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After a few incidents where a PC cast "Locate Object" and then rode around a city on a fast character's back/flew around the city, I lamented that Locate Object should really be a one-time thing that works within an area...not something that travels with the caster. One of my players then...

http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/v35/WildernessandEnvironment.rtf So characters take water pressure damage and cold damage from being deep underwater. Okay. Does this damage apply to creatures with a Swim speed? What about creatures with the "Aquatic" subtype? I haven't been able to find a...

If one wanted to create a viable "gadgeteer/inventor" type character, I imagine you'd have to find a way to improve the effectiveness of alchemical items...in particular the save DCs. I've noticed that most basic Alchemical items have Craft Check DCs equal to 10 + the Save DC, though I don't...

So I screwed up tonight and had a Monk 9/Asn 8 with Improved Invisibility mess up the party Barbarian/Cleric with Shuriken and Sneak Attack. Since I've never really played a Barbarian or made an important Barbarian NPC, it didn't even cross my mind that it wouldn't work...I forgot that...

Would a Ring of Crafting that applies to all types of crafting make sense? A ring that only enhances a particular type of crafting (like Weaponsmithing) seems a little weak. On the other hand, a Ring of Profession that makes you a better fisherman and a better lawyer seems rather silly! :)...

I have a player that wants to join our campaign with a Gnomish inventor type. I think the Gnome Artificer PrC is a good way to go, but we're kind of worried that it might be underpowered. What are some effective builds for such a character? The Metallian

I was thinking about the "Gnome Tinker" type character concept, and it occured to me that the Craft skill is awfully slow for an adventurer to use, especially if they want to be like "McGuyver the Gnome." Is this a reasonable feat? Too powerful? Too underpowered? Speedy Crafting: A character...

When a Doppleganger uses its Change Shape ability, does it gain the benefits of the new form as if it had cast Alter Self? Or is it purely a cosmetic change? The ability doesn't specify, so the answer if probably no, but then again it would be hard for the Doppleganger to convincingly infiltrate...

A PC in my campaign has a weapon of Sure Striking. Does such a weapon make sense under the current DR rules? If so, would it still be a +1 equivalent weapon ability? If not, I'll probably convert it to a Good-Aligned (not Holy) Adamantine weapon, as the character is a CG Cleric and I don't...

Hello, So I've reworked my Half-Celestial Rog 1/Monk 8 (which I posted about a while back, before getting totally distracted by an insane project at work). Someone suggested I think of him as a "flying Rogue with Clerical abilities and Monklike combat for flavor" and I think that'll work...

Hello, I'm finally going to get to play a 3e game (instead of only DMing one) in the near future. It's going to be a Planeshifting game, and we all start as 12th level characters. For both flavor purposes and ass-kicking purposes, I've chosen to play a Half-Celestial/Half-Human Rog 1/Mnk 8...

I just thought of a nasty trap, but I'm not sure it would work. I'm thinking of two permanent Teleportation Circles. Each circle teleports a person who steps into it directly into the center of the other circle. The idea is to create an "infinite loop" of sorts, where the character is...

The player of a cleric in my group has a question that I'm not sure how to answer... He found a spell in some reasonably official book or another that boosts Wis (basically a wis equivalent of "Bull's Strength" or "Cat's Grace"). I have no problem with this, but we're not sure how to handle...

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a good online source of d20/D&D-appropriate (preferably with 3e stats) traps...mechanical and magical. I've looked at the famous "Netbook of Traps" and similar older sources, and they've left me kind of cold. I'm looking for interesting and fun (for...

I was wondering if the following would be a good idea: "All characters with Infernal/Celestial blood are treated as Evil (if they have Infernal blood) or Good (if they have Celestial blood) for the purposes of Divination Spells, magical effects, using magic weapons, etc." I think it's "kewl,"...

I've been trying to figure out what a "fey" template would look like (Celestial or Fiendish Elves, as described in the MoP, really won't cut it). I'm actually looking for something like this: http://www.io.com/~jrb/rpg/race-fey.html But I'd treat Iron Weapons as "Bane" weapons when used...

I'm creating a wizard NPC with a preference for shadows, shadow magic, the plane of shadows, etc. Do you think a creature (say, an owl or a cat) with the Shadow Creature template (from MotP) would be an appropriate familiar for someone with the Improved Familiar feat? Or is it too powerful...