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As a DM, I think I'd be sitting behind the screen saying "hmm, I hope the players don't feel ornery today", because that has TPK written all over it. Even if the goblins and hobgoblins are all standard grunts (an unsafe assumption given the numbers) and even if they have no ranged weapons, the...

Nope. What's detected is evil - first line of the spell description tells us that. Say it happens that you detect an evil cleric, you then consult the chart to see how strong the aura is. If that evil cleric you detected happens to worship a neutral deity, he's detected the same as any other...

Not really. As described, his motivations for keeping agreements have all been self-serving, and mostly out of fear of what might happen to him personally (or sometimes his family). Being scared into following an agreement doesn't make you lawful any more than being scared at the thought of...

When in doubt, the answer is usually neutral, and that looks right in this case. The character seems to act mostly for his own benefit or that of his family. He doesn't appear much concerned with what's right or wrong on any moral scale but instead handles each situation in the way that he...

Under standard D&D, that's simply not true. They're certain to have done evil; if they hadn't ever done evil, then their alignment would be something different based on what they actually had done in the past. This is why the DMG tells us that "actions dictate alignment" and the alignment change...

You can run that as a house rule if you like, but the spell in SRD just says you can "sense the presence of evil", and it works on more than just creatures. It also specifically detects evil clerics, who usually don't have the creature subtype "Evil", that being an outsider subtype. It's clear...

Hmm. That would require a close approach by (or to) another planetary body in the very recent past of your world, which is probably going to be pretty catastrophic. You might be better off assuming your world is something like an earthlike moon around a gas giant which has always been tidally...

Assuming you're playing by-the-book D&D, alignments are both objective and descriptive. That means if you detect as evil, and there's no misdirection-type spells involved, you've certainly done evil acts in the past, and because it's an objective description you can make a list of what those...

Not really. You're assuming they believed or wanted to see results matching the theory. A large percentage of the time - perhaps even most of the time - a scientist really wants to see a deviation from theory. Observing the results predicted by special relativity shows that Einstein was smart -...

I think it would've made a pretty nice trilogy. Reading "Eye of the World" - where the heroes meet each other, discover their special powers, travel thousands of miles overcoming many foes, and face down an ancient prophecy - shows a huge contrast to what the series has become. If Jordan wrote...

My personal tastes up front: I really like Gygax's adventures. I really don't think he's very good at writing rulebooks and non-adventure supplements. Also, my opinions are those of a gamer with no special knowledge of the industry. Back in the early 80s, there were two main reasons Gygax...

Chess ratings aren't really that complicated - basically you compare how well you did with how well you were expected to do (based on your current ranking and that of your opponent), and your rating goes up or down accordingly. A lot of ladder-type rankings use a similar system - squash ladders...

I personally would try to save him up until the time salvation becomes effectively impossible. When "effectively impossible" occurs is one of those judgement calls that's tough to make. It depends on your character's personality, the likelihood of finding a cure vs. the likelihood an innocent...

I can't ever remember a time when we were dealing with a romantic/sexual subplot and somebody said "you know, we really need more rules for this. And maybe a prestige class!", so I don't see much use for the BOEF in my game. If there's a market for it, then great, more power to 'em, but I'm not...

The only thing about 3.5 that disappointed me was the lack of new artwork. Rules changes are fine, and as I live in the real world I'm not upset with WOTC for being in the business of making money. So far as Dragon goes, I'm not a subscriber, I just buy an issue any time the theme interests...

Not quite. Strength and Dexterity are the only two scores with that characteristic (you can check pg 24 of your 3.0 DMG or pg 173 of your 3.5 DMG for the chart - might be in the SRD, I haven't checked). The Litorian is the only AU race that breaks this equivalency, the others either follow the...

Wish-type spells includes Limited Wish, which is seventh level and considerably more useful in the general case. If I had a choice as a player, I wouldn't trade Limited Wish for Bring Down The Moon straight-up, let alone as a higher level spell plus a feat.

That's all right. The idea isn't so much to catch the players off guard as to see what they consider reasonable when an enemy is scrying them, sending Prying Eyes to see what they're doing, using Commune/Legend Lore/etc. to find out any weaknesses they might have, etc. If they respond by buffing...

I think it's been established in various rulings that you are your own ally. What's worth noting about Bring Down The Moon is it's fairly restricted on when you can cast it (at night with the moon in the sky), you can only cast it once in a 24 hour period, you have to burn a feat to get the...

I'm assuming you mean divination spells in general, rather than just the Divination spell, which is sufficiently vague and limited so as not to be a big problem. One suggestion for Scry and equivalents: if you haven't already, switch to the 3.5 system of having the spells allow Will saves rather...