D&D 3E/3.5 D&D 3.5: SoD vs. Regeneration?

[airwalkrr]

Most of this is not really on topic, which I suppose is my fault for complaining to perfect strangers about issues that I really should bring up with my DM so we can discuss and work it out.


Anyway, he is not unreasonable, just in my opinion, sometimes a little off center. If I show him an "official" word on the matter he will accept it, either a solid book source, or Word of God from the producers.

You already have that in the FAQ you quoted earlier. It is as valid for 3e as it is for 3.5. I don't think 3.5 even changed the definition of regeneration or phantasmal killer so why would 3e/3.5 matter?

 

[Tharkon]

If I were to consider magic to powerful as a DM I would just make anti-magic fields and anti-mage creatures more common, increase spell resistance, or reduce the access characters have to spells by banning certain schools or spells, or reducing the spells known.

One of my friends has an almost default rule in his campaign that no single class has access to their complete spell list, but the ruling on it is a bit ad-hoc, in his upcoming campaign he also announced that all Evocation and Necromancy spells are non-existent in the area the campaign starts in although he has hinted that they are not non-existent in the universe.

 

[Jhaelen]

He seems like a really smart individual, so next time you play, say "So, the authors were kinda unclear: nowhere in the PHB does it say I shouldn't add my Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis and Cha bonuses to my armour class, damage, saves and attack rolls. I'm just going to go ahead and assume that this was how it was intended to be and do just that. High fantasy and all that, no?"

Being a smart individual he would probably reply:
"Well, you are of course entitled to your opinion but since I'm the DM, I'm the one who decides which interpretation of the rules is the correct one. And in this case, dear player, you are sadly wrong."

Being a smartass, imho and ime, rarely works when trying to convince a DM. If you don't like a DM's rulings there is little you can do if he is not convinced by your reasoning, except to look for a different DM.

 

[Tharkon]

Being a smartass, imho and ime, rarely works when trying to convince a DM. If you don't like a DM's rulings there is little you can do if he is not convinced by your reasoning, except to look for a different DM.

Would depend on if the DM was intending to house rule or not.

If I was a DM intending to go by the RAW and made a mistake in applying them, someone pointing me to it would actually be thanked. If I was not intending to go by RAW I'd just say it's a different situation, or in this case just a different troll. The Trollasque.

 

[Greenfield]

It's all in the delivery.