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Depending upon your players, you're going to have to take it in one of many different directions. I play in one campaign where these rules would be taken in stride, and nobody would change much of anything unless the new rules directly ruined an aspect of their build. And even then, they'd...

I have multiple games I attend. Most are quite fair, and I love them. However, in one of the games, we have a couple of players who cheat in various ways. One never tracks his spells, so after many battles he insists he still has a full arsenal of higher level spells to lob at the enemy...

Since both sides are ready for war, I would simply allow both sides to take spot checks. The players are at a disadvantage for the spot because the drow have control of when they arrive and initiate battle. However, the enemy is at a disadvantage for the spot because they are taking part in...

Yes, BAB applies. It's easy to explain, at least in my games. The character has deliberately taken up levels of training in a class that is all about improving your aim, damage, and combat prowess. If a character took up such a class and did not improve his or her ability to hit the enemy...

1. You're using the Speak With Dead spell. If you ask, "Is your murderer in this room?" is the corpse able to answer accurately? Why or why not? 2. A baron, well loved by the citizens of the town, finds his keep under attack from villains. The villains manage to kill 15 guards and a handful...

Hey gang. I want to revisit this thread because of this: Yep, we made it to 9th. We got out of the slavelord's valley (currently in the Underdark) and we're about to use my first 5th level spell to teleport back within range of the jerk. Many things have changed, and I'm looking for tips...

Yeah, I want to encourage team work, so it's pretty important to allow the gang to work together. If you were to block this freedom to collaborate, I would foresee camaraderie being stunted, and I don't want that. However, I do have some limitations which I'll describe, in response to the...

I'm currently running my players through Tower of the Last Baron. It's an infiltration module, which assumes that the baron is a bad dude and the good guys are part of a secret resistance to take him out. My players are all evil or close to it, and I found that switching Tower of the Last...

I have a difficult time seeing those in a tertiary skill set. I know you qualified your definition of "Tertiary Skills" to be those used out of combat (rather than those used rarely) but still, it bugs me. These 4 skills get used so much that it's weird to see them anywhere but near the top...

Skill Mastery says you can take 10 when it would normally be prohibited due to stress. UMD isn't prohibited due to stress. It's prohibited period, as a general rule, regardless of stress. So Skill Mastery wouldn't help with that. Or, as another person wrote on Giant's forums, "The bard's...

I get the feeling that if we asked for a listing of how he got to 38, we would find that he's stacking Mage Armor with armor (like he's wearing chain armor, and yet applies the Mage Armor bonus anyway, even though it doesn't stack).

Yeah, Thanael has the right idea. The PHB 2 has an alternative wizard that foregoes the familiar, and in exchange the wizard gets free 10' teleports. Not bad.

Thank you all for your replies. They have been helpful! My thought on AC below zero is that it's fine, but I have no idea what the RAW says. I have another problem with these feats. I would love more feedback. The Robilar's Gambit feat takes pains to say that the AOO comes after the strike...

I am having a difficult time with these feats. First, here are the descriptions: So with Karmic Strike, take a -4 to AC and get to hit back anyone who hits you first. Or with Robilar's Gambit, basically the same disadvantage for hit rolls, but also the enemy gets to do extra damage on...

I do not believe that such a "zero sum" attitude accurately reflects reality. Oh, and this: Fallacy: False Dilemma

Thanks! I haven't classed him yet, as I want to be free to select a class with lots of "(ex)" abilities, if necessary. So that's monk or barbarian, but monk doesn't match with the BBEG's heavily armed & armored sensibilities. Rage is nice. I also took note of the "Justicar" prestige class in...

Also, anyone know of feats that convey Extraordinary abilities? Those would work through the anti-magic field.

I'm putting together a BBEG who has been imbued with "anti-magic essence" and thus radiates a small aura where his own magical armor won't confer bonuses. He's fairly powerful -- not a god, not even a demigod, but certainly the kind of guy who could afford to invest in permanent anti-magic. He...

I'm confused. I can't tell if you object to that feat because it's too weak, or too strong. In either case, you can add or remove a skill from the number of skills it makes into class skills, so it seems almost effortless to make it work. EDIT #1: Never mind, your post is the one I originally...

From the Net Book of Feats: CROSS-CLASS LEARNING [General] Pick two skills that become class skills for all your classes. Benefit: Pick any two skills. The selected skills become class skills for all your classes from this point on. Special: This feat may be taken multiple times, but does not...