Fun Finds the 2nd Party Edition

[Nanashi]

That's hilarious. Not sure who would consider Savage Tide first party content for 3.5 (maybe some PF players) though, Shackled City is because the compendium is published under the same nature (with D&D logo) as Dragon Compendium but Savage Tide has no such luck.

[Nanashi]

Dragon 323 page 35 has Chocobo stats (actual Chocobo, not thinly disguised lawyer friendly standin). They're pretty meh, literally worse than a cheaper heavy warhorse in every way except initiative being higher by one. The fun find is the black variant, which at 2000GP is a really cheap flying mount.

[Nanashi]

Ravenloft book Van Richten's Arsenal has the feat Beloved, which lets you select one humanoid (or creature that appears humanoid) and gain +1 morale bonus to attacks and saves when the beloved is in sight, +2 if they're threatened but take massive penalties if they die or are turned. Things is, nothing in the feat says you can't narcissisticly select yourself.

Gazetter 3 has the Stage Magician class, which lets you reduce the level of a spell if you make a moderatly expensive focus for it. The class implies it's for bards, but the requirements can be done with anything that has spellcraft as a class skill and enough skill points to buy 4 ranks each in cross class perform and bluff. It's five levels, full casting,. and lets you pick the level reduction five times.

[Skyrock]

Ravenloft: Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead p.55 has the Voracious feat, where you gain a +2 enhancement bonus to Strength and Constitution for one week after consuming humanoid meat.

Not that interesting for PCs outside of gold-starved campaigns (those who care about those two scores will have magic items that do it better), but interesting for monsters, especially those that don't tend to carry many magic items around. With the proper diet it's like Weapon Focus and Improved Toughness rolled into a single feat.

[zook1shoe]

Dragon Annual VI

pg40 has tiny "house"cats with pounce, improved grab, and rakes... Tiny!
pg45 has 4 snakes w crazy poisons, even Trouserfang would be scared of early in his career.

The section is obnoxious, since they don't clarify which snakes uses which stat block. Only using the poison DC, can u figure out which snake uses which (only the two-step uses the Tiny stat block)

Mountain King = Fort DC 11; initial 1d6 Dex; secondary death
Hooded Adder = DC 11; initial 2d6 Con; secondary death
Bloodsnake = Fort DC 11; initial 2d6 Dex; secondary death
Two-Step = Fort DC 10; initial 3d6 Con; secondary death

...

Polyhedron 159 (Githyanki Incursion one)

Splitting weapon enhancement (Champions of Ruin) + Githyanki Triple Crossbow = 6 arrows/attack roll at -6

[zook1shoe]

Laborious Training [General]
Your selfless dedication to study and the long hours you have spent training for your craft have given you an increased capacity for learning. Prerequisites: Int 13, Knowledge (any one) 5 ranks.
Benefit: Your maximum rank in any Intelligence- based skill equals 5 + your character level. Normal: A character’s maximum rank in any skill equals 3 + character level.

From Ravenloft Legacy of the Blood pg 92

could this let you qualify for epic feats before being epic? or do you have to have 21+ levels?

[snakeman830]

[Epic] feats have the additional prerequisite of 21+HD.

[zook1shoe]

damn

found a spell that i had never seen before in Dungeon or on here

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   Heward’s Upliftment [Dungeon Magazine 139 87]
Transmutation [Mind-Affecting, Sonic]
Level: Anagakok 9, Beholder Mage 9, Deathwalker 9, Fleshcrafter 9, Sha’ir 9, Sorcerer/Wizard 9, Soul Reaper 9, Sublime Chord 9
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Area: 100-ft. radius spread around caster
Duration: 1 round / 2 levels
Saving Throw: Will partial (see text)
Spell Resistance: Yes
   This powerful spell is initiated with a single word. When this spell is cast, a fantastic sound of organ music issues from the caster. This sound automatically dispels any silence spells in the area of effect. The nearly deafening music has no effect on the caster, but to all other creatures in the area the following effects occur:
   • All creatures in the area levitate into the air at a speed of 5 feet A Will saving throw negates the effect, but creatures must make new Will saving throws ach round they remain in the area of effect to resist levitation. A levitating creature cannot move, apart from the uncontrollable ascent—even flight is powerless to escape the levitation unless the affected creature has freedom of movement effect Teleportation can allow escape as well
   • Levitating victims of this spell must make a new Will saving throw at the start of their turn to resist succumbing to a delusional vision of the sky or ceiling above peeling away to reveal the heavens, complete with winged angelic beings that appear to welcome the victims with open arms. A character that succumbs to this powerful illusion can take no actions and is considered helpless.
   • Three rounds into the spells duration, the sound of music is deafening—all creatures in the area (save the caster) are automatically deafened for the remaining duration.

[magic9mushroom]

Laborious Training [General]
Your selfless dedication to study and the long hours you have spent training for your craft have given you an increased capacity for learning. Prerequisites: Int 13, Knowledge (any one) 5 ranks.
Benefit: Your maximum rank in any Intelligence- based skill equals 5 + your character level. Normal: A character’s maximum rank in any skill equals 3 + character level.

From Ravenloft Legacy of the Blood pg 92

could this let you qualify for epic feats before being epic? or do you have to have 21+ levels?

You need to be epic, but dragons that are Old or older can ignore that. Insert Dragonwrought Kobold here.

A lot of epic feats need more than 24 or 25 ranks in a skill, though (and quite a few don't need epic skills at all, or need non-Int skills), so the amount potentially unlocked by adding this is fairly low:

Augmented Alchemy (Craft(alchemy) 24)
Automatic Silent Spell (Spellcraft 24)
Magical Beast Companion (Know(nature) 24)
Plant Wild Shape (Know(nature) 24)
Vermin Wild Shape (Know(nature) 24)
Efficient Item Creation (Know(arcana) 24, Spellcraft 24)
Epic Spellcasting (Know(arcana/religion/nature) 24, Spellcraft 24)
Ignore Material Components (Spellcraft 25)
Improved Combat Casting (Spellcraft 25)
Permanent Emanation (Spellcraft 25)
Scribe Epic Scroll (Know(arcana) 24, Spellcraft 24)
Spell Opportunity (Spellcraft 25)
Spell Stowaway (Spellcraft 24)
Spontaneous Spell (Spellcraft 25)

Ignore Material Components and Spell Stowaway are the really-interesting ones there (Epic Spellcasting's not great at subepic without gate-chaining or hiring a pile of NPC spellcasters, although this feat is useful for it later on since your epic slots/day is proportional to Knowledge ranks).

[zook1shoe]

Yet another weird Kalamar thing...

Player's Guide 3.0 pg

Cloak of Worship: The wearer of this deep purple cloak gains a +8 enhancement bonus to Charisma. This cloak is not effective against monsters, only humans, humanoids, and demihumans.
Caster level 8th: Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, emotion; Market Price: 54,000 gp; Weight: 2 lbs.

[Nytemare3701]

Yet another weird Kalamar thing...

Player's Guide 3.0 pg

Cloak of Worship: The wearer of this deep purple cloak gains a +8 enhancement bonus to Charisma. This cloak is not effective against monsters, only humans, humanoids, and demihumans.
Caster level 8th: Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, emotion; Market Price: 54,000 gp; Weight: 2 lbs.

"Not effective against"

My only guess here is that the bonus to charisma skills doesn't work on them, but that's horrible wording.
Edit: To be thorough, also dump any increase in save DCs from it.

[zook1shoe]

Need a 4 hour time stop? Dragonlance's Legend of the Twins has your back.

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Time Candles
These tall, slender candles are an unattractive tan, the
color of muddy river water. When lit, a time candle burns
very brightly and illuminates an area (20 ft. radius circle)
in bright light. During the time the candle burns, the
creature who lights the candle is under the effects of a
time stop spell. The candle burns for four hours (in the
frame of reference of the creature who lights the candle; it
seems like only a second or two to any other observer) If
the lighter of the candle steps outside the 20 ft. radius, the
candle immediately burns out and the spell is broken.
If the lighter wishes to move the candle he must have
both hands free to do it: one to hold the candle, the other
to shield the flame, otherwise the candle is extinguished
because of the movement.
The caster may extinguish the flame at any time, which
ends the spell and ruins the candle.
Strong transmutation; Caster Level: 17; Prerequisites:
Craft Wondrous Item, time stop; Market Price: 306,000 stl;
Weight: -.