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[Vinom]

Q273

Does Mind Blank protect me from Diplomancers?

A barbarian with an int of 3 is imune to Diplomancers.

[Kuroimaken]

Q273

Does Mind Blank protect me from Diplomancers?

A barbarian with an int of 3 is imune to Diplomancers.

As is a Frenzied Berserker of any Int score.

Seriously though, Diplomacy isn't a skill to be used ON players; the ultimate decision on what a character does is the player's (that's the only real power a player has after all).

[Vinom]

Q273

Does Mind Blank protect me from Diplomancers?

A barbarian with an int of 3 is imune to Diplomancers.

As is a Frenzied Berserker of any Int score.

Seriously though, Diplomacy isn't a skill to be used ON players; the ultimate decision on what a character does is the player's (that's the only real power a player has after all).

I had a DM who didn't believe that... so I slipped the barbarian's player a note that said... 'With an int of 3, Grou-daph wouldn't understand most of those words... or think he's casting a spell'

[McPoyo]

Q273

Does Mind Blank protect me from Diplomancers?

A barbarian with an int of 3 is imune to Diplomancers.

As is a Frenzied Berserker of any Int score.

Seriously though, Diplomacy isn't a skill to be used ON players; the ultimate decision on what a character does is the player's (that's the only real power a player has after all).

I had a DM who didn't believe that... so I slipped the barbarian's player a note that said... 'With an int of 3, Grou-daph wouldn't understand most of those words... or think he's casting a spell'

Nice.

[Mushroom Ninja]

Q 269 Stonefoot Stance says that it gransts "a +2 bonus on Strength checks and a +2 bonus to AC against creatures of a size category larger than yours".  Is the bonus to strength checks only against larger creatures, or does the restriction apply only to the AC bonus?

Bumping my question from last page

[Surreal]

A 268b: Crusader/Incarnate with the therapeutic mantle

Does that work with maneuvers by RAW?  And you forgot the vitality belt. +120 hp at level 20 is nothing to laugh at.

Nice find, thanks both of you. Looks like +140 at 20th with Improved Essentia Capacity. Now if only there was a way to get Crusader Devoted Spirit stuff without being a stinky Crusader : p I don't like their recovery mechanic too much.

Do you still have the Reikhardt is your buddy build?

The gist of it was: Marshal 2/Paladin 2/Outcast Champion 1/Mythic Exemplar 10/Outcast Champion +4/XYZ 1

ME grants a boost to Fort or Will, use the ME aura advancement to progress the OC will save booster, and grab another save booster from Marshal. Paladin just gives you even more for yourself. If you're dragonblooded, take Draconic Aura and Double Draconic Aura. Take Harmonious Knight (Champions of Valour) for bard abilities which will stack with ME and give you inspire courage as a 17th level bard and go nuts with words of creation.

[bearsarebrown]

Diplomacy is not mind affecting technically.

Yeah I couldn't find anything to say that it was... it just makes sense. And I should have asked the question differently as to avoid confusion of using Diplomacy on PCs, "Can I displomance a Mind Blanked Wizard?"

[Bloody Initiate]

Diplomacy does not and never has worked on player characters, it says so in the first sentence of the skill's description. I'm not sure why anyone ever thought differently.

Q 269 Stonefoot Stance says that it gransts "a +2 bonus on Strength checks and a +2 bonus to AC against creatures of a size category larger than yours".  Is the bonus to strength checks only against larger creatures, or does the restriction apply only to the AC bonus?

Bumping my question from last page

I'm not sure to be 100% honest. It appears to be either BOTH the bonus to strength and AC only works against larger creatures or that the AC bonus only kicks in whenever you face a larger creature.

I prefer the second interpretation because it gives some benefit no matter what creature you're facing, but until you posted had only noticed the first interpretation as the possibly correct one.

I recommend the interpretation that Stonefoot stance grants a +2 bonus to strength checks, and an additional +2 to AC if you are faced with a creature one or more size categories larger than yourself. This makes the most sense to me because martial adepts are only granted 1 stance at level 1 and all of the other lvl 1 stances provide at least some benefit without needing special opponents.

Beyond stating my preference, I haven't seen this question raised before so I think we have only the wording to go on. The wording can go either way, so it'll end up being up to each GM no matter what makes the most sense to us.

[PhaedrusXY]

Diplomacy is not mind affecting technically.

Yeah I couldn't find anything to say that it was... it just makes sense. And I should have asked the question differently as to avoid confusion of using Diplomacy on PCs, "Can I displomance a Mind Blanked Wizard?"

The Fanatic effect of Epic diplomacy is Mind-Affecting. The rest isn't.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/skills.htm#diplomacy

[Balmas]

Q674: One of my players wants to enchant his +5 Minotaur Greathammer so that it continuously has a 20th level Greater Mighty Wallop spell applied to it. What is a fair price for it? I'm thinking somewhere in the +3 to +5 bonus range.

(If it changes anything, he's an 18th level barbarian.)

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

Q270: Does anyone anywhere have a complete or near complete index of the Dungeon magazine non-adventure module 3.5 info?? Its got a lot of creatures and some items but God Himself needs to help me to find what I want. (I got one for dragon magazines but not my dungeon ones )

are you talking about something that is exclusively Dung.Mag. stuff?  otherwise, the crystal keep resources have a bunch of stuff scattered throughout.  Is that the kind of thing you're talking about?  I'm not quite sure what you're asking/looking for.

Yes a list of all that is exclusive and mechanically useful in all 3.5 dungeon mags. Crystal keep has no "organized by source" book so hunting through it is nearly as bad as hunting through my issues.

[Operation Shoestring]

Q674: One of my players wants to enchant his +5 Minotaur Greathammer so that it continuously has a 20th level Greater Mighty Wallop spell applied to it. What is a fair price for it? I'm thinking somewhere in the +3 to +5 bonus range.

(If it changes anything, he's an 18th level barbarian.)

A continuous item of Greater Mighty Wallap would go for 3 x 20 x 2000 =  120,000 iirc.

I say +5, just like  a Greater Magic Weapon at 20th level is worth a +5.

Honestly, he's much better of getting spellcasters to buff his weapon for him, and getting unique weapon enhancements, such as Eager or [School]

[Negative Zero]

Greater Might Wallop is hours/level, right? If so, a once/day item of GMWallop at CL 20 would last 20 hours, and cost significantly less.

[Vinom]

Q274: What would be a fair market price for the Amulet of Supremacy (Draconomicon p82)?

[Agita]

Diplomacy is not mind affecting technically.

The Fanatic attitude is, though. So it protects you from that, but not from being made Helpful as a Standard action with no save.

[bigdaddy843]

Q274
Does periapt of wisdom and owl's wisdom spell stack?
If so, why? If  not, why?
Are there any references on how best to push one's ability scores up?

[PhaedrusXY]

Q274
Does periapt of wisdom and owl's wisdom spell stack?
If so, why? If  not, why?
Are there any references on how best to push one's ability scores up?

They don't' stack. They're both enhancement bonuses.

More generally, even if they come from different spells (or from effects other than spells; see Bonus Types, above).

from here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/castingSpells.htm#stackingEffects

[Agita]

Q274
Does periapt of wisdom and owl's wisdom spell stack?
If so, why? If  not, why?
Are there any references on how best to push one's ability scores up?

They don't' stack. They're both enhancement bonuses.

More generally, two bonuses of the same type don’t stack even if they come from different spells (or from effects other than spells; see Bonus Types, above).

from here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/castingSpells.htm#stackingEffects

Owl's Insight gives an Insight bonus, does it not?
My bad, misread the question.

[Vinom]

Q274
Does periapt of wisdom and owl's wisdom spell stack?
If so, why? If  not, why?
Are there any references on how best to push one's ability scores up?

They don't' stack. They're both enhancement bonuses.

More generally, even if they come from different spells (or from effects other than spells; see Bonus Types, above).

from here: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/castingSpells.htm#stackingEffects

Owl's Insight gives an Insight bonus, does it not?
My bad, misread the question.

This is why untyped bonuses are worth their weight in platnum.

[Rebel7284]

This is why untyped bonuses are worth their weight in platnum.

How much does an untyped intelligence bonus weight?