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By the base rules, SR doesn't increase with hit dice. This yields demons and devils that are much less resistant when advanced than other demons/devils of similar CR. In some ways, this is good. Advancing things like Erinyes and barbazu by hit dice and class level can get really heinous quite...

All difficult enemies: A. 1 level of barbarian, Power Attack, and a two handed weapon. B. Use Magic Device and scrolls, wands, or staves. Undead: Imbue with spell ability: grave strike alternately: a holy weapon; Libris mortis had a weapon add that was a +2 mod and allowed sneak attacks on...

At 150+ feet, D&D can do a fair job of this if you have the enemy move and hide after attacking. Of course, 150+ foot fights don't often occur in dungeons.

That's easy then. Use hill giant stats for your ogres. Problem solved.

It wasn't really meant to be a topic--just an opportunity for ridiculous exaggeration that I hoped would make a few people laugh. I hadn't meant to push the boundaries of the board rules but apparently I did. Oops.

It's more likely that North Korea will give up its nukes and invite the US to monitor free elections after Kim Il Jong voluntarily assembles a jury of dissidents to try him for the artificial famines. The alternate class features from the PHB II are a remote possibility for new characters. As...

Make that cannot be effectively combined without Improved Buckler Defense. Without Improved Buckler Defense, you lose the shield bonus when you use the arm to attack with your greatsword thus rendering Divine Shield a glorified Full Defense that isn't as good (for this character), doesn't apply...

An interesting calculation. If scribed, the scroll would then work out to 8.571 gp per hit point. Not quite competitive with a purchased wand of cure light wounds (2.73 gp/hit point), but it doesn't take one of your actions to benefit from it which is worth something. Increasing the caster level...

There have been a number of suggestions here, some of which are ok, but a lot of which won't work in the Living Greyhawk environment. My recommendations: 1. As for your class, consider remaining a paladin. Paladin has several attractions: A. 1/1 BAB. This is essential for your continuing role...

At first level: a mixed group of skeletons and zombies. Slashing or bludgeoning? Whichever you pick, someone's got DR.

In general, I deal with this by using the sell for half formula. However, I wrote a now retired Living Greyhawk mod that dealt with selling the party's loot from the adventure they just finished (in the introduction :). In that one, I broke it down as follows: A character getting an item...

My suggestion: first decide what kind of a campaign you want to run and what the setting is. Is the setting a seafaring port brimming with intrigue? Enter the beguiler and swashbucker. Are you planning on running a game in a nation of scheming mages? Try the spellthief and duskblade? If...

Mechanically, the biggest offender by far in the "why does everyone use weapon X" is the Exotic Weapon Master prestige class. The only non-double weapon that you can easily get flurry of blows with is the spiked chain. If there weren't a special "must use a spiked chain" prestige class that gave...

Several reasons: 1. Your backup strategy. No character is going to have his main schtick be effective in every combat. In the combats where your main schtick doesn't work as well, you're going to have something else to do. If you're a cleric, that is probably healing and buffing spells like...

FWIW, I think my character who this post describes exactly was one of the very few Living Greyhawk characters to make it from character creation to level 18 without ever dying. It's a lot more survivable than you think.

The synergy you're talking about all comes built in with any arcane caster build that would actually dream of intentionally being in melee combat in a million years. Take away wraithstrike and you would still build your arcane fighter in exactly the same way. The best explanation of that is...

I don't know about this. However, one thing that I have no doubt about is that levels are reflective of character ability. It's certainly possible to create a useless 12th level character or an amazing 3rd level character, but the vast majority of characters at level X will be able to deal with...

I've actually seen druidess used and it seemed appropriate. The others, not so much. But you're missing more than a few--particularly if you branch out from the labels we apply to class mechanics. I would use witch for a female warlock, for instance. I would call a female priest a priestess...

So, are you a fan of the old Star Wars where Han shot first? Because I think he interrupted Greedo's monologue.... (He tried it on Darth Vader in Cloud City too, but his blaster wasn't good enough to penetrate Vader's armor). I'm not as much disagreeing with your desire for style here as...

http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/959787400 I'm stoked. If the module is anything like the online catalog art--wererats in pseudo gothic slums, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Somehow, I just enjoy were-rats as bad guys. From the 1e PHB illustration with the wizard and warrior...