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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #640 on: February 13, 2014, 08:25:42 PM »
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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #641 on: February 13, 2014, 08:35:42 PM »
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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #642 on: February 13, 2014, 10:16:00 PM »
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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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
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #643 on: February 15, 2014, 10:19:07 AM »
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:

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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:

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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...
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #644 on: February 15, 2014, 04:07:42 PM »
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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.

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #645 on: February 15, 2014, 07:02:59 PM »
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?
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #646 on: February 16, 2014, 02:39:08 PM »
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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #647 on: February 16, 2014, 03:43:47 PM »
Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat. 
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #648 on: February 16, 2014, 08:36:36 PM »
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.

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #649 on: February 17, 2014, 03:46:08 AM »
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. 

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #650 on: February 17, 2014, 04:44:50 AM »
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.

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #651 on: February 17, 2014, 05:23:53 PM »
Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat.

 :D 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 ...  :ahem 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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #652 on: February 17, 2014, 06:10:32 PM »
Am I Orcus?  Nope.  I just won the annual deity eating
contest

Annual Deity Eating Contest. 
Wat.

Sounds like something from the BoEF.

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #653 on: February 18, 2014, 05:38:11 PM »
 :sh :flirt ... Book of Existentialist Farting

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #654 on: February 19, 2014, 07:47:17 PM »
Supernatural Instincts feat (OK, new to me at least... found it in Arz's Dragon Descendent mini-guide).
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #655 on: February 19, 2014, 07:59:46 PM »
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!

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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #656 on: February 20, 2014, 02:21:04 AM »
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?
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #657 on: February 20, 2014, 11:19:11 AM »
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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #658 on: February 20, 2014, 12:30:52 PM »
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.
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Re: Fun Finds v5.0
« Reply #659 on: February 20, 2014, 04:03:15 PM »
and the other triggers when the enemy attacks.
A successful attack provokes an AoO for Karmic Strike, not a missed one.