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Thank you RSK!! Belittling the story is exactly what I am talking about. And, yes Rel, depth would be better. Or just "roleplaying" or "story."

It's only the word flavor, as applied to stuff in gaming. I don't mind the use of the word when it applies to food. That's normal. I just don't like it when people talk about gaming stuff as "flavor". By the way, thank you to whoever the other guy was who voted YES. I'm glad at least...

That is sorta what I am saying, yes. Although, when you say "trumped up" I have to wonder what the agenda might be. You see, the agenda itself itself would have to be something other than the desire to dominate and manipulate others in cruel fashion. But let's say your character carries a...

You would also have to have the Silent Spell feat. So, you'd end up casting all spells from slots two levels higher than normal. OUCH!

I agree with you absolutely. It's just that I would prefer a different word choice.

Geez, it looks like I'm the only one! I might have to have myself examined by a psychiatrist to find out what is behind this peculiar revulsion. Isn't there ANYONE out there who sympathizes with my point of view? I'd like to know what the guys who checked sometimes were thinking.

I think my PC is going to try to find an NPC seventh level wizard to turn him into something cool, like a dog or horse. :D Polymorph Other would work quite nicely, as long as you're not a spellcaster, since you could no longer do the verbal and somatic components of spells. Also, you might...

For some reason, it makes me cringe when people refer to the story element or roleplaying elements (as opposed to roll-playing) as "flavor." I can't stand the phrase "flavor text". I have even heard some people refer to sections of the player's handbook, such as parts of spell descriptions, as...

Rogue is an extremely flexible class. You can be a nimble "grease man" type of rogue--with balance, tumble, climb, etc. as your specialties. (That's not your concept of course.) You could be a smoothtalking charismatic type (again, not you). You could be a stealthy, sneaky scout (probably...

To me, Doc, this sounds like the difference between true neutral and CN. The guy that you presented as CN, doesn't seem to me to be necessarily chaotic, since he still respects some kind of principle that he allows to govern his actions. He might even be lawful, if he is really adimant about...

Making 10 would be kinda ridiculous though, unless your primary goal, as a PC, was to make money. And in that case ... why would you care about XP? But I could imagine wanting to make an item that cost 100,000gp (market value), and 4000 XP. But I wouldn't be making too many of those...

Considering crafting a powerful magic item that would cost a big sum of XP? Don't worry about it! If you fall behind the rest of your party in XP, it won't amount to anything significant. You'll only be a fraction of a level behind. Let's say that the next time the party levels, your...

Need more information. Killing someone who is "helpless" is not necessarily evil, although it may be. What was his reason for doing it? If it was just for fun, then he's evil. If it was retribution for crimes the prisoner's had committed, then he may be neutral or good. I am assuming that...

What I should have said, if I had consulted the spell description, is that the paladin would get an opportunity for an opposed charisma check, not a second saving throw. "You can try to give the subject orders, but you must win an opposed Charisma check to convince him to do anything he...

I agree with skymage on all counts. Once a spell is cast, the dweomer is present, regardless of what happens to the spellcaster. So, in most cases, the spell would stay in effect. But the death of a the spell's target could potentially disrupt the dweomer. As for the charm person issue ... i...

Why is the 5/10 "rule" used so widely and regarded as correct, if it is not in the rules? Not that I object to it. It actually sounds like a pretty good rule of thumb, both for movement and for spells. But wait a sec! If you were using that rule, then the diagram for burning hands on p. 69...

My question is about cones spells cast "on the diagonal." See p. 68 of the DMG. There is an illustration using the Color Spray spell as an example. The cone cast straight ahead is funny looking too, but I understand the principle: width equals distance from caster. This results in the area of...

I stand corrected. I did not realize that the DMG specifically said that an intersection on the grid should be chosen as the point of origin. The principle I was working by was that in D&D, diagonal movement of two squares is treated as the same distance as lateral movement of two squares...

Don't underestimate the importance of style! Your familiar is one of the biggest fashion statements (as it were) that your character can make. If your character is noble and refined, do you really want to have a rat, toad or lizard?? If your character is decieptful and tricky, would it really...

A feat "like" the one in OA? Is there a feat in OA that does exactly that, or just something like it?