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Wilding clasp, from Masters of the Wild. 4000g, attaches to a piece of armor or other gear, prevents it from melding into your new form when shapechanging. I seem to recall using some sort of 'wilding' item enhancement, but I don't recall now whether it came from a book somewhere or if we were...

Though others have already answered quite satisfactorily, I can confirm this with first-hand experience. One year we got a tree from somewhere out in the back yard, selecting a nice 8' or so pine. It was just a bit tall, so we left maybe half a foot of stump and the lowest ring of branches...

Heh, the problem with that line of thought is that downtime is so low across pretty much all classes and specs these days, what you gain in survivability is still drastically exceeded by the increased time to kill something (exception: prot is great for soloing elite quest mobs, saves a lot of...

The primary reason hybrid builds aren't good for leveling is because you don't get deep enough down to get any new instant attacks, which are a big boost to your killing speed. In the 1-60 range, arms and fury are both good, giving you MS and bloodthirst, respectively. Prot really comes into its...

There was a huge amount of math behind 3E, mostly in an effort to keep things internally consistent (rather than completely arbitrary, as with most of 1E/2E). In particular, there's some really clever math behind CR/ECL/XP calculations and related issues. Obviously later supplements and stuff...

Basically, it comes down to situational awareness. Twitch reaction times are an aspect of this, as is your ability to draw upon your tactical knowledge in a useful and timely manner. In any non-time-limited, turn-based game (not just tabletop rpgs), this skillset takes a big backseat to the...

I am an unapologetic gearhead, I love 3E, so there's my bias. I've spent a lot of time hanging around the WotC Char Op boards, I've played a monstrous multiclassed powerhouse from 1 to 22. The thing I've found is, the more complex my build, the more hooks I have for building a personality and...

First off: I need to check in here more often, I can't believe I finally have a finished product in my e-hands. I've given it a thorough skimming, and I like what I see. Out of curiosity, though... what are other people's opinions on some of the portfolio prerequisites? One of the main PCs in...

This statement really piques my curiosity, I am wondering how common this phenomenon will be. The new mandate at WotC to focus on bringing in fresh blood by catering to the casual crowd seems to be coming from above, since the Magic department just made some major changes with the same goal...

I am sort of thinking at this point that I might just convert straight from 3.5 to 4.5. Not joking. 3E was an overhaul, 3.5 was a refinement with plenty of published material to draw on. 4E is an overhaul again, a clean slate. I like having a lot of crunch options out of the box, so if I'm going...

Does he also have a side business dealing in a wide variety of exotic polearms?

Having never seen any Naruto, I will now mentally substitute every instance of the name with Dragonball Z. I'm told the difference is largely superficial, especially for the purposes of this discussion. Anyway, I've always sort of wondered why more pen & paper RPGs didn't take this sort of...

I wish I was. I played quite a bit of it when it was fairly new, but nothing recent. I was just thumbing through some of the books the other day, though. --Impeesa--

It originates from the WotC character optimization boards, where it was first used as the name of a hypothetical character implementing the most broken build ever to grace the forum. It revolved around the Sarrukh's 'alter form' ability, with a kobold and his familiar/psicrystal/whatever gaining...

Or if you want something big and burly, maybe a big semi with a car-transport trailer. The more companions he has, the more cars he's carrying.

Entertained and informed me for the last 5 or 6 years. --Impeesa--

Hm. The way I'm reading the Gear Slot feat (I am assuming that's the one you're referring to), it doesn't grant you more priority points to spend. I think it just allows you to increase your limit for how much gear/weapons can be linked to your alt form - after all, some forms are quite...

After watching the Transformers movie a few times, I started taking a good look at running a bit of Mechamorphosis too. Aside from the size/strength issue already mentioned, the other thing I wasn't sure about was gear scaling. I may have missed some crucial passage in the text, but it seems...

There should be a support group for decent people who, for whatever reason, have immersed themselves in those forums for extended periods of time. For the last year or so I've been reading a fair bit of those forums and not much of these ones, and let me tell you, coming back here is quite a...

I played a berserker of a large-sized serpentine race for quite a while, and for his ancestral relic he had a greatspear named Jormungand's Fang.