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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Can Invisibility Sphere Be Cast On a Rope or Chain In Order to cover More Targets or a Wider Area?
This Q&A in regards to emanations suggests that extending some of them from a creature's space rather than a grid intersection is a good way to handle those effects that emanate from a creature ...
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Can you counterspell Greater Teleport with the Teleport spell?
In our game, the arcane caster went on hold to counterspell Teleport of a demon to stop it escaping at the last moment (unknown to the player the demon had the greater version).
Can you counterspell ...
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Can you Dispel a Magical Trap?
The adventure I am running has the following trap:
Continuous Magic Missile Trap: CR 5;
Proximity trigger; automatic reset; 3d4+3 damage automatically, each round, no save;
Search DC 29; Disable ...
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Shortcuts for GMs preparing a boss sheet
Due to time constraints, I simply do not have the time any more to read through the list of all the feats, all possible enchantments, and all the prestige classes, to then build a boss.
What are the ...
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Character progression of someone wielding an overpowered artifact [closed]
Gaining XP and progressing is viewed as a reward of learning, becoming better in what you do, with greater rewards stemming mainly (though certainly not solely) from achievements in combat, whether ...
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What Prestige Classes exist that apply a template to the character?
There are prestige classes that apply or effectively apply a template to the character that attains a certain level.
To clarify, I am not asking about other "Apotheosis" prestige classes, ...
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What spell interfere-interacts with supernatural abilities?
Is it true that supernatural abilities are affected "only" by antimagic field?
if not, what are some examples of spells or conditions that interfere or interact with supernatural abilites ...
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Do special abilities and wonderous items with similar effects cumulate?
Our monk's build contains various abilities and items that, in part, give him the same bonus, I am not sure if all of them would accumulate or not.
Item: Monk's Belt (DMG 248)
This simple rope belt, ...
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If a character wears a magic item created with a particular spell, then cast the same spell, does the character gain both effects?
This is a general question on whether the effects from a spell stack with the effects of a wondrous item that was created with that same spell, in case the item's effect is different from the spell ...
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Does a rogue need to Hide after every attack of a full attack action in melee?
After reviewing various topics (see below for reference) I was unable to find an answer.
A rogue shadowdancer approaches their target using Hips to hide, is now in front of the target. Attacks melee ...
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Could I cast on myself the same spell limitless? could this be a good strategy for a combat?
Following the Rules Compendium page 137 in the paragraph
"combining spells effect" it is used an example where the same spell may be directed to the same target but the effects would not ...
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How can a permanently remove the incorporeal subtype from my character?
I am playing a Lesser Dream Element Creature (Dragon magazine #287, p. 34) Zenthyri and I need to be permanently corporeal.*
The method of corporeality must be unable to be disjunctioned/dispelled (so ...
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What if the rules for corporeal creatures and incorporeal were symmetrical?
I previously asked this question in regards to the asymmetry between corporeals attacking incorporeals (having a miss chance of 50%) and incorporeals attacking corporeals (no miss chance) as per the ...
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Do all incorporeal PCs have a 50% miss chance when attacking a corporeal creature?
In our D&D 3.5 campaign, for years, we have followed the rule provided in the Monster Manual 1 on the incorporeal subtype. Summarizing: corporeals that hit an incorporeal have a 50% chance to miss,...
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How does the Perfect Wight prestige class's Improved Legerdemain feature work?
The Perfect Wight prestige class from the Epic Level Handbook (page 34) gains the Improved Legerdemain feature at 2nd level.
Could the perfect wight use this to touch a device that is inside a force ...
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Epic feat: self concealment cumulate with other "miss chance" abilities or spells?
One of my players uses in combat the spell displacement (PH 223) allowing the 50% miss chance of attacks.
He also has the epic feat "self concealment" (10%). This feat is on the -epic level ...
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What is the best Polymorph form for a caster (to keep casting)?
As in the title. I'm looking for a good form to choose for my caster to stay in. What I'm looking for specifically is:
Need to be a form that can cast spells so I can also keep casting my spells ...
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Hoist and Stagger Definitions
According to the PHB (Page 162) a character can lift up to his maximum load over his head.
Does this mean that a character with a maximum load of 70 lbs who is already wearing full plate (50 lbs) with ...
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Does partial immunity to fear disqualify one for Craven?
The feat Craven (Champions of Ruin 17) gives a character -2 to saves vs. fear effects, and requires that the character "cannot be immune to fear." This question discusses how immunity to ...
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Can CR be directly lifted from 3.5 to 5e?
I am looking to convert a few modules from 3.5 into 5e and while I am going to change the nature of the creatures encountered I am not 100% sure how.
Does 3.5 follow the same kind of encounter and ...
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How does Skullclan Hunter's Divine Strike work?
The skullclan hunter, found in the Miniatures Handbook, p. 21, gets the ability Divine Strike at level 2.
Divine Strike (Ex): Due to his specialized skill, training, and connection with the forces of ...
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An epic weapon with non epic special abilities
According to the SRD a weapon with a weapon enhancement bonus of +6 is an epic weapon and has a market price of 720,000 gp. Supposing a non epic special ability is added to the weapon, say for example ...
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What makes this custom magic item deal damage repeatedly?
I have found this thing on Jormengand's first post
Using the custom magic item rules, we can get these brilliant items:
The Staff of Instant Death
This item, despite its name, is not a staff in the ...
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What cleric and wizard spells can I use to maximize my immunities?
I'm currently trying to maximize the amount of things my character is immune to. My current situation is:
Aasimar/Lesser Aasimar/Saint.
Bard 1/Sha'ir 1/Geomancer 2/Incantatrix 3/Ur Priest 1/Mystic ...
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Are there published guidelines for pricing magic items based on class abilities?
There are a handful of items that emulate (Ring of Evasion) and/or augment (Monk's Robe) class abilities. However, "class ability" isn't one of the effects on the estimating magic item ...
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Old thing-like race from D&D 3.5e?
I once watched a very interesting video about a race of beings which come from another dimension and seek to gain control over other dimensions through possessing hosts and bring more of their kind to ...
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Price for creating a Robe of Protection from Evil
I have a player that wants to have a Robe of Protection from Evil made. Using just the continuous spell cost seems more than a bit low, as I explain below. What would be a more reasonable way to price ...
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Non-Int-based death attack (aside from marrulurk and Marchosias)
I know of two sources of death attack that use Charisma, rather than Intelligence, for the save DC: the marrulurk race from Sandstorm, and the 7th-level vestige Marchosias, King of Killers from Tome ...
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Cheapest way to get Spring Attack?
Spring Attack requires Dodge and Mobility, so the regular way to get it requires spending 3 feats.
I want to take the elocater prestige class as my 6th level in an E6 game. It requires Mobility and ...
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Intelligent Magic Item Communication Modes
In the SRD, it is noted in the table under Intelligent Items ~ Languages Spoken By Item two footnotes 2 and 4.
Footnote 2 reads
'Like a character, an intelligent item speaks Common plus one language
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How do Naenhoon and Heighten spell interact?
If an Illumian DN1,Wiz1(NaenHoon sigil) with 5 rebuking attempts casts secret weapon using heighten spell, is it a 6th level or a 1st level spell?
(assuming he uses all 5 attempts)
I honestly can't ...
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Where is the Midgard Dwarf Valkyrie
I was perusing Frostburn 3.5 a few days ago, reading about Midgard Dwarves. I remember opening another rulebook or Web Enhancement that had an NPC/Monster/Prc that was a female Midgard Dwarf Valkyrie. ...
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Can the Permanent Image Spell Move with the Caster?
Several illusion spells would be useful to keep with the caster so as not to waste them on only one encounter. Notably, the -image line of spells (silent image, minor image, major image, persistent ...
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D&D 3.5 equivalent of PF 1.0 Persistent Spell Metamagic
Does Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 have any equivalent (or at least alternative way to get the same feature) of Metamagic Feat "Persistent Spell" from Pathfinder 1.0?
DISCLAIMER: Contrary to ...
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Potion of Protection from Arrows 15/magic?
According to the SRD:
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/potionsAndOils.htm
It lists a Potion of Protection from Arrows with 15/magic is this a mistake? According to the spell this should not be ...
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Does the Incantatrix "Focused Study" affect classes other than the one progressed with it?
Title says it all basically. I need to know whether prohibited school that I choose when entering Incantatrix PrC is also prohibited for, let's say, Cleric that I progress as part of a multiclass ...
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How many spells should high-level Sha'ir have on his "identified" list?
While doing finishing touches I've stumbled into a wall when it comes to Sha'ir spell list. Sha'ir is basically half-sorc and half-wizard when it comes to learning spells, with a little spice of ...
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What summons that are casters themselves are available to a Sorcerer/Wizard or a Cleric? [closed]
Character: support spellcaster with access to level 5 sorc/wiz spell list and level 4 cleric spell list.
I'm looking for thematic combat-ready summons for my character: I need summons that are casters ...
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Does Lycanthropy give you XP?
Does a template that grants HD (lycanthropy, but also multi-headed, zombie, etc.) necessarily give XP to be at that new character level? Is there some requirement somewhere that one has to have enough ...
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How many methods to swap feats are there?
Specifically I'm interested in retraining feats that are PrC requirements, which is legal, as per this topic:
Do you lose your prestige class features when you no longer meet its requirements?
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What are my options for level-2-accessible Arcane PrC with lots of Class Skills and Skillpoints?
Using my current build concept:
Bard 1 > Sha'ir 1 > Geomancer 2 > Incantatrix 3 > Ur Priest 1 > Mythic Theurge X > Fochlucan Lyrist X
Current race / template combination is:
Aasimar /...
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Why is Level Adjustment (LA), even with buyoff, generally considered a terrible idea from an optimization perspective?
From an optimization point of view, unless the race in question is remarkably broken, then common wisdom appears to be that:
LA+1 can sometimes be justified, but it usually can't
LA+2 requires ...
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Where can I find an ability that prevents True Seeing from penetrating a transformation?
Recently, I read a comment or forum post saying that there was an ability, to the best of my recollection it was a feat in a Dragon [Magazine] issue, which would negate true seeing vs. shape changing. ...
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Races/Templates for Dual Progression Caster based on Sha'r and Ur Priest
After several grave mistakes I made with previous calculation (including repeatedly forgetting the illogical design of Geomancer not having dual progression per se), I think I nailed everything this ...
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What are my options to get a spammable, nearly-free (in terms of both action economy and resource usage), short-range teleport?
I am soon joining a new D&D 3.5 group as a support caster. All official content allowed, rather liberal GM, no pun-pun level of abuse though. The game is already at level 11 (more or less) and is ...
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Are there in-universe explanations for the game mechanic of "remembering" spells for daily use? [duplicate]
There exists a specific game mechanic for spell casting in the Dungeons and Dragons system (at least in version v3, v3.5 and also in Pathfinder v1, probably in others also) which seems to be driven by ...
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Which D&D board game is best for beginners and can I create custom hero? [closed]
as the question says, I am considering buying the D&D board game. I can't decide which game to buy, but I've narrowed it down to The Legend of Drizzt, Wrath of Ashardalon, Temple of Elemental Evil,...
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Can a druid in animal form use Handle Animal?
My new 1st level druid likes to use the spell "Aspect of the Wolf" for combat. Now the question arose whether he can use Handle Animal in wolf form to use the Attack trick on his riding dog ...
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What happens when you try to teleport to somewhere that's out of range?
A spell caster wants to teleport to somewhere they know, that's outside their range, but they don't know they are too far away. Do they learn they're too far away if they try? Does the spell just fail?...
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Where do I find this encounter next to the exit of an underwater chute after a shipwreck caused by weather control magic?
I recently had a conversation with a player about an encounter from a game we played probably around 15ish years ago. The encounter was likely not from an adventure but first-party published somewhere ...
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