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Allow me to start by saying that I apologize. I realize that the question I am about to ask isn't about anything you wrote, and I am aware you usually have distaste for such things, but, in all honesty, I respect your opinion over that of WotC and their respondants, since it is more in 'the spirit' of D&D, rather than the 'rules'.

The question pops up a lot, and I am curious what your stand is on it. Suppose a character becomes a vampire, contracts lycanthropy, becomes a lich, or does anything that would effect their CR during a campaign. So what happens to that character, as far as rules on xp and leveling. Some say that the person is considered X levels higher than they were prior. Whereas some say the person loses levels, while still more say that nothing should happen.

They are considered X levels higher than they were prior.

Monte

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You can use cleave and great cleave attempts off a kill that occurred during an attack of opportunity, can't you?

Yep.

Monte

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Sir, if one were to sneak attack with flame arrows, would sneak attack be applied to each? I ask because of an arcane trixter in the party.

Potentially, if each time the arrow strikes the target and he is denied his Dex bonus.

Monte

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What level do you think the party should be before a PC vampire should be allowed?

Well, it depends of the level of the vampiric character. I'd say that the other characters should be probably about 6th before you let in a 1st level vampire.

Monte

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I was flipping through the DMG when I came across the cursed item section. Many of the items gave birth to a question. For the sake of conversation, I'll use the sword of berserking. Its a +2 great sword with the obvious ability that I'm sure you know. Anyway, it's priced at 17,500. This is much more than that of a +2 sword and a little less than a +3. I'm curious as to how you priced the item. Did you consider it a +3 and then go down some. Did you set a price for the "berserking" part and just add it in?
Finally, would you allow an OC to have some item, such as a specialty item (rhino hide armor, rapier of puncturing, etc?), enhanced further? This is another reason I asked about the item above. If I wanted to have it further enhanced for a specific adventure, how would I go about pricing it? I thank you in advance for you help.

It's priced as a +2 sword with an additional ability. You can improve such items (rapier of puncturing, etc.) by looking at the bonus, figuring out how much it would take to add another bonus (or bonus equivalent) and adding that much to the entire price of the item.

Monte

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In the back of the DMG it says that if you make an item that has restrictions on who can use it. If the item is restricted by class or alignment, the reduction is 30% to the cost. My question is, can someone apply more than one restriction? Such as class or alignment and some other one that gives them another 10% off. With this be a 40% off, a 30% then 10% off that, or do the bonuses not stack at all?

They do not stack. And remember that a restriction that is not really a restriction is not worth any price reduction. "Only I and my friends can use this" is not a restriction.

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I was reading your article on monsters as PC's and let me start by saying it was very informative. The real question is, what, truly is the ECL on a troll. I doubt 8 was anywhere near close, considering he has a better BA, more Hp, better armor, regeneration, is large, ect... So my question is actually about two monsters, the Azer and the troll. Can you a) help me out and b) tell me how you came to this conclusion.

I'll certainly stand by the troll at 8. The BAB is lower than an 8th level fighter, not higher, and the hp are also lower (d8s rather than d10). It has regeneration, great strength and con, natural attacks and armor but fewer feats than a fighter.
I'd put the azer at about 5. SR, good natural armor, fire immunity, fire damage--these are all really good things. But 2d8 hp, no natural attacks or regeneration makes it clearly no troll.
Monte

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If you were playing in a campaign where magic = psionics, could you place psionic weapon quality qualities on a weapon allready enchanted with magic and visa versa?

I think you could, but the costs would stack. That is to say, a +1 magic ability and a +1 psionic ability would cost what a +2 weapon would cost, not 2 +1 weapons.
Monte

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