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Cut off with what? There is such a thing as "No, you can't do that" especially if the weapon can't reach that far. And as there are no hit locations in D&D, its kind of moot to begin with..

If you're going to have powers that require concentration, solicit psicrystal is great. Also, psicrystals can communicate much earlier (like right away), so they could be used for impromptu messengers if the party had to split up for some reason.

Okay.. and when exactly is the BBEG going to use Close Wounds *against the party*? ;) I'm not saying every 2nd level spell is useless at high level.. I'm saying 2nd level damaging spells tend to be useless *against the enemy* at high level. And it's definitely more useful than IMW, because IMW...

CDG is a full round action, Death Knell is a standard action. It's faster and lets the caster move away. CDG doesn't give you any bonuses for killing an enemy. Death Knell gives a pretty fair amount of bonuses for a second level spell, especially since the length of time it lasts is based on...

In a recent game, we were fighting wraiths. There is a 50% 'miss chance' with almost everything - including spells (and therefore, psionic powers). Let's say I'm manefesting a power that continues beyond one round (specifically, Energy Current). I hit with the effect on the first round. Do I...

Really, how much non-combat stuff did any edition of D&D really have before 3e? sure, AD&D had 'non weapon proficencies', and RC may have had something similar, but really... not much in the way of non-combat stuff, yet, somehow, people still managed to RP. I really don't mind that non-combat...

Where's that fluff from? It certainly doesn't match the crunch. If that were the case, then all spells would be standard actions (or faster) to cast since they were 'stopped at an almost complete state'. Many spells have casting times of full round, one round, or longer. Heck, Identify has...

You mean like 'The Adventurer's Vault'?

No, it's not "proof", especially in light of the last bulleted point that spells out you can't take actions at the beginning of your turn and also the fact that 'the start of the turn' is completely separate from 'the actions on your turn'.

No, sorry, Nytmare. Your example where you 'quote' what you can do really misinterprets the box on page 269. They're *not* all bulleted the way you have them in your post. I'm going to stick with the fact that the start of the turn box comes right after stating that the 'Start of the Turn'...

Looks like a pretty definite order to me.

But note that the monster will have DR 5 until somebody hits it with an adamantine weapon, at which time it will only have DR 3.

Thanks for the replies. I'll have to take a peek at Crusader. The problems for spellcasting classes is that it's for a 12th level PC's class and 1st level spells just don't cut it at that point.

OTHER THAN Sorcerer, Bard, and Paladin, are there any other classes that are based around Charisma? WotC splatbooks are fine, but no Dragon or 3rd party stuff. I really can't think of any offhand, which is why I ask here (where more people might know).

Um.. Huh. I'm not sure D&D is really the right game for this type of group, in all honesty. I think they'd be much more suited for Paranoia.

I like Halflings.. not a fan of Hobbits, and never was. So, as per the previous poster, what poll choice is the correct one for me?

Yep. That's how it works.

I could see Jayne as a Ranged Ranger with a few up melee moves. Vera could easily be a bow or crossbow in a fantasy setting, and for all his toughness, Jayne is excellent with shooting and sniping type attacks (as seen in the Pilot and 'Our Mrs. Reynolds').

Except for the fiction (in books and movies) where the heroes cut down/eliminate swaths of foes before the 'climactic' battle with the major villain. Minion rules work fine, as long as one doesn't think to hard about them.

We play (well, when we're not futzing around) for an average of 5-6 hours. If we run into a planned encounter in the adventure we're in, the combat can easily take 3+ hours. There are four players and we're in the 11-12th level range. It's much too long, honestly. Since the game is set for...