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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #880 on: July 29, 2010, 10:19:08 AM »
What would the best combination of race and templates for 5 free LA be for and artificer/erudite gestalt. I was thinking of using a lesser worgest as my race, but I am open to suggestions, thanks
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phrenic pixie somethingelse+1la?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #881 on: July 29, 2010, 10:28:30 AM »
What would the best combination of race and templates for 5 free LA be for and artificer/erudite gestalt. I was thinking of using a lesser worgest as my race, but I am open to suggestions, thanks
That's the straightest line I've heard in months. 

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #882 on: July 29, 2010, 11:07:25 AM »
phrenic pixie somethingelse+1la?

thats right ... Feral Phrenic Pixie .... much better flavor than undead Ghost, better stats also(+6 Dex,+2 Con,+4 Int,+8 Wis,+10 Cha, Fast Healing 2, Darkvision, +7 Natural Armor on top of all the Pixie goodness) ... cuter too ;)
 

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #883 on: July 29, 2010, 11:16:38 AM »
Q 269 Okay, so same creature. It's now got 22 HD for it's creature level. What happens now if I add levels of Fighter and Rogue to it? Does it still progress as if the creature was actually level 1 and cross-classing? What if the creature, if you add a spellcasting class, increases the caster level and the spell progression? Like the ethergaunt which counts as a 13th level wizard, and giving it 2 levels makes it progress to a 15 level wizard with all the spells. What happens when you're an ethergaunt/wizard 7 and want to take an 8th level? What do you do then?

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Q 270 Where's the Spear Master feat? All the information I've got is "Dragon 30 p89".

A 269: BAB and saves would start the Epic progression (only racial HD are exempt from that).  Spellcasting is its own progression and so would follow normal rules until you hit the casting ability of a 20th level Wizard or the equivalent for other races.

A 270:You answered your own question.  Dragon Magazine #30, Page 89 (assuming the information you were given was correct).
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #884 on: July 29, 2010, 02:14:26 PM »
A 270 The Spear Master feat is from Dragon #330, p89. It allows you to use a spear or shortspear as a double weapon, with the blunt end dealing bludgeoning.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #885 on: July 29, 2010, 02:22:06 PM »
Q271

Is Warlock an Arcane Spellcasting class for the purposes of Master Spellthief? I'm guessing no, but might as well give it a shot.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #886 on: July 29, 2010, 02:30:57 PM »
Q271

Is Warlock an Arcane Spellcasting class for the purposes of Master Spellthief? I'm guessing no, but might as well give it a shot.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #887 on: July 29, 2010, 02:36:44 PM »
Q272:  Can a character with Darkstalker feat become invisible to effectively gain HiPS against creatures with blindsight / blindsense?  Essentially does the "total concealment" from invisibility grant them the ability to hide, even though there is nothing to hide behind?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #888 on: July 29, 2010, 02:59:42 PM »
Q272:  Can a character with Darkstalker feat become invisible to effectively gain HiPS against creatures with blindsight / blindsense?  Essentially does the "total concealment" from invisibility grant them the ability to hide, even though there is nothing to hide behind?
A272: No

"Benefit: When you hide, creatures with blindsense, blindsight, scent, or tremorsense must make a Listen check or a Spot check (whichever DC is higher) to notice you, just as sighted creatures would make Spot checks to detect you. You cannot hide in plain sight unless you have that ability as a class feature."

Invisibility only conceals you from creatures dependent upon vision.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #889 on: July 29, 2010, 04:01:36 PM »
Invisibility only conceals you from creatures dependent upon vision.
And just how do you have "concealment" vs. Tremorsense? Or Scent?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #890 on: July 29, 2010, 04:02:32 PM »
Invisibility only conceals you from creatures dependent upon vision.
And just how do you have "concealment" vs. Tremorsense? Or Scent?
Flying or levitating, and the spell "remove scent"?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #891 on: July 29, 2010, 04:08:13 PM »
Invisibility only conceals you from creatures dependent upon vision.
And just how do you have "concealment" vs. Tremorsense? Or Scent?
Flying or levitating, and the spell "remove scent"?
You wouldn't need to make hide checks then, would you? 

Here is the real question, I think:

How would you ever be able to use Darkstalker to hide from something with scent or tremorsense, if you don't consider visual concealment as sufficient to allow you to make a hide check vs. those things?

If you use Remove Scent, or fly, you don't need to Hide anymore. If you don't, you don't have "concealment" vs. those things. Do we need to make up rules for "scent concealment", like tossing out enough garlic pouches to confuse your enemy enough so that you can hide, but not enough so that he just can't use his Scent ability at all?


So my point is: Yeah, if you have concealment (the visual kind) and Darkstalker, then yes you can hide from something with Tremorsense or whatever. Invisibility gives you concealment. So you can use it to make a hide check vs. those things.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #892 on: July 29, 2010, 04:48:43 PM »
Bah!  Ah well...  Stupid Darkstalker.  :banghead

Q273:  With the exception of the Dwarf Ancestor (MMIV) are there any other 5 HD (or less) Outsiders of Large size to use with Alter Self?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #893 on: July 29, 2010, 04:50:37 PM »
Bumping for Q 269

Q 269 What happens to epic creatures saves when they hit 20 HD? Say like an outsider. I know the BAB and skills remain the same as previous (ie Fighter BAB +1 each level), but I don't really see anything on their Fort, Ref, and Will.

If you're assuming that base progressions remain the same instead of switching to epic progressions (I don't know if this is true or not, and I'm a little too sleepy to bother checking), just follow the formulas, base saves do use them.

Strong Save = (level/2)+2, round down.
Weak Save = level/3, round down.
Q 269 Okay, so same creature. It's now got 22 HD for it's creature level. What happens now if I add levels of Fighter and Rogue to it? Does it still progress as if the creature was actually level 1 and cross-classing? What if the creature, if you add a spellcasting class, increases the caster level and the spell progression? Like the ethergaunt which counts as a 13th level wizard, and giving it 2 levels makes it progress to a 15 level wizard with all the spells. What happens when you're an ethergaunt/wizard 7 and want to take an 8th level? What do you do then?

Q 270 Where's the Spear Master feat? All the information I've got is "Dragon 30 p89".
Dragon 330 under the Fighter section.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #894 on: July 29, 2010, 05:31:07 PM »
274:Does anyone know what huge creature has the most HD?  Ancient Deep dragons have 33, but I'm sure there's something with more.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #895 on: July 29, 2010, 06:08:46 PM »
A274:  Hecatoncheires have 52.  ELH might have more, that's just the first to pop into my head.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #896 on: July 29, 2010, 06:19:08 PM »
274:Does anyone know what huge creature has the most HD?  Ancient Deep dragons have 33, but I'm sure there's something with more.

An atropal is huge at 100 HD.  If you restrict it to non-advanced creatures, a prismasaurus has 60 HD.  
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« Reply #897 on: July 29, 2010, 06:20:12 PM »
Should have specified "non-epic".
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #898 on: July 29, 2010, 06:23:26 PM »
Should have specified "non-epic".
At 33 HD, an Ancient copper is technically epic too. :P Unless you mean "creatures not printed in ELH".
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Singing Tesla Coil Edition
« Reply #899 on: July 29, 2010, 06:26:29 PM »
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