Fun Finds v5.0

[TuggyNE]

If you look at Crucians in Sandstorm, the "Crucians as Characters" entry completely lacks any mention of you having to take their 3 Humanoid HD.  So presumably you should only have to pay the +2 LA.  Still a bit overpriced, but not nearly as bad as ECL 5.

The fact that an entry contains no reminder of the general rule does not remove the general rule from applicability. Sorry, you still have to take the RHD as normal.

[phaedrusxy]

If you look at Crucians in Sandstorm, the "Crucians as Characters" entry completely lacks any mention of you having to take their 3 Humanoid HD.  So presumably you should only have to pay the +2 LA.  Still a bit overpriced, but not nearly as bad as ECL 5.

The fact that an entry contains no reminder of the general rule does not remove the general rule from applicability. Sorry, you still have to take the RHD as normal.

perfectly legit for alter self...

[zook1shoe]

Fiend Folio has LA in it, so does Savage Species, both are 3.25 books

whereas, Manual of the Planes and Miniatures Handbook have LAs, and those are hardcore 3.0 books

I can tell you for sure that the Miniatures Handbook is 3.5e.  It states right on the back cover that it is for use with the 3.5e core books.

my mistake, I guess it feels so old that it should be 3.0

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I might have mentioned it before, but a Living Spell + Blockade is kind of funny, a wooden gelatinous cube. Just keep plopping out wooden blocks everytime it hit something.

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RAW, it appears, at least in the Book of Vile Darkness, that the Disciple and Thrall PrCs don't require to worship the actual archfiend

[Sinfire Titan]

I may have finally found a legitimate method of enchanting an Incarnate Weapon soulmeld: Dragonshard Pommel Stones (FoW). While they can normally only be attached to MWK melee weapons, there's a little loophole in the text:

A dragonshard pommel stone can be attached to a weapon that already has an enhancement bonus and possibly also one or more special properties, but the magic of the pommel stone supersedes the existing enchantments

The Incarnate Weapon's essentia ability is worded thusly:

The incarnate weapon gains an enhancement bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls equal to the number of points of essentia you invest in it.

A single point of essentia allows you to attach the Pommel Stone, and it says nothing about what happens if the weapon loses it's original enhancement (so you may or may not be able to use that essentia as you choose).

The only downside is a +10 pommel stone costs 25% more than a +10 weapon, but the upsides far outweigh that. So many enhancements you can use...

[awaken_D_M_golem]

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RAW, it appears, at least in the Book of Vile Darkness, that the Disciple and Thrall PrCs don't require to worship the actual archfiend

Agree in terms of crunch ; grumble grumble agree with fluff.

Supplicant, Patron, only one, can't be another.
Nothing about what Deity you're (nominally) involved with.

Hey Loki, mind if I cozy up to Orcus for a "while" ?

[zook1shoe]

Starting w the Faiths of Eberron, you can worship pantheons. So you could do the Archdevils or Demon Lords, could it extend to all the archfiends?

[awaken_D_M_golem]

I like the general idea.
Any one particular Demon Lord or ArchDevil
could be sneaking it's way into a Pantheon.
Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest, so I'm spreading around some apple pie cheer.

For the specifics of this, the Thrall To or Disciple Of feats
have the limiting language to one.  Maybe that extends
only to the benefits of that type of "feat group" and you
couldn't take 2 of the PrCs devoted to differing masters.
But you could still take a deity specific nonDL/AD PrC.

[linklord231]

Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat. 

[BearsAreBrown]

Does being pushed/bull-rushed count as "taking movement?"

Because if so than Stormguard Warrior: Channel The Storm (ToB 36) + Thicket of Blades + Knockback is fucking hysterical.

[Maat Mons]

Knight unburdened (The Forge of War, p114) is a 1st-level spell that removes the speed reduction from medium and heavy armor for an hour per level.  It's pretty limited for spell lists, but there's always archivist. 

[Gazzien]

Knight unburdened (The Forge of War, p114) is a 1st-level spell that removes the speed reduction from medium and heavy armor for an hour per level.  It's pretty limited for spell lists, but there's always archivist.

I actually just found that while I was looking for stuff about raising the max-dex.

It's an Artificer 1, Paladin 1, Blackguard 1 spell.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat.

  heh-heh whoops. 
It would take rather large doses of T.O. to eat deities.

or

Yeah I'm big enough to win said hypothetical eating contest. 
Things just run right through my kitty avatar ...  eww
... so it could win too.

or

Once a cycle of the Eberron planes, the deities get together
for a DvR-only fair (affair?).  One of the many contests, is
how many Paragon-template Pies you can eat, without using
any/all of your hands or magic generated hands.

[Jackinthegreen]

Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat.

Sounds like something from the BoEF.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

  ... Book of Existentialist Farting

also known as Thor doesn't go "down" easy.

[phaedrusxy]

Supernatural Instincts feat (OK, new to me at least... found it in Arz's Dragon Descendent mini-guide).

[Ithamar]

Tome of Magic has the Supernatural Opportunist feat which lets you do the same thing, but has a much worse pre-req.  I like the FCII version better!

[zook1shoe]

what happens when you cast Incarnate Construct on a 12-headed Hydra with Half-Iron Golem arms, when 11 of the heads are destroyed?

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"Insectile" is an inherited template that can be added to any giant, humanoid, or monstrous humanoid (hereafter referred to as the base creature). An insectile creature is a biped, and it gains four more arms. It has all the base creature's characteristics, except as noted below.

I noticed that the Insectile template changes to only 2 legs, so Centaurs become 'humans' with 6 arms.

how would an insectile Tauric human-centipede realistically walk, since it only has a pair of centipede legs?

is an insectile ormyrr just a Jabba the Hutt that does a jig on a pair of scrawny legs?

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doesn't hiding also hide your equipment? Would that mean hiding behind a held tower shield causes the shield to also disappear, since it is your equipment?

Otherwise, what happens to your spear when its sticking out of your cubby hole, since that too is equipment?

[Sinfire Titan]

Tome of Magic has the Supernatural Opportunist feat which lets you do the same thing, but has a much worse pre-req.  I like the FCII version better!

Do they stack? Given how many creatures use SUAs, that plus Double Hit could really mess with enemies.

[Amechra]

They wouldn't; you only get one AoO per triggering action.

The only reason that Robilar's Gambit and Kharmic Strike stack is that one triggers when an enemy misses, and the other triggers when the enemy attacks.

[SorO_Lost]

and the other triggers when the enemy attacks.

A successful attack provokes an AoO for Karmic Strike, not a missed one.