Originally Posted by Vegan Squirrel Considering the amount of research you did (this looks very impressive!), I imagine you've already come across Grain into Gold. He sure did, it's right there in his sources list!
The (New!) Red Handbook of Doom: a DM's Handbook for running The Red Hand of Doom A 3.5 DM's Guide to Using and Improving Monsters The Critical Hit Handbook The Runeblaster: a 3.5 Runecaster Handbook Grand GITP List of 3.5 Handbooks, Guides, and Compendiums