Questions tagged [dnd-3e]
The original release of Dungeons & Dragons third edition from 2000, not including the v3.5 revised edition.
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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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Were clerics without a god limited in how many levels they could gain?
It's been almost two decades since I last played D&D, so my memories of it are slightly fuzzy. I know that third edition allowed clerics to follow an ideal rather than a god, and still get spells ...
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Was this rule updated/changed in 3.5?
Savage Species, a 3.0 book, included a rule for when a template makes a monster with LA - playable.
In cases when a template makes an otherwise unplayable creature into a viable character (such as ...
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Is the Arch Psion's Psionic Energy Discharge sufficiently similar to the Warlock's Eldritch Blast for item creation purposes?
3.5 Item creation rules specifically call out Eldritch Blast a having no psionic analog, and thus psionic characters cannot create or assist in creating items that use that class feature as a ...
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How might a ghost interact with psionic items, powers, and effects that are made of or produce ectoplasm?
Some background: the ghostly psionic character in question is a ghost due to in-campaign events which I shall skip over unless needed. Mechanically this is represented by a level of ghost racial class ...
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Book of Exalted Deeds edition 3.0?
Although, printed in 2003, both page 6 and 191 list all 3.0 books it is designed as a supplement to and doesn’t have the 3.5 revision stated on page 6 as it should for a 3.5 book would. Isn’t it a 3.0 ...
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Are the 'Rules of the Game' web articles for using special attacks as attacks of opportunity corroborated by any other source?
To provide some context, I am prepping a new direction for my players in to the the worlds of H.P Lovecraft for a change of pace. So I would like to use the D20 rules for that and I had a mind to try ...
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Why are all monasteries human?
In "Hero builders guidebook" a recurring theme is that all monasteries are in human lands only, with the book not even mentioning the idea of other races founding them. This makes it ...
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Where can I find the D&D 3.0 FAQ?
I've seen reference in a few old posts about the D&D 3.0 FAQ that may shed some light on a subject my friends and I have been talking about, but I can't seem to find it available anywhere online. ...
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Is there a correct way to transfer the gloaming race from 3rd edition to 5th edition?
I've been playing in a 3rd edition campaign for quite a long time and the DM has recently decided that they would like to continue in 5th edition. My character in this campaign is a gloaming which is ...
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How is Lung in Lung Dragon correctly pronounced?
OK, so I've fished out my copy of 3rd Edition Oriental Adventures, and on looking at the lung dragons' entry in the monster chapter, I'm unsure how to pronounce lung- is it the same as the breathing ...
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Is there a way to use Strength for the Perform Skill?
How (if possible) would one utilize their Strength ability score with the Perform Skill? Be that in lieu of Charisma or in addition to it.
There are so many ways to shuffle the ability score that ...
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Are the Living Greyhawk materials considered first party creations? [closed]
Are the Living Greyhawk materials considered first party creations, and why or why not?
Despite being created by non employee volunteers, the materials were endorsed by WoTC, thus I hear conflicting ...
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Looking for Dragon Magazine issue promoting 3E Barbarian class
The issue was released some months before 3rd Edition made it to the stores; at the beginning of it there was a section describing how the barbarian class worked in 3E, including a sidebar extolling ...
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Is there a way to change 3e stats into 5e stats?
Is there any way (preferably and online generator or something akin to that, but I can do it by hand too), to quickly and hopefully simply, change a stat block like
Medium Aberration
HP 8d8+8 (44 hp)
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