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Re: Re: Re: Re: Problems with Detect Evil Those are baelnorns, and a bit of a paradox with the current rules. Do you then change the Protection from xxx spells ? Or are there creatures that register as evil which are unaffected by protection ? And do you use symmetry for all clerics (i.e...

Very interesting, this strengthens the argument for all undead as evil (with baelnorn as an anomaly). And if we change the alignment, much of the paradox related to undead creatures goes away. Then it is only a question of clerics. I still (strongly) feel that the detect spells should relate...

Re: Re: Problems with Detect Evil While the baelnorn is an anomaly, the MM lists zombies and skeletons as neutral. If they are automatically evil when created by negative energy, why list them as neutral ? And remember that using negative energy is not necessarily evil, there are several...

From the SRD: Using the above table as it is written, all undead will detect as evil regardless of alignment (undead can be neutral or even good), and neutral clerics of an evil deity will also show as evil. This creates some interesting paradoxes, as e.g. baelnorns will detect as both good...

I'm currently playing a 8th level wizard, and my recommendations are: 1. Polymorph Self. Horribly unbalanced spell. Polymorph into a troll to kick butt, polymorph into a pixie to get neat special abilities and fly. My DM has banned it. 2. Plolymorph other. Nice instant death spell (with save)...

I knew someone would know the rules better than me ! I made the mistake of mixing concealment and cover, it's good to know that the rules make sense :) .Ziggy

Hi! Last night we discovered a puzzle in the rules. My rogue was flanking an invisible mage, and (with blindfighting) managed to hit him even with the 50% miss chance. We could not find anything in the rules that ruled out sneak attack damage on the attack, but our DM ruled that sneak attack...

We use them in nearly all combats, but some (small) encounters has been run without the battlemap. They are very useful for the "positionally challenged", as they make it obvious who is where in relation to other characters, NPCs, monsters and the environment. They also give some out-out-game...

Hi Lazybones! I like the current story-line, I'm looking forward to see how the latest happenings tie into the greater story. I also like the way you are using the boat for a series of encounters, it's an excellent way of string encounters together without railroading the PCs. And the writing...

Put a level of sorcerer in there and get a toad. It'll cost you (10-4)=6 HP, but you'll gain 20 Hp from increased CON. .Ziggy

Pretty good draft, you should probably fine-tune it a bit after choosing items, but it'll do for now. The next task is to select items and spells that give different bonuses. With all those meta-magic feets you can count on spells for weapon, armor and stats enhancements so you don't have to...

I'm still here, but too busy to write a long reply... But I'm enjoying the story, so keep up the good work ;) .Ziggy

Re: Bast's role Not trying to get into a pissing contest here, but the agressive lion-headed diety is usually called Sekmeth, and while there are strong ties between workship of Sekmeth and Bast, most scholars treat them as separate dieties. While Anubis is probably the most well known death...

Why do you have Combat Casting ? At that level, a maxed consentration will be 15+3=18, and with a 16 CON that is 21 total. This means that you can autocast 7th level spells in combat, and just need a 2 for your 8th level spells. In the same vein, Endurance is a very limited feat, and unless...

I just love my "big hairly friend of Pelor" - the celestial Bison. With its 5/+1 damage reduction its brilliant against mooks, and its also tough enough to slow down the heavy guys for a couple of rounds. .Ziggy

My current campaigns: 1 GM 6 players 6 characters (I'm the GM) 1 GM 5 players 5 characters 1 GM 5 players 5 characters 1 GM 6 players 6 characters We play alot in each others campaigns, all-in-all there are only 10 persons in all these campaigns. .Ziggy

I like it as well, probably going to try it for a druid circle IMC. However I see it mainly as a NPC class, you got to have a very special campaign to make this playable as a PC. .Ziggy

Low-light vision is good, it fits well with the feline domain (maybe add it to the domain, not the class ?) The turn variant is very powerful, e.g. the feat "extra turning" will give you 4 additional domain spells. I don't recommend going this route. Perhaps you could focus a bit more on the...

Its important to remember that D&D is a game, not a simulation. Thus the mismatch between rules and reality is not necessarily a problem, just simplifications and changes done in order to make the game more playable. Thus changing rules to make the game more realistic is IMHO pretty stupid...

Usually we use standard 4D6, drop lowest, arrange freely. For my epic campaign I used 5D6, drop the two lowest, reroll everything if average below 14. In this campaign two of the players wanted to choose stats, I let them do that as long as the average was between 14 and 15. They also roll...