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How do the knowledge skills of the cloistered cleric work?
The class description says that:
"the cloistered cleric class skill list includes decipher script, speak language, and all knowledge skills(from the Knowledge domain)"
Does that mean that ...
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Is an Urban Druid's Urban Companion an Animal?
A level-1 Druid has access to the ACF Urban Companion:
Urban Companion
The fearsome animal companions who accompany some casters in the wild
are indeed a boon in combat, but a hulking wolf or ...
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Do the Favored Soul and Cleric differ greatly in their options for prestige classes?
As noted here, there is limited information on the optimisation options for the Favored Soul. In addition, it has received less support than the Cleric due to being a non-core class, being solely a ...
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Do Unearthed Arcana's Spontaneous Divine Casters rules render Favored Souls redundant?
In Unearthed Arcana, there is a set of optional rules for Spontaneous Divine Casters. Under the assumption that these rules are used and that any Favored Soul fluff is ignored, is there any mechanical ...
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Is the Massive Damage Rule Needed? [closed]
In D&D 3.5 there is a Massive Damage rule:
Massive Damage
If you ever sustain a single attack deals 50 points of
damage or more and it doesn’t kill you outright, you must make a DC 15
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How Does Bone Knight's Paladin Conversion Interact with Paladin of Tyranny
I was wondering what rulings there are on how the Bone Knight's Paladin Conversion ability interacts with the Paladin of Tyranny? It would seem that the class had the PHB Paladin in mind during the ...
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Does the animal provided by the Wild Cohort feat count as an Animal Companion?
Feat in question:
Wild Cohort [General]
Benefit: You gain an animal cohort. The animal cohort is generally friendly to you and is willing to follow you and adventure with you. If given proper ...
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How much "translation" do 3.5 rules hacks need for Pathfinder?
I'm specifically looking at the Collected Book of Experimental Might. Its many hacks range from very simple to diabolical:
Feat every level
Combat feats are more powerful when taken as Fighter bonus ...
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Does the Necromancer's Skeletal Minion prevent familiars gained from other sources?
Among the Wizard's Necromancer variants is the Skeletal Minion feature, which says (among other things):
A 1st-level necromancer using this variant can begin play with an undead minion (a human ...
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Is it possible to work a Spiked Chain as a collar?
I had an idea for a spiked chain-wielding Barbarian character, but instead of the usual warrior brute I thought I'd try something different; he was some kind of escaped slave or something that had ...
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Is there an alternate rule to allow different stats for Male/Female characters?
I want to introduce a variant rule that allows for stat adjustments for men and women, but I would like something more in-depth than just a bonus and penalty to stats. Are there any existing variants ...
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Is that blackguard riding a dragon? Nope, but their pony sure looks evil
In Elder Evils, there is a bodak blackguard who has a really cool mount. It's a flying construct with a nightwing's essence bonded to it. Very reminiscent (perhaps borderline steal?) of the Hobgoblin. ...
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How to fix sorcerors getting shafted by spell point variants?
Using the spell point variant, sorcerors lose a lot of their strength in comparison to wizards (and druids and clerics, but let's stick to arcane for now). They are left with 249 points at 20th level ...
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Optional rules to replace various XP costs in DnD3.5?
Are there any official optional rules to replace various XP costs (that characters have to pay for things like potion making and so on) with something else in D&D3.5?
If not, do you have any ...
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Which issues of Paizo's Dragon magazine had alternative rules to replace 3.x familiars?
I've seen this mentioned under this question: Alternatives to Familiars in DnD 3.X, and I do remember having read, ages ago, an issue or two (?) of Paizo's Dragon that dealt with optional rules that ...
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Optional but official rules that balance "instant death" threats in DnD3.5?
I'm looking for optional rules from (semi)official publications that offer players (and their characters) a chance to avoid "instant death" threats (such as the petrifying gaze of a (CR7) medusa) ...
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