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The problem isn't costing a feat, the problem is that they all have prereqs that no good build is going to "happen by." You have to sacrifice one of your primary 3 ability scores to get +1 damage sometimes (except for some wizards with burning blizzard).

I am, and I am sure many of you are, a tactical gamer at heart. I love seeing a good plan come together. I don't want to speak too soon for a new edition, but compared to 3.5, 4E introduces a lot more randomness into the game. Many, many splatbooks made 3.5 a breeze to find options to...

A lantern archon familiar is one of the most powerful options I've seen for a wizard. Get it using share spells and teleporting around with magic items and messages and the thing is a massive workhorse. And don't underestimate its 10/magic and evil DR; that is tough to beat. Even Aid is a great...

I don't think so at all. That +2 gives you no attack or damage bonus while still significantly raising the cost of the item. Against guys whose DR you would beat anyway, that is effectively -2 to hit/-2 to damage, or more, depending on the enhancements you chose. And depending on the DR, you...

I found that 20 +1, construct bane adamantine arrows were both affordable for my mid-level archer (around 4500 gp) and incredibly effective. Playing in Eberron helped, because warforged are more common than golems, but the cost really is negligible compared to the utility. If I were shelling out...

Per the rules on (ex) abilities, I say it is a free action. The range of touch still applies, so I'd also rule that the item much be within arm's reach and clearly visible. A 13th level character could easily cast Analyze Dweomer anyway, which lets you identify items as a free action at range...

A Nightmare makes an incredible (flying) mount. Etherealness at will it utterly broken as well. And the smoke ability shouldn't be underestimated - the nightmare gets full concealment while suffering no penalties to its vision from the smoke. The Rekjar (MM3) has fabricate at will and can make...

I look at the tropes that wizards follow and then the ones that psions follow. Wizards derive their power from dedicated study and rote memorization. They perform the gestures, they visualize the spell patterns, and they invoke the words, and the magic happens. They don't just wave their hand...

I would first build a weapon suitable for use against the Nine Hells. Maybe a set of scrying crystals that watch the Lords of Hell. And I would tie those crystals to an unhallow spell near the gate, so they only function if the unhallow remains active. If unhallow ends, the crystals power down...

I've used a killer familiar before. The advantage is based on abusing Share Spells. Any buff you cast, is duplicated on the familiar as long as he stays no more than 5' away from you. Or, if you like, you can cast a personal range spell on your familiar and ignore the distance restriction. Even...

Planar binding spells can call in spellcasting outsiders to contribute spell slots as well. Sylphs are 3HD and contribute 3rd level spells. Ultimately a 5th level binding spell gives 10 points towards the epic spell. Go a little higher and you can get a trumpet archon, a ghaele eladrin, or a...

I think this is the biggest strength of the dragonmarked houses as far as political motivation. Each house has a fairly limited scope with its official guilds and dragonmark powers. But each house has unlimited ambition, and more resources than most. What does a monarch have that a house Baron...

I consider the Dragonmarked houses to be the de facto powers in Eberron. They predate the founding of all the current kingdoms, and while most of the countries on Khorvaire are in tatters after 100 years of all-out magical war, the Dragonmarked houses have had 100 years to profiteer and gather...

One of the best hooks is to reverse a player's expectations, and usually yours at the same time. Instead of the players going blind into the temple, maybe they are near the temple and see a strange humanoid creature of a race they have never encountered or heard of (the underground people). He...

I like the players who treat my world like a sandbox. I enjoy telling my story, but it makes the game special for me when I see that my players are following it, not because it's the only thing in front of them, but because it's the most interesting thing in front of them. I like it when they...

You don't HAVE to offer anything. You don't have to offer threats or money, the spell has the built-in rule that you need to succeed on an opposed Cha check to get the outsider to serve you. It further says that you can get a bonus on the check depending on what you offer to sweeten the deal. So...

There is no legitimate way. To say that something like a few wishes (which are a nearly unlimited resource for an efreet at 3/day every day for its entire life, none of which is can use for itself) has any relevant cost or danger is stretching it. To say that the demand is impossible or...

It's been said already, but Diviner is one of the most powerful speciality schools, mainly because you give up so little. And yes, detect thoughts is incredibly powerful as only a 2nd level spell when used properly. Even the most careful BBEG will get revealed pretty quickly when all of his...

I came to the thread to say what's already been said - make the haft out of mithril for another, say, 500-1000gp. The lightness means you can use a comparable amount of mithril to wood, instead of a hollow or thinner piece of steel.

Just to support the "much, much cheaper than 56,000 gp" angle, think of what it could cost to buy a handy haversack and then spend 1000 gp on arrows. That would be 20,000 arrows, cost 3000 gp, and be utterly ridiculous. 2000 gp for an endless quiver is probably fair. your 56,000 gp estimate is...