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Eberron has some interesting possession rules. Also, I love the twist you suggest Ridley's Cohort.

So, Soder's nameless "daughter" is also his phylactery? :] Very clever, if the Defenders kill her, he simply makes another one. On the other hand, if they accept her, he has a group of extremely powerful people protecting his phylactery and those same people, who were probably his greatest...

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It sounds to me like you are describing a wondrous item that happens to be shaped like a staff.

Look at obtaining a bead of karma and possibly an orange prism ioun stone (assuming your DM considers them to stack). Several of your 1st level spells improve in increments of three or six levels. The luck bonus from divine favor will be nice to have now and then for those high-dex opponents.

I believe wieldskill was updated, in 3.5, to no longer be a general cleric spell.

Isn't there a save involved? Perhaps the BBEG attacks the person whose save he rolled lower on.

The "negative levels" option is presented in Players' Guide to Faerun. There is also an option in Unearthed Arcana to "buy off" ECLs with XP. This can help at higher levels.

I would treat it as adding multiple functions to a single item. As the hands are, sort of, a magic item slot, price the cheaper of the two items at double. In the end you have a weapon that can also be activated as a wand.

The earliest version of the Bladesinger I remember was in the Complete Book of Elves. It wasn't a class at that point. It was three levels of expertise you could purchase using weapon knowledge slots (I forget the exact name of the mechanic). It also had nothing to do with spellcasting at that...

You can reduce your effective caster level, when casting a spell, down as far as the minimum caster level required to cast the spell. This, of course, affects other level-dependant variables in addition to damage. As for Eldrich Blast, the damage is not directly affected by caster level, but I...

I would go with consequences of their actions rather than alignment penalties, for now. Depending on the power of the thieves' guild, I see two possibilities for the current encounter. Either the guild committed enough force to defeat their worst-case scenario of the party's capabilities or...

My DM tried an interesting variant on the point buy system for the Eberron game we started a while back. 25-point buy, and all stats start at 10. This gives better stats overall than the standard 32-point buy we had used in the past but it reduces min/maxing. He's running a game with more...

It sounds to me you want to inflict one or more of your players with a disease without killing them. Have you considered using the creature with something other than default stats? Perhaps higher Dex or Con with a lower Str? Alternatively, you could simply apply the age penalties to the creature.

My group has been using flat HP for years now. We use 75%, rounded down. It has worked well. d4:3 d6:4 d8:6 d10:7 d12:9

You make a good point. On the other hand, not all spell-like abilities duplicate specific spells, even without taking the Warlock into account. Here are a few examples: Black Dragon - Corrupt Water White Dragon - Freezing Fog I don't have any of the monster manuals handy, so that's what I...

I don't think spell turning would work. Although it can protect against "innate spell-like abilities of creatures", it protects against "one specified spell"(per 4 levels). As Eldrich Blast is not a spell and does not duplicate the effects of a spell, I don't think it can be chosen. I...

I'm not sure whether Essence Invocations can be combined with Hideous Blow, but if they can that would be an interesting direction to go for the Rogue/Warlock.

Something to consider here is the Dwarven Defender is, in many ways, a defensive version of the Barbarian. Defensive Stance is essentially defensive rage and they both recieve DR and Uncanny Dodge. Perhaps the Barbarian (with or without a prestige class) would meet your requirements. Also, it...

I don't have the text in front of me, but I thought the description of Flee the Scene says you leave behind an illusion of yourself that lasts one round and reacts realistically to damage. I don't think you have any control over what the illusion does/says.