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(I keep having the problem that my browser (Explorer) crashes when I paste text from Office into this window. That's why it took so long -I had to copy it all over manually.) Pit Fiend: Size/Type: Large Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Lawful, Baatezu) Hit Dice: 15d8+90 (158 hp) Initiative: +9...

In Complete Mage there is a Steal Summoning, but it's a warlock invocation, not a spell. In the Book of Vile Darkness, there's a spell called "twist summoning" or something like that, which creates a zone where good summon spells instead summon evil creatures that attack the caster. I think...

Sounds like it went about like you'd wanted it to? Hard-fought and close, but the PCs won. When you say the Aasimar "stayed out", do you mean he stayed away from the blighter and used ranged attacks, or that he didn't participate in the fight?

I think it looks pretty fair, even if he's a level 3 blighter (although to be on the safe side, you might give him only two levels of the PRC.) That makes him CR 8, versus a 4th level party. A very hard fight, which they will win or lose about 50/50. That is fair, strictly speaking. Just make...

Originally, I intended to post all the lords of the nine and work my way down. They're still waiting in the wings, but most are only partially complete. Nor does it help production speed that I keep revising them. So... I thought I should put up some of the basic devils for now. First a note...

My immediate instinct is that this isn't an issue at all. Think of it this way: You have four 10-foot cubes made of fire. You can't "stack" them in the same area any more than you could stack metal cubes that way. Two three-dimensional objects can't simultaneously occupy the same...

I concur with Stringburka. There's no perfect fix for this, but his suggestion is the best on the thread in my opinion.

The problem with "everyone can move and full attack" is that under the 3e design philosophy, you'd have to extend the same courtesy to monsters. Which makes everything from trolls to true dragons a hell of a lot more dangerous. I've played a few high-level fights where monsters had various "move...

By the RAW, I think Starbuck is right. But it's a cool effect, and with the diminishing returns I don't think it's too powerful; I'd allow it at such a level.

I agree entirely with the reasoning in your starting post. 1st-level barbarians having pounce is fine, 4th-level warblade/2nd level fighter/1st level barbarians having it might not be. Clr 18/Barbarian 1 is right out. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a good mechanical fix that preserves...

Personally, I'd use a Glabrezu. It perfectly fits the description of "Powerful demon that meddles in mortal affairs covertly." Then, if you have the Fiend Folio, I'd apply the Fiend of Corruption PRC to it. IIRC, the PRC gives an Alternate Form ability, so you don't have to give it a polymorph...

I.M.E (I run a campaign featuring a lot of arcane spellcasting villains, both wizards, sorcerers and warlocks) having their abilities at will is worth more than you give it credit for. It's not so much about running out, as about having everything you can do at your fingertips at all times. I...

Agreed, Shapechange is probably your best bet. Energy drain is also good, and very spammable, which is a plus for a Sorcerer. But Shapechange is immeasurably more versatile. (Chronotyryn from Fiend Folio is a great form by the way.) However, I'm almost positive you're undervaluing Time Stop...

I concur with most of what has been said about warlocks. They're a fun, well-balanced class with a distinctive niche, which is more than can be said for most non-core base classes. If they're overpowered at any point, it would have to be at level 1, when they're the only ones with touch attacks...

I'd never use 2d10, personally. You're right, it is more random than 3d6, but if you want to reduce the impact of luck, why do things in half measures? You get a much nicer bell curve with 3d6, and you maximise the impact of training and ability as opposed to luck. Also, I don't think adding up...

Can you tell us (well, okay, me) more about the Bhitis? I've seen them referred to as "primordial fears", what fears are meant and how many Bhitis are there? What is their relation to Cheshne?

Why rule number 4? It feels like the odd rule out..

It's not? I was certain it did say that Dodge bonuses are lost when you're denied Dexterity.

I think it's eminently clear that Alchemist's fire in particular, and possibly also other alchemical items, can't be made with Fabricate. The "a product" line is news to me, and I'm not sure if it's meant to be interpreted that way, since presumably you could make a deck of cards, chess game...

What a cool idea! Maybe I'll steal it. But my immediate instinct would be to do both, in separate encounters. Have some inexperienced, skittish thieves who jump at the slightest noise -both when it's PCs and when it's rats! Then some more experienced, but complacent or lazy guards, who go...