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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #500 on: August 14, 2010, 11:37:31 PM »
Q 136 Do invocations count as SLA's?
Eh, the wizard have more money than them combined, he could in theory just use all his money on a fleet of trained attack mules, but then we aren't playing 3.5 but zergling rushing in Starcraft instead.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #501 on: August 14, 2010, 11:38:35 PM »
Q 136 Do invocations count as SLA's?
Yes. They are explicitly SLAs, as stated (somewhere) in CArc.
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« Reply #502 on: August 14, 2010, 11:59:00 PM »
Q137

I am pretty sure the answer to this is yes but I would rather clarify it with you all.  Would hitting the same creature with Ray of Enfeeblement cause the strength damage to stack?  Ty.

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« Reply #503 on: August 15, 2010, 12:07:27 AM »
Q137

I am pretty sure the answer to this is yes but I would rather clarify it with you all.  Would hitting the same creature with Ray of Enfeeblement cause the strength damage to stack?  Ty.
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No, because Ray of Enfeeblement imposes a Strength penalty, not Strength damage. As a penalty, it is thus subject to the 'same source' rules for stacking.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #504 on: August 15, 2010, 12:08:22 AM »
A 137: The answer is no.  Ray of enfeeblement doesn't inflict strength damage, it applies a penalty to strength.  Penalties overlap unless they're of different types or from different sources.
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« Reply #505 on: August 15, 2010, 12:12:38 AM »
Q132 Is there a way for a good necromancer (wizard) to use a skeleton created by animate dead (yes yes, evil spell, the paladin wouldnt see the wizard actually casting the spell just using the skeleton :P) in a party with a paladin?

Setting Forgotten Realms, and the paladin in question is a paladin of Azuth. Maybe a few holy relics on the skeleton would help :P? And if someone knows of a example of this situation (or similar) it would be greatly appreciated.

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« Reply #506 on: August 15, 2010, 12:23:17 AM »
Ty all.  Sorry about mistaking penalty with damage.

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« Reply #507 on: August 15, 2010, 12:29:47 AM »
Ty all.  Sorry about mistaking penalty with damage.
Easy mistake to make.  PHB page 192 incorrectly calls it damage.
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« Reply #508 on: August 15, 2010, 01:06:45 AM »
Q135:  Are there any alternative ranger combat styles that pick up Improved Unarmed Strike or Power Attack as a virtual feat at 2nd level?
Yes to both. Improved Unarmed Strike is the Bear-Wrestling style in dragon 326, and Power Attack is the Strong-Arm style (same book).
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #509 on: August 15, 2010, 04:14:01 AM »
Q138 Let's say we have a very big creature with lots of limbs and Improved Grab.  Is it legal to initiate grapple against multiple targets at once like some sort of big ol' giant crushing a halfling in each hand?  If so, what are the rules for it and where are they?

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« Reply #510 on: August 15, 2010, 05:19:38 AM »
Q138 Let's say we have a very big creature with lots of limbs and Improved Grab.  Is it legal to initiate grapple against multiple targets at once like some sort of big ol' giant crushing a halfling in each hand?  If so, what are the rules for it and where are they?

A138: Multigrab/ Greater Multigrab out of Savage Species, not sure if the feats have been updated.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #511 on: August 15, 2010, 06:48:45 AM »
Q 136 Do invocations count as SLA's?
Yes. They are explicitly SLAs, as stated (somewhere) in CArc.

Q139 Can I use Quicken SLA with Eldritch Blast then?  If so, how would that work?

Q140 Okay, say I have CL 20, but only 16 levels of spellcasting (eg, a rainbow warsnake w/out text trumps table argument)  If I take versatile spellcaster (or whatever that feat was that lets me combine two spell slots to make a spell slot 1 level higher), can I cast a 9th level spell?

Q141 If yes to the above, if I build sothat I get advanced learning at 20, can I use it to learn a 9th level evocation spell (Invoke Magic)
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Eh, the wizard have more money than them combined, he could in theory just use all his money on a fleet of trained attack mules, but then we aren't playing 3.5 but zergling rushing in Starcraft instead.

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« Reply #512 on: August 15, 2010, 11:30:26 AM »
139: yes. It means you can blast twice in one round, just like quicken spell.

140: No. Caster level and spell levels known are not related.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #513 on: August 15, 2010, 12:06:00 PM »
Q142: Why is an Elan Totemist so good?  The incarnum handbook says that it's good, but I'm not sure why.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #514 on: August 15, 2010, 12:08:45 PM »
Q142: Why is an Elan Totemist so good?  The incarnum handbook says that it's good, but I'm not sure why.
Likely due to their Aberration status, which means they can pick up Rapidstrike and Improved Rapidstrike (Draconomicon), allowing them to get even more natural weapon attacks.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #515 on: August 15, 2010, 12:50:19 PM »
Q138 Let's say we have a very big creature with lots of limbs and Improved Grab.  Is it legal to initiate grapple against multiple targets at once like some sort of big ol' giant crushing a halfling in each hand?  If so, what are the rules for it and where are they?
A138: Multigrab/ Greater Multigrab out of Savage Species, not sure if the feats have been updated.
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« Reply #516 on: August 15, 2010, 04:41:20 PM »
140: No. Caster level and spell levels known are not related.

I think he was talking about the same kind of stuff you use for early-entry tricks, except done at a higher level.  It should work, but you'd need to use Heighten Spell and/or Sanctum Spell so the spells you're casting actually are at that higher level rather than just taking a higher-level slot, you'd need to be a kind of spellcaster that knows all the spells of a given level when they get access to that level of spells, and you'd probably need to have a primary ability score high enough to have bonus spells of that level since you have no slots of that level normally.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #517 on: August 15, 2010, 05:52:42 PM »
Q140 Okay, say I have CL 20, but only 16 levels of spellcasting (eg, a rainbow warsnake w/out text trumps table argument)  If I take versatile spellcaster (or whatever that feat was that lets me combine two spell slots to make a spell slot 1 level higher), can I cast a 9th level spell?

Q141 If yes to the above, if I build so that I get advanced learning at 20, can I use it to learn a 9th level evocation spell (Invoke Magic)

A140 ...yes ... because of the way Warmages Know all of the Spells on thier Spell list from the Start .... Rainbow Servant simply boosts the Spells Known, allowing them to be included on the list of Spells Known for a Warmage

A141 .. No ... not Pre-EPIC, Heighten Spell only goes up to 9th lvl .... there are no 10th lvl Cleric spells or Warmage Spells Pre-EPIC

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #518 on: August 15, 2010, 06:08:02 PM »
Q142: Why is an Elan Totemist so good?  The incarnum handbook says that it's good, but I'm not sure why.
Likely due to their Aberration status, which means they can pick up Rapidstrike and Improved Rapidstrike (Draconomicon), allowing them to get even more natural weapon attacks.

Who actually uses Improved Rapidstrike?  It's written so as to be just about unintelligible.
Eh, the wizard have more money than them combined, he could in theory just use all his money on a fleet of trained attack mules, but then we aren't playing 3.5 but zergling rushing in Starcraft instead.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question: Losing the Game Edition
« Reply #519 on: August 15, 2010, 07:44:29 PM »
Q143

Can the Divine Companion be used as a healing contingency? Such as I store a spell in it and order it to ready an action to heal me if I go down?