Little Known Rules of D&D

[Aleolus]

All gnomes giggle when you kiss them. Even if they're undead, charmed, dominated, dazed, stunned, nauseated, shaken, completely paralyzed, or were reincarnated from a different race originally. The giggle will be sincere and melodic.

This comes in handy with doppleganger issues. Go nuts.

And I'm still looking for a source for this.

 

[cheshire_grin]

And I'm still looking for a source for this.

Pretty sure he was being humorous, I have a hard time believing this is at all supported in the text.

 

[pawsplay]

Some time ago, I wanted to have an NPC druid cast awaken on a party animal. But I discovered an inconvenient fact about that spell:

Awaken
Transmutation
Level: Drd 5
Components: V, S, DF, XP
Casting Time: 24 hours
Range: Touch
Target: Animal or tree touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes

So I invented a wondrous item I call food for thought imbued with the spell to get around this problem.

I really wonder how you persuade a bear to let you hug it for 24 hours, to say nothing of staying awake during that time and making all Concentration checks.

 

[RefinedBean]

My source is the Book of Erotic Fantasy. Just kidding...although I hear it's quite the, ah, interesting read.

Maybe I should take my attempts at brevity and humor and ride off into the sunset, eh?

Although I'd love to see any serious book use the term "The giggle will be sincere and melodic." Tee hee.

 

[Angerland]

One that I found surprising when playing a druid character:

The knowledge check to make in order to keep from getting lost in an outdoor setting is Knowledge:Geography, not as I thought, Survival.

Guess which one of those is NOT on the Druids class skill list.

 

[Tetsubo]

One that I found surprising when playing a druid character:

The knowledge check to make in order to keep from getting lost in an outdoor setting is Knowledge:Geography, not as I thought, Survival.

Guess which one of those is NOT on the Druids class skill list.

But it makes perfect sense to use Survival for an "intuit direction" check. I would use Survival to know which direction is North for example. Just knowing that saves a lot of getting lost...

 

[Thurbane]

Correction

Under Survival, it lists:

DC15 - Keep from getting lost or avoid natural hazards, such as quicksand.

http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/skillsAll.html#survival

http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/wildernessAndEnvironment.html#getting-lost

 

[cheshire_grin]

I really wonder how you persuade a bear to let you hug it for 24 hours, to say nothing of staying awake during that time and making all Concentration checks.

You've never stayed awake for 24 hours straight? It's entirely possible, although you definitely want some sleep afterwards.

 

[Plane Sailing]

When directing your mount to jump, your Ride check and the mount's Jump check must make the Jump DC. (SRD citation)

Not correct.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/ride.htm

You can get your mount to leap obstacles as part of its movement. Use your Ride modifier or the mount’s Jump modifier, whichever is lower, to see how far the creature can jump.

You just use the lower of the two.

 

[RangerWickett]

Likewise, it takes 24 hours to scribe a spell into your spellbook. This fact made our wizard quite irritated when we played Red Hand of Doom, which has a strict deadline.