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An Attack of Opportunity is a FREE attack. It's a bonus. You get it because your opponent did something that exposed his defenses momentarily, and your character takes advantage by delivering a quick blow. This FREE attack in no way changes your initiative, and it does not count against any...

I just picked up Tome and Blood this afternoon. Page 79 states it perfectly. Any spell that requires an attack roll and deals damage functions as a weapon in certain respects. A spell's "damage" may be normal, subdual, ability, or energy drain. Such spells can inflict critical hits, can be...

In the game I am in, our characters started off as slaves, completely naked, save a breechcloth... so, my wizard was kinda forced to take Spell Mastery, else be a Read Magic-casting fool. On top of that, our characters are in a land where magic, arcane or divine, is frowned upon at best. So...

If the familiar delivers the Vamipric touch, I would believe that the caster still gets the HP, as the familiar is merely a conduit through which the spell is being delivered, much like a Spectral Hand spell. Now, you can target a familiar with a self only spell, such as Shield, but I would...

I would tend to argue that being a Touch Attack would mean that it doesn't deal Sneak Attack damage. Touch Attacks do not require you to penetrate the armor of the defender, merely roll about his base AC, with Dex (if applicable). Sneak Attacks require you to penetrate the armor of the...