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    A 101
    While there is no article or definition specifically on "Free Will", there are a lot of context clues that imply that "Free Will" is what a creature possesses when not under a few different spells or effects that usually mimic spells of the Enchantment school.
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    A101Charm person is a 1st level spell.

    Given the average percentage of a settlement's population that is in possession of wizard levels and assuming an elite array, a 1st level NPC wizard will have 4 1st lvl slots a day. 5 if he's an enchanter, 6 if he's a focused specialist.

    This will enable him to (potentially) charm 6 people every single day. more if you take wands and/or scrolls into account.

    Scale the numbers up for larger settlements with population caps high enough to allow 9th lvl casters and the same is true of dominate, though he has more slots and higher DCs.

    Conclusion, literally everyone would be dominated in very short order, especially the casters themselves in case someone else tried to dominate them later and/or they did some crimes, so they can honestly testify (and ping on spellcraft/aura sight/etc) as being dominated.

    However the prevailing command would likely be "act normally until xyz trigger" so as not to invite suspicion.

    So none of have free will, but we think we do. Which is pretty much the same thing.
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    A101: Yes. All characters have a Will save and do not need to expend resources to acquire or use it.
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    A 99: "A bard may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to his bard level + his Intelligence modifier to see whether he knows some relevant information about local notable people[...]."
    This is about a notable person but a minor detail, so a DC 30 bardic knowledge check.
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    Q102 How is there any wood left?
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    Q102 How is there any wood left?
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    A 99: "A bard may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to his bard level + his Intelligence modifier to see whether he knows some relevant information about local notable people[...]."
    This is about a notable person but a minor detail, so a DC 30 bardic knowledge check.
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    Q103: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Does something gotta give?

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    Q103: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Does something gotta give?
    A103 Force effects offer no special efficacy against obdurium and provide no advantage in bypassing its hardness.
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    A103 Force effects offer no special efficacy against obdurium and provide no advantage in bypassing its hardness.
    Q 103 Continuation: Is it possible to break magic items, like Immovable Rods?
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    Q 103 Continuation: Is it possible to break magic items, like Immovable Rods?
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    Yes. talk to a forsaker or blackguard or some other fool who actually took improved loot smashing sunder.
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    Help! I'm an evolving life form of the phylum cordata and I need desperate assistance optimizing my build for my environment!
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    Q 105
    If rays usually only need a ranged touch attack to hit, why is it a manta ray needs a regular melee attack to hit?
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    Manta Rays have no ability to cast Wraithstrike (Spell Compendium, page 243) because their Advancement entry of "5-6 HD (Medium)" precludes adding Sorcerer, Wizard, or Assassin class levels.

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    Yes. talk to a forsaker or blackguard or some other fool who actually took improved loot smashing sunder.
    Or an Artificer, of course. They can actually get some use out of breaking it.
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    Or an Artificer, of course. They can actually get some use out of breaking it.
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    Q106 Who is the fairest of them all?
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    A106 Ivory Flesh is a 1st level spell. it can be had trivially.
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    A 107: Given that to be means to be statted, and to be statted means to be killable, it is clearly better not to be.

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    A 108:

    Good comes in many forms, such as a lantern archon, leonal, or solar

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    This would be a task well-suited for the Unseen Servant produced by a collar of perpetual attendance.

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    A 107: Given that to be means to be statted, and to be statted means to be killable, it is clearly better not to be.
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    Q116 Does the end justify the means?
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    A character's name is described on page 108 of the PHB in Chapter 6: Description. It is mostly a role-playing element used for flavor.

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    Quest is the name divine casters prefer for the spell Geas/Quest. More generally, a quest could refer to the goals of an adventure or campaign.
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    Q101: Is there truly such a thing as free will?
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    Q101: Is there truly such a thing as free will?
    A 101 No, Iron Will costs a feat. Other ways of obtaining it without paying a feat cost, such as the Otyugh Hole, have their own associated costs. The only way to get free Will is through DM fiat.
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