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Do Powerful Build and Monkey Grip Stack?
The Character in question is a Large half-Minotaur Goliath who is using monkey grip.
Normally a Large Goliath could wield a Huge weapon with no penalty.
Monkey Grip allows you to wield a weapon 1 ...
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How does two weapon fighting calculate the offhand attack?
I am making a character who uses two weapons at once, but this is the first time that I have attempted to make a dual-wielding character. He will have 2 attacks/round from his BAB. Two-weapon fighting ...
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Is there any way to reduce Metapsionic Costs?
I Already know of the Torc of Power Preservation and Earth Power and Metapower.
If it Matters the Character in Question(Though it isnt made yet.) is Level 10, has a Flaw which means he has 5 open ...
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Do Psicrystals get Feats?
Ive been looking at the uses of Psicrystals lately and have been wondering why I keep seeing references to them getting feats. I have not read anything to support the idea. They technically dont have ...
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What does a Template mean by Hit Dice?
If a template references Base Creature Hit Dice(For Special abilities and such.), What exactly does it mean. Does it only count for Hit dice that are given via Race(Ex. Gnolls 2 racial hitdice) or ...
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Methods of adding more touch spells to a Duskblade's spell list?
I want to play a duskblade, because their ability to channel touch range spells presents a way to use spells in melee combat. but their short list of spells(Coupled with very few touch range damage ...
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How can I get a character with the lowest hit points possible?
A friend of mine has asked me to help him create an escort mission for his April Fool's game (actually held this weekend, because, you know, scheduling). The players will be escorting a tenth-level ...
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Character build for Gandalf in D&D3.5?
In my groups next campaign I am hoping to be a PC instead of the DM and I want to play a character who is like Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I began looking at options; he would ...
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What are some good chance/luck-themed spells for Sorcerers?
I'm building a gambler-themed Spellscale Sorcerer, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any good luck-themed spells. I know there's things like Unluck and the various Prismatic/Rainbow spells (the ...
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What are the steps for creating an animal companion?
I'm having some issues statting out a badger Animal Companion for a 6th level Ranger in D&D 3.5.
Can anyone provide step by step instructions that I can follow whenever I create an animal ...
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What feats are useful for a Dragonfire Adept build?
I'm building a Human Dragonfire Adept (from Dragon Magic) with the Draconic template (as presented in Races of the Dragon), as well as a feat for Draconic Tail, but I need a bit of help picking out ...
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Is there a way to mix Unarmed Strike Damage with Natural Attack Damage or vice versa?
I want to maximize my damage output on my character by Finding a way to add his Unarmed Strike Damage to his Natural Attacks.
If there are ways to do this I would also Like to know at what levels it ...
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Rules for physical appearances based on charisma and race
I remember reading rules about how to determine physical attractiveness based on charisma and race, but I'm not sure which book. Does anyone remember where this was?
By the way, I'm not talking about ...
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How do multiple attacks with natural weapons work?
I'm planning a character that has 2 claw attacks and a tail attack as natural weapons, but now I'm a little confused about the mechanics of using them all.
1: Can both claws be used at once as a ...
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Is there a way to advance both Wizard and Assassin casting?
I'm creating a character for a challenge ("How would you help this village defend against an orcish army?") and in the interests of doing something wacky I decided to try and mix Wizard and Assassin ...
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Is there a reason to ignore/adjust the Wealth By Level chart?
While reading this
Cohort Question I was kinda struck by a quote in there and instead of asking an unrelated question in that area I figured it would be good to make a separate question.
The quote ...
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Creating a Wizard at high levels: How many Spells should he know?
I have looked all over this site & Google but I can't seem to get a good answer to this.
When creating a Wizard over level 1, how many spells should he have in his spellbook? I'm speaking in ...
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If my Initiator Level is high enough, can I take Stances of a level higher than 1st when I take my first level in a martial adept class?
Usually, a martial adept’s Initiator Level is equal to his class level, plus his class level in any maneuver-granting Prestige Classes, plus half his level in all other classes.
This means a ...
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Is there any way to get non-Class Skills as class skills without Multiclassing?
The Situation behind this question is I want to Get Knowledge Planes and Use Psionic Device on a Kobold
Wilder so that A.) he can Prestige into Anarchic Initiate and B.) So I can use Dorje that have ...
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Does Improved Natural Attack (Claw) apply to all my claw attacks?
I have a totemist who took Improved Natural Attack to boost the damage of the Claws from the Soulmeld Sphinx claws, and then decided to shape a different soulmeld that also gave claw attacks. (In this ...
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Does having access to a chakra bind from one class allow you to bind another class's soulmelds to it?
I am currently playing a totemist. I was hoping to expand my damage and versatility through multiclassing into Incarnate to gain access to some more damaging powers, and I came across a question I ...
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Help turning a 3rd lvl fighter into a warblade
Ok so I have a 3rd lvl fighter with the stats str-18,dex-16,con-16,int-15,wis-15,cha-15. I got the ok to start making him a warblade but im not sure what feats and such i should take or how to ...
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What are some good unusual races for Shadowmancers?
I have an idea for a Shadowcaster/Child of Night character, but I'm not sure what race would work best for it. I kinda wanted to use one of the more exotic playable races or even something playable ...
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How much damage does a thrown tower shield deal?
Out of curiousity, I've been trying to create a sort of "Captain America" type character using the Tower Shield Specialist and the Throw Anything feat. Unfortunately, I've been having a lot of trouble ...
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Repercussions to DM-mandated limit on books allowable for characters?
When running a campaign, especially one with newer players mixed with optimizers, is it a fair call to limit the variety of books available for play? For feats, classes, prestige classes, magic items ...
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Starting wealth for Complete classes
Does D&D 3.5e have official random starting wealth tables for the classes given in the Complete supplements? I know there's a table for the core classes in the Player Handbook, but I can't find an ...
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How do you make a wizard who doesn't need a spellbook?
I know what you're thinking: "Dude, just play a Sorcerer". Well, I ask this question because of two main reasons. Wizards get some extra spells for specializing, and my DM says sorcerers are rare.
I ...
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Survivalist NPC build?
How can I best optimize an NPC so that instead of having perfect power attack or sneak attack, they're just really hard to kill? I can think of thief acrobat and perhaps exemplar or dungeon delver, ...
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Is there a way to make a fey or outsider eligible for the Eidolon Ghost class?
In Ghostwalk it says that humanoid souls are able to resist the pull of the "True Afterlife" and return to the material plane. These souls become ghosts and are forced to take the Eidolon class. Is ...
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A class like the “Action Survivor” trope
I'm currently rolling a character for a new D&D 3.5 campaign; the DM said that he's open to pretty much any class, as long as they are mortal. So, I wanted to try something fun that I haven't ...
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Need a player guide for D&D 3.5
There's a fair chance I'm about to join a friend's 3.5 online campaign and I am frankly overwhelmed by the options and possibilities for characters spanning across all the books.
Are there any ...
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How important is charisma for a 3.X bard?
I've just started a DnD 3.5 campaign that will probably run through the summer, taking us from level three (where we start) to around level eight or nine. It's a small party (four players) and two of ...
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How would I build a master magic item crafter/blacksmith type character?
So I had this idea for a character who is basically obsessed with magic items, making, collecting, using, having, any and every magic item he can get his hands on: effectively a batman type character.
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Feat prerequisites
Related to this question: Skill rank feat prerequisites, and specifically this rule text:
Some feats have prerequisites. Your character must have the indicated
ability score, class feature, ...
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Resisted energy types and immunity
I would like to know the distribution of energy resistances and immunities in 3.5 monsters, and especially the four basic types fire, cold, electricity and acid.
It is often said that fire is most ...
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Ways to add the [Good] Descriptor to Spells for Arcane Spellcaster
The 'Consecrate Spell' feat from Book of Exalted Deeds adds the [Good] descriptor to spells cast. Is there another way to achieve this for arcane spellcasters, e.g. as a prestige class feature?
The ...
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Domains for a Sorcerer with Domain Access
Domain Access from Complete Champion p52 allows a sorcerer to take a cleric domain for the price of forever losing one L1 and one L2 spell known. The sorcerer gets the domain power, but can cast the ...
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Skill rank feat prerequisites
The feat Practiced Spellcaster (Complete Arcane) has a prerequisite of four skill ranks in Spellcraft.
Can I take this feat on the first level if I use my skill points to get Spellcraft to four ...
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Swordsage feat selection to amplify his battle prowess?
The following question was raised during the making of a strength based, two handing (a little bit MAD) swordsage.
Currently my feat selection is based on the Master of the Nine prerequisites (them ...
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Swordsage maneuver choice
The following question was raised during the making of a strength based, two handing (a little bit MAD) swordsage.
Does having a medium base attack bonus favor single attack maneuvers rather than ...
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How do I make my character a lycanthrope?
Can someone break down the rules of adding Hit Dice from an animal to your characters stats?
An example would be appreciated.
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What is the relationship between Monster CR and player level
I haven't ran a dnd game in a few years and a couple of my pc's want to apply some monster templates to their starting characters. Is player level directly proportional to Monster cr?
IE: If we want ...
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RPG “yardstick” character builds
What does it mean to create a "yardstick" build in an RPG, specifically in Neverwinter Nights.
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An insomniac character, how could that work?
I searched the player's handbook a while ago for the sleep deprivation rules but I don't remember finding anything, even though I recall having been told about such rules.
Apart from asking if any ...
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How do you make a dragon player character in D&D 3.5?
Me and a friend were looking at the rules in Draconomicon to make a Dragon PC and we were still baffled four hours later because of the dragon aging and leveling-up processes. Can anyone explain these ...
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Playing as, not with, ourselves
A few of the members of our gaming have had the probably-not-unique idea of statting ourselves as if we were player characters in a campaign. Our problem is trying to find a basis of comparison for ...
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Finding alternatives to rogues in campaigns
In a nutshell, I'm looking to join a game, but it seems that the type of character that I play often (rogue), has been done by everyone else in the group. Are their any other classes or sub-classes ...
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Character help: Not just another dumb fighter
What are the most effective methods, mechanically, to quickly give a fighter useful magical knowledge and options (in and out of combat) without significantly sacrificing effectiveness as a fighter? ...
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How to make monsters with class levels?
Say I was trying to make a 3rd level Harpy bard. Do I remove its seven hit dice, feats, BAB and skills etc and start from scratch? Or do I add the class levels on top of all that? How does level ...
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Character Build - “Bad Luck” Theme
I'm trying to build a character who suffers a strange and inexplicable stigma that attracts misfortune to all the people around him. (In South America it's called "mufa"; in colloquial language, ...
