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Understood, I just disagree with that. I don't think the two should have to go together as prereqs, nor do I think it's overboard to allow it to work with all your spell thematic spells as I said above, that was my point. Spell Thematics is a great effect for customizing wizards, but it also...

To each their own playstyle I suppose, I don't like it in campaigns I run or play in. I'm not one of the types who think undead should be particularly more scary than any other encounter, or hold a unique place in the DnD cosmology of monsters myself. I don't think it's video game like, nor am...

Except that allowing that with Signature spell means that you need 3 feats to achieve that combination, and on top of that, you'd need to use your spell mastery with each and every one of your Thematic spells to make it work. I think the 3 feat chain with those restrictions can be comparable to...

Honestly, good riddens to ability drain and level drain without some chance of avoidance. Average fighter, despite some great combat related abilities, has a very limited way of removing preventing any drain, and it takes days to get the full potential back. If ability drain healed faster it...

I don't have 301 in front of me, but check the Dragon rules for some of the following: IIRC parry is rolled after the attack is rolled, therefore wouldn't apply as a miss, as it is a hit that is negated, rather than a total miss. So your interpretation would be correct I think. Then again...

I think it's a great feat as it stands now, it allows for variety between casters, especially arcane casters, and more importantly, it allows themed wizards without the costly time and effort of creating a series of spells to signify themselves. My only complaint would be I think they should...

My pleasure, that really was the best reference I've seen for swashbucklers in 3e yet, excluding maybe the 7th sea Swashbucklers. Although the parry rules are technically balanced, parrying constantly can throw off combat a good deal for the DM, so I'd warn him or not overdo them, just as a...

Shield Expert is what I think you mean Hammy, it lets you keep a shield's AC in the same round you attack with the shield. That was what I was suggesting to him, getting the shield AC, then making an attack to gain the defending bonus from the shield also.

The point they're trying to make in regards to America though is moderately valid. The difference in sexual attitudes is dramatic between the USA and Europe, and what offends individuals here or at least seems in bad taste, isn't elsewhere. (I seem to remember opening with that point too...)...

Doh, true enough, I forgot that. Hey it's late!

Note to your earlier post, you can actually gain a shield bonus and defending bonus both from a shield, but it isn't easy. Shield + whatever, with a spike with defending on it. Shield Expert feat. You'll take TWF penalties in doing this, but you effectively gain both the defending bonus and...

Favor of Ilmater and Monsterous Regeneration, any reason this shouldn't make you immune to all damage (Excluding Fire, Acid, Exhaustion, Starvation, Drowning, and the like) for the duration of the Monsterous Regeneration? Seems as if it'd make you immune to all normal combat damage you're...

Actually Proof against Transmutation is +6 from Magic of Faerun.

Hrm, thanks! That pretty much answers the issue if it hasn't changed, and I missed that when I asked a day or two ago about that issue.

I know that issue came up, but was gotten around between the DM and the player, I never paid attention to how. He would use it for gag purposes primarily, so the DM may just have let it slide. Something juvenile, yet very fun over and over again to that group when a shadowy hand would stick up...

Shadows loose usefulness quickly to the Shadowdancer at higher levels, so the solution one Shadowdancer came up with was to simply put it to work. He got a type 4 bag of holding, put the Shadow in it, and just told it to go find what he needed in there. Didn't exactly help combat, or even...

Actually I think sensitivity to vibrations in the sense meant by Blindsight is air vibrations or movements, otherwise it's really tremorsense. Granted I assume it's poorly worded, but I can't see why they'd have both abilities unless Blindsight didn't cover the same turf. Sensitivity to...

If it affects the caster too, then it's "roughly" balanced. I don't know if I'd consider it well balanced, but it wouldn't be too bad in that case.

Permanency doesn't have to target a spell on yourself, nor necessarily does the spell need to be cast by you to permanency it either, or at least that was the consenus I got when I asked opinions (it's not clarified anywhere, and awaiting the "wise" sage to answer that question. So...

As briefly mentioned, a recent issue of Dragon, around 295, had several Planetouched races, including Cansin (chaoticly aligned planetouched), lawfully aligned planetouched, and the paraelemental planetouched genasi, like magma, ooze, smoke, and the like. The lawful and chaotic ones were nice...