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 is the source of the persistent rumor that D&D 3.5's Orb spells were written to provide an advantage in the writer's home game?
D&D 3.5's Complete Arcane introduced the Orb of Fire/Acid/Whatever line of spells. They are conjuration spells (normally you might expect them to be evocation), they do a reasonably large pile of ...
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Building the template for a half-elf nymph in PCGen
A friend of mine wants to build a half-elf half-nymph using a homebrewed LA 3 half-nymph template, so I need to produce a half-nymph template for LA 3 in PCGen for that character. This means I need to ...
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How can I make abilities from custom classes in PCGen show on my D&D 3.5e character sheet?
I feel like I am missing a step.
I take the code for a wild mage prestige class from a site (I dont know if I am allowed to write the exact site here).
I put the data/code of the class in the ...
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Is a corpse a possess-able object?
Creatures with the fiend of possession prestige class progressively gain a wider range of control over inanimate material and objects (eventually even very loosely defined objects).
Possess Object (...
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How do the changes in the Black Company campaign setting affect game balance (D&D 3.5)?
The Black Company campaign setting for D&D 3.5 (Green Ronin publishing, based on the Glen Cook novels) made significant changes to game mechanics. For example:
Spellcasting was completely ...
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What can be done to make a transmutation seem real even to magical senses?
The core problem
For characters living in a world where high level and possibly epic casters (without the Epic Spellcasting feat) exist, passing for the creature they're polymorphed into is hard.
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Enchanter adaptation of the Nightmare Spinner prestige class
The Complete Mage prestige class Nightmare Spinner has the following adaptation entry:
The nightmare spinner class is designed as an illusion specialist, but
it could work just as well with an ...
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What happens if you no longer qualify for a Racial Substitution Level?
Racial Emulation is a lovely little feat that lets changelings (humanoid shapeshifters) count as the race they have changed into for most things, including taking racial substitution levels for that ...
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How to create a custom Lycanthrope in HeroForge Anew?
One of my players will probably end up becoming a Wereshark next session. To create our character sheets, we use HeroForge Anew. However, this program only recognises the Lycanthropes from the monster-...
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Does rogue's vest bonus damage apply separately for each precision damage source?
Rogue's vest (MiC 130) grants users with "the skirmish, sneak attack, or sudden strike ability" an extra 1d6 damage "when making such an attack"
Does this mean that, for example, a ...
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Analyzing the Impact: Customized Bloodline for Artificer Build
I'm planning to create an artificer for a new campaign starting from level 1, and I'm considering incorporating a customized bloodline into my character concept. However, I'd like to gather some ...
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Highlander: the Immortal and PCGen
Anyone know how i can add the Highlander Immortal sourcebook to PCGen for D&D 3.5? I am unsure if I should make this a template, since these effects are all acquired. If so, I am clueless about ...
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What are the spells that have a target other than self (and a target entry) for Ocular spell eligibility that aren’t already touch/rays?
I asked the question Does Ocular spell make every eligible damage spells have a critical chance since it becomes a ranged touch attack (ray)?
and I realized it was a bit hard to find spells that were ...
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Is there a creature or spell that creates diseases broadly (beyond the normal means of a contagion spell)?
Are there ways to contract or create specific diseases (beyond just running into an infected creature or the contagion spell)? I’ve been looking for 3/3.5 creatures or spells that can create and ...
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What game mechanics use extraordinary abilities?
I'm not sure if anyone has gone about trying to find a list of the mechanics that explicitly make reference to extraordinary abilities (for example, mechanics that derive from spells, class features, ...
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What happens when a creature with Racial Hit Dice changes creature type?
The specific example I'm working with is a creature with RHD who takes the Human Heritage feat... and then advances by HD.
The creature retains all the traits of its previous type (so far so good), ...
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Does a Protean Scourge's simulacrum retain the ability to split up and recombine?
The simulacrum has less HD than the original creature, but to what extent does it retain the original creature's abilities?
The Protean Scourge (Monster Manual III, p. 126) has the Split ability the ...
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3rd-party Knowledge-focused prestige class that can read books quickly
I remember having had read the description of a prestige class D&D 3.0 or 3.5 supplemental book. If I remember correctly, it was none of the official WOTC sources. I think it was a book in black ...
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