Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition is a 2003 revision of D&D Third Edition.
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Question about a Dragonfire Adept build
For part of a Dragonfire Adept build idea, I was considering using either Silverbrow Human or Dragon Descended, but then I had another idea: why not both? Would it be possible to combine those two ...
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Is there a way to use Charisma in an intimidate check?
I understand Intimidate using Strength as its skill when done in a manner of just looking scary enough to demoralize your opponent, but is there a way to use Charisma to intimidate with words? Aside ...
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Can terrain shape area affect spells or attacks?
I don't know if this is referenced in the rulebooks or just a matter of houserule, but what happens if someone uses a cone-shaped spell or ability in a corridor that is narrower than the width of the ...
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Do abilities like Extra Spell and the Master Specialist Expanded Spellbook allow you to take spells outside of your class list?
Several abilities including feat Extra Spell and the Master Specialist class feature Expanded Spellbook allow spellcasters to learn an additional spell. However, these abiities do not specify that ...
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When exactly do “once each round” effects work?
Quite a bit of spell effects state that they work once in a round.
For example, Balor Nimbus:
each round, the flames deal 6d6 points of fire damage to any creature grappling you (or any creature ...
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Soulknife vs Soulbow
On one hand, we have the Soulknife, who is able to conjure blade weaponry at will and throw them for ranged attacks. On the other, we have the Soulbow, which specializes in throwing attacks, but uses ...
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LFG: Looking for Guineapigs (aka players to test an encounter..or 4)
I'm setting up the end of my campaign and I have 4 "mini-boss" fights (& Final BOSS fight) that I'm trying to make extremely tough but also winnable. I don't want to just slaughter my PCs after ...
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Questions about an Arcane/Divine combo build
I had an idea for a character that was multiclass Wizard/Archivist(Heroes of Horror) with Prestige levels in Mystic Theurge. However, upon further examination of the Mystic Theurge class, I noticed a ...
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Is there a limit to how many extra attacks I can have in D&D 3.5?
I'm playing a fighter/warblade with the Lightning Maces and Power Critical feats, and the Blood in the Water stance, so every time I score a crit, I have an immediate additional strike with the same ...
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Impact of allowing characters to change their main casting stat
I have never really understood the rationale of "wizards use Int, clerics use Wis and sorcerers use Cha". So for my new campaign, I am considering getting rid of that rule, and allowing characters to ...
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Is discharging a spell a purely mental action?
We know that casting a spell often requires verbal and/or somatic components. Verbal and somatic components are clearly defined game concepts, but on discharging a spell, all I have is this:
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Avoiding Sneak Attack
While reading this question: Can a Barbarian/Rogue Sneak Attack during a Rage? it made me think, Is there a "mundane" way to avoid sneak attack?
Sneak Attack works when a rogue: "can catch an ...
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What are the most effective ways to protect a character against critical hits?
My DM has some evil dice. These dice seem to roll a much higher than average number of 20s, resulting in a much higher than average critical hit rate against the party. What are some ways a character ...
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How can I acquire Charm Person/Charm Monster as an SLA for my NPC?
So, I'm creating the overarching villain for a campaign I intend to run - an Osyluth with class levels known as Molkor the Quartermaster - and I want to get him into the Fiend of Corruption prestige ...
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Inventor of the Universal Arcane Language?
p.178 of the Player's Handbook 3.5:
Arcane Magical Writings
To record an arcane spell in written form, a character uses a complex
notation that describes the magical forces involved in the ...
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How Can I Make Supplies Matter In D&D 3.5e?
On long journeys we always forget to track supplies so I am looking for a way to make supplies actually matter in D&D 3.5.
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Beyond hit points: injury in D&D
I'm interested in adding a touch of realism to combat in D&D 3.5 or Pathfinder. Hit points are a very simple way of measuring injury and stamina, that contributes to the "hit things first, ask ...
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Regarding resting and spell meditation for casters
My group recently started a game in D&D 3.5. Even though we are all rather familiar with the ruleset, there are certain details that we have trouble discerning from the official documentation, ...
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How can I add story to every encounter so that they don't seem like I'm just piling monsters on the characters for xp?
I am running a Viking themed 3.5 adventure and the party is traveling to confront a barbarian king on the way though they have just been fighting wild animals and it feels like these encounters don't ...
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How to make a Dark Brotherhood-esque Job Request System in D&D 3.5 E6
The Goal
In a E6 campaign I am playing in I want my character to start an assassins guild similar to The Dark Brotherhood from The Elder Scrolls games.
The Problem/Question
I am stuck on how to set ...
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Aerial combat in 3.5e
I have a player who is using a homebrew flying race to add to his heal/buff cleric's survivability. He's promising not to use it too much to his advantage, especially because none of us have any ...
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Devourer and negative levels
How many negative levels does a creature gain when trapped by a devourer? Does he gain the neg. levels immediately or only when the devourer drains the essence point from the pool (for casting)?
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Finger of death and Raise death/Resurrect/Reincarnate
If someone dies because of a Finger of death, can he be brought back with one of Raise death/Resurrect/Reincarnate? In all spells it is said that
"A creature that has been turned into an undead ...
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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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Is there a spell managing program/app for D&D 3.5e?
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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How does time work in 3.5/Pathfinder?
I am wondering about preparing spells per day. How long is a day? One session?
Also some spells last 15 minutes. How long is that during a combat encounter?
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Unusually Unfair Trap in White Plume Mountain
In the 3rd Edition rewrite of the famous module White Plume Mountain, the titular dungeon gets modified highly successfully to use 3rd Edition rules while staying very true to the original version in ...
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How can I balance giving the party a teamwork feat?
I decided that in my campaign, I wanted to train the PCs so that they'd be a bit better prepared for the harsh conditions they've gone through, and also just to make things a bit more interesting.
In ...
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Staying awake in-game in DnD3.5
A rather basic question, I guess, yet it came up and we've found we're not sure anymore:
What do you roll to see if a PC can stay awake on guard duty?
(...after a day's march through winter terrain, ...
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What is the limit for the Masterwork Bonus?
Are Masterwork weapons limited to a +1 bonus, or can the bonus go all the way to +5? The reason I ask is the books usually refer to items with a bonus as magical items, but the books also say that all ...
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Can a flaming sphere be kicked away?
In the flaming sphere spell description it is said that "the surface of the sphere has a spongy, yielding consistency".
So the sphere has some "consistency" and acts like a physical object, rolling ...
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What are the major differences between 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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Welcome to the potion shop. What do we have for sale, again..?
Preparing a game and I've got a few NPCs with some undefined loot: "first level potion," It got me to wondering - is there a consolidated list of potions, maybe oils too, for DnD 3.5? I found the ...
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Are Weapon Finesse and two-handed wielding mutually exclusive?
I noticed some weapons, like the Elven Thinblade, can qualify for Weapon Finesse despite being classified as one-handed weapons. Does this mean I can wield it two-handed for 150% of my Dex bonus? ...
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Can I use Run in an area where there is no straight path available?
The Combat rules have to say this about Running: "When you run, you can move up to four times your speed in a straight line ...".
Now my question is: what if I'm in a dungeon, or more generally in a ...
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Animated dead in challenge ratings
When a spellcaster is controlling undead that they have created, does this count as part of their challenge rating or are they considered separate?
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Alternative spell system [closed]
I am looking for a spell system (preferably one that can use the existing spell lists) that operates based on Mana/Spell Points rather than the Vancian system. I am already familiar with the Unearthed ...
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What prestige classes can Warlocks take?
I know there are prestige classes for casters, but due to the Warlock's Invocation mechanics, I'm not sure which ones it can qualify for, or at least which ones would be beneficial for it. What are ...
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Can a class feature acquired at a certain level be used if an item that rasies effective level is used?
I was looking at the list of Magic Items and noticed the "Phylactery of Undead Turning". It allows the character to turn undead as if his level was 4 higher than it is. I thought of paladins, which ...
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Alternative uses of Spider Climb
During my group's recent run of White Plume Mountain in 3rd Edition, we encountered a scenario that brought into question the versatility of the Spider Climb spell effect. In the dungeon, one room ...
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The effects of saving throws on mind reading
A number of creatures in D&D systems (specific editions may not be necessary here, but let's use 3/3.5/3.75 for simplicity) have the ability to use spell or spell-like effects such as Detect ...
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Does crafting necessarily require spending gold?
I know the crafting rules say you have to spend gold to represent the cost of materials used in crafting something, but what about in a situation where you aren't in a city and can't reasonably just ...
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What Resources Are Available For Poison?
I find myself stopped up short in my efforts to create a major...well, not antagonist, but let us call him a very shady ally, for my PCs. The individual in question, Mykael the Grinner, is the master ...
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Are there any rules for a Cleric to change his faith?
There are rules for a Cleric who loses faith, and how to regain his standing through atonement.
But what if he abandons one faith entirely for another? Presumably his new god/faith should be picking ...
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Passage of Time within a Rope Trick spell
My question is rather simple and has to do with the extra-dimensional space* created by a Rope Trick spell.
*Note: It is not clear to me whether this kind of space is a Demiplane or not, but should ...
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What do you do when there's nothing to do in combat?
There are a lot of situations in D&D combat where characters seem to be left without anything to do that round. For example, a bard out of inspires and without slashing weapons beset by zombies, ...
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Do druid animal companions get ability points due to high HD?
I'm not sure about that one, and I can't find any explicit text in the rules.
I know that regular HD for improved monsters also improves one ability by one point every four Hit-dices, but is it also ...
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Bull rushing into a wall
What happens when the space behind someone is already occupied by a wall? Do they take damage, fall prone, does it not work etc.?
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How does the Slow spell affect flying creatures with minimum forward speeds?
Suppose a Slow spell is cast on a creature with a minimum forward speed while flying: is it required to spend his/her sole action on movement to prevent falling and crashing down?
The relevant rule ...
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Can Tenser's Floating Disk be ridden?
I know the rules for TFD in 3.5 mention it can carry anything within its weight limit and can be directed by the caster within its range limits, but are there any rules about actually riding Tenser's ...
