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Is the Saint, from Book of Exalted Deeds, broken?
An answer to this question: Protecting NPC's from Emissary of Barachiel claims that the Saint, from Book of Exalted Deeds, is pretty broken.
Curious, I went and websearched for it. It looks like ...
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How does the Blind-Fight feat interact with the Murky Eyed flaw?
I am creating a character for a game where Feats and Flaws are permitted and when I finished my character background I came to the conclusion that both the Blind-Fight feat and the Murky Eyed flaw are ...
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What is the challenge rating of an NPC?
The one-shot I am working on has the party primarily rolling against basic NPC's, however I have difficulty figuring out how tough a 3d4 amount of lvl 1 warriors would be for four lvl 3 PC's.
Can ...
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Can a spellcaster (learn to) cast while polymorphed into non-humanoid form capable of spellcasting?
Some non-humanoid creatures, for example the naga guardian, are capable of spellcasting (either innately or via class levels) despite not apparently being to provide the normal somatic component of ...
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Would crafting magical items from a single scroll be balanced?
Disclaimer: prompted by Sorcerer with item crafting of a warlock?.
In D&D, crafting a magical item generally requires a specific spell (or several), which must be cast every day the crafting ...
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Why are level adjustments necessary?
If in 3.5 a monster's CR is intended to be the level at which one PC has a 50% chance of winning the fight, why isn't a monster's CR used as the starting effective character level for a monstrous ...
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At which level adjustment would becoming a Lich be a good option for a Wizard? [closed]
I think the general consensus around here is that giving up four levels of Spellcasting (plus the XP an gold cost) to become a Lich wouldn't be a good choice for a Wizard (or Cleric for that matter).
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How opponents buffing affects encounter difficulty
My dear PCs have defeated an evil king without taking out his elite guards, so they're planning retribution.
The guards will scry+teleport an elite squad, all buffed and stuffed for this fight. They ...
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Jumble mini-flail: is this balanced?
The jumble mini-flail is a mix of materials that:
All-together causes 1d2 lethal damage & 1d2 non-lethal damage (yes you read that right).
For every 2 hours searching a warzone or battleground or ...
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Is this homebrewed Double Whip balanced?
The double whip is a 6-inch bar with a whip lash on each end of the bar. The damage is 1d4/1d4 slashing non-lethal, critical 18–20/×5, its range is 10 feet and it can't be used against a foe ...
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Is "Mass Aid" spell level balanced, especially when compared to other "Mass" spells? [closed]
Mass Aid is a level 3 spell (it can be found in Spell Compendium page 8) and the base (non-mass) spell Aid is a level 2 spell. This is just a +1 difference.
All other Mass spells have about +4 levels ...
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Are these stats balanced for a Pellet Bow?
The pellet bow is a real-world weapon. It's basically to the sling what the crossbow is to the bow and arrow & thusly should be a simple weapon. (Pull back the bow and release.)
I believe the ...
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New weapon (cat o'nine flails) stats balanced? [closed]
A cat o'nine flails, a new weapon of my devising, is a 9 headed flail similar to an Ochsenherde. Note that this is not to be confused with a cat o'nine tails.
Artist's impression - Original image ...
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Balance issues for gestalt melee (or other lower Tier) characters
An idea I had for balancing higher level play is to allow characters who are not tier 1 spellcasters to gestalt. The worries I have are
What is the cutoff where a character becomes tier 1? generally ...
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how to balance a character with the half-ogre template (or the party)
I have a party of 6 or 7 players all currently level 2 and one of them has just created a new character: a half-ogre (Savage Species p218) barbarian. we just played one session and it feels as if this ...
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