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Well, Elrik_DarkFury effectively sums up the argument concerning when surprise applies and sneak attack can be taken. Regarding OM square semantics: You made a good point Hypersmurf. I can agree that the purpose of the spell may be as you describe here, and that was probably the designers...

Hypersmurf, restating your interpretation isn’t helping us at all. I see no rules that back up any of your statements. This is a spell, and we are talking about the squares (area) it affects- not its “area of effect”. That was my mistype. From the glossary in the PH: Square: A square on the...

Spell areas of effect and weapon reach are defined differently and do not make a valid argument here. For a weapon to “reach” its target it must extend into the square where the target is located. A normal medium size weapon, can reach up to 5 ft. That takes it to the far edge of an adjacent...

This is not intended as a slam in any way, I just had to mention it because it made me chuckle. Which word is supposed to be stressed in the above sentence: underlined CAPS, or Italics Try saying the sentence aloud and stressing all three words for good laugh. ;)

This seems incorrect to me. You completely occupy your 5 ft square. The adjacent squares (next to you) are not 5 ft away, you are touching them. Those squares are 5 ft, so when the spell says "beyond 5 feet" it is stating that adjacent squares provide no concealment to you (being the...

When I first read this I thought I might have seen that same thing somewhere, but I was unable to find this specifically. As pointed out above, the PH (pg 165) also states that both sonic and acid effects do full damage to objects, but nothing about those energy types ignoring hardness...

A character will provoke an Attack of Opportunity only from those who threaten and detect him while performing a certain action. In most circumstances an invisible creature will not provoke an AoO. The scent ability allows the creature to adequately pinpoint the location of an invisible...

Provided they can see what or where they are wanting to aim/center a spell effect, they do have line of sight to it. Concealment and cover only provide a chance that a character might not hit the target. I suppose it would be reasonable to require a ranged touch attack to center a spell in the...

Ok, glad to help. But I must admit, I am a bit curious, or at least a little bit confused. Did the character in question simply not have the immunity, or did he confuse and ability he had for an immunity? In short, which ability was this?

We made a similar ruling in my campaign. Psionics do not have to draw on the Weave for their power, but the Weave is still a conduit through which the power flows from the Manifester (or must simply pass through). This means that while Dead Magic zones would not prevent psionic manifestations...

There a just a couple places showing the answer to this. pg. 177 of the PH (second column) "Spell resistance is a special defensive ability. If your spell is being resisted by a creature with spell resistance, you must make a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) at least equal to the...

I was a bit taken back that the beautiful Kristen Kreuk (Lana Lang from Smallville), was not listed but mediocre Allison Mack was. Kreuk, Monica Ballucci, Kate Beckinsale, Adriana Lima, would tie for top 4, though I could not put them in a particular order. Also very attractive is Amy Lee of...

I think the point of the spell is that the victim is not able to act because their mental facilities are overcome. They can take no action (not even mental ones) aside from struggling to wrest control of their mind via their Will save. Paralysis is different, as the person cannot act as a...

I am glad that people can laugh at this. Unfortunately, this is one of the things that I had to deal with when I was younger. There was a post not long ago about Urban Myths of D&D, where I posted the stories that some people came up with to try to prevent me from playing D&D. This was on of...

To answer a few questions: The battle ended favorably for the Elven character. He is a master of two-weapon fighting, and uses shortswords, so he didn’t have much of a problem dealing damage even after he was swallowed by the Terrasque. (killed it in 3 rounds) However, after he did kill the...

Have you ever wondered about the morality of slaying the Terrasque? To my surprise, this issue came up during a D&D session I was playing in last night. I know many may not have had the chance to face off against the infamous creature… but has this issue even arisen in anyone’s mind? What...

I have seen discussions about how and why the current multi-class system leaves something to be desired. While some classes synergize well enough with others, many class fall short in power compared to a base class. So my question is- do you think Gestalt, as presented in Unearthed Arcana...

Oh what a tangled web we weave... Oh, the spell is from the PH... it is called Web. I know… I was shocked too. I had glanced over the spell every time I read though the PH, just thinking it was a moderately useful spell- one who's style I just didn't appreciate ... yeah. I must note that my...

Using the Spell point system, he had greater dispel, greater haste, true seeing, and another. Lightning bolt, I now recall, was actually empowered, though that still could kill the dragon in just 4-6 spells. You do not forget spells from casting them, and a 6th level spell costs 11 Spell...

Ok, I was leaving work yesterday and hurried to finish giving the important details before I had to leave, but here are a few more: The dragon wasn’t Lit to death ;) . I did not have the dragon try the -move-to-wizard's-previous-location action more than twice. He did attempt to cast spells...