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It doesn't harm your free will at all. You're still perfectly free to listen to the speech; that's your choice to make and no one can unmake it for you. Whether that speech happens to end in a sudden wet gurgle is a whole other question. But that's life isn't it? You're free to choose your...

This bugs me a lot, because it removes even the appearance of the party's free will. Why should the PCs be forced to stand motionless and wait for him? They're supposed to be participants in the world, not spectators watching "DM Theatre". When the evil wizard spends two minutes talking about...

That's a very good point. I stand corrected. However, if this actually happens in game, see my above remark about the DM being a tool. :)

There's no such thing as a wish that irrevocably transforms a character. The best it can do is duplicate another spell, like polymorph any object or some such. No polymorph effects are instantaneous-- they all have an ongoing duration-- which means they're subject to dispel. So, you can get...

When a character "can't be flanked," that does not prevent enemies from bracketing him between them. It simply means that the enemies do not get the +2 attack bonus for flanking, and cannot use any special abilities that depend on flanking (like a rogue's sneak attack). This is the special...

From the "Freudian slip" department My worst happened one summer when I was DMing on the beach, for a group consisting partly of women, who happened to be wearing their swimsuits. If you ever find yourself in such a situation, try and keep your mind on the game. I failed to do so, and during...

It's an instant irrevocable-death trap with (effectively) no save and no slightest possibility of avoiding it. And you want to know the CR. I dunno, what's the CR of the DM saying "A rock falls on your head and you die?" That's the level of maturity we're looking at here.

Absolutely. Why ever not? In gameworld terms, the item types clearly involve distinct magical processes, because they require different feats and have different manufacturing costs. Giving them distinct behaviors is more than reasonable. Declaring that a staff cannot be made with only one spell...

I don't think so. They explicitly say you don't lose your ability to assume gaseous form. If only activation were stopped, that exception would not be needed. (Obviously they're not talking about activation, because it's useless to turn gaseous if you already are.) The implication is that...

Asking me why I sometimes play evil characters is like asking why I sometimes play a dwarf, a wizard, or a redhead.They're different from my real-life self, and the whole point of playing an RPG is to take on a new role. If we had alignments in real life, I like to think I'd be Good, or at...

I say it's arcane because that's what is in the book. I can find no correction in the errata for FRCS or PGF, or in the FAQ. If WotC really has made an official ruling on this, I'd be very interested to see it; please do cite your source when you find it. Quite true, and it's kind of a neat...

Undead are immune to all morale effects, even bonuses. They get no benefit from bard song, or anything else that grants morale bonus. (The only exception is if the ability description specifically says it works on undead-- like the Requiem feat from Song & Silence.)

You are correct, your player is wrong. The important bit is that anyspell lets you cast the spell as if you were a Wizard. If that were all the spell said, you would assume that you work exactly lke a wizard: you cast arcane magic, use your Int modifier to set the DC, supply all material...

That depends on the wording of anyspell. If it specifically says it lets you cast an arcane spell, then it's arcane. But if it says it allows you to duplicate the effects of an arcane spell, or similar wording, then it's still divine; you're casting a divine anyspell that just happens to look...

Polymorph any object would work. :) Joking aside, ask your DM if you can research fool's gold as a new spell. (If you are the DM, just declare the spell exists-- that's what Rule Zero is for.)

How many PCs died in the fight?

This is yet another example of why I consider alignment a simple record of past deeds, rather than a component of personality. IMO the motivations don't matter, only what he actually does. In torturing and killing helpless enemies, the character moves partially toward Evil alignment. But in...

You can't charge that much, or the client will just buy scrolls instead. A wand charge is more than half the price of an equivalent scroll. If the wand costs 45 gp per charge, an equivalent scroll costs 75 gp. I guess renting might be an advantage if the client doesn't know how many castings he...

Instant summons is about the closest thing, but it has some serious limitations. Most importantly, it does not function when the item is in the possession of another creature. This means it would only be useful if the renter got killed by something that did not loot his body. Also, for every...

Not necessarily, but you can do that if you have to. That's why there are spells like rope trick, secure shelter, and magnificent mansion. The casters may have plenty of spells left, they just won't be very useful ones. You tend to expend your most powerful stuff first, which means your arsenal...