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Hey, you know what's neat about that? It turns out that e^i is just the πth root of -1. (That letter is pi, not lowercase n.) To put it another way: e^(π * i) + 1 = 0. This is called Euler's Identity, and thinking about it too long will tie your brain in knots. None of this has anything to do...

The problem with "common sense" is that it's not common. A ruling that is perfectly reasonable to me might seem completely off base to you, and a third person might think we're both talking nonsense.

I'm willing to believe that a storm will disrupt magical ranged attacks. Rays and the like are triggered by the first thing they hit, so you're going to disintegrate or acid arrow some raindrops instead of whatever you were trying to aim at. If pressed for a more mechanical line of reasoning...

Wait, what? Isn't that what I said on the first page?

I know! Isn't it great? Now he just needs a way to increase the range of his darkvision. Those dungeon beasts 80' away in the dark will never know what hit them. clang clang clang clang clang clang WHAP!

The human barbarian, with boots, gets his speed enhanced to 50'. Then stick him in Medium armor and his speed is reduced to 35'. (See the chart in the Carrying Capacity section.) The dwarf barbarian, with boots, has his speed enhanced to 40'. But he is not slowed down by armor, so he still...

All right, everybody place yer bets on what the trick is. I'm thinking simulacrum, or else just an awakened skeleton in a fancy suit. But then again, Rich has been known to use custom spells before; if he's feeling really sneaky, Xykon could have a custom magic jar that put his mind in the...

You can attack him if you like. You just can't successfully attack and do damage. If you ever tried to swing a weapon at something under water, even if it's not very deep, you'll note that the impact with the surface steals most of your energy. It's pretty much impossible to connect with any...

Sure. Stuff goes in the bag whenever it is too heavy or bulky to conveniently carry, and a corpse definitely fits that definition. When your friend has died and you aren't prepared to raise him on the spot, what else are you going to do? Lug him around by the ankle? We don't usually keep...

If my math is right and a gold piece is close to the size of a dime, then according to this page we can fit about 10,000 to the gallon. That means it should take 21,000,000 (twenty one million!) gp to fill up a portable hole. Even with a lot of leeway for inefficient packing, that RotG article...

Going by these rules of thumb for D&D coins, you're right. I calculated based on the density of the metal, and assumed no empty space in the container. A cubic inch of gold weighs about 11 ounces, or 0.69 pounds. Multiply by the size of that chest you mentioned: 576 x 0.69 = 400 pounds. Your...

For coins and such, I always limit by weight instead of by volume. Encumbrance limits are known, so the amount the party can carry is determined by how much they're willing to slow themselves down. 576 cubic inches of gold would weigh something like 400 pounds. Your standard backpack definitely...

I have the same reasoning but the opposite conclusion. I hate trying to shoehorn some random new PC into the adventure, because it makes the PC party less special. In my game the PCs are Important. There is a reason they're the ones called on to rescue the princess, or defeat the evil...

Treasure listed in the entry is for one creature. If the PCs encounter ten monsters, you may either roll ten times on the table, or roll once and multiply the results x10. (The former is more time consuming, but does gives more randomly distributed results.) Consider this situation. I encounter...

Only if he's pretty. :) A sorcerer can fling meteors around even if he's dumb as a rock, as long as his Charisma is high enough.

Sure, all the time. It's handy when multiclassing. For instance if you plan to only go as far as Wiz3, you will only be casting 2nd level spells, so you can get away with 12 Int. The restriction does have value because it prevents the spellcasting stat from being a dump stat. I just created a...

No, I think he's talking about a guy named Eric.

I can't believe your story. The Head of Vecna tale has been around since at least 1996. I've heard dozens of people relate it in first person as if it happened to them, but on further examination, they always turned out to have been repeating a story they'd heard elsewhere.

Some abilities are far more useful to a PC than to an NPC, because PCs are around longer and get more use out of the ability. For instance, consider a monster with an at-will ability, like unholy blight or cure light wounds or whatever. As a hostile NPC it will use that ability maybe 5 times at...

That's not drinking during a game. That's trying to play during a drinking session. Alcohol is not uncommon in my group. Our sessions are at dinner time, so a few of us will often have wine or beer with the meal. Nobody has ever been too drunk to play. A few of us have gotten slightly tipsy on...