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    Stormwrack: The Case of the Irrelevant Crew

    Very simple rule: Ever crewmember who makes his Proficiency(Sailor) check (vs DC10) adds a +2 bonus to the captains effective skill. Standard assisting rule. Use the rules from complete adventurer about high skilled individuals giving a greater bonus (broadly speaking for every 5 points of...
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    When a Spellcaster Dies and Shared Spells

    If you brought the dead person back to life, would you expect the spells to still be on that person? To me the answer is yes. And so the spells are still shared.
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    Plug my hole! (my players stay out!)

    The Item to travel to the plane is powered by your life force. It's much harder to go to the demiplane than to return from it. Every time you travel to the the demiplane you take a Harm (DC30) Every time you travel back from the demiplane you take a Harm (DC10) (Harm, 6th level cleric spell...
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    Paladin Actions - Appropriate?

    From my point of view: The imp was clearly trying to decieve the party by remaining invisible. Answer this question: Would the party have made the agreement if the imp was visible? It's clear the answer must be no. The paladin would not have made an agreement with the imp - he is forbidden...
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    whirlwind attack: one roll or multiple rolls

    I think it's pretty clearly supposed to be one dice roll per opponent. BUT As a referee I've got better things to do than to roll the dice once for each target and compare to the targets AC. It keeps the game flowing to roll a D20, announce the AC I have hit, and have everyone take the...
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    Odd but legal?

    In fact I believe you have to declare your intention to atttack with the 2nd weapon and take the penalties for it. but in fact you can choose not to hit.
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    How many arrows can hit a square?

    Assume only a 20 hits. Assume only 1 in 20 of those crits Assume a Str 14 archer with a composit bow (1D8+2 damage). On average a hit does 6.5 + (6.5*2/20 extra for the crit) damage = 7.15 damage. The average archer doee 7.15/20 1 in 20 hits) damage per round to any AC . i.e. the...
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    Odd but legal?

    Arugeing over English. the last refuge of the desperate. D&D rules: drawing a weapon so you can make an attack with it is a move action. It's really really simple. In the examples I quoted Hyp said he was uncomfortable with what can be done the way he thinks it should work, although fails...
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    Odd but legal?

    The state is changing with the off hand. from not being wileded to being wielded. That's a draw action with that hand. Letting go is a free action (drop action)
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    Odd but legal?

    Regarding taking a hand off the bastardsword, I said I think it should be a free action (what is true for the wizard with a staff is true for the barb with an axe). and as for the dagger no. It's already in the hand you are going to use it for.
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    Odd but legal?

    The corollory of that first quoted statement is : If the sword is not in your hand then the draw a weapon action is applicable. The second paragraph has the sword not in both hands and going to being in both hands. We will just have to disagree. You think it is a free action to change...
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    Odd but legal?

    I echo Jame's comment. whch one best describes what you are doing? since pick up provokes AoO it's more involved than draw, and I think that it would include draw. In addition, anyone with BAB of +1 gets to to draw as a free action in combination with a move action. Hmm, yes, strictly...
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    Need a farewell gift for my gaming group

    One DM long ago, had a set of matched glasses etched with the character names which he gave out at the end of his campaign.
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    You have 3 wishes...

    The key restricting phrase ois this: You may try to use a wish to produce greater effects than these, but doing so is dangerous. (The wish may pervert your intent into a literal but undesirable fulfillment or only a partial fulfillment.) You don't need to pervert the wish, you can always just...
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    Odd but legal?

    Yes. Although you could have 3 not 2 attacks. One at BAB 6 (normal iterative), one at bab 1 (normal iterative), and one at bab 6 (TWF) You obviously take the penalties for fighting with the off hand weapon on all of the attack rolls made with that weapon (-2 in this instancefor light+twf)...
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    Odd but legal?

    It is your intention to attack with it. It was not in a state where you could attack, to being in a state where you can attack with it. The action the causes an object to move from one of those states to the other is defined in RAW as drawing a weapon and is a move action. let me quote it...
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    Odd but legal?

    Under the context of houserules introduced to allow things it's clearly allowed. "Dropping an item in your space or into an adjacent square is a free action." Perform a drop action with one hand while not doing anything with the other. This allows you to remove one hand from a weapon...
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    Odd but legal?

    Releasing the weapon from one hand so that it would fall to the floor (all other things being equal) is a free action. It does not in fact fall to the floor becasue the other hand is still holding it - it is now an item being held, but not wielded. He then has a free hand and can cast a spell...
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    Odd but legal?

    Your first sentance contains a lie by ommission. Your intention was to get to your feet avoiding an AoO Your second sentance contains a further lie by ommission. In the RAW it is a move action to stand up and it provokes an AoO. You specifically introduced a house rules where by you could...
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    Odd but legal?

    The player has used a move action and a standard action - used as a move action. No AoO was provoked, under the specific conditions you described. With the house rules you introduced. The player could have stood up as a move action, provoking a AoO and then taken a standard action after if...
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