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Why do spells need to be “prepared”? [closed]
I'm not asking about the rules or concepts of spell preparation, as they are well described and reasoned, but I'm wondering why it's even necessary, from a logical (well, however logical you can be in ...
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How worldly is a polymorphic elf?
In the 3.5e campaign I'm running, a very real concern has arisen that the player characters might actually fail to save the world from the horrific fate that the villian has planned for it. If this ...
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Aganazzar's Scorcher: Rules for 'path' Spells
Agnazzar's Scorcher, a spell from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, reads as follows:
A jet of roaring flame bursts from your outstretched hand, scorching any creature in a 5-foot-wide path ...
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Limits and rules for Silent/Minor/Major Image spells
What are the limits of Image spells?
An example in the 'All about Illusions' articles on wizards.com (1, 2, 3, 4) is an illusionary guard: Can I make the guard (keeping concentration) dissolve into ...
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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 does Charm Person affect a PC?
It's quite clear how the DM should play any NPCs that get Charmed by a PC -- the NPC should behave as the caster's best friend, and do things that he'd do for his best friend.
But how do you play ...
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How do you interpret the charm spell?
In a campaign I've been playing in, we've been having a real tough time deciding how powerful to make the first level Charm Person spell for Magic Users. Some background, we are playing Swords & ...
