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That's not a duel, that's a pit-fight. For a pit fighter or judicial champion Ftr12 is a fine choice, but the duelist as depicted in the DMG definitely targets something different. We're talking about D'Artagnan or the Gray Mouser here. The D&D rules don't favour unarmored fighters with small...

I'd second that. Swashbuckler6/DuelistX is the most straightforward route. You get some nice bonus abilities along the way. Your Bbn/Ftr/Duelist combination could work, too. Basically a boy from the wilderness constantly refining his style. The Mnk/Bbn/Ftr is rather hard to explain. First...

Worked for Kirk ;) But I generally agree. My prime example for intimidating is and always will be Clint Eastwood. Just staring someone down. That said, I _do_ allow some of the powerhouses to be threatening in their own way. But not as easily. First, sometimes they "intimidate" people without...

Nothing at all. It just has to burn a feat (for which it needs at least five additional sorceror levels). Hmm, the DMG lists both improved familiars and familiars for larger spellcasters. Improved larger familiars might be interesting. Human/Imp = Dragon/??? (if it isn't exactly a very young...

If i remember correctly, some of the real world rapiers were extraordinarily long. What D&D calls a rapier is more a light-weight cut&thrust sword. But I'm not really sure whether this would qualify for reach, as it isn't really longer than the greatsword, which has the normal 5' reach... Elven...

Or just use WotC's savage progressions: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sp/20040213a One problem with aasimar is the favoured class, if you want to build an Brd1/SorX. IIRC, Star Elves even have Bard as fav class.

How does your DM treat this, does it work on invisible hostile creatures? Hidden ones? Creatures that are hostile towards you, but don't have intentions of applying this hostilty now? (The BBEG while meeting in public)

Yeah, the need for erratas never ends. Maybe with edition 3.5.1... One final note: The point where game balance breaks with awakened animal companions is the 2HD increase. If the player justs wants to be able to talk to an animal which understands him (bachelor druids have issues), then for...

Magical conditions traditionally are a little bit anal (cf. Wish), so I'd try to avoid any ambiguity. The DM, the player and the character himself shouldn't have any problems deciding when the trigger occurs, but how does the magic do it? Is there some kind of invisible watcher from the Plane of...

Hmm, might be nitpicking, but Awaken works on a tree or animal. A druid's companion is a magical beast already... Yeah, that set aside, I'd agree with the other posters, you just gave your companion a human-like free will and intelligence, treating it as a NPC and possible cohort sounds reasonable.

Animated Adamantine Acid Resistant Tower Shield Of Doom.

Yeah, Tenser's Transformation whenever anyone snaps a finger ;) "I'll break you like this!" *snap*

I'd say that any trigger has to do with the sorcerer himself, like the examples in the PHB. And "combat starts" is way to general. Let's say the sorcerer is watching a gladiatorial game. Would that turn him invisible? He's walking merrily along a road, when in the meadow next to it a combat...

Call it personal bias, but I think there's a difference between a purely defensive spell like feather fall and a quickened fireball. I'd always allow more leeway for defensive spells than for offensive ones. Featherfall just prevents fall from damaging the caster, not really the realm of...

We're not talking about creating spells with built-in metamagic, just using them with a Limited Wish. Wishing for an empowered fireball would be a spell of third level, but a spell effect of fifth level, thus well within the allowance for sorcerer/wizard spells of up to 6th level. The XP...

They do sooo stack! I once heard from my big brother who was at a convention that someone talked to him about his cousin who actually met GARY GYGAX!! And he told him that the reason for the naked women in D&D is the unreleased _real_ Comeliness mechanic! The one with the table showing how much...

Thought that first, too. After all, a metamagiced spell is still a spell of its original level, it just uses a _slot_ of a higher level. But then, Limited Wish isn't limited to straight spells, allows to produce similar _effects_ in line with the power level of the aforementioned spells. Spells...

Nope. "If your Bluff check result exceeds this special Sense Motive check result, your target is denied its Dexterty bonus to AC (if any) for the next melee attack you make against it" (PHB, pg. 69, emphasis mine) 'Twould look too silly anyway. "Look, over there!" *hustle* *draw* *twang*

Okay, I've seen the errors of my ways and repent. Can anyone show me the way to Canossa? I could reach for the rainbow and claim that the damage -- while being inflicted over several rounds -- is actually instantaneous, even if the duration of the spell isn't, but that would be nitpicking and...

effective character level, 6 in your case (DMG, pg 172)