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A very interesting point, and with the monk's speed of 90+ it's near impossible for the wizard to move in close enough without the monk getting a chance to attack.

IME actually most characters are built on that many points. IIRC there was a poll a while back on ENworld and most groups used 32 point buy. The higher point buy is in no way to the monk's advantage, because the wizard also gains the higher point buy. It's not like the monk gets extra points...

I didn't say three +5 books. One +5 book, two +4 books, four +6 items= approx 460,000 gp. That's +10 to Dex and Con, +16 to Wis. Let's see- 32 point buy, base stats of 14, 16, 14, 12, 14, 8. By 20th level- 20, 26, 20, 12, 30, 8. Without any other items that gives the monk: AC 32, touch 32...

The Deathless Frenzy ability only lasts 10-20 turns. That's one to two minutes. I've heard cops tell horror stories of how guys on drugs or just pure adrenaline have kept going for a minute or more after being pumped with dozens of shots. Those are real life stories even, and this is a...

(Psi)SeveredHead: As would I. However, on the other hand, if I'm the monk and the wizard disapears I jump for cover and hide. Also, any self respecting 20th level character will have access to fly. Eventually, whether it be hours or days, the wizard will need to come down, and that's when...

Storm Raven: Yes... and there's what, four force spells? Just how many magic missiles, wall of forces, forcecage's, and mordenkainen's (sp?) will the wizard have prepared. A simple Helm of Teleportation remedies the forcecage problem. Meanwhile, while ethereal almost every other attack...

Thanee: The wizard saves on a 2+? How exactly does the wizard get a +28 save? +6 base, +6 Con, +8 resistance (protection from spells)= +20- and that's assuming a +6 Con even. With +20 he'd still fail 50% of the time. So you cast forcecage.. then the monk abundant steps out of it. Then...

I'd actually put it at a 60-40 in favor of the monk myself, but I'd use different tactics. For the Monk: If I were building the monk myself, I'd use my Empty Body ability to go ethereal first thing. Then close with the wizard/ sorceror. Next, I'd use Quiverring Palm instead of Stunning Blow...

Meh... Impossible stuff happens all the time. If you've ever opened up a package of cards and flipped over each one individually you'd notice they come out in perfect order. The odds of that happening are around 1 in 8.06 x10^67. Now it's obvious that it's engineered to be that way, but the...

Sure, I can post an epic character's stats really quick: Doughan Ungart "Clageddin's Axe"; Male Dwarf, 82 years old, 4'2" x 176 lbs; Paladin 5/ Pious Templar 7/ Exotic Weapon Master 1/ Divine Crusader 10 of Clageddin Silverbeard; Medium Outsider (native); HP 303; Init +8; Spd 20'; AC 31, t 18...

I'd say my players level every 1-2 sessions. A session is generally 10 hours or more, once every two weeks. This yields about 1.5 levels a month, which we're completely happy with. I don't think some of my players could play the same character much more than a year and a half, and I certainly...

I can't tell why your DM thinks your character is overpowered? You do have a high AC and DR, but that's about all that the VoP is really giving you that makes your character powerful or frustrating. Anything with a DR that needs a certain alloy to bypass will be extremely hard for you to...

Yeah, funny thing about that, with Graz'zt's AC of 43, DR of 15/+6 (I'd convert to 15/ epic and cold iron), and SR 38, the CR 27 Marilith's wouldn't stand a chance. Graz'zt's sneer (his free action fear aura) would cause them to run away unless they roll a 20 on a save... Even if they did he...

You know what would really burn me is if they decide to stat out a bunch of cookie cutter followers ALA BoVD. That was the real waste of space IMO. Without the stupid sample followers you could have cut out half the pages used for the Archfiends/ Demon Lords.

I don't know about anyone else, but in my campaigns deities don't have true bodies. They're fully capable of creating avatars, but their avatars sit in the 30's range as well. Their lives and powers are based completely on beliefs, and if no one believes in them they die. While Kurtulmak...

It could be like a Spiderman thing (Spiderman 2). His lack of faith in his own abilities and his lack of conviction in the cause of good cause his powers to fail him. I kind of see his point. It says under Religion on page 43 of the PhB that devotion to righteousness is enough. Then on...

I find combat much more interesting in many CRPGs also. In most games you have loads of abilities (even in Diablo) to make combat dynamic. While it's true that CRPGs can degenerate into a 'click-kill' fest, DnD can become a 'roll-kill' fest as well, but at least on a CRPG you can see it...

In 2nd Edition I had a character that retired and decided to start a brothel. My 16th level fighter made a clean safe environment, and quickly the courtesans were flocking in to work for him. He became quite rich and well known. Unfortunately the fantasy stops there, as he died in his early...

I agree wholeheartedly with this, I've had it happen before and it can result in some annoying rules debates/ misconceptions. I remember in 2nd Edition, I had played the game for quite some years and I eventually had a character lose a hand to a Sword of Sharpness. I was a little disheartened...

A smart lich that hides his phylactery well.