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If we wanted to debate the appropriateness of spell names we'd be arguing forever. Let's just say the spell is meant to detect evil divine spellcasters and leave it at that. While I agree that SLA replicate the effects of spells, I haven't seen anything yet that indicates that SLA replicate the...

That's the question that it's boiling down to.

Yeah, pretty much: "If an evil creature that has the ability to cast divine spells comes within 100 feet of the item, the item begins to glow with a faint blue radiance."

I did post the SC text; it's the second sentence in my OP. Your reference simply says what the effects of the SPA are (the same as the arcane or divine version of the spell). But that doesn't address the method of activating the effect. "A monster’s spell-like abilities are presumed to be the...

But they know what he's capable of as well so it's a moot point.

I typically don't award the same XP twice. Either the P gets a fraction of the XP for the first encounter and the rest when the opponent is eventually defeated, or I hold off on awarding XP until the final encounter happens. If it doesn't, I go back and award a fraction for the encounter that...

One of our players has a spell called sense heretic (Spell Compendium, p. 182). The spell automatically detects the presence of evil creatures with the ability to cast divine spells within 100 feet. The question is: do spell-like abilities count for purposes of this spell? Part of me says yes...

From the SRD: Activating a scroll spell requires no material components or focus. (The creator of the scroll provided these when scribing the scroll.) Note that some spells are effective only when cast on an item or items. In such a case, the scroll user must provide the item when activating...

Has slashing/piercing/bludgeoning been done away with in favour of the generic DR/weapons?

I don't think WotC would ever allow that to happen. They'd be creating competition for themselves. It would be like Microsoft selling off Windows XP once Vista came out and allowing a competitor to steal away their potential market share.

Yeah, I've had the same questions in the past and Savage Species did a good job of answering them.

I say you go with the boiling tar... then hit 'em with a couple sacks of chicken feathers... then hit 'em with flaming arrows. Voila! Flame-roasted chicken! The kobolds will be eating well tonight. :p

Been outside lately? This artwork is downright tame compared to what girls are wearing these days. ;)

I think taking away the save makes the spell far more powerful than it was intended to be. I look at it as granting a save to avoid being taken out of the battle for 1 or more rounds. It's always been an issue how someone gets out when they're right in the middle of something, but this is a...

Then make it +10 enhancement...

Other than Dash, there's at least one feat that enables you to change direction once during a run action. IIRC, it was in one of the Complete books (possibly Complete Adventurer). That dramatically increases your speed.

Re: Dragons of Winter For those interested, Heroes of Battle has some great rules and info for how to run major battles and have the PCs' actions actually impact the results (Victory Points).

If you add 4 class levels to a monster with 10 HD, does the monster's caster level for purposes of spell-like abilities stay at 10 or does it become 14? In short, do class levels count for purposes of spell-like ability caster level?

Don't you love how he conveniently leaves off the list an example of a monster with the Evolved Undead template applied where fast healing does not stack. At this point, I think Slaved is trolling. He just really, really wants to believe it stacks but can't provide a ruling to support that. All...

Give it up already. :p