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I had a DM who told me I couldn't take 20 on Open Lock. I asked why, and he said, "It might be trapped". So I just decided to use Open Lock every round until I rolled a 20. He was fine with that. What a moron...

Well, there is Major Creation, but it takes 10 minutes to casts and lasts 1/round per level when making an Adamantine weapon.

If you're running just the core rules, you won't have the option for Energy Substitution. And if your GM uses the builder books, convince him to let your wizard take Archmage from the FRCS so you can switch energy types on the fly with Mastery of Elements. Assuming your sorcerer has the right...

Yeah, except that by the time you can cast holy sword, you're likely to have a shot at acquiring a holy avenger sword.

Multiclass...or be an elf? Or you could take an elf wizard and get both bow and sword proficiency from 1st level. Even better, you don't sacrifice a precious spellcasting level to do it...and the other benefits outweigh the loss of a feat and a few skill points. All things considered, the...

Half-Celestial Survivability The home campaign I'm running started at 5th level, allowing people to take characters with templates. Surprisingly, most of the players chose humans. One chose a centaur (without character levels since it had a +5 ECL listed in the FR book), and I made an NPC...

Balancing Half-Ogres Okay, can we agree that there are three central parts of the Half-Ogre writeup that cause concern? #1 is +6 to Strength, allowing for a starting character to have up to a 24 Strength. #2 is +4 natural armor, significantly improving the defensive ability of the character...