yup, that worked. Thanks again for the help .

Thanks for the reply. The character isn't a new one, I've played through the first module with it, pure warlock to lvl 13, all invocations already taken. My guess is that the module on start removes not only the char's inventory but also the "hide" or what it is where all the prc feats and everything is added to, thus forcing a warlock to retake all invocations . Guess I need to play the second module with a lvl 1 fighter or something and then rebuilding the char with only 12 lvl in warlock, as long as none of you guys has a better idea .

Edit: forgot to mention: just in case it's module / builder specific I already tried what you suggested before posting the thread. In other modules he works just fine and "remembered" his invocations

In P&P every combattant is considered flat-footed until he gets his (first) action (not sure if thats the same for nwn, although I spend endless hours playing it *blush*). Therefore the initial situation for both duelists is the same, creating a "high noon" situation. The duelist with the highest Iaijutsu skill roll gets the first attack then. So its not dishonourable because both are in exact the same situation . As I said, that skill is indeed absolutely useless for normal fighting in both P&P and NWN and requires special scripted events in custom modules I would think. Not 100% sure, but I think in P&P that skill is indeed only usable for those duels. Personally, as an P&P DM, I would say that that PC and skill is indeed quite specific and useless in nearly every campaign . That goes, however, for the whole rulebook it is taken from, "Oriental Adventures", I would say. As the name says, the rules presented there are made for a specific oriental setting, and in a straight samurai campaign that skill and class may make sense. The material that COULD be used in conjunction with all that other D&D stuff is taken and reworked in the Complete Series I think.
That said, I can of course absolutely see your point and would indeed not buy that specific rulebook for D&D 'cause I have no love for far eastern settings out of the occasional anime series . The only point I was trying to make is that there are indeed some PCs, that are quite useless for around 95% of the gamers but do somewhat add to the settings or are just for the fun of it. The best example I was confronted with as a DM is the PC "Evereskan Tomb Guardian" from the Faerûn Rulebook "Player's Guide to Faerûn". That PC does practicly nothing outside, well, Everaskan Tombs . That makes it unbelievable useless for every campaign outside of that particular elven city, and even for a campaign with that setting its probably only useful for npc's or just as a background for the pc's :|. But there are still other usable PC's in that sourcebook, and if not, than no one forces one to buy / use it .

Hm, out of curiosity I just looked at the scourcebooks "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" and "Player's Guide to Faerûn", and as I understand that's definitely not the the way it's supposed to be (I guess that IS the scource for the feat / PC in the PRC ?) :/. Due to those books "Inscribe Runes" pretty much works the same as "Set Traps", though there also is the possibility for the caster to activate the rune by himself if it contains a beneficial spell. I don't have links to the rules since I own the books and have no need of searching them online (would probably an illegal scource anyway I guess) but if needed I could post them here.
My guess is that "Inscribe Rune" has been confused with the ability of the PC "Runescarred Berserk" to activate his runescars, though I admit I don't know if that PC is part of the PRC ATM :/.

Edit: I just testet runecasting using the PGC3v4.4 and it worked fine for me. Using the feat createt a runestone in my inventory which then I could use like a wand, targeting wherever or whatever I wanted. So the runes don't work like traps (which they would according to the p&p rules) but I guess that wouldn't be possible to implement. Don't know if this helps though :/

Forgot to mention that I use PRC v.3.3g, not 3.3hrc1 though -.-