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Unanchored spells (Wall of Ice, Wall of Force) can't be used to actually seal anything. Even a single speck of dust on a smooth floor will make the spell fail if you try to make the wall tight to the floor. Any gaps are enough for someone with a Gaseous Form spell or potion to slip through.

"Part of the Cast a Spell action"? That's definitely not the case. For one thing, you can take a move action between casting and attacking, so the attack is clearly separate from casting the spell. For another thing, an attack on you (immediate action or AoO) that would normally force a...

Roll the die. If you get anything other than a 1, that's your number. If you get a 1, roll the die again and take that second result. This fits with the "all PCs are above average" concept, but doesn't tweak things too greatly. It also doesn't stratify the results to reward higher hit die...

If the penalties for Rapid Shot are persistent, then so are the benefits. This means that if you make a full attack and take the RS penalties, you can take the extra shot on an AoO rather than during the full attack. (The Attack of Opportunity itself must be a melee attack, of course.)

Of course the Monk's Belt bumps both your Monk's unarmed damage and AC 5 levels. At 15th level it's probably cheaper than a feat. And since Monks can take Improved Natural Attack (unarmed strike) to get a much bigger boost to their unarmed damage, I wouldn't waste a feat on Superior Unarmed...

Yes, you can, and so can Monks. An unarmed attack (touch or not) is an attack with a melee weapon. Here's the nesting of headings in the Equipment chapter that get us to the relevant statement: Also, here's a response from WotC Customer Service:

I understand this answer, buy I'm not buying it. If you can't make out a burning candle held by someone who's invisible (just a square that's got sourceless white light), why would you see an outline from Faerie Fire of someone who's hiding (instead of just a square that's got sourceless...

Here's my own correction: the square is glowing, but your outline isn't discernible unless their Spot beats your Hide. Faerie Fire's description says it outlines the subjects, but doesn't state that that outline is immediately noticeable if someone is hiding. Hiding facilitated by HiPS isn't...

By "doubling" do you mean take two move actions in a round? The answer to that is: yes, of course. But remember the base movement for Fly is 60', not 40' (unless encumbered). Yes. Fly gives you a base fly speed of 60', and Haste adds an enhancement bonus of 30' to whatever speed(s) you have...

The penalties persist for the full round (i.e., until the start of your next turn) only if so stated; otherwise they don't. Here are all the places where this is stated in the core rules, as far as I know: the rules for fighting defensively and total defense the Power Attack feat Penalty...

The easy way to remember the damage is that it's that of a small Monk (through level 19, anyway; it's missing the class's capstone boost). With a Fanged Ring (Dragon Magic) and this feat you're basically duplicating the unarmed damage of a medium Monk.

Not if you're following the rules: You don't get to make a Disguise roll at all -- the DM does this.

Yes, that's absolutely correct. While the guards may have identical skills, they're viewing you from different positions. From the first guard's viewpoint you're not as well hidden as you are from the second guard. But because "your character is not being threatened or distracted", you could...

Probably that's because the FAQ author at the time, Skip Williams, already came up with an answer in Rules of the Game: All About Movement (Part Three): the penalty for moving your speed is also -5.

As an opposed roll, each check must be made separately. The alternative assumes identical conditions: The hidden person hasn't moved -- or even breathed -- in the intervening hour. No other movement has taken place, so you've got to freeze the wind and the sun position when you set up your...