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Could a druid use animal growth on him/herself? The spell's description suggests that it can only be used on outside targets, like animal companions. Can the spell be used on the caster, perhaps using natural spell while wildshaping?

You left out the whole Will save/20% damage thingy, which makes Shadow Evocation, imho, entirely lame unless you have the Shadow Adept feat and/or are a Shadow Adept.

You should definitely have either Empower Spell or Energy Sub (I suggest acid). You have scorching ray, and that's really all you need. Sub. it in for acid when the fire giants and red dragons appear, or empower it at 4th level and lay waste with the no save/ray sweetness. As a sorcerer...

I try to step out of the campaign and imagine what foes would do when PCs identify themselves as superior opponents. I might suggest that Thrull and his lackeys flee into the Underdark if possible, perhaps fearing for their lives after discovering the carnage these adventurers have caused. The...

I allow the half-orc chain fighter in my group to make use of reach, combat reflexes, and improved trip to knock out as many as three charging foes when the situation presents itself. He has the option of enacting combat expertise and/or power attack whilst "chaining" foes who get too close...

That's a good point. Maybe I am jumping conclusions. Dragon's of Faerun is certainly a waste, and the emergence of another dragon book has automatic reactions. I'll have to page through it thoroughly.

I know it's "The Year of Rogue Dragons" and all that, but there are way too many dragon books out there. Dragon Magic seems a bit redundant on a number of levels.

Dungeon mag's Age of Worms, set in Faerun's Sword Coast (Waterdeep region). Currently hunting lizardfolk in the "Encounter at Blackwall Keep" module: Kragg - NG male half-orc ranger 5 of Silvanus (soon to be Selune). The feral hunter. On his 6th level he'll become a stalker of Kharash...

I'm definitely buying it, and I'm definitely going to work it into my Age of Worms campaign somehow, perhaps as some noble's castle in Waterdeep (or perhaps the humanoid abode of Lashonna). I ran House of Strahd back during the 2E days, and it was fantastic. I've loved the castle since...

Unless the PCs have good ranged attacks, the flayer might win out. Levitate (possibly hidden)/mind blast. Repeat. If PCs separate and try to hunt the flayer, it might use charm monster on a single PC and at the very least charm him/her into not attacking. Once the paladins close in for...

The Free League Ranger looks a lot like Tanis Half-Elven.

I just finished a four-year campaign last March. The party level was 28. I think the main reason I don't necessarily miss it is because we played that campaign until we were, really, sick of it. We were all ready to move on by the end of the last session. It was like a collective sigh of...

My previous campaign had a barbarian. At the end of the campaign he was: Rusk: CG male human barbarian 13/fighter 6/champion of Gwyharwyf 9 (Exalted Deeds... I made Gwynharwyf a celestial vassal of Tempus in my FR campaign) With dire charge, dev. crit., combat brute, and a +6 adamantine...

Watch some movies and copy some of your favorite fight scenes. Read some Salvatore or Greenwood novels. Salvatore is notorious for the detailed fight scenes in his books, and Greenwood narrates spell duels spectacularly. Choreographing battles is something I greatly enjoy. :)

I really enjoy prep time. To me, it's part of the whole gaming experience, at least for DMs. My players just show up and say, "We gamin'?" They only have fun once about ever other Sunday. I have fun with it everyday! :D

Looks like a classic Tomb of Horrors insta-death. I suppose if the PCs knew they were trespassing through some awful sanctum, they might expect devious traps set to bar intruders. If it that lever were placed someplace where people or other creatures traveled, where anyone might grab the...

Regardless of the levels each orc possesses, there are 90+ orcs in the citadel. To think that a group of 4th level PCs will be able to slaughter them all during one strike is, to me, a little crazy. There are too many of them on the upper levels to allow a stealthy slaying without the bodies...

I thought the article was a bit extreme. I too have DMed 6-hour sessions where we didn't roll initiative once, and I would drive home saying out loud, "We had an awesome game today!" His points are valid, but a touch extreme. I voted for the klurichur, largely due to my confusion concerning...

I just rolled up a half-orc fighter NPC for me current Age of Worms group. His name's Titus Blacksmith (as he is a blacksmith from Diamond Lake, formerly a pit fighter from Calimshan sold into Smenk's service). He's a fighter 4. His feats allow him to maximize the spiked chain: Exotic (of...

Beneath Castle Grimstead Goblins lairing in the ruins of Castle Grimstead spur a call to adventurers. Delving deeper into the ruins, a darker evil is discovered. The heroes discover that the goblins (along with drow elves and vampires) have been collecting victims for an ancient vampire known...