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[SorO_Lost]

Fake internet points to the person who can come up with a way to full-attack with one, or to increase the range beyond a 10' cone.

You mean besides just buying more than one of them with Quick Draw right? 

Mostly the weapon is about debuffing, so add Splitting and Greater Wounding so they have to make two Saves against the effect and lose four points of Constitution. Enhance Item + Cursespewing would also be an option, as well as any other low-DC WSA. If you really want damage through, add Morphing/Fierce/Splitting to a Manyfanged Dagger which would take you 1d8+DexMod*8 damage each round.

[altpersona]

can you not full attack with a ranged weapon?

[SorO_Lost]

Yes you can. But, presumably you can only pack one charge into the Sand Blaster which takes a Full-Round Action so for what we're discussing; no you can't. It's why my initial suggested was just to Quick Draw loaded ones as a full attack.

[nijineko]

A sand blaster is a Large exotic ranged weapon made from long tubes. It creates a 10-foot cone of sand, doing 1d8 points of damage (Reflex DC 22 half). Living creatures that fail their saves are tormented by itching skin and burning eyes, imposing a –4 penalty to AC and a –2 penalty on attack rolls for 3 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based. (It relies on the user’s ability to blow a hearty gust of air through the tube). A sand blaster uses 5 pounds of sand as ammunition, and packing a sand blaster with one charge of ammunition is a full-round action.

Moreover, it uses sand as ammunition, which seems to imply the existence of enchanted sand which I find amusing. 

Might want to check out Sandstorm...

Black sand, Mirror sand, Moon dust, Shadowsand, Shapesand, Slipsand, Slumber sand, and Softsand are all options for your sand blaster.

[Captnq]

Gee. THANKS. Now I gotta figure out how to price SAND.

[Chemus]

Gee. THANKS. Now I gotta figure out how to price SAND.

Just check out your lawn and garden store; they'll get ya a price.

And normal sand might have a cost in a town or city, but if you were to just go to the river/ocean/desert to get some it'd not have one. And regular sand doesn't appear to be on any price list, just like water isn't, and rocks (for slings) aren't.

[Captnq]

SANGUINE NOSTRUM
- CHAMPIONS OF RUIN (3.5)

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A powder sprinkled on the heart and mixed with the blood of an enemy.
Description: Sanguine nostrum appears as a simple magical powder.
Activation: The powder must be mixed with a recently killed enemy’s blood and sprinkled on its heart. Preparing and consuming the heart in this way takes 3 rounds.
Effect: The powder is used to season the fresh heart of an enemy that has been dead for no more than 1 minute. If treated with sanguine nostrum and eaten immediately, the enemy’s heart grants you great insight, as through the effect of a moment of prescience spell. The more powerful the enemy, the greater the benefits; the caster level of the spell is equal to the Hit Dice of the creature whose heart you consumed with the powder. One vial of sanguine nostrum has one use.
Aura/Caster Level: Strong divination and necromancy; CL 15th.
Construction: Craft Wondrous Item, moment of prescience, 2,500 gp, 20 XP, 5 days. Weight: —. Price: 5,000 gp.
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So, the way this reads, if I kill someone, then use this stuff, I can eat its heart in 3 rounds. Now... I know that sounds evil and stuff, but
the sprinkled "on" it's heart does not exactly indicate to me it must be direct. So, An action to mix with the blood, then sprinkling on the chest where the heart is located should suffice. Then, you can rip open someone's chest and consume the heart.

REGARDLESS OF SIZE.

That said, need I make the effort to pry open the chest first, or will simply mixing it with the blood grant me the ability to tear open a corpse's body and consume the heart in 3 rounds?

For example, if I wanted to intimidate a Abolith. I had one captured. I have an abolith corpse nearby. Using said substance, can I then burrow my way into said Abolith corpse (in front of my prisoner) and then eat whatever passes for the central pump of it's pressurized circulatory system?

How many bonuses would I get to my next intimidation roll?

And can I use it on an old heart? I don't expect to get any benefit from eating an old heart. Maybe I just like eating hearts. And if it can be used to consume any heart, can I use it on an Undead who's still twitching? Not because I expect any benefit, nor do I expect it to actually HURT the undead. I just want to spend three rounds eating a Lich's heart while she's shackled to a wall. Why?

Because it'll mess with the player's heads, that's why.

[Kethrian]

That definition of sprinkling on the heart sounds very wrong.  If I were to sprinkle salt on the top of a filing cabinet, have I sprinkled the salt on a steak in the 2nd drawer?  No.  In order to sprinkle something on something else, it must make contact.  Otherwise, you're just sprinkling it on whatever is in the way, such as a creature's hide.  In fact, under the effects, it further clarifies that you "season" the heart.

[Captnq]

That definition of sprinkling on the heart sounds very wrong.  If I were to sprinkle salt on the top of a filing cabinet, have I sprinkled the salt on a steak in the 2nd drawer?  No.  In order to sprinkle something on something else, it must make contact.  Otherwise, you're just sprinkling it on whatever is in the way, such as a creature's hide.  In fact, under the effects, it further clarifies that you "season" the heart.

Yes, but effects, from a RAW stand point have nothing to do with activation. In fact, I have never seen such an activation before.

The powder must be mixed with a recently killed enemy’s blood and sprinkled on its heart. Preparing and consuming the heart in this way takes 3 rounds.

The powder must be mixed with a recently killed enemy's blood.
The powder must be sprinkled on its heart.

I'm sure the RAI is to sprinkle the mixture of powder and blood on the heart, but the location of the "and" shows that these are two different actions.

Now, those two steps are "preparation" and consuming the heart would be a third action, so one would assume that you mix the blood one round. Sprinkle on the heart in the second, then consume in the third.

Nothing in here indicates that the removal or access to said heart is a requirement.

Now, when you pledge allegiance to the flag, do you place your hand "On Your Heart"?

For your example, does the cabinet have blood? No? Not a valid target.
If it did, does the cabinet have a heart and/or internal organ serving the purpose of pressurizing a circulatory system? No? Not a valid target.
If it did, Is the heart located just under the top of the cabinet? Is the location where I would stab if I was to attempt to cut out a heart?
If we're talking about there only being an inch of oak between me and the heart and it is below where I am sprinkling, then I'm not sure.

if we go with your interpertation, then it's a seasoning and all I need is a knife that I dip in the powder. That will "mix" it with the blood and certainly with "season" the heart. but is it "sprinkling"?

Like I said. Never seen anything like it. Very strange activation, and very strange result.

[linklord231]

If we read it as meaning that the removal of the heart is part of the "preparation" and thus the 3 rounds, then it doesn't really matter whether you interpret "sprinkled on the heart" as meaning directly or not.  Of course, I think a reasonable person could read that and come to the conclusion that you must already have the heart in hand before you can start using the Sanguine Nostrum. 

I think the more interesting bit is that you can eat a blue whale's heart (big enough for a Medium creature to crawl inside of) in less than 3 rounds. 

[SorO_Lost]

Now... I know that sounds evil and stuff, but
the sprinkled "on" it's heart does not exactly indicate to me it must be direct.

Question, does it say sprinkle on his chest? Maybe it says to sprinkle on his face? His neighbor's pet dog? Hey while we're at it, do you really think if a women in porn gets hit in the face that she will get pregnant? I feel like I was just on yesterday making pretty much the same point...

Buying a super expensive version of a Scroll with limited fine print aside. I like the entry that comes before it. At-Will Dominate Person, it even wipes their morals so they just don't get that resave with a +2 bonus for stabbing their friend, and it even comes with a +2 bonus to the Save DC if you worship Shar and hits them with Posion (the spell, 1d10/1d10 con dmg) when the Dominate ends. It's pretty good for it's 7,500gp price tag which is less than half the cost of a Minor Schema and those are limited to 1/day.

[Chemus]

Sorry SorO, that Camellia has a line that says:

A camellia can be used only once.

after the fort save (mentioning Selûne) and before the CL

So it's not nearly as good of a deal; it too is just a 'scroll+'.

[ketaro]

Now... I know that sounds evil and stuff, but
the sprinkled "on" it's heart does not exactly indicate to me it must be direct.

Seriously? You're taking the idea of interpretation way off course here
The moment you tried to make understanding the text for how to use the item to be a grammar lesson based on real world examples you left the confines of the context that is this being D&D.

It doesn't matter if you've never seen any other item with such a unique method or use and/or activation; its unique method prevents anyone from trying to use former precedence on how other items work to figure out how this one works. Thus this one tells you right there how it works. 3 rounds; mix powder with blood, sprinkle powder on heart, eat heart. And it states it must happen within 1 minute of the corpse having died, so you have almost a full minute to haphazardly tear a heart out of a chest; a fairly easy thing when you think of it as almost 10 entire rounds worth of actions.

The only thing tricky to understand about this is using this powder on the heart of massively sized creatures. But then that's become unnecessary semantics because why put so much effort into eating the heart of a colossal creature when you're never going to get a benefit greater than if you just eat the heart of a regular sized medium or smaller person of equivalent HD?

[Kremlin K.O.A.]

I wonder if Gentle Repose, or Quintessence could extend that 1 minute timer.

[SorO_Lost]

So it's not nearly as good of a deal; it too is just a 'scroll+'.

Ahh bummer. Totally missed that since it's right next to the part I tend to skip.

Still pretty handy through.

I wonder if Gentle Repose, or Quintessence could extend that 1 minute timer.

Quintessence is broadly worded enough that it should work fine, Gentle Repose on the other hand only prevents decay and reanimation.

[Kremlin K.O.A.]

So it's not nearly as good of a deal; it too is just a 'scroll+'.

Ahh bummer. Totally missed that since it's right next to the part I tend to skip.

Still pretty handy through.

It seems like it could have some seriously fun situational uses.

I wonder if Gentle Repose, or Quintessence could extend that 1 minute timer.

Quintessence is broadly worded enough that it should work fine, Gentle Repose on the other hand only prevents decay and reanimation.

So we need quintessence to make the "Our halfling just ate a Whale heart in 18 seconds flat. What happens when we put tasty stew in our catapults and coat your castle walls with them?" intimidation tactic.
We have a plan.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

giantitp has a thread using Centipede + Monk + maybe wild shape.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?524769-100-Fists-The-Centipede-Monk

The subtleties they're getting into, are not my specialty.
Is this a viable concept and/or viable with modifications?

[ketaro]

Wow that entire thread is hilarious but I did learn something. I didn't know that you explicitly had to be a monk to have your unarmed strikes count as manufactured weapons for magic stuff; just having Improved unarmed strike feat doesn't grant that ability.

The more ya know~

[snakeman830]

Fun find from the ELH!

Adamantine Golems, RAW, can't overcome DR/Adamantine.

Would be a perfectly reasonable houserule, of course.

[Jowgen]

Got an obscure and rather useful spell:

Womb of the Earth is a 1st level cleric spell from Dragon 279 p. 35. It's Transmutation, casting time of 15 minutes, Range of Close, an Area of 15 ft burst +10 ft/level, with an Instantaneous (D) duration. In turns an area of natural light vegetation into a miracle-grow field that causes "food plants" (of a type specified of at the type of casting) to grow to harvest maturity in 24 hours. After harvesting the ground returns to its prior condition.