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I think Dragon #298 is a must for anyone planning to play a drow or for a DM that plans to use them in a game. I've never read any D&D novels so perhaps they are very insightful, but the article in Dragon #298 really hammered home for me just how evil and sinister the drow are. If you haven't...

A difference of four caster levels is pretty huge, and that difference will only increase unless Richter doesn't take any more fighter levels.

It was a bit presumptuous posting Elwood following along to Peldan's Helm. I'm guessing that my absence Sunday was covered by Elwood staying with the Myconid Sovereign and nursing his roper wounds which were stubborn to recover due to the malnourishment and fatigue of his recently-ended...

Granted, a d6 weapon (shield spikes) isn't too terribly impressive for a fighter, but a d8 once you can add the bashing property to your shield brings you up to par. The damage manifests itself through shield charges, and the benefit to such a shield fighter build is the utility more than the...

I gave it a 4. A druid is much-better suited taking alternative feats than taking this for Summon Nature's Ally. And arcane casters are much better off taking damn near anything else also. Even if the character was designed around summoning this feat wouldn't be very attractive to me in...

d20 Modern rules and whether they'll be incorporated in 3.5e aside, here's where things stand by my interpretation: Shield bash attacks can be made by using the shield as an off-hand weapon. Shield expert lets you retain a shield's AC bonus when the shield is used in an off-hand attack...

The Soul Knife text says to treat the mind-blade as a short sword in all ways except visually (and later on as a longsword), so I'd argue that it couldn't be used with a monk's unarmed attack bonus.

In this case you don't round up, actually. "For each full 1,000gp" is what the text writes, emphasis mine. And yes, it is a new mechanic. But when comparing it alongside the PrC requirements I began to wonder what was going on. Iron_Chef: Since Performance is such a relatively minor element...

That had been my exact interpretation as well, Hypersmurf. And it had always worked fine. Granted, I play instruments and feel the idea of making an untrained check is pretty absurd (instrument proficiencies would make a lot more sense), but it works fine for game balance. To point out one...

Dragon 301 and other sources have confused my understanding of the mechanics surrounding the Perform skill something awful. The PHB states that every rank put into Perform adds another method of performance the character knows. That means that it isn't like Knowledge, Profession, or Craft...

With Reactive Counterspell you can actually counterspell even if you've already taken an action in the current round. It is just counted as your action for the next round in the initiative order. Round 1 Initiative 18: Bob the evoker casts fireball and it is not dispelled Initiative 15: Joe...

Duelist: because the tarrasque only deserves to hit you on a natural 20. :)

Druids can get domains with certain PrCs.

Everyone is too busy laughing at the prospect of a druid wildshaped into a Cthulu-esque octopus form and wreaking havoc with the Multitasking feat to consider a rat. :) Using the Celerity prestige domain for time stop and using those rounds to Summon Nature's Ally for wave after wave of...

I'd have to agree about having Creeping Cold as instantaneous duration to avoid that whole issue. The editors for the classbooks were really out to lunch in my opinion. Especially in the case of MotW and DotF. "Hey, um, guys? Miasma? Armor of speed? Please tell me this is just your...

Stupid question, but what exactly happens when you use Extend Spell on Creeping Cold?

Malin: That's what I think seems the most logical way to do it. Either that, 3+Wis mod/day, or something along those lines. I was just hoping someone had an official ruling from the Sage or something justified by the rules.

I realize that Pain Touch is also in Sword&Fist, but the S&F errata and FAQ don't even touch the feat. Which would make me inclined to ignore the OA errata on Pain Touch and just have it as an after-effect of a successful stunning attack against legitimate targets. Can anyone answer the...

Thank you, Mr. Fidgit. :) Now I'm a bit confused on how Pain Touch works if it takes an extra stunning attack to use. I'd assumed that it just added onto the effect of stunning attack without any cost but the feat itself. So how does this work now? Do you have to declare that a stunning...

Boots of Springing and Striding are a natural. They are probably the best way to spend 6,000 gold in my opinion (the price was fixed in DMG errata). There simply isn't anything I'd be willing to sacrifice for either Dash or an EWP. In Dragon 301, halfling rapier is listed as a martial weapon...