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He's also limited in how many he can use because he can only carry about 120 flasks in a haversack... which is about 12 full attacks worth. 12 full attacks per trip from civilization... not seeming so good now is it? I don't think it's 'good'. I think it's 'stupid'. Not 'stupid good'. It doesn't ha...

Basically yeah. Instead of sneak attack his flasks just get more powerful, which for some reason is better. He is also limited in the number he can throw per day. I don't understand why his number available would be limited - if he has a skill in making them, with the right supplies, the number ava...

I wouldn't expect everyone to play that type of character. But in the world, those would be the people most likely to be alive (besides wizards and druids etc), so every time you get ambushed by a rogue in an alley, it should be a flask wielding rogue. From my perspective, outside of game balance co...

If I threw an empty glass bottle at you, would I be able to do precision damage? If I threw an empty glass bottle that would break on impact at you, would I be able to do precision damage? If I threw a glass bottle, filled with acid, that would break on impact at you, would I be able to do precisio...

I get critical damage with an explosive or acid. And I'm not arguing the rules. I'm just saying that 'precision application of acid to the eyes' with a thrown flask is pretty silly - compared to say, precision application of acid to the eyes with a syringe. I think I know the Pathfinder folks well e...

The part I don't get is why you get 'precision damage' with a 'grenade'. Even if it requires a direct hit...

I think it's far more interesting if the 'normal space' is only accessible when the magic is suppressed.

Rule of Cool.

I'm stealing it.

The Half-Celestial Template would be great if I could apply it to a horse. Since it gives wings, and a Pegasus already has them, one of the main benefits is wasted. Further, the Half-Celestial Template gives a 'good' fly speed, but if the base creature already flies, you use their fly ability instea...

Okay, this is my best solution, but it doesn't work for me because of the level restriction. 1) The character is a Gray Elf Evoker with Energy Substition (Cold) 2) The evoker uses the variant class feature replacing the familiar with an animal companion (as a druid of half his wizard level) 3) The e...

Except the Druid requires a partially neutral alignment, and the Pegasus is Chatoic Good. Exalted Companion requires that you have the same alignment as the mount so specifies that only a Ranger could have a Pegasus. Other thoughts? It isn't REALLY necessary, so I might just ditch the Pegasus - I ju...

Found the feat I was referencing. Dragon #325, Theurgic Mount (Combine Paladin and Arcane Spellcaster levels to determine mount abilities). Unfortunately, I cannot find anything that would allow you to combine the Mount and Familiar features into a single creature in Dragon. Actually, I'd say go Dr...

And where is the Warded Special Mount (alternate class feature)?

I missed that. It should be in table form. So a 10th level Paladin could have a Pegasus with +4 HD, +6 Natural Armor, +2 Strength and Int of 7.

Any feats that let Sorcerer and Paladin levels stack for the purpose of mount and/or Smite Evil?

Adding the Half-Celestial template to a normal horse won't work because a horse has an Int of 2; you need to have at least an Int of 3 to take the Half-Celestial Template. The DMG lists a Pegasus as the equivalent of a 6th level cohort. It says the following about Paladin Cohort Mounts At the DM's o...

I was looking at this old Dragon cover, and I'm thinking of making the foreground character in a 3.5 game. http://dave.monkeymartian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dragon115DenisBeauvais.jpg Character creation allows up to 10th level characters. How would you get a Pegasus Mount? Is there a way that...

The 'so what' is so why does this class need to be in the game ? Classes that are weaker than the summoner like the warmage, warblade, BoED bard, and rogue exist but they at least do things that you could potentially care about both conceptually and mechanically. What unique flavor or tool or mathh...

Virgil, Since you don't have a background in philosophy and you don't want your players to get confused, you could make some easy to grok philosphical traditions specific to your world. For example, you could have a group that takes the mantra 'do no evil'. This is the group that would never do some...

Kaelik and I will be discussing wall of ice with some folks at theRPGsite and want to avoid 'not using spells correctly.

I understand that a 'plane' of ice is supposed to be a straight line, with no bends, turns, or shaping - different than a wall of stone.

Wall of Ice is described as an anchored plane of ice. http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/wallOfIce.htm I don't want to punish a player for creative use of spells, but I have reason to make sure I do things right in this case. In a hallway, the player wants to cast the spell so that it crosses the hal...

Well an argument that natural weapons "are treated as magic(epic) weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction" also means that they are magical (epic) for other uses is pretty much 100% a houserule. I wouldn't tend to rule it that way. I don't treat a demon's weapons as magic e...

There's a note that the author clarified the damage of kiloton spell, but it mentions that the creature is supposedly immune to ability damage. Didn't see that ability listed. Edit - immune to ability DAMAGE, but not ability DRAIN. Yeah, the Allip wins. Double Edit - Okay, I see where telling the pl...

Ted the Flayer wrote: I think the whole article is the author's masturbation fantasy and I'm starting to feel dirty reading it, so I admit not having a fucking clue what his reasoning is.

Link?

RPGPundit is a 'design consultant'. I don't know if it follows his personal views, but it's very similar to what I see from the most established posters at theRPGsite.com.

All of the stuff that's limited by maximum hit points seems like a different way of saying "less than 3HD, give or take". One big difference is that a creature with lots of hit points (like a Minotaur, I guess?) will become vulnerable to these attacks after you wear it down a bit. The act...

Clearly, Leadership can provide a larger benefit than most other feats. Due to the economy of actions, a cohort lets you do twice as much stuff. Give them a wand and they're like a quickened spell. But they do have their limitations. Two HD isn't a big disadvantage, but they ARE more fragile than th...