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Intent is critical for judging whether something is an attack. If the caster does not know before casting DT that its area includes hostile creatures, then the caster stays invisible- because at casting time, as far as the caster is concerned, the AoE does not contain enemies. If, however, the...

I haven't checked an FAQ, but you could do worse than check d20pfsrd.com for it. They're usually pretty quick to incorporate FAQ answers into the appropriate pages on the site. But you're correct; clearly by RAW the Aura works on Undead. None of the critical words match up to let the Undead...

I'd advise looking closely at everything to do with the Far Realm- that's supposed to be the place where Madness dwells, a home for the sort of tainted Chaos the OP appears to be going for. The original cultists probably opened a Far Realm portal, and that's what's been spreading; 3.5 rules for...

Only Wraith rules I'm aware of were White Wolf's. :) That being said, you might consider Ghostwalk as a starting point, if you can get access to it. There are ways to play disembodied PCs in there. Incorporeal was a lot stronger in 3.X than it is in PF, so that probably influenced the authors...

Not to get into the flame war, but this sort of dismissal of peer-reviewed work is nearly always used as an excuse to simply dismiss studies the speaker doesn't like rather than as any sort of legitimate criticism. Methinks you should examine your own motives closely in this regard, though given...

For the record, I used an Odium against one of my groups of low-Divine PCs during my super-Epic game that ended back in 2010- it very nearly killed the party, because I threw it at a party of Evil PCs. ;) One of the PCs was a Psion, and used Anyfeat to get himself a Good-aligned attack ability...

I've never done any competitive athletics before in my life, aside from a brief stint on a high school track team as a sprinter when I was in 9th grade (I'm 39 now, so that was more than 20 years ago). I have, however, been working out at a gym on my way home from work most nights...

Not so much a critique as a question- but out of curiosity, why is accurate translation of characters from AD&D a problem you need to solve? 2nd Edition was more than 2 editions and 12 years of game development time before PF; I still have my old books but only use them for fluff references...

Certainly it would. The Duelist ability explicitly says it is adding to the DEX bonus to AC; therefore, it changes the DEX bonus to AC and adds to everything that that does. The Duelist is, for example, clearly not allowed to add that bonus when he or she is flat-footed; the ability itself notes...

Awww. "You must spread some experience points around before giving it to Matthias again." Cool idea, and well reasoned! You might also consider Sound Burst, since (even though that deals very little actual damage) it is Sonic and also Stuns the target if the save fails. Stun isn't an instakill...

Thanks for the quick reply! Good luck kicking the distributor(s) into gear.

It is available in physical form- I myself have a copy. However, I ordered mine online- local stores have to order it for their own shelves as they order anything else. Your LGS may not be psionics-F without you to ask them to stock it (or special-order it for you). However, on a related topic...

I bought the three core books- PHB, DMG, and MM 1- and read through them thoroughly with an eye toward how they'd work with my ongoing game of the time. Short answer: they didn't. I had played one playtest of the rules, semi-beta-test, at Gen Con before getting the books. I don't count that...

I'll second Force. Horrid Wilting is indeed very nasty, and a reliable damage-dealer at high levels, but Force damage hits everything- even Ghosts. It used to hit Ethereal critters too, in fact, making it one effect type which would hit you even on another plane, but PF doesn't have that as part...

The actual gravity rules from Dragonstar are pretty simple. Changes to creatures' physiology were handled by templates introduced in the Galactic Races Guide, for Low and High Gravity (they didn't go beyond those). Sure, it's less realistic, but it's easy to remember and implement, and not a bad...

I'm actually already dealing with this myself- my old setting that I used for my 3.0/3.5 long-running epic campaign featured advanced technology and some of its consequences; for example the world has six equatorial space elevators linked to an immense ring-shaped station at the geosynchronous...

Because then you have to answer the question: what happens when you take the Headband off? :) And perhaps more importantly, what happens when you later put it back on? Do you get to retro-spend the skill points all over again, and thus get X skill points to spend on anything you like just for...

I, too, do not know the source material beyond having seen the DVDs in stores and hearing/reading online that the cartoon rocks (and the live-action movie kinda... doesn't). My advice would be to structure the class like the Sorcerer or Oracle: not because they're spellcasters, but rather...

Trogs actually fit better, since they (unlike Lizardfolk) are actually Evil. :) Lizardfolk are True Neutral by default, even though they are more often used as "monsters" than "NPCs."

(slightly off topic) New magic item idea! "Fern of Entanglement." Show those Munchkin players how a character can lose to a Potted Plant! :D Back on topic, I'm with the crowd that would let it work, but only within a limited radius. I'd do a 5-foot spread myself, depending on the plant...