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A player of mine thought of this some time ago, but he still hasn't had the opportunity to do (or try) it. As a DM, I'm against it. From a DM's metagaming point of view, calling outsiders is, generally, a province of wizards (a sorcerer or another class can do it, but the wizard is the ultimate...

Our longest 3(.5) campaign was on the over-te-top-a-bit side. Characters were made with "just" 35 points, but we gained various boosts as the game progressed. The experience showed me that such high-powered games, while most certainly doable, require a good deal of extra work. For example, our...

Well, like I said, I haven't seen the class in play, since it's not played in my group. But, this character uses a glaive, which threatens a critical hit on a 20, so it's not that much of a problem (since spells also threat on a 20). I'd probably go either with your original suggestion (the...

If I'm reading it right, you're partiall correct -- the damage from blade of blood is classified as extra damage right there in the spell description. So, it's not multiplied on a critical. However, I couldn't find anything that would support that theory for shocking grasp. With arcane...

I haven't seen the duskblade in game yet, but a fellow gamer of mine gets to play (or was it DM?) with another group, who are more focused on powerful characters and combat (they routinely create characters with a 40-point-buy method). One of the characters in that game is a duskblade (there's...

No, the "correctest" answer is that Thanee has guessed accurately, but Sithobi1 was also kind of correct (in that there's no lightblade/thinblade/courtblade versions), and I'm absolutely certain of the answer :D The weapon in question is a specific magic weapon called the swordbow. It's found...

I have a 13th-level druid character in a currently on-hiatus game, and the DM has pretty much given me the hands open approach when it comes to spells and wild shape forms. I'd always prepare either short descriptions and stat block of new spells (and wild shape forms), or I'd type and print...

PHII has Disruptive Strike class feature. Essentially, you give up your Uncanny Dodge ability for the ability to inflict a temporary AC penalty on your opponent. It also works against undead, oozes, and cosntructs. Might be worth looking into.

No. The feat allows you to wild shape into Small or Medium dragons. Considering that you get all Ex and Su attacks and qualities, including some of the best overland speeds in the game, I'd say that's more than enough. Especially if your DM lets you use non-core dragons (like the FR's shadow...

For each size category removed from Medium, the modifier doubles (or halves). I suspect that's because each size category itself is either double or one-half the height of the category that precedes it (Fine <6", Diminutive 6"-1', Tiny 1'-2', Small 2'-4', Medium 4'-8', Large 8'-16', Huge...

I'd rather they added a new Cha-increasing item. Cloak has long seemed like the silliest of the stat-boosting items. You can carry that headband or periapt wherever you want, pretty much, and it probably isn't going to look overly silly ("Yes, I'm going to take a bath while wearing my cloak, why...

Are you using point-buy? If so, put 18 in Int (with 28 points, let's say Str 8, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 8; with drow racial adjustments that's Str 8, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 20, Wis 10, Cha 10). With drow racial adjustment, that means two bonus 1st-level spells right there at 1st level...

An Eberron book dealt with this, but only in a minor way, IIRC. Presumably, it was Magic of Eberron, but I'm too lazy to go and check. There were also a couple of spells that worked on this principle, IIRC.

I don't think anyone mentioned it, but the CM cover mage has two rats on her (his?) shoulder. I assume this means there's something inside (PrC? feat? class variant?) that allows arcanists to take an extra (or multiple?) familiars. Yay :)

I think 4e, when it eventually comes, and I don't think it will before 2009 or 2010, will be substantially different from 3(.5)e, with much less sacred cows. Why do I think that? When there was some discussion about psionics (might be related to the release of CPsi), one of the designers of...

Sandstorm has stats vor vultures and dire vultures (available to 1st- and 10th-level druids as companions, respectively). Compared to D&D eagles, they're somewhat weaker, but with more hp. Regards.

Way back when, working hours here in most companies were from 6 am til 2 pm, so 2-5 pm was time reserved for having the main meal of the day (supper? lunch? that always confuses me...) and rest. A siesta, if you will. Even today, when most people work 9-5, the time between 2 and 4 pm is a sort...

People who drop by for a visit unanounced. I like my privacy. I hate when I have to drop what I'm doing in order to entertain a sudden guest. Even worse is when people drop for a visit, unanounced, at inproper times, like before 11 am, or between 2 and 5 pm, or after 9 pm. People who won't take...

I'm a fan of moderate magic, but I've been dissatisfied with 3(.5)e approach to magic items. In our last campaign (reaching levels 13-14, then going on hiatus) we had a LOT of magic items. The vast majority created by the party. Wizards are extremely willing to burn gold and XP because it will...

I'm actually one of those who likes 1st-level characters. I also believe that combat encounters, even at those low levels, can be dramatic and fun -- the CR and EL system makes most of the hard work, and the DM just needs to add some "flavour". I'd much rather play a 1st-level character than a...