Ask a Simple Question 21: Dunkadooballs!

[McPoyo]

And...new thread up.

[CantripN]

Q1: What's stopping a Psion from capturing and somehow keeping on his body, enemy Psions, and using their powers (they'd need to be unconscious, of course)? Using Polymorph Any Object + Quintessence, maybe?

[Vistella]

cause i had no answer yet:

Q2
when you use a total defense, you cant make attack of opportunities
if you have the feat defensive throw from Cwarrior, can you use total defense with it? it doesnt say it is an AoO but it says "This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round"

so, does it work?

[InnaBinder]

cause i had no answer yet:

Q2
when you use a total defense, you cant make attack of opportunities
if you have the feat defensive throw from Cwarrior, can you use total defense with it? it doesnt say it is an AoO but it says "This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round"

so, does it work?

A2:
"Counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round" sure sounds like it makes it an AoO to me.  Doesn't work.

[Vistella]

cause i had no answer yet:

Q2
when you use a total defense, you cant make attack of opportunities
if you have the feat defensive throw from Cwarrior, can you use total defense with it? it doesnt say it is an AoO but it says "This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round"

so, does it work?

A2:
"Counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round" sure sounds like it makes it an AoO to me.  Doesn't work.

but count =/= is

and thats the only thing it says about AoO unlike other stuff like evasive reflexes which says: "when an opponent gives you a chance to make an attack of opportunity"
but to me it seems that the phrase at defensive throw is just there to limit the uses per round, esp if you consider examples of other stuff too:
you can still power divine feats via turn undead attempts even though you somehow are not allowed to actually turn them, you just use the pool of attempts

also it would have some really really stupid requirements if it would be an AoO cause you can only make 1 AoO per opponent and then combat reflexes would to exactly nothing for this feat, even if you need it for it

[Emo_Duck]

Q1: What's stopping a Psion from capturing and somehow keeping on his body, enemy Psions, and using their powers (they'd need to be unconscious, of course)? Using Polymorph Any Object + Quintessence, maybe?

A1:

[Ed-Zero]

Q3: What ways are there for druids to control/become/have an animal companion of vermin? I know of the feats in the ECS, but are they the only ones or others that do it better?

[InnaBinder]

Q3: What ways are there for druids to control/become/have an animal companion of vermin? I know of the feats in the ECS, but are they the only ones or others that do it better?

A3 Verminkeeper, p44 of the Forgotten Realms supplement Underdark, has this as their primary shtick.

[Kuroimaken]

cause i had no answer yet:

Q2
when you use a total defense, you cant make attack of opportunities
if you have the feat defensive throw from Cwarrior, can you use total defense with it? it doesnt say it is an AoO but it says "This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round"

so, does it work?

I've never heard of total defense denying the ability to make AoOs. Where is this at?

[Vistella]

cause i had no answer yet:

Q2
when you use a total defense, you cant make attack of opportunities
if you have the feat defensive throw from Cwarrior, can you use total defense with it? it doesnt say it is an AoO but it says "This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity in the round"

so, does it work?

I've never heard of total defense denying the ability to make AoOs. Where is this at?

SRD under total defense ofc

[PhaedrusXY]

Q1: What's stopping a Psion from capturing and somehow keeping on his body, enemy Psions, and using their powers (they'd need to be unconscious, of course)? Using Polymorph Any Object + Quintessence, maybe?

The other psions? Take a level of Thrallherd. It's easier than worrying about a horde of angry psions escaping and turning on you. 

[something random]

Q4: What book is War Mage of Krynn in?

[Sohala]

A4
I don't know about "of Krynn" but there is a War Magr PrC in Age of Mortals, pg 48.

[kevin_video]

Q 5 Is there a way for a non-outsider (ie human, dwarf, high elf, half-elf, gnome, etc) to polymorph into one (ie horned demon) without having to take templates (ie half elemental)?

[McPoyo]

Star elves get outsider type, I think.

[kevin_video]

Star elves get outsider type, I think.

That's fine. My question though is "non-outsider". I'll change the example.

[Garryl]

Q3: What ways are there for druids to control/become/have an animal companion of vermin? I know of the feats in the ECS, but are they the only ones or others that do it better?

A3 Verminkeeper, p44 of the Forgotten Realms supplement Underdark, has this as their primary shtick.

See also Vermin Animal Companions.

[Vistella]

A5
shapechange should work

[Maat_Mons]

Q 5 Is there a way for a non-outsider (ie human, dwarf, high elf, half-elf, gnome, etc) to polymorph into one (ie horned demon) without having to take templates (ie half elemental)?

Star elves get outsider type, I think.

No, but they have the extraplanar subtype and are affected by banishment, dismissal, and similar effects as though they are outsiders.  

[Ed-Zero]

Q3: What ways are there for druids to control/become/have an animal companion of vermin? I know of the feats in the ECS, but are they the only ones or others that do it better?

A3 Verminkeeper, p44 of the Forgotten Realms supplement Underdark, has this as their primary shtick.

See also Vermin Animal Companions.

Thanks, that came in more handy