that even at the lowest...

It been subject to some discussion: Involuntary movement from bullrush causes AoO's, but there are others (Gust of Wind or Telekinesis-Violent Thrust) that don't say, or even specify that they don't provoke (improved grab, Knockback feat from Races of Stone) I've noticed a precedence for...

It sounds like the Gargoyles would want to have a surprise round, which they could use to charge and grapple (hopefully avoiding any AoO's for starting the grapple because their target is flat-footed). Once they have grappled someone, they could then use a standard action (on the following...