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Very nice.

There's probably some Celerity tricks you can run with your familiar casting this spell as well. Via Imbue Familiar with Spellcasting Spell and the new PHB-2 feat that grants familiar with small level spells.

If you take my pure spellcaster/trickster route, you can convert your bad BAB (+10 / 20 Levels) into average BAB (+15 / 20 Levels) by having your weapons use the magical weapon enhancement that does just that. I'm away from books at the moment, but I believe that enhancement is either in the Complet...

Good call .. I'll poke around and see how to best resolve that.

Also, now that I think about it, a recent sourcebook outright stated that Immediate Action or Swift Action spells now *definitely* take 1 standard action to cast if done so through a device. Bleh.

PHB2 - pg. 105 ... Check out the 3 Celerity spells. The sexiest and most interesting one for multi-tasking abuse being the middle one (4th level).[br][br]First off, its "interrupt" rules as an Immediate Action spell will no doubt cause rules arguments galore in regards to initiative order ...

References to my name? Oh, *those* books! Gotcha.

Otherworldly Feat = PGtF
Kelvezu monster = MM2 or FF (can't recall)
Wraithstrike and Heroics spells = Spell Compendium

Not sure if you have the Unearthed Arcana book, but if you do, the generic class section (around pg. 77) has the Spellcaster core class.[br][br]Spellcaster 10 / Arcane Trickster 10[br][br]You get 20 spellcaster levels (9th level spells and you can chose from any spellcaster class).[br][br]Up to +8d6...

I have to look at it some more, but I'm more interested in the incremental power curve of the build/concept from levels 1 through 20. A level-by-level evolution analysis would be more helpful. Or even levels 1-5 / 6-10 / 11-15 / 16-20 if that is too detailed.[br][br]Isolated spotlighting on one 20th...

1) No. I have a home in NJ and VT. Both of my FLGS's are well-run and successful enterprises (unlike most). One is pure games & hobbies. The other one is more diversified, offering pets and pet supplies in the other half of the store. Both of them have a thriving D&D business going. The othe...

Ah yes, the alignment restriction of MB. That's right.[br][br]I was just looking over the Beguiler's spell list when I noticed the editing mess that is Legion of Sentinels. Which is somewhat unclear in its actual attack bonus (the last sentence of paragraph 3 is perplexing).[br][br]**[br][br]Nice wr...

Well, I just got the book ... and man-oh-man, do I like the Beguiler more than I originally thought. I was going to expound on my earlier Beguiler optimization ideas that I posted earlier - but Frank's followup covered that quite well. [br][br]The Gnome Beguiler/Shadowcraft Mage is just a no-brainer...

Within a given campaign world, what constitutes "evil" changes as you move from one geographical locale to the next (assuming that your campaign world is a myriad array of socio-cultural subgroups).[br][br]For example, in the Forgotten Realms, "evil" actions run the full spectrum...

1147621950[/unixtime]]Is anyone aware of any full or nearly full divine caster PrC out there that hands out generic bonus feats?[br][br]C'mon, daddy needs his medicine... Here you go, Chief.[br][br][counturl=38]Linkee[/counturl][br][br]The Master Harper PrC is FR-specific - but gives out 3 bonus ge...

The unfortunate thing about being True Neutral, is that you are somewhat forced into providing a balance of good and evil actions into order to maintain and enforce your on-the-fence alignment. [br][br]It just pays to be listed as Evil.[br][br]Then you can act anyway you want some 95% of the time. T...

I still don't have PHB2, but I'll take a stab at what I think might work well with the Beguiler.[br][br]1. Minbender-1 (CA) + Mindsight Feat (LoM) = This should be extremely easy for a Beguiler to enter into. Good FORT Save, 100' Telepathy (for charm combos), plus the brokenness of Mindsight. All go...

Then it looks like the Beguiler is a prime candidate to take the easy-&-awesome combo of Mindbender-1 + Mindsight feat (the latter is from the LoM book).

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And ... I'm hoping to get PHB-II this weekend.

Good read, K.

That's interesting that you dig the Beguiler. Just how similar is Beguiler to say, the Arcane Trickster or a Bard? I'm assuming it can scout as well.

I agree, Elusive Target is horrible. About the last thing a 16th level Fighter needs is an improvement to AC ... which is something he is already sufficiently good at providing himself. As a Ftr-16, you already suck at nearly everything else except for BAB, AC and some lukewarm feat enhancements.[br...

A lot too depends on your party composite and your specific role-&-schtick. Since you seem to like the Wiz Sword concept, 1+ Rounds of self-buffing (at your current level) will be viable in some party composites, but not others. That's assuming, you are fighting the good fight 3-5 times per day.

Starting with the Miniatures Handbook and progressing into the Complete Arcane sourcebook, the Sudden Metamagic feats have been the source of a lot of buzz and debate fodder.[br][br]Except for a few utilitarian metamagic feats (like Extend Spell), I rarely see the value in meta feats. Although I do ...

I'm guessing that WotC's Mechanics Tracking/Oversight and Product Testing groups do not have anybody that is well-versed in Extreme Threshhold Testing and Combinatorial Optimization.[br][br]And we're talking about experts who have a keen understanding of the entire 3.0/3.5 product line (FR, Eberron,...

I haven't yet looked into exactly how the DMG-2 is officially designated within the "Core Rules" rules set. [br][br]Does anyone know how DMG-2 *and* PHB-2 will be applied into "Core Rules" terminology? Meaning, if you are playing Core Rules only, does that mean just the original ...

Re-reading both recent additions and the 04.26 addition to the FAQ, I keep seeing more and more "DM judgement" ajudications being tossed into the FAQ. Less solid rules, and more guidelines.[br][br]And an ever-burgeoning 72 page FAQ is clearly a sign that the apocalypse is right around the ...

People who play optimized non-spellcaster combatants hardly ever play mono-classed builds. So I'm looking forward to seeing if the Knight class (and the others) has optimized departure points - or if the designers actually made a class that compels you to want to stay in it for the duration.[br][br]...

Linkee. [br][br]Looks like an EnWorld poster got the PHBII earlier than everybody else.[br][br]Out of the gate, the big whine-n'-moan session seems to be concerning the new Knight core class. Which according to Mike Mearls, is the penultimate stay-at-home, hold-your-ground tank. Who unfortunately, ...

Cross campaign characters only work in one of the two conditions... [br][br]No. Cross campaign characters can work in *any* condition given enough effort by both the DM and the player(s) in question. I'm not talking about the kind of effort that annoys people. I'm talking about the kind that is fun...