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It doesn't. Those aren't the only possible extraordinary sacrifices. But, for a very physically oriented character like a barbarian, they are simple and obvious places to start when considering what an extraordinary sacrifice would be. For example, clearly a barbarian giving up his...

Sounds like your big beef with the LOTR movies is that they weren't 8-10 hours long each, which is what they'd need to be to fit in all the stuff that was left out... ...and they would have lost all the viewers in the first one because they would have spent two hours of Fellowship with Frodo...

Drunken Master 2/Legend of Drunken Master, the fight in the tea-house against the axe gang. The lobby scene from the Matrix. Crazy 88's from Kill Bill. ...clearly I like the 'outnumbered heros against a horde of mooks' scenes. Oh, and as for funniest: Danny Kaye vs. Basil Rathbone in...

...and they cost you two invocation choices, while the spell only costs one spell choice, so they represent a much higher proportion of your resources - therefore, they probably should be better. J

Wow...does anyone not use Hide in conjunction with invisibility? I mean, stands to reason if you know some people or things can see invisibility, you wouldn't solely rely on it if you were trying not to be seen... J

To answer the question, the casters in my world do know what spell levels are, and the wizards at least refer to them as 'circles'. Someone capable of casting 6th level spells is a 'Magus of the Sixth Circle' (or M6C if you were abbreviating it with your name like you would Esquire/Esq. or...

So...you gonna share? And do they tie in with the BoIM? ;) J

I did a little bit of this when I shipwrecked my PCs on the Isle of Dread. There are a couple of things you need to watch out for. First, if it's "man against nature" then most of the rolls made are going to be Survival. If nobody has this, it'll be rough. If everyone has this, it'll be...

I guess it depends on how the hardening 'works'. If it's an actual physical change to the skin, no...if it's more like a subcutaneous layer of force, then yes. Well, again the question is, how does the enhancement bonus for armor work? Is it just that the armor is harder? Then the...

Well, it doesn't have to be magic per se - I just figured that would be the easiest way to price it. I mean, if you had a weapon that somehow nonmagically emulated a shocking weapon, you'd expect it to be priced about the same. Antimagic shell would be the most logical base. Now, does...

Bonus fighter feat, Light armor proficiency, medium armor proficiency, heavy armor proficiency, shield proficiency, simple weapon proficiency, all martial weapons proficiency. J

After skimming over the warlock for a few minutes, it seemed to me that this class is the DM's dream magical BBEG. Tougher than a regular spellcaster for extra staying power, with no need to keep track of spell slots or choose from all the spells out there. J

It's good you think that. Most people should. Otherwise the world would be full of saints. Getting tortured or beat on? That's not a sacrifice if there's no lasting effect. As an adventurer, he pretty much seeks that sort of thing out. Now, if he were tortured to the point where he was...

You could easily play it swashbuckly. Your characters are heros, and could easily fight through crowds of lesser men. Action points let you try incredible stunts while actually having a chance of success. The dragonmarked houses and various nations and power blocs provide plenty of intrigue...

Because, well, that's not what I'm looking for. I don't want it to destroy magic so much as ignore it. Hitting someone with it isn't going to remove their bull's strength, or even their mage armor - it'll just pass through the latter as if it wasn't there. J

It's not an extraordinary sacrifice if it doesn't suck. If you don't have to think long and hard about it, you're not giving up enough.

I'm looking for pricing advice and wording advice for creating a weapon that is unaffected by magic defenses. By that, I mean that it would ignore AC bonuses derived from magical sources: enhancement bonus of armor/shield, magical deflection/armor/shield/profane/sacred/natural armor bonuses...

Rage isn't generally thought of as very saintly. Sacrificing your ability to do that would definitely qualify as 'important'. J

So remember, in order to avoid long, pointless pedantry in the future, always say "I didn't like the part of the book that I read". That way your opinion is perfectly informed. J

The Holy Warrior from Book of the Righteous is great - not only does it allow "paladins" of any alighment, but it enables you to tailor the gifts given to the deity - they, like clerics, have domains, although they grant powers rather than spells. Unearthed Arcana has alternate paladins for the...