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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #40 on: December 22, 2010, 11:33:33 PM »
Q14: Is there any way for a PHB race to not have to breath besides spell buffs, changing race, or VOP? I'm hoping character option or feat...

Q15: Is there any way to gain the undead type without LA-giving templates or necropolitan? I checked SS and though the fluff says a minor ritual should do it, there is no such listed minor ritual...
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2010, 11:38:58 PM »
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q 11. what are some ways to make a 5th level character highly mobile. such as higher move speed, d.door etc. looking for something can be done often.
Shadow cloak (dotU) gives abrupt jaunt 3/day.


q 12. wheres the info for making a lycanthrope murder of crows?
Can't. It must be an animal, not a swarm.
Murders of crows (ToM) have the animal type.  They're a perfectly legit (if weird) base creature.

You might be thinking of the Entomanothrope template, which explicitly disallows swarms.
It also talks about how it should humanoid or giant.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #42 on: December 22, 2010, 11:39:13 PM »
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q 11. what are some ways to make a 5th level character highly mobile. such as higher move speed, d.door etc. looking for something can be done often.
Shadow cloak (dotU) gives abrupt jaunt 3/day.


q 12. wheres the info for making a lycanthrope murder of crows?
Can't. It must be an animal, not a swarm.
Murders of crows (ToM) have the animal type.  They're a perfectly legit (if weird) base creature.

You might be thinking of the Entomanothrope template, which explicitly disallows swarms.
I think the size issue and the fact that the Lycanthrope template specifically states ONE animal/creature makes a murder of crows a bit iffy at best.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #43 on: December 22, 2010, 11:40:10 PM »
Q14: Is there any way for a PHB race to not have to breath besides spell buffs, changing race, or VOP? I'm hoping character option or feat...
The SRD have variant races, some of which don't need to breathe.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #44 on: December 22, 2010, 11:40:20 PM »
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q 11. what are some ways to make a 5th level character highly mobile. such as higher move speed, d.door etc. looking for something can be done often.

Be a swordsage?  Shadow Jaunt can be used all day long and is a 60' teleport.  Barbarian 1 gives +10' to run speed.  And of course there's always Monk.

Q14: Is there any way for a PHB race to not have to breath besides spell buffs, changing race, or VOP? I'm hoping character option or feat...

It's a minor race change, but Air Gnomes exist in UA.  They're basically gnomes that don't have to breathe.  There's a few other air races as well.  Not exactly what you wanted but maybe it will help.

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Q15: Is there any way to gain the undead type without LA-giving templates or necropolitan? I checked SS and though the fluff says a minor ritual should do it, there is no such listed minor ritual...

As far as I know, all undead templates give LA, except for Necropolitan... so I'm afraid the only answer to this would involve becoming a Lich via Dread Necromancer or a Dry Lich via that class in Sandstorm.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #45 on: December 22, 2010, 11:43:22 PM »
A swarm is one creature.

But, yeah, you have to be a gnome or a halfling or something.  No biggie.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #46 on: December 22, 2010, 11:44:55 PM »
A swarm is one creature.

But, yeah, you have to be a gnome or a halfling or something.  No biggie.
It is not one animal, though.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #47 on: December 22, 2010, 11:45:47 PM »
"The lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type "

Doesn't have to be one animal.  Just one creature with the animal type.

It's not particularly broken, and it's really cool, so I don't see any issue with allowing it.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #48 on: December 22, 2010, 11:49:52 PM »
"The lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type "

Doesn't have to be one animal.  Just one creature with the animal type.

It's not particularly broken, and it's really cool, so I don't see any issue with allowing it.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #49 on: December 22, 2010, 11:54:57 PM »
"The lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type "

Doesn't have to be one animal.  Just one creature with the animal type.

It's not particularly broken, and it's really cool, so I don't see any issue with allowing it.
Yes, but fortunately 'animal' is explicitly defined shorthand

"The lycanthrope takes on the characteristics of some type of carnivorous or omnivorous creature of the animal type (referred to hereafter as the base animal). "



Hmmm... now I'm considering making an anthropomorphic murder of crows.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #50 on: December 23, 2010, 12:12:07 AM »
Q16: In Oriental Adventures, there are two items you can add to a chainshirt that gives it +1 AC each. If you have an enhancement bonus on all three items, would the total bonuses stack? So, for example, I have a chain shirt +5, and a dastana +5. Is my armour bonus to AC +10 or +15?

Dastanas explicitly don't stack.  I would assume the same for the other one.  You can stack different special abilities though, so you could have +5 Heavy Fortification Dastanas with a +1 Chain Shirt that has a bunch of other powers.  The +1 on the chain shirt doesn't matter.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #51 on: December 23, 2010, 12:15:02 AM »
Dastana's explicitly do stack with othr armor.  Still, the enhancement bonuses to armor wouldn't stack so you would have +10 Armor bonus to AC.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #52 on: December 23, 2010, 12:54:33 AM »
Q 17a If a necropolitan druid used wildshape, would they gain the Con of the animal, and go from having Con - to Con X? Same question for a necropolitan wizard/sorcerer who polymorphed.
Q 17b Regardless of the outcome, would they still heal when shapechanging?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #53 on: December 23, 2010, 12:56:20 AM »
Q 17a If a necropolitan druid used wildshape, would they gain the Con of the animal, and go from having Con - to Con X? Same question for a necropolitan wizard/sorcerer who polymorphed.
Q 17b Regardless of the outcome, would they still heal when shapechanging?
According to LM, undead creatures just can't wildshape.  Dunno why.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #54 on: December 23, 2010, 12:57:37 AM »
Q 17a If a necropolitan druid used wildshape, would they gain the Con of the animal, and go from having Con - to Con X? Same question for a necropolitan wizard/sorcerer who polymorphed.
Q 17b Regardless of the outcome, would they still heal when shapechanging?
According to LM, undead creatures just can't wildshape.  Dunno why.
That's okay. Let's change it to a vampire lord instead. They gain the ability to wildshape into an animal as a 12th level druid.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #55 on: December 23, 2010, 12:58:09 AM »
Q 17a If a necropolitan druid used wildshape, would they gain the Con of the animal, and go from having Con - to Con X? Same question for a necropolitan wizard/sorcerer who polymorphed.
Q 17b Regardless of the outcome, would they still heal when shapechanging?
According to LM, undead creatures just can't wildshape.  Dunno why.

Corrupted Wild Shape  (LM) is a feat that answers your question.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #56 on: December 23, 2010, 01:00:26 AM »
Dastana's explicitly do stack with othr armor.  Still, the enhancement bonuses to armor wouldn't stack so you would have +10 Armor bonus to AC.
Yes, but then the question becomes: Is the +5 dastana's armour bonus +1 or +6? That is, does the game see only an item's total armour bonus or does it see each individual part of the bonus and act accodingly.

For example, say I am wearing a leather armour +5 (total AC 7) and a chain shirt +1 (total AC 6). Is my armour bonus to AC +7 or +9?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #57 on: December 23, 2010, 01:01:54 AM »
In that example, it would be +7, since the +5 is enhancing the Leather and not the Chain Shirt.
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« Reply #58 on: December 23, 2010, 01:03:36 AM »
In that example, it would be +7, since the +5 is enhancing the Leather and not the Chain Shirt.
If that is the case, then the total AC bonus of a +5 dastana would be +6...

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Re: Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!
« Reply #59 on: December 23, 2010, 01:10:22 AM »
Q 17a If a necropolitan druid used wildshape, would they gain the Con of the animal, and go from having Con - to Con X? Same question for a necropolitan wizard/sorcerer who polymorphed.
Q 17b Regardless of the outcome, would they still heal when shapechanging?
According to LM, undead creatures just can't wildshape.  Dunno why.

Corrupted Wild Shape  (LM) is a feat that answers your question.
Very good feat. Thank you for that.

But this then adds a new question that's around for curiosity sake only.

Q 17c Do you need Corrupted Wild Shape to use the Polymorph spell, or would you just use the spell as if you did have the feat?
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