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Keep in mind Incarnates can't be Lawful Good, so the only way you could play a monk/incarnate and still be Good (besides the DM being lenient with alignments) is if you're monk first and then transition into incarnate, which means don't expect to get back into monk. And you'll have to be Good...

Note the ability score entry: "Charisma measures a character’s force of personality, persuasiveness, personal magnetism, ability to lead, and physical attractiveness." A warforged charger is definitely lacking on the first four of those. And probably a bit in the last since it's not exactly...

Perhaps this blog might be worth a read? http://bankuei.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/a-way-out/ In short, D&D is trying to be too many things at once, and thus it suffers because in trying to cater to many, it doesn't specifically to any because it doesn't have the set in stone rules that everyone...

No roll is required at all. The only thing you have to do for concentration spells is maintain concentration, which is usually a standard action per round as per the duration rules

Make sure you've got your terminology right. Manifester level is for psionics. Initiator level is for maneuvers. And your thought is correct: Because you're currently at 1/2 Initiator level, you effectively can't take Martial Study or Martial Stance at 1st. You wouldn't qualify to take any...

His "hidden" condition would be gone after the first attack, thus he would need to hide again to get an off hand SA hit off. And, once again, hiding must be as part of movement which means the character must move at least one square. Movement is different from a move action, though one may...

Why is the desert seen as something similar to the siege by one side, but as something almost completely different to another? The differences are in geography, narrative, and in-game time with regards to the party's goals. Some similarities, as best I can tell, are that they're both still...

Dandu has the link right, but the action itself is a bit different than just a move. If it's normal hiding, then it's as part of movement, which means it can't be done during a full attack since the character doesn't move during one. The only times I can think of where movement happens during...

Summon Elemental might work for you. Having an at-will bodyguard has its uses and the caster level boost is nice.

The first, on a metagame level, would likely be because it creates an interesting complication to things and does it in such a way that the players can use it and feel it's relevant to their goal. Not only that, it's close enough to the city/their goals that it doesn't feel disconcerting. A...

To summarize innerdude's explanation: Don't assume that the player is alright with having their character and/or backstory modified. Lay out the rules at the start so the player and DM can negotiate what might happen based on their intents for the game. If it's going to be more narrativist...

The city/temple is perceived as being inherently interesting. Let's face it, they usually are because they can cater to a stupendously wide variety of encounters. The desert/wasteland is not, and is certainly more limited in its possibilities than the city. Thus, it is certainly not a stretch...

The player has asked, just once, to entirely pass the desert. They want absolutely nothing to do with it, and that includes "Hey, there was something back there that's useful to an NPC." Introducing the need for the plant in the first place (or keeping it after the request to skip the desert...

Dragon 326 added additional combat styles for rangers. A list of them can be found at http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=9028.msg144722#msg144722 under the Dragon 326 spoiler.

Forests and jungles were separated out by the game designers. It might have everything to do with the climate since dealing with being cramped and hot versus cramped and cold are quite different beasts. Note the UA version of Favored Environment. Heroes of Battle has a blurb about Knowledge...

Have you looked at the actual Scout class from Complete Adventurer? You could probably get some ideas from there, including the possibility of trapfinding.

It's really starting to sound more and more like the published module itself either needed to be heavily modified or simply not run at all. "Hey, let's make them use Plane Shift and then let the DM come up with all the stuff that's in the 5 to 500 miles away from the goal! That should make...

"What resources or tools would I need to make this work?"

Just noting that during this thread there have been some questions whether it should work for a party that doesn't quite have the resources to do it. I can see that happening sometimes, especially if someone thought something worked but upon further examination of the rules realized it didn't...

It started off with "surprising the DM." Asking (or by some interpretations in this thread, telling) the DM to handwave something, even if it rarely happens, is something that needs to be resolved. And it's such a request that it can really screw up a game (and players), so it's potentially...