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Serious. I saw this in an early design article from one of the primary 3E designers, and have spent much of my free time today trying to track it down. IMO, it is a core philosophy behind any good game design. Either want or must-have, if everyone does have, then there is something wrong...

Re: 3 types of movement... IIRC, roadbuilding was one of the standard peacetime responsibilities of the Roman army. They had engineers that guided the work, but the unskilled (in masonry at any rate) soldiers did it all. If you have a 3rd level or so follow slot open, grab an expert with...

We use it just like in the book. If its got multiple abilities, chances are it is worth the 810gp to have someone cast Analyze Dweomer on it for you. It might even make for an interesting quest, if you have no high level arcane spellcaster handy. If identify does 'the whole thing', then there...

Now, kreynolds, you're being just a tad argumentative. The implied maximums come from Monte, SKR and others. Before the Epic book, there was nothing that said you could not pop out a Belt of Strength +10, or a Ring of Hide +25, but there was an understanding, supported by designer comments and...

I would feel that quickened wands, scrolls and staves would be unbalancing, regardless of the costs for the higher level spell slot. It is a 'spell completion item' or a 'use activated item', not a 'cast the whole friggin spell from scratch' item. This falls into the "not a clarification but...

Pounce + haste is awesome. It does not allow for spring attack, but mobility would certainly be of help. Other than the Geomancer or changing your form with polymorph or shapechange, I see no 'official' way for a character to get the pounce ability. Expect this as the next wave of cheese...

Then again, haste is not an 8th or 9th level spell, as these other's you've so kindly pointed out. It is 3rd, but allows you to cast gate 2/round, or shapechange & gate. Think of it that way... I agree. Invis should be bumped, too. And any spell/feat/item that everybody wants or must have...

OK, let me back up a step. A cloak of major displacement (or major cloak of displacement) should, by the rules, cost 30kgp. It does cost 50kgp. Haste is the same level spell, and both are normally one round/level as a spell. So both items should be the same cost, or Haste (the spell) is...

Oh, I'm all over that. This creature is silly (I am really starting to hate all of these anthropomorphic animals). OK, a humanoid elephant with two trunks. Hmmm, that's a gem. File that right next to the humanoid hippos from Spelljammer... That said, the CR issue is not unique among the...

It's under demons, because the assassin demon presented always has a greater wounding weapon. The property is described on p. 62 in MMII. -Fletch!

A 5 ft. move is not the same as a 5 ft. adjustment/step. An adjustment does not draw an AoO, but any move does. This is a question of terminology, not simply how many squares you moved. You cannot take a 5 ft. step into the area occupied by another creature, so it is a move, and it draws...

Re: Re: Hasted character casting from scrolls Activating a spell completion item takes only a standard action, regardless of the spell (no quickened scrolls or wands or whatever). The bit about 'equivalent to casting a spell' applies only to the fact that it draws an AoO (unlike other magic...

There is an implied list of maximums. It has been mentioned in chats, forums, etc. by the original 3E designers. I guess that, similar to how magic item pricing obeys the rules 'most of the time', so do the maximum bonuses. +10 is supposed to be the maximum non-epic skill bonus, but there are...

Wow, that was mature. Time for Hong to take a nap, I think. -Fletch!

There is no explicit mention of the maximum capacity of a scroll that I could find, either in the PHB, the DMG or the FAQ. You could have a major scroll with six spells, but I would not consider that a practical limit, just the usual limit. It used to be seven spells in previous editions; I...

When being raised from the dead, you simply know the alignment; no divination is necessary. It's just part of the cosmic order of things, I guess. ;) -Fletch!

D20 Modern implemented this very well, for both attacks and saves. Take a look at the d20M SRD on the Wizards site, or pick up the hardcover at a local shop. -Fletch!

The only non-epic items over +10 are the ones based on Jump. Regardless of what epic items "are", non-epic items "are not" more than +10. How did you come up with the identify price? Detect magic is 0-level, and therefore counts as a 0.5 level spell for magic item formulae. As for the...

It is not a death effect, but a transmutation. So it would be the same as polymorphing them into a pile of living dust. So, yes, I agree with tleilaxu. -Fletch!

...but the area that you do not threaten is huge (no pun intended ;)). Taking other reach weapons as an example, I would figure that you would not threaten 10' away. So you can no longer just take a 5 ft. adjustment to be able to attack. It would be almost unusable except in massed formations...