Questions tagged [dnd-3.5e]
For questions about Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition, a revision of D&D Third Edition, published in 2003.
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What are the best ways to move and full-attack in the same round?
One of the most important things for any physical fighter to accomplish is to maximize the amount of time you spend full-attacking. Once you have BAB +6, not full-attacking halves your potential ...
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Is this how to hide?
I know that Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 is a pretty lousy stealth simulator--which is probably why I've not seen a lot of folks try to play characters that hide--, but I want to clarify the hiding rules ...
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How does a PC make a permanent extradimensional space?
In dnd 3.5/pathfinder, how can a PC make a permanent extra dimensional space? Nothing as fancy nor temporary as a Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion but with more legroom than a 20 cubic feet.
The ...
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Can a character meet prerequisites using a magic item?
Just as the title says, I'm wondering if a character can meet the prerequisites of a particular choice (feat, prestige class, etc.) by using a magic item that grants the prerequisite?
As an example: ...
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What's an emanation's point of origin?
The Rules Compendium says, "The point of origin of a spell is always a grid intersection," then later says, "An emanation spell functions like a burst spell, except that the magic continues to radiate ...
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Do bonuses of the same type stack?
My group and I have a question about stacking enhancement effects of spell and items. For example: A fighter got ogre power gauntlets +2; in a fight, the wizard cast Bull's Strength on him, which ...
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Are magic item caster levels prerequisites?
Every magic item has a listed caster level, which is generally listed alongside its prerequisites. Is this listed caster level the minimum caster level required to craft the item?
For example, the ...
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Multiplying and dividing
Rules for "multiplication" in D&D and Pathfinder are unusual.
This is what Pathfinder rules say about multiplication:
When you are asked to apply more than one multiplier to a roll, the ...
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Are there rules for Intelligent Items with Class Levels?
So the DM gave me the option of giving this intelligent lance various abilities, including a homebrew version of a Psicrystal's Self-Propulsion and Flight abilities. He also gave me the option of ...
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Can characters reach Mach 1 and higher?
A few years back our group tried to come up with the fastest possible D&D character. If I remember correctly we could build a character that could go faster than the speed of sound, but I can't ...
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How to kill a character without making their player too angry
I have been DMing a game for a group of friends. In between two sessions, which ended with them facing a few enemy NPCs, I realized that these intelligent opponents had a very good way to kill one of ...
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How compatible are books for D&D 3.0 and D&D 3.5?
I found a bunch of D&D books at a used bookshop, but am now realizing half are 3.0 and half are 3.5... How compatible are these with each other? What are the major rule changes I'll need to watch ...
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How to mitigate glass cannon syndrome in Pathfinder?
This is the more gamey part of my other question, What to do when your character is just too good?
In D&D 3.5e and Pathfinder, damage output grows very, very quickly. Much more quickly than hit ...
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Covertly casting a spell
This question about Charm Person got me musing about a problem with the spell. Obviously, you can't cast Charm Person in the middle of a forum to sway an interlocutor to your side without the other 20 ...
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What effects do critical and fumble tables have on D&D 3.5?
Just getting some extra damage, and just missing, seem pretty boring. A lot of people like to spruce things up by having critical hits and natural-1 fumbles result in a roll on a special table, which ...
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Does Pathfinder significantly fix known problems with the Monk class?
As a somewhat follow up to this question re. unarmed strike, I'm wondering:
Does Pathfinder significantly fix the monk class (this, and other potential well known class issues)? Specifically *:
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Can any creature elect to make touch attacks or ranged touch attacks?
Can a creature lacking a special ability to make either touch attacks or ranged touch attacks nonetheless make against his foes—without provoking attacks of opportunity—touch attacks or ranged touch ...
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How are caster levels determined in concert with the feat Master Spellthief?
The first and third benefits of the feat Master Spellthief from page 79 of Complete Scoundrel are pretty straightforward (although the first's a little sad in that it only affects the level of spell ...
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Rules for being drunk?
If a character is drunk, what are the penalties associated to it? Are there any benefits to it? I do remember a special prestige class for monks about it, but I don't remember anything specific in the ...
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Is there a spell managing program/app for D&D 3.5e? [closed]
I'm playing a necromancer wizard in a D&D 3.5e game via Roll20.
I've found that it's very tedious to manage and choose my spells because I have to look in the list of the wizard/sorcerer spells ...
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What order are individual attacks taken in during a full attack action, and does it differ between editions?
What rules apply to the order in which individual attacks are taken during a full attack action in D&D 3.0, 3.5, and Pathfinder?
I am specifically interested in RAW requirements on the order in ...
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How do Prestige Classes that advance spellcasting interact with racial spellcasting ability?
For example Lets use the Marrutact from Sandstorm, it can cast as a 5th level wizard. if it then takes a prestige class that requires the ability to cast 1st level Arcane spells and advances arcane ...
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How is Polymorph "broken"?
I have read numerous posts from various websites saying that the wizard/sorceror spell "polymorph" breaks game balance. Even Wizards of the Coast somewhat admits that. Sticking to just the core ...
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Is a fumble on a natural 1 an official rule?
I am currently a player in a D&D 3.5 game where rolling a 1 on any attack roll is not only an automatic miss, but also means that something "bad" happens – such as dropping your sword, falling ...
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What explanation do the D&D devs have for designing spontaneous casters to lose out on a spell level compared to prepared casters? [closed]
In D&D 3.x, spontaneous full casters (like the Sorcerer or Oracle) gain their higher level spells a level later than the equivalent prepared caster classes (like Wizard and Cleric). For example, ...
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How much should a "button of Cure Light Wounds" cost (should it be available at all?)
My fellow players would like to have a command-word or use-activated "button" of Cure Light Wounds at will, i.e. unlimited uses/day.
How much should this cost (if it should be available at all?)
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What is wrong with the Truenamer?
I have seen a lot of people say that the Truenamer does not work (such as this answer placing Truenamer at the bottom tier) or that it's terrible.
As far as I can read and see, though, it seems to be ...
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Are psionics overpowered or especially exploitable?
My DM is very picky about what materials we're allowed to use, pretty much PHB only, and we can't multiclass until level 6. I really like psionics, and would especially like to play a psionic warrior ...
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What's the origin of the game terminology "Rocket Tag"?
I've seen a lot of people referring to 3.5 recently using the term "Rocket Tag". Specifically, where does this terminology come from, where was this specific terminology named or created, and what ...
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A PC dies every session - bad tactics or the normal outcome of adventuring?
In the campaign I'm currently playing in we have had a lot of character deaths occurring recently, almost (if not every) session. The party are 13th–14th level and are taking on significant opponents....
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Can you intentionally fail a skill check?
This comes up to me in the context of the 3.x/PF/d20 Fly skill, even when I simply read about it: Can you intentionally fail a Fly skill check, or any other skill check for that matter, if you, or ...
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How to counter high-level players using scry and teleport / How to maintain intrigue?
So, my Eberron campaign has gotten to the point where the players are level 18, and they are resolving many of their issues by scrying on their enemies, and simply teleporting to them in moments of ...
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Can Skill Mastery let you take 10 with Use Magic Device?
The rogue special ability (advanced talent) Skill Mastery reads as follows:
The rogue becomes so certain in the use of certain skills that she can use them reliably even under adverse conditions.
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When, where, and with whom did the Dark Chaos Feat Shuffle originate?
In trying to give credit where it's due, I'd like to learn the name or pseudonym of the originator of the Dark Chaos Feat Shuffle (DCFS) (link is to a definition not a source), and where and when both ...
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Gauntlets & Spiked Gauntlets: How do they work?
There are a lot of questions I have about Gauntlets and Spiked Gauntlets.
For the weapons gauntlets and spiked gauntlets (the answers may vary based on whether they are spiked or not):
Do they ...
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Do Druid animal companions go up in size with HD and gain size-based stat increases?
I have an animal companion which has just gained its 5th HD. On page 291 of Monster Manual 1, the Improving Monsters section says that an increase in Size also changes stats.
Do animal companions (e....
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Can a "theurge" prestige class increase the level of a different "theurge" prestige class?
Consider a build something along these lines:
Wizard (some levels)
Cleric (some levels)
Mystic Theurge (advancing Wizard and Cleric spellcasting)
Binder (some levels)
Anima Mage (advancing Binder and ...
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Do spell effects move if the object they are cast on moves?
let's suppose that I cast a Silent image of a wall on an airship. Let's suppose that I don't move it with concentration.
Does the image of the wall move with the airship or it will progressively go ...
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How to make spell components relevant again?
The spell components mechanic has always seemed a bit ham-fistedly handled in D&D since 2nd edition. What should be an interesting way of defining a wizard generally becomes "I have my pouch" and ...
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Confusion about magic weapon pricing
So, a friend of mine is trying his hand at GMing and is planning out a campaign that will start us out at level 5 with a 5000gp starting budget. My Elven Swashbuckler will be bringing along a +1 Keen ...
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What's the best magic item for punching monsters in their stupid faces?
My character, a barbarian with the feat Improved Unarmed Strike,1 occasionally eschews his greataxe and punches monsters. After reading this 2009 thread and this 2009 thread, I don't know what works ...
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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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When do "per day" spell-like abilities recover in 3rd edition?
In D&D 3.0 and 3.5, when does a creature with spell-like abilities limited by "per day" uses regain their expired uses?
At the beginning of the next new day? (i..e, at midnight, dusk, or dawn, ...
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How can I most effectively use a Weapon of Legacy?
Weapons of Legacy are bad. But if a character does want to use one and still be effective (say, because you have a cool idea involving the Legacy Champion class), how should they do so?
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Can a readied action or an attack of opportunity interrupt and thus cancel another action?
Can an attack of opportunity or a readied action interfere with another creature's action so that the creature, essentially, loses that action?
Example 1: Nadir the rogue and Peake the bugbear are ...
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How can I convert enemies from D&D 3.5e to 5e?
I'm trying to convert The Forgotten Forge from the back of the Eberron book into 5th Edition to run it, and right now I'm trying to get the enemies inside it converted over, using the UA article as a ...
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Are partially charged wands generally purchasable?
In the D&D 3.5 DMG rules are given for the pricing of partially charged wands, which one may explicitly purchase during character creation or sell during play. So long as the wand's final ...
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Can spells that target weapons be cast on magically created temporary weapons?
A creature casts a spell that creates a magical effect that's a weapon.1 Can such a weapon be the target of a spell that targets a weapon?2
That is, is the magically created weapon effect sufficiently ...
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Questions about lances and mounted combat
A lance is a 2 handed reach weapon. PHB also states the following:
Lance: A lance deals double damage when used from the back of
a charging mount. It has reach, so you can strike opponents 10 ...
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Does Monkey Grip allow wielding 2 handed weapons in 1 hand?
As typical in D&D a friend and I are having a debate, this time about whether or not Monkey Grip (3.5 complete warrior feat) allows a medium creature to wield a 2-handed medium weapon with one ...
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