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Re: Re: Fixes for Spell Duration In general I agree with you but combined with Ray of Enfeeblement against something with a poor Fort save, you can knock off 1d6 +8 STR at CL 6 - enough to render people unconscious or at the very least immobile under the weight of their armour/equipment - for...

I've always thought of it as having infinitesimal thickness. I'd like to add a question to the Blade Barrier discussion though - has it been clarified whether the BB deals damage to creatures only one, once per 'entry' or once per round (if trapped somehow in the BB)? Edit: corrected spelling...

Can I thread a chain through it and hang it around my neck then?

IIRC vermin familiars gain an intelligence score and take on type "Magical Beast." In doing so they lose the normal vermin immunity to mind-affecting magic. See for example FRCS p27 "Hairy Spider" familiar. Current thinking: No bonuses to master Low speed (10ft?) but perfect maneouvrability...

To retrieve the potion of healing deperately needed to stabilise the dying cleric frocing the character to spend a round taking the backpack off, a round rummaging, then a round to use ot - more realistic possibly, less fun definitely.

I agree it can't hover 'per se' (it flits around) but it can certainly stay in the air in the same 5ft area for a round, which is the technical definition of hover. Similarly, it can flit back and forth, changing direction without needing to travel a certain distance 'turning' - which fits with...

A creature entangled or webbed "cannot move" Do they still get to make Reflex saves against area effect spells as normal? Can they still use evasion? What about spells like Wall spells or Blade Barrier which grant a save but effectively require movement in order for the save to be made?

IIRC the designers had come out in favour of the "accepts freely |= costs nothing": as opposed to the FAQ. I "freely" admit I could be wrong about this - do you have any direct information about it?

How about "Master has access to the Dodge feat" (...float like a butterfly, sting like a bee...) in return for Dex 14 and low movement (see below) While I agree butterflies look clumsy in flight, they can effectively hover and reverse direction almost instantaneously. OTOH, they're slow...

What Dexterity do you think would be reasonable, Mike? My initial post was just some starting ideas, not a proposal I'm set on or trying to defend - I'm interested in any ideas for how to balance it as a regular familiar (don't want to take the IF feat at this stage.) I'm not keen on the...

As I said, I just used the MM downsizing rules (and going from size M to size D doesn't reduce natural armour under those rules.) Yorr suggestion seems quite reasonable though (maybe +2 Dex or a +1 dodge bonus to AC or something)?

Have a character for whom I'm thinking of proposing a butterfly familiar (it fits the character, OK?) Any help welcome! Initial thoughts: Either no bonuses to master (it can fly and it is size D from which it already gets defensive advantages.) or +2 diplomacy or +2 to art-based craft...

Namfoodle decides to heal himself before he collapses in a unonscious, rather than merely quivering, heap. Cure Moderate Wounds 4 +2 +6 =12hp Atticus: dispel magic will dispel any spells currently active on the outsider. If the outsider is summoned (rather than called or gated) IIRC it may...

I'm with Nifft - he's done it exactly as I would have done it.

Actually, if you interpret "freely" according to the original intention, BBB is quite reasonable - still worth the money for the ability to carry several books' worth of spells all in one light book but not allowing a complete bypass of the scribing cost rules.

I've never yet seen a toad in actual play. Everyone in the games I play/DM seems to have birds (ravens or, in one case for a size S wizard, a budgerigar. Whom she painted black and named 'Raven'....)

I think the Expertise and Superior Expertise (if it exists in your campaign world) are often overlooked but (for a pure fighter who can suck up the penalties) great way of boosting AC. Ftr7/DwD3 Full Plate +2 (+10) Large Shield +2 (+4) Dex 13 (+1) Dodge Feat (+2 in 3.5) Defensive Stance (+4)...

Pretty - yes. Physiologically sound - no. Those muscle arrangments look all wrong, even in a creature which uses magic to boost its flying ability. Erm...back to the question..... WotC have stated that they will only be redoing the Core Books. Whether they produce Web updates (or similar)...

Obviously this is qualified by the fact that we still don't know the exact specifications of the new spells (or spell?) Based on what has been discussed so far, though, I would consider House Ruling that you can gain +4 (or +5, whichever is the final number) to the ability for 1 minute/level or...

I'm in the "should have been 10 mins/level" camp; but I do like the change to a flat number (not only making it more consistent, but preventing empowering/maximising.) At 1 min/level as noted it pretty much is a 'single fight' spell; not hugely better than 1 round/level. At 10 mins/level it...