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    Isn't there a chart for Knowledge Checks?

    Seeing as how you just killed this thing, you probably know some of this stuff. A creature's speed is pretty obvious once you've seen it move, and I'd let a warrior find out about its natural armor bonus after hitting it a few times.
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    Preferred Non-Dragon Flying Mount?

    Alliteration FTW. Also, Yrthaks FTW.
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    We need a cool new name for character optimizers...

    I agree. Munchkins cheat and obfuscate.
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    The most lame Abyssal level

    ...and you can't tell, but that stuff's really itchy.
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    What should guard a wizard's lab?

    Yes. Also, all of his spells (the permanent ones) will still be working.
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    The Myth of the Necessity of Magic Items

    You're going to have to explain the connection between and Because any spellcaster who can do it should have scrolls and (eventually) wand(s), as insurance.
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    The Myth of the Necessity of Magic Items

    Totally agree.
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    Recosting Magic Items in MIC = Blatant Power Creep...er..Power Charge?

    People who use shields don't usually have the skill points or light armor needed to hide well anyway. Yeah, I guess a ranger could use a shield, but there's not a lot of point. Besides, I need light to be able to see, if I can't see, I can't fight well. Spot checks, percentile rolls for...
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    Recosting Magic Items in MIC = Blatant Power Creep...er..Power Charge?

    No, I meant "mount" as in using some sort of sconce or something or magic glue to attach the torch to my shield. I find having to hold a light source very inconvenient. Either you have your weapon ready or you have a torch or (more likely) a lantern out. Having to babysit someone whose job is...
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    Recosting Magic Items in MIC = Blatant Power Creep...er..Power Charge?

    So I guess you wouldn't allow me to mount a light source on my shield, huh? Or have continual flame cast on my shield? Or glue an ever-burning torch to my shield? Or play a dwarf or half-orc? I guess I have to hire an NPC to carry a torch for me. Sigh.
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    Should I be worried about this build.

    I would say definitely don't let him use anything from FR if you're not running FR. Beyond the issue of how he got out of FR, FR has a higher power level.
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    If you had to cut two core races from your game....

    No humans. People play them too often. It's the freakin' feat. I can see why, but I want some different blood in my parties. No elves. Don't like 'em. Sure, they will exist--but not as PCs. Maybe half-elves. Children born from women seduced by the Seelie or Unseelie. That would work.
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    what is the deadliest Ice/Snow monster

    Yes, but it's Epic. It's not a real monster, IMO. It's an Act of Ao.
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    what is the deadliest Ice/Snow monster

    Shivhads. Huge, intelligent spider-things that live on glaciers and can locate anything on their glacier. Very nasty. They're free somewhere on the WotC site (I think it was the Far Corners of the Earth retired article) and in Frostburn.
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    Weapons doing greater damage to Large Sized Creatures...why?

    I'm a gun person and I've never heard anything like this. Hunters use hollowpoints or softpoints (bullets that expand for greater lethality) to ensure that the prey is killed quickly and cleanly. Using ball or full metal jacket bullets that might not kill the prey in one shot is considered bad...
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    Dealing with powergamers

    I'm confused here. A magic quiver that makes infinite arrows would not be too expensive if the characters have PrC levels. Or masterwork arrows. PC always has arrows. Sure, they're not magic arrows, but you can't have everything you want. That's something to upgrade to in the future. I don't...
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    Primitive vs Advanced Magic

    IMC, Some PHB spells are the basis for better spells. Speak With Dead-->Interrogate Dead (forcing the dead to speak whether it wants to or not)-->Absorb Dead Knowledge (pick through a dead spirits body of knowledge for specific data).
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    DnD SWAT Team

    Most people aren't criminals. Most criminals aren't PCs. Most criminals don't possess fortunes in weapons, protective gear and useful equipment. And they pretty reliably stop fighting when they get shot several times. So no.
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    Looting and the State

    "You can't fight ideas with bullets." The English Civil War and the French Revolution both contradict your idea, lots of people fought hard for their monarch to get the throne back (successfully or unsuccessfully as the case may be). I'm sure there's lots of other examples. Also, the French...
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    How cool is reincarnation?

    Oooh, single block of text. 0 points. Content 0 points also. As for "proving who you are"...that is ridiculous and stupid. Magical notaries would provide documentation of the heroes status. It's not like magic appeared a few years ago and these are new problems.
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