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Is allowing to Polymorph Any Object into a specific person balanced?
I'm pretty sure that, by RAW, the Polymorph Any Object spell would function like the Alter Self spell when talking about specific physical aspect. But would it be balanced to allow Human A to ...
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Ephemeral Tread's balance implications
The feat Ephemeral Tread, paired with the spell dream travel, seems to let you travel to the Dimension of Dreams and perform impossible actions. This seems to let you (at a low level) cast wish upon ...
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Command Undead (spell) vs Control Undead
So, I have started playing a necromancer for the first time and have come across the following two spells.
Command undead and Control Undead.
Now, command undead is a second level spell, has day/level ...
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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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Why is planar ally/binding regarded as so powerful?
Binding outsiders is often described as an extremely powerful, or even game-breaking ability. But it is not exactly cheap. Why is it regarded as so powerful? Are there specific ways it gets used such ...
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Houserule: All cantrips/orisons on spell list cast spontaneously, limited per day. Broken?
I'm a new-ish 3.5/Pathfinder frankenstein-hybrid DM (CMB and CMD exist in my game, Death rules from Pathfinder, the rest is 3.5) and now I'm thinking about tweaking Level 0 spells.
However I'm not ...
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How can I preserve medieval transportation tropes for the PCs in a world with travel magic?
The problem: Overland travel spells and magic items disrupt the value of several fantasy elements that I don't want to sacrifice in a campaign, such as mounts (and the classes that make use of them), ...
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Will allowing all (spell-casting) classes to cast all spells be unbalanced? [closed]
I'm homebrewing a new setting with attendant rule changes. According to the setting all magic comes from the same source. So I was thinking that it might make sense, if wizards were able to case cure ...
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Will adding spells to the Duskblade Spell list unbalance play?
I'm wanting to build a GMPC Duskblade character for a gestalt game.
I've read different sources with spells and thought of a number to add. Here's the complete spell list (regular Duskblade spells ...
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how do I deal with telekinesis abusers?
I have a wizard and a psion blaster type that keep flinging grenades, light sabers, and over sized swords at everything. The swords are not magical, so fly through spell resistance, anti-magic ...
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