Fun Finds v4.0

[Ithamar]

I could see Kauper's Quickblast being lots of fun to combine with Born of Three Thunders as well.  Once a round, as a swift action, force your foe to save vs. being prone and stunned.  They'll roll a 1 eventually.

[Prime32]

Monk items from Dragon #325, p98:

Bands of the Iron Monkey (15k) grant +2 initiative and Deflect Arrows as a bonus feat. If you already have Deflect Arrows you can use it 2/round.

Obi of the White Lotus Master (48k) is a belt that grants a +4 armor bonus to AC if you're lawful, and a 20% miss chance if you're LN and have the Improved Unarmed Strike feat. True seeing can't penetrate it, but it doesn't apply if you're denied Dex to AC.

Staff of the Crushing Breeze (18k) is a +2 quarterstaff that grants Improved Trip as a bonus feat. So... Improved Trip as a +1 equivalent enhancement then?

[zook1shoe]

Kauper's Quickblast is actually a free action

Obi of the White Lotus Master is really good

[Ithamar]

It states it works as a Quickened Spell, and since that spell was printed prior to the Swift action change, probably "safe" to just make it a swift as well.

[SorO_Lost]

Obi of the White Lotus Master is really good

Handy.

Say Monk 9, Dark Moon Disciple & Invisible Fist.
50% Miss Chance from Concealment.
20% Miss Chance from Incorporeal.
20% Miss Chance as an untyped bonus.
It comes out to [100-(1.0*0.5*0.8*0.8)] 68% correct?

[Amechra]

That reminds me...

The Umbral Disciple's 3rd level class feature, Embrace of Shadows, gives you an untyped form of miss chance (that sadly does not stack with any other forms of miss chance) equal to Essentia invested * 10%, with no cap.

Also, if you have more than 2 essentia invested, you get Hide in Plain Sight.

Yes, if you optimize your essentia capacity, you too can have 100% miss chance!

[Gazzien]

That reminds me...

The Umbral Disciple's 3rd level class feature, Embrace of Shadows, gives you an untyped form of miss chance (that sadly does not stack with any other forms of miss chance) equal to Essentia invested * 10%, with no cap.

Also, if you have more than 2 essentia invested, you get Hide in Plain Sight.

Yes, if you optimize your essentia capacity, you too can have 100% miss chance!

How hard is it to hit 10 essentia, though?

[zook1shoe]

Holy crap!!

[Ithamar]

Seems pretty cool, but since Embrace of Shadow is a class ability, and not a feat or a soulmeld, getting more essentia into it might be a problem.  The PrC tells you to check pg. 19 to see the essentia capacity for each of the class abilities.  And at level 20, it is capped at 4 essentia.  Now with soulmelds and incarnum feats there are some ways to bypass that cap.  Might be harder to pull off with class abilities though.

Still, very interesting catch there, Amechra.

[Amechra]

Oh, hi there Incandescent Champion!

What?

You get a class feature that, for 1 round, adds your Charisma modifier to your Essentia capacity? Only once a day, though?

Umbral Disciple 3/Incandescent Champion 4 gives you a 1/day emergency button, if your Charisma is high enough.

Combine with Temporal Reiteration cheese to make sure nothing can hit you.

But other than that, yeah, you can't really get past the 4 point maximum (well, unless you go pretty far into Epic.)

[zook1shoe]

How long does that essentia increase last?

[Amechra]

1 round. Sadly.

Temporal Reiteration makes that "as long as you have power points to spend. And are willing to give up swift actions for."

You can also boost it by 1 if you have a Cleric with the Azurin substitution level... but other than that, it kinda falls flat.

Still, if you can get your DM to agree to using UA Action Points, you can get another use for an action point.

If you are using Eberron action points... You can't.

[Ithamar]

Even still, a 40% miss chance against all attacks that isn't defeated by true seeing and whatnot is pretty handy.

[nijineko]

combine that with the azure talent and psycarnum infusion trick, and you can use it once per round, assuming you can regain focus once per round as well.

[Gazzien]

1 round. Sadly.

Temporal Reiteration makes that "as long as you have power points to spend. And are willing to give up swift actions for."

You can also boost it by 1 if you have a Cleric with the Azurin substitution level... but other than that, it kinda falls flat.

Still, if you can get your DM to agree to using UA Action Points, you can get another use for an action point.

If you are using Eberron action points... You can't.

Mix with a Schism? Could that give you the actions you need?

Er, wait, Swift. Nevermind.

[Amechra]

On another note, the Raptor's Mask from the MiC (p. 210) is a steal.

It costs 3500 gp, and goes in your face slot.

It renders you immune to effects that would leave you Dazzled or Blinded.

That's right, it doesn't give you immunity to being Dazzled or Blinded. It renders you immune to any effect that has those effects as a consequence.

In other words...

"CL 50 Blasphemy!"
"Well, I'm wearing my Raptor's Mask, and Blasphemy has blinding me as a consequence, so... it does nothing."

The only other item in that set that is useful at all is the Phoenix Cloak, for Perfect maneuverability flight.

Looking at the other item sets, the Shirt of Wraith Stalking is scary.

6000 gp for at-will saveless Hide from Undead? That's a steal any day of the week.

[Kasz]

On another note, the Raptor's Mask from the MiC (p. 210) is a steal.

It costs 3500 gp, and goes in your face slot.

It renders you immune to effects that would leave you Dazzled or Blinded.

That's right, it doesn't give you immunity to being Dazzled or Blinded. It renders you immune to any effect that has those effects as a consequence.

In other words...

"CL 50 Blasphemy!"
"Well, I'm wearing my Raptor's Mask, and Blasphemy has blinding me as a consequence, so... it does nothing."

The only other item in that set that is useful at all is the Phoenix Cloak, for Perfect maneuverability flight.

Looking at the other item sets, the Shirt of Wraith Stalking is scary.

6000 gp for at-will saveless Hide from Undead? That's a steal any day of the week.

Had a player use that in my campaign once...he was playing a witch-hunter type.

Attack the Undead from range. Next round, hide and move. Rinse Repeat.

Well. That was a fun tomb... The annoying thing was, undead weren't a challenge... and if I didn't use undead then he didn't get his money's worth from the item. So I was forced to use living "handlers" with undead minions... which wasn't the end of the world. Should you know that your DM plans on running an undead heavy campaign though... this is a 6,000gp FUCK YOU I WIN, most of the time.

[Amechra]

I know, I had that happen to me too.

[zook1shoe]

How does this work w a Living Blockade? (the 5ft cube of wood)

Spell Effect (Su): A creature hit by a living spell's slam attack is subjected to the normal effect of the spell or spells making up the creature, as if it were within the area or effect of the spell itself. Saves apply as normal for the spell; the DC is 10 + spell level + Cha modifier.

[Rebel7284]

How does this work w a Living Blockade? (the 5ft cube of wood)

Spell Effect (Su): A creature hit by a living spell's slam attack is subjected to the normal effect of the spell or spells making up the creature, as if it were within the area or effect of the spell itself. Saves apply as normal for the spell; the DC is 10 + spell level + Cha modifier.

Well normal effect of Blockade is a 5 foot cube of wood that lasts for 3 rounds.  There is no explanation in the game what it means to be subject to wood.  Therefore it's undefined.  I would assume the wood pushes you out of your square unless you make a strength check to move it instead.