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Offline Braininthejar

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2 martial maneuvres questions
« on: June 27, 2014, 09:09:15 AM »
1 Can you use a swift action and a full-round maneuver in the same round? (say, use a boost and then apply it to "time stands still"?

2 the book has 2 wordings on leaping dragon stance. SHould it be +10 (increasing effect of jump-related strikes) or +10 feet (increasing the distance travelled) ?

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Re: 2 martial maneuvres questions
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2014, 07:23:21 PM »
1. Yes, you can do both a swift action and a full-round maneuver in the same round.

2. I read it as +10 feet.

To be clear, while initiating the stance may be a swift action, jumping 10 feet or more is still a move action, and you can't do a move action and a full-round maneuver in the same round.



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Re: 2 martial maneuvres questions
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2014, 04:09:12 AM »
Text trumps.  Even though the short description just says "+10 bonus", the full text of the ability says "+10 foot bonus," so that's what you get. 
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Re: 2 martial maneuvres questions
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2014, 10:06:20 AM »
Looking at the Jump skill, +10 on the check adds +10 feet on the jump, so for most things it's the same.  Since jumping up or down is slightly different, I'm inclined to add +10 to the check and not the actual feet jumped.  FWIW, it would add +2-1/2 ft to jumping up.  Jumping down is a DC 15, so it would effectively make it DC 5 instead of adding +10 feet to the distance fallen.