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I'm fine with the necromancy. :) In the time since creating this thread, I have 1) realized that I neglected to put Uncanny Dodge in at level 4 (but not Imp. Uncanny Dodge), though I had intended to; and 2) playtest the class in an actual game. Not the purest test, as it was gestalt (whisper...

My understanding is you can enhance the shield as both a shield/armor and as a shield/weapon. If you get shield spikes, it isn't clearly stated, but I've always assumed the spikes (which are still part of the shield, not technically their own "item") recieve any of the weapon enhancements and...

No, your skim was quite accurate and his point was wrong. All PF did for fighter was give him slightly better numbers to hit things with. It was rather dissapointing. My fighter houserules at least gave them 4 skill points (+int), and some ToB maneuvers. Wasn't hadly enough, but certainly a...

In a party with all mages, two banning Abjuration should be fine, maybe even 3. One can be a diviner (and should NOT do focused specialist) and have just one banned school. The focused specialist illusionist is presumably going shadowcraft mage and will have plenty of versatility in return for...

I really have no idea, but it'd be difficult to gauge since the reflex and will saves will be different values. Also, in order for SE to have any chance of doing more damage than the normal spell, failing the will save seems pretty much required. 20% is a pretty small sliver. Even if it did...

We had a party once, Final Fantasy I-themed. Ended up being two black mages, a red mage, a white mage, and a fighter. Yeah... Low levels were tough. We survived, and later thrived, because of battlefield control. When everyone has powerful ranged options, locking up foes with nasty area...

The name of this thread meshes perfectly with the "new and improved" forum title. May it remain the latest posted thread so that all may see!

Ugh, this is happened way too early, why would Tarquin attack now? I partly agree with Mouse...I hate Nale and the cheating bastard dark elf, and never much liked Sabine, either, I'd love to see them finally meet their end. Linear guild got stale pretty quickly. I do like Thog (who thankfully...

You would get the readied action as soon as the foe comes within reach. You would get an AoO from his movement as soon as he left a square you threatened (and it's resolved before he leaves the square). The ready and AoO do not conflict with each other. The only limits are one AoO per...

The only time I've ever seen Sanctum Spell used in a PC build, it was to cheese the "official" reading of arcane thesis to make it a -1 and reduce the costs of other metamagic feats applied to a spell. I'd ban it, as I really don't like things that have no settings between worthless and broken...

Not sure if sarcasm...

You can always take the Obtain Familiar feat if you want it back. It'll actually be based on all your spell caster levels instead of just wizard levels and be better! Ok, looking through the old files, I found this feat: Ability Enhancer (dragon mag #325, p77) Requires: Transmuter level 1st...

If you happened to download crystalkeep's pdfs before they were taken down or...know of an alternate site to find them... They listed a "Focus Caster" option from dragon mag that replaces your familiar w/ a focus item that gives benefits at wizard 1, 7, and 15. For a transmuter, the focus...

I'm not sure if Ranger is a good idea or not, but just felt like chiming in that if you DO end up taking exactly 1 level of ranger and no more, you should be sure to do Wildshape Ranger and basically get barbarian fast movement for free. C.Champion's 3/day speak with plants/animals SLA is also...

And where do you draw the line between "using it for their benefit" and "abusing the allowances"? I'd rather not try to write rules defining that line, it would likely become rather lengthy and defeat the whole "simple" goal I had... If you'd like to try and write text for when a VoP character...

This. It is a completely new thing, not a modification of the VoP feat. You do not gain bonus feats. Cause frankly...all but like 3-4 of them sucked anyway, and if you weren't one of the classes w/ exalted feats specifically made for you, you REALLY ran out of decent options fast. It's just...

Work with your DM. That's basically all there is to say. There aren't variants for every possible way to build every class. Druids in particular are not suited for archery at all. You would need to homebrew something to trade what you don't want for archery prowess. If you could perhaps...

Multiclassing for casters wasn't broken in 3E. It performed exactly as you would expect. You take a caster, mix with some noncaster, and the power level of the end result is somewhere in between. Closer to the "caster power level" if noncaster levels are minimal, closer to "noncaster power...

On the non-wizard (or whatever caster you pick) side, be sure to do 1-4 levels in Warshaper. It adds a ton of versatility and defense for combat. Whatever you do, I suggest having some rogue levels. Possibly martial rogue for feats if you don't care about sneak attacking (I wouldn't). You...

Using magic items for the benefit of another was actually the situation I had in mind for allowing atonement to fix willingly breaking the vows. It wasn't meant to be a blank check to do as you please then just hit up the church of Pelor. I just figured such a character might inevitably wind...