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And how exactly do you become ready with the bow during the next round. "Take the weapon held ready in your hand and become ready to use that weapon" sounds like a free action to me. -Fletch!

So when the Sage and the Core Rules are clearly at odds, which one triumphs? I'll go core rules, until there is an official errata. -Fletch!

The player in question merely changed his tactics; not bothered at all. Maybe upset that he had missed it so many times... Well, that was harsh, my thin-skinned friend. I place quite a large gulf between annoyance/sarcasm and "rage". I'll take the extra hit points, though. -Fletch!

You are correct. I have not gamed at a con, or at least not D&D. And this is the precise reason why. Roleplaying is more 'intimate', for lack of a better term, than wargaming or CCGs. I prefer to know who I am playing with, how they play, and how they approach issues like this. Sure, you...

No, I got that. Apologies if you felt I was being antagonistic. I've been replying to a bunch of threads, and some rule-0 = reality has occured on these boards today. -Fletch!

It ceased to be an option for him. We had a party with three characters, and could not protect ourselves, let alone one party member. By the time you are casting blade barrier, the damage from a single attack can be significant. No 16th or 18th level cleric is going to make a DC 54...

Point being exactly what. I was previously scolded for injecting reality, so I will do the same now. "You are scolded for injecting reality into the discussion." Same deal. It depends on your style. I assure you that bow hunters do not assume a perfect olympic archery stance before...

And if armed with an arrow at the beginning of the round, then what? You shoot it! It has no effect on anything. Hey, even if you won't let me shoot it, I'll drop it as a free action and draw another to shoot. And I can Quickdraw another at the end of the round. Only quickened spells are...

I cut the designers all sorts of slack. I just don't give any slack to people who post their rule-0 versions of rules on message boards and expect them to be accepted as canon. -Fletch!

We haven't bothered with any full-round spells unless hasted. The party cleric in one campaign was using Blade Barrier all the time. Then he realized it was a full round spell (nobody else caught it) and never used it again. His favorite spell ceased to be an option with one flip of the page...

I can't believe he missed that one. Now who do we believe? :o -Fletch!

That is what I figured. Most of the problems in 3E (the spell levels of Haste, Displacement and various Invisisbility effects to mention only a couple) are there because of previous-version-flavor-contagion. Why rebuild only 98% of the game system from scratch? -Fletch!

Treat it as a cure spell of what level. Being as there are no cure spells of 6th+ level, I have no idea what he's talking about (unless the troll has the Heighten Regeneration feat to make a cure effect of 6th level). Sorry to be sarcastic, but Sage email responses are hardly canon. I have...

Armor bonuses do not stack; the "one suit of armor and one shield" is a specific exception. Theoretically, a normal shield would not stack with Mage Armor. So, you only get one of the actual shields (the better item) and the better cover bonus (not both). As for actual cover stacking, I would...

Excellent parry! I like this Whirlwind Chill Touch idea. -Fletch!

So take my example of using quickdraw to draw an extra arrow at the end of your action, using that as an improvised weapon. This is perfectly legal. Why would this allow an AoO, but not an empty hand. As are your posture and stance when attacking with a sword and shield, as compared to a...

Just holding a reach weapon in your off-hand does not inflict TWF penalties if you attack with the primary hand, unless you also attack with the off-hand. -Fletch!

'Feel' has no place in a rules system. How can players make decisions with a reasonable sense of security if the DM can just 'feel' a different way today. The rules are there to govern both sides, to make a consistent game experience for all. So, if you go to a con, you won't get different...

Note that he did not actually answer your question. Of what level? Any level? Level = HD of regenerating creature? I hate it when people answer the question I did NOT ask. Why is this clarification not in the FAQ? AFAIK, the subdual damage inflicted by the golem will not heal. Thus, the...

Yes. Basically, with the craft skill, you have to use the "masterwork component" two times, at 300gp value each time. Then it is both masterwork and mithral. Imagine how long it would take to forge a weapon that had a base cost of several thousand gp! -Fletch!