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[br][br]Ah, now I see where the problem is. You see, at this point of our calculations, Sublime Chord actually has no spellcasting level. We're in the middle of figuring it out, remember? [br][br]I considered that. So we run the first calculation again and the Sublime Chord level is "0". ...

1182247097[/unixtime]][br][br]There is no loop. Remember that D&D is a linear algorithm. What you do is:[br]1) Determine caster levels in another spellcasting class[br]2) Determine actual levels in Sublime Chord[br]3) Add the two together.[br]4) STOP! No more calculations because the last step ...

1181933719[/unixtime]] 1181907190[/unixtime]]It gets better... I've just had to tell someone that they can't take the Holy Ki Strike feat because a prerequisite for the feat - ki strike (holy) doesn't exist in the RAW. Priceless! [br][br]There's a FAQ ruling on that, which you might need to take in...

1181944969[/unixtime]]It definitely counts for something. But after four rounds of errata it hasn't even been mentioned. If WotC stands up and refuses to acknowledge the typo, doesn't that count for something in such an exercise?[br][br]-Username17 [br][br]Yes, what he said. Please note that the ai...

Hullo again folks and thanks for all the replies![br][br]On the caster level vs. class level front, I figured that this *must* have come up before so I decided to do the decent thing and read as many of the arguments that have gone before as I could to save going over old ground.[br][br]As it happen...

1181915815[/unixtime]]Karma beads are 20,000gp. Source: Dungeon Masters Guide. [br][br]The reason they were asking was down to this paragraph in the description:[br][br]"Reduce the price of a strand of prayer beads that is missing one or more beads by the following amounts: bead of blessing -6...

1181917968[/unixtime]][br][br]The basis of Frank's Word build (which is what my build dreams of becoming when it grows up) is that certain classes reset your CL. For example, Ur-Priest has a CL equal to your Ur-Priest levels plus one-half the CL of each and every spellcasting class you have levels ...

It gets better... I've just had to tell someone that they can't take the Holy Ki Strike feat because a prerequisite for the feat - ki strike (holy) doesn't exist in the RAW. Priceless!

1181903275[/unixtime]]It's not quite as good as you think.[br][br]Note that if you put the candle out, you don't get better spells. Everything else that's broken about it remains broken, though. [br][br]I know, that's why I said: "Then he just needs to burn the candles for one round per spell ...

I'm still baffled. I don't see how it's that high! The Ur-priest description says: "To determine the caster level of an ur-priest, add the character's ur-priest levels to one-half of his levels in other spellcasting classes."[br][br]The caster level of the ur-priest would therefore be 1+1/...

1181835725[/unixtime]] [br][br]As for Amra's question:[br][br]From memory, the best I can think of is the is the Beholder Mage1/Ur-Priest1/MyTh10/True Necro8[br][br]If it wasn't broken for the crazy CL on the whole of the Wizard and Cleric Spell Lists, it would be for the ability to throw ten spell...

1181866410[/unixtime]]Bring in a Mirror of Opposition! :) [br][br]Aw, man, I used to love those things! :smile: Even as a player I thought they were pretty cool, back in the day. The DM I started out with used to put them in about every other level so I spent a lot of time on the "how would I ...

1181834703[/unixtime]]Unnamed bonuses stack with everything, so the best way to get caster level bonuses is to simply get a slotless magic item that adds to caster level and repeat for credit. [br][br]Hmmm, yes, of course... We a-like-a verrrry much :smile: I'm familiar with Candles of Invocation. ...

Yeah, it's a real pity but I would feel obliged to put some sort of limit on anything that actually *says* the DM has to house-rule it. In that instance it's actually fair as the game is explicitly relying on DM guidance...[br][br]Pity really, but I'll play it by the book. It'd be too easy and no fu...

1181834512[/unixtime]]The players can counter your point by playing an all-fighter party. Or maybe all-Commoner... [br][br]Ah... but already they have been lured in. I suspect it would be possible to break the world even with an all-Fighter party, but in this case the prospect of a no-holds-barred ...

So, I'm engaged in a deliberately futile exercise to make a point. The aim of the game: to attempt to play a rules-as-written game, insofar as such a thing is possible, with no house rules.[br][br]No matter how crazy they might be, no "official" adjudications are to be ignored - up to and ...

Oh, the temptation to send an utter spoof that LOOKS plausible right up until the point when you try to run it... It'd be one way to find out if there was any quality control!

[[br]What we did is back-figured the changes in Spell Resistance from those creatures which do stack spell resistance (some SR stacks, others does not in the basic rules), and then made a couple of best-fit curves and used the one which was least broken mechanically. Once we had a relatively non-br...

Hello everyone, and before I begin could I just say "Thanks for existing"... this place is the spiritual home I never knew I was missing. I'm starting to adjust, but it's still a little disconcerting to read through a thread without seeing:[br][br]1) "No sane DM would allow <thing I d...