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Not sure what the big hoo-ha is on focusing on the AT's "blaster" emphasis. Yeah, he can Ray-up opponents better than anyone, but his other spells are definitely *not* going to be blaster spells. High DC-emphasis blaster magi are one of the most over-rated power archetypes in the game. Esp...

You know what's funny ... my current Chaotic Neutral Wizard is playing with spells from both the BoVD and BoED. With both EVIL and GOOD descriptors. Helps keep my balance though.[br][br]And from what I hear, there is in the future WotC pipeline a Book of Absolute Neutrality on the horizon as well.[b...

[br][br]According to Jonathan Tweet, the Summon Monster tables go like this:[br][br]SM Spell -- CR of Monster[br]=================[br]1 -- Less than 1[br]2 -- 1[br]3 -- 2[br]4 -- 3[br]5 -- 4-5[br]6 -- 6-7[br]7 -- 8-9[br]8 -- 9-10[br]9 -- 11-13[br][br]With CR13 being the highest monster you should b...

Arcane Tricksters are a fun & popular character archetype. And at higher levels, the Rogue/Mage synergy really pays off in terms of versatility and damage efficiency (+7d6 SA attached to cantrips like Acid Splash).[br][br]Problem is, an organic-grown AT has an immense amount of trouble surviving...

On nearly every D&D message board on the net, you see threads and lists along the lines of "Ultimate Sorceror's Spell List" and "Absolutely Essential Wizard Spells". Via these opinion & experience driven threads, you gain community insight as to what arcane spells are the...

I'm thinking the designers made the PrC in order to compel people to use more exotic weapons. In my neck of the woods, relatively few people take the EWP feats unless its for the Spiked Chain (3.5 Trip-meister builds). Probably because the martial weapon list really does fit all your basic needs for...

Keep in mind too, on Pg. 173 (PHB), it states that all figment's have a AC of (10 + its size modifiers).[br][br][br]So let's say you make a Minor Image of an evasive/dodging stealthy rogue (waving ominously his twin short swords at the foe) right next to an Ogre. Now, regarding Frank's 2nd bullet po...

Frank is correct. In fact, the whole stacking concept gets even more wacky if your Pal/Blackguard uses OA material. You can easily create a build where you can take small level dips to acquire both the Witch Hunter PrC and Akodo Champion PrC (if your character is from the Lion clan). That would be *...

By the way, that last post was mine. Forgot to log in.

BTW, TKD, I'm a chick.

Here is an interesting situation:[br][br]Let's say your straight Sorceror takes a level of Contemplative at Level 11 (assume he has the Education feat for Knowledge:Religion pre-requisites). Wa-la ... your Sorc is now the proud new owner of 5 new spells from her PrD. Let's say she takes Mysticism (a...

Take our wonderful real-life world for example. The various D&D alignment structures would be interpreted in vastly different concepts if you took 1 person from each of the alignments from each of the following countries - Norway, Haiti, Rwanda, Japan, & Iran. [br][br]And yet, we have campai...

I used to think the 2 level dip into AA for the Imbue Arrow ability was a worthwhile investment. In real practice though, you're usually better off taking those 2 levels as your base spellcaster levels and just casting without the arrow accompaniment.[br][br]One Half-Elf build I made a while back do...

You know, in all my time playing 3.0 and 3.5, I've never seen anyone *ever* take the spell Animate Objects (Bard6/Clric5/Chaos6). [br][br]The spell's supporting material occupies space on 2 pages in the Monster Manual. And still, I've never seen this spell used by anyone, ever. It's use seems so sit...

The book is definitely worth it.[br][br]Primarily because I am finding a ton of uses for the core class, PrC's, and feats in build "dips" and special niche uses for specialized characters. [br][br]The Hexblade, Samurai, & Swashbuckler all have decent dip benefits in build prefixes. Alt...

Speaking of finessable and bludgeoning weapons, the best weapon in the game is both.[br][br]The Chain.[br][br]Not the Spiked Chain, the *Chain*. Located in the OA and Savage Species book. Has all the characteristics of the Spiked Chain plus more (although slightly lesser damage - 1d6, not 2d4 damage...

The Assassin PrC is somewhat "blah" in my opinion as well.[br][br]Although it does serve its function in being a good "stepping stone" or accompaniment PrC. Note its use in Bladesinger (RoF and earlier version) and Telflammar Shadowlord builds. It's best used in cases where your ...

It's important to note the verbiage differences between the DotF descriptions of the Prestige Domain acquisition rules, Contemplative, Divine Oracle, & Sacred Exorcist. [br][br]I used to believe that only the DO & SE PrC's could grant the PrD spells to an arcane spellcaster. Further readings...