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Just grappled. To break free, they only need to make a DC 15 Strength or Escape Artist check. (Generally when you are pinned, you need to make two rolls to escape a grapple.) I think they just couldn't find a better word than "Pin" to describe this feat. They sure are confusing their terms in...

Wow. So that's why I hate Mickey Mouse. That was a perfect summary of my feelings concerning the subject. . . . These guys are pirates: SUNCHIPS (R) HARVEST CHEDDAR (R) Open a bag and see why SUNCHIPS (R) are LUNCH CHIPS (TM) --Frito Lay (R)

On a completely different note, but along the same train of thought... (I love mixing metaphors.) I don't really like the reducing LAs variant in UA. Sure, it makes some LAs actually worth playing, but I fear that any LA with the qualities I described above is going to be better than the...

Ah, the joys of the d20... Yeah, I will not play an ECL without either: 1) A bonus to Con and enough Str to even out the base attack bonus disparity. (Satyrs are silly. La, la, la, weapon finesse sucks.) 2) I'm playing a ranged support character. (Pixie rogue archers rule. Until true seeing...

But the whole point is that the half-dragon can spend that same gold on those same magic items to get even better. A +4 Con is equal to 14 hps at level 7. That isn't too far behind a level 11 character. Assume a typical 11th level character (14 Con, +2 Con en= 16 Con total) (4d10+ (4*3)) =...

In a low point buy, creatures with high strength and constitution are actually better. Try out a 22 point buy bugbear L2 barbarian vs a human barbarian L6. I'd go bugbear. Or ogre. Or whatever else fits that criteria. And with rolling, if you can move your stats around, there isn't really a...

Only weapons and armor don't modify. Everything else does. Why would you ever leave bear form? (Rhetorical question. Obviously, two times a day you need to change to human to get some high-fantasy role-playing in, so that you can weep about it for years afterwards. :heh: ) Or why would you...

Ha. I'm assuming that you are talking about lower levels. A centaur fighter (barbarian, ranger, paladin) rocks. The +4 to Con eventually outshines two levels worth of hps; the +4 base attack bonus, +4 str mod, -1 size is more than a human fighter gets to hit at level 6; and the natural armor...

LA is only worth it when you gain bonuses to Str and Con. Natural armor is also pretty nice. Everything else suxxors. ;) (BTW, I am playing a half-ogre (LA +2) monk L5/tattooed monk L2 in a 3.0 RttToEE game. My compatriot is playing a half-dragon fighter/barbarian. Another person is...

What exactly does cheesiness have to do with balance? Besides, I never said that half-giants were unbalanced. This post has nothing to do with game balance. It has to do with the fact that a half-giant should only be called a half-giant if it is a half-giant. Calling an 8 foot tall block of...

The fly effect of winged boots is permanent? Doesn't the fly spell have a duration? Also, the permanency spell is permanent and it can be dispelled. All of them? Such as a bead of karma? Neither under the description for the magic item nor the description of "use activated" nor even the...

Thank you for the completely contrary replies. :heh: I guess the game is pretty wishy-washy on this issue.

Why then, do they call it a "half-giant"? I would expect that something called a "half-X" would have the stats of a "half-X" and not an "X-touched". They already have a precedent for how monsters (and especially big monsters) are supposed to work. IMO, the half-giant is poorly designed if...

Does it make any sense that a half-ogre is bigger (and better) than a half-giant, even though a giant is bigger (and better) than an ogre? Half-Ogre LA +1 (more like a +2, or +1 with 2 HD of Giant) Str +6, Con +2 Large Half-Giant LA +1 Str +2 Medium The flavor text for half-giant says that...

Dispelling Magic Item Effects 1) Does a targeted dispel against a creature (or area dispel) have a chance of dispelling an ongoing magic item effect? 1a) ...such as the fly effect from winged boots? 1b) ...such as the karma effect from a strand of prayer beads? The text of the 3.5 PHB says...

I prefer to play this game more along the lines of Diablo 2. Thor can keep his silly old magic items. ;) . . . I personally wish that DnD didn't even have specific magic item "slots". Each monster type should have a total number of magic items that can be worn. Humanoids would have 11 in the...

I'm playing a half-ogre in a bastardized 3.0/3.5 game. I'm just on par with everyone else at a +2 LA. I agree that it's definitely not a +1, but a half-ogre is definitely not a +3. Just look at how much cooler the half-dragon is. :)

Deeper Darkness. Lasts one day/level. Cast it on a pebble and keep it in a container until you need it. Get a blindsight or true seeing item. Yay.

The biggest problem I have with this feat is that the raise dead and/or resurrection of your sorry-poverty-stricken-butt become the burden of your compatriots, who are more than likely going to balk at paying for your death, especially in 3.5e. (Resurrection does not come out of group treasure...

Hexblade- NPC. That curse screams NPC. Samarai- Bleh. Swashbuckler- PC. Yay! Favored Soul- Wizards: "Let's make a class that's better than the cleric!" Healer- NPC until level 8, then rock the world with a unicorn as a PC. Marshal- NPC. A cleric does the aura/buff thing better and can heal...