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If your con is really 4, my best bit of advice for you is this: wait until you get hit by a fireball and roll up a new character. On second thought, go looking for that fireball or talk to your DM about a more survivable con score. Something like Con 14+ should be what you're looking for. Low...

This is the version I favor. Hydras could have been written much better, but the first version doesn't seem consistent with the rules to me and any version that gives the hydra a full attack on every AoO makes it (IMO) too strong. As for how to deal with a hydra without it simply being a dull...

And Words of Creation. BoED is a non-updated 3.0 book, as you can tell by briefly glancing at the feat. Doubling the bonus Inspire Courage bonus is one thing when it stays at +1 forever. It's entirely different when it goes up to +4 to hit and damage as it does in 3.5. Considering the changes...

Gotta disagree here: It's not the same visual. It could be plenty cool, just as the skeletons rising could be plenty dull. For instance, imagine a protagonist racing across the room, as sarcophagi burst open and skeletons rise up around him, but he is swift and skilled and, because of his...

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But, Spirited Charge is only useful for a mounted fighter. It must be too weak.

Occult Slayer Holy Liberator

We could also invent a fireball that does 1d6 damage per 2 levels level but added 4d12 damage per level of evocation specialist wizard. Evocation specialization is a very specific focus and not even it's own character class and the spell would only really be useful for those evocation specialist...

I don't know that I agree with this characterization of save or die effects. They can be quite climactic. Several years ago, I was playing a high level Living Greyhawk game with another player who had a 15th level (or so) wizard. He was fond of finger of death and would usually intone his...

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One other thing to consider--if you want to. Mixing outsiders with humanoids can have some really synergistic effects. I created one rather challenging encounter where an 8th level bard and a nalfeshnee, pretty much by themselves (well, OK there was an 18th level wizard who helped out with some...

A few points here: 1. Arcane strike works on weapons, not spells. Using arcane strike to power an ordinary touch attack is either the result of a very unusual tactical situation or a player who wants to waste their spells. 2. Vampiric touch and nearly all other touch spells pale in comparison...

1. Because it does more damage--at least at high levels. Lightning bolt=5-10d6 damage, averaging 17.5-35 with a save for half. Whirling Blade=weapon damage+int or cha bonus+weapon abilities+feats with an attack roll If we assume a greatsword wielding wizard with a 20 int at 8th level (about...

Humanoid monsters? Humans would survive common orcs and hobgoblins just like the Gauls did living next to the Visigoths and Goths, etc. They would do so by being competent warriors and by being led by competent warriors or they would survive like the Romans did by employing competent warriors...

Has no effect on ray spells. It only works on targeted spells like magic missile or finger of death. Anything that requires a touch attack can't be spell turned. Except that it isn't a rule in 3.x Maybe it was in 1e or 2e, but in 3.x, the rule is that equipment is only effected if you roll a...

Other people have mentioned a lot of helpful hints. Here are a few new ones (and a few old ones repeated because they're good): 1. Support your NPCs. At 17th level, it's nothing for a group of NPCs to have a 7th (or even a 12th level) cleric supporting them. Similarly, an 8th level bard is...

I think the Nalfeshnee is probably dead. After all, the fighter/mage probably has a belt of giant strength to boost his strength to 20 or so and a +1 holy greatsword that's greater magic weaponed up to +3. That will earn him an additional 20 points of damage per hit (including the penetration of...

1. Have a decent fortitude save. If we assume a fairly optimized 11th level wizard, he's probably got a 27 int or so (+6 headband, starting int 18, +3 bumps from level). So, that's a DC around 24 or so for a 6th level spell. Let's start with the axiom that disintegrate should usually work on...

The most effective thrown weapons character I've seen is actually a halfling master thrower/invisible blade who throws an incredible number of daggers each round. I don't know the exact build, but, without sneak attack, it's comparable to a competent archer at close range without buffs and if...