Min/Max Boards

Quote from: Fadier on May 05, 2017, 02:54:01 AM

Quote from: TC X0 Lt 0X on May 04, 2017, 12:06:05 AM

Specific rules would trump General rules in this case though wouldnt it?

Probably but it's more likely that the writers did not know about the magic item per day limits. It's not a big deal really, its just more ineptitude on the writers part.


I wonder if they intend that when you can craft concoctions in 1 minute if you can spend the whole day making potions?
Lets say you are limited to 8 hours of crafting a day (as normal), 8*60 = 480 potions. Do you think that they thought it was fine to create 480 potions (7th level ability says this is free if its level 4+) a day?

That's pretty nuts.

Well it is crazy if/when you need a mass number of potions for whatever reason, but after those free potions the normal cost of crafting potions is expensive as hell =P
Id agree that they probably looked over the normal limit.

Additionally, at 7th level, a druid can create any herbal concoction in 1 minute. She can also create a special concoction of any spell higher than 3rd level that she can cast, but to do so, she must expend a spell slot of the same level. These special concoctions do not cost her anything to create and function like extracts created by an alchemist with the infusion discovery.

Actually they cost nothing to create but somehow function as the infusion discovery

The infusion discovery limits you to "daily extract slots" which druids have none. So RAW this is a class ability you cannot use.

As a random guess this might be intended to take up spell slots, which gets weird once you start lowering the levels of the concoctions (as I posted before).


Do I need to state that Piazo sucks at DnD mechanics?

I don't know how useful this is but according to the wording

... and she can create concoctions of spells from any spell list, as long as she can cast the spell.

If another class has a lower level version of a druid spell you could lower its level in the concoction.

e.g. Dispel Magic is a 4th level Druid spell but 3rd level for everyone else. You could make a 3rd level concoction of Dispel Magic with no shenanigans (if you are 7th level).



Edit

Has Pathfinder removed the limit of working on 1 magical item per day? If so that Wis/day free potions might misleading.

Edit Edit

Regardless of the time needed for construction, a caster can create no more than one magic item per day.

So the Wis/day free concoctions is false. You get 1 free concoction per day.

psionics to the rescue:

manifest molecular bonding on the harpoon and target.

as that power allows neither SR nor saving throw, they are now one object.

Not sure how the 'return to sender' effect will interact with this... if the magic is powerful enough, then it would pull the target along with the harpoon back to the wielder, i imagine. That or it will stay stuck in the target - but the target won't be pulling it out anytime soon, either.

Where is molecular bonding from? I cannot find it.

I figured I might as well post a build I have had floating around for years.

Deep Halfling
Warblade 1/Fighter 2 (Drow Fighter)/Warblade +1/Swashbuckler 1/Bloodstorm Blade 3/Master Thrower 5/Bloodstorm Blade +7 (or other classes)

Feats:
1: Power Attack
2: PBS - Fighter
3: WF (Boomerang), Precise Shot - Fighter
5: Weapon Finesse - Swashbuckler
6: Boomerang Daze, Throw Anything - BsB
8: Boomerang Ricochet - BsB
9: Quick Draw - MT, Rapid Shot, Thrown Weapon Trick: Trip Shot
11: Thrown Weapon Trick: Two with One Blow
12: Snatch Arrows - MT, Weapon Specialization
13: Improved Critical - MT
15: Ranged Weapon Mastery
16: Crushing Strike - BsB

Starting stats are 13 Str and as much Dex as you can.

With Thrown Weapon Trick (Weak Spot) and Thunderous Throw (BsB 2) you full attack with touch attacks and PA at full power. Thrown Weapon Trick (Trip Shot) gives you a free trip attempt on each hit, if you trip them you get a +4 on your other attacks for hitting with a melee weapon against a prone target.

At level 16 you're power attacking 5 times, 20 if the target is next to another. Crushing Strike improves your to hit with each hit.
The damage for each shot is 1d3 + 32 (PA) + 1 (PBS) + 2 (WS) + 2 (RWM) for a save DC of 39


See if you can nab the Gloves of Endless Javelins (MIC 194) and swap the javelins for boomerangs.

Probably the best magical whip is Lethe's Lash (PlH 80), on a hit a spellcaster looses their highest spell/spell slot.

In place of Weapon Training 1 (5th level) the Fighter archetype Tower Shield Specalist does this.

It also does other interesting things like adding the shield bonus to touch and being able to re-position as an immediate action.

Rogue (Thug) only frightens for 1 round where as this panics someone for 1d8 + 1 + 1d6 + str (9 + str) rounds. As for non-lethal immune foes all your doing is dropping 1 demoralize check and reducing the duration, but you are still frightening for longer than Thug will do.

I will admit this is a one trick pony and probably will get boring. I see this more as a one off build, not for a long term campaign.

As for extra levels I would finish this up with Bard (if there is an archetype that grants fighter feats I would try to drop Fighter) to play up the Charisma focus and give more things to do.



As a side note its a little annoying to me that demoralizing is either a minor inconvenience or you need to be Evil (Soulless Gaze) and if you don't want to be stopped by immunity you have to be Chaotic Evil (Antipaladin).

If you can use 3.5 stuff you could get yourself a Mouthpick Weapon (LoM 46), which is a +1 bonus on a weapon that lets you wield it in your mouth (it specifically includes iterative attacks).

Then instead of TWF you can use Multiweapon Fighting but you have to get an extra hand. You can dip Synthesist to gain 2 extra hands or a couple of levels in Alchemist to get a Vestigial Arm (you can take Vivisectionist archetype if SA is a priority)

As far as I recall Glassteel (actually a type of glass, not metal), Dragonhide, special wood and some kinds of stone can be used to make druid armor.

I have always wanted to make a character who uses a riot shield (Glassteel Tower Shield).

Walk into hell, use "89–92: Friends Become Enemies". You've just created a small army of Lawful Good demons.

You could do this long term and convert all evil outsiders good (or all good outsiders evil), how many outsiders can re-roll or ignore 1's?



There is no mention on what kind of ability the catastrophes are. If they are Spell-likes or Supernatural abilities you could nab the feats that buff them like Empower Spell-like ability or Enlarge Supernatural Ability