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[Prime32]

Q15: How do I do outline (recursive) lists?

Like this?

• Item 1
• • Item 1a
  • Item 1b
• Item 2

[CannibalSmith]

Almost. How do I get rid of that extra black bullet of Item 1a?

[ZeroSum]

• Item 1
  • Item 1a
  • Item 1b
• Item 2

[Shadeseraph]

Q16: Can you emulate an empowered maximized twined repeated etc etc scorching ray with a Shadow evocation spell? I'm almost sure you can't do so, but as far as my reading goes, (at least from the SRD), it would be allowable... maybe the line "...of a sorcerer or wizard evocation spell..." would be the one disallowing it, but I'm not so sure.

[Risada]

Q17: can I Bull rush someone to the ground so I get the benefits of Dungeoncrasher?

[CannibalSmith]

A17: No, because ground is not a wall.

[Shigunaru]

A 17:

The ability states "wall or any solid object". The floor is usually a solid object.

[AfterCrescent]

A17b. The issue is that you either need to be above them or have an ability to direct the bullrush. If you can do either of those, yes. you can dungeoncrash them into the ground.

[Dan2]

Q18 - if you buff your party with a spell, say... mass bear's endurance, and they walk through a Wall of Dispel Magic or a Dispelling Screen, does the buff get dispelled?

This should be simple but I'm AFB right now ~_~

[Runestar]

Q16: Can you emulate an empowered maximized twined repeated etc etc scorching ray with a Shadow evocation spell? I'm almost sure you can't do so, but as far as my reading goes, (at least from the SRD), it would be allowable... maybe the line "...of a sorcerer or wizard evocation spell..." would be the one disallowing it, but I'm not so sure.

Don't think there is a precedence for being able to emulate metamicked spells.

For instance, I don't think you are allowed to use limited wish to replicate a maximized fireball. Not that I see anything wrong with it, since its power lv is roughly in line with that of other 6th lv spells.

Q18 - if you buff your party with a spell, say... mass bear's endurance, and they walk through a Wall of Dispel Magic or a Dispelling Screen, does the buff get dispelled?

Each would have to make a separate opposed dispel check to see if they retain their buff, I think. I would interpret mass bull's str to mean that you are effectively casting the bull's str spell on each and every player, and there is no remaining connection to/with you. Thus, any dispel effect targeted at them would have a chance of dispelling it. It is not like they have to dispel you to get rid of a buff on someone else.

[Prime32]

Q19: Can you metamagic an arcane fusion spell so that both component spells are affected?
Q20: Can you make a magic item of arcane fusion that lets you cast any two spells together, or do you have to choose the spells when making it? Could a wizard use such an item?

[CannibalSmith]

A19: Technically, no. Effectively, it depends. You can't, for example, Extend it because it's instant. But you can, say, Twin it and you will, effectively, have Twinned the component spells. You can Maximize it, but that will have no effect, because Arcane Fusion has no variable numeric stuffs.
A20: Custom magic items is DM territory. Talk to him.

[pfooti]

Q21: Feat retraining, special case. What happens when you retrain a feat that affected levels you've had already? Specifically, in the case of the Ultimate Magus who uses practiced spellcaster on the beguiler side to make the first 2 UM single-progression levels advance the wizard casting, what happens if/when he retrains PS afterwards? Do wizard-advanced levels retroactively shift to beguiler-advancing? Do they stay the same?

[Prime32]

Q22: Can you combine the Great Flyby Attack feat (Savage Species) with the skirmish ability?

[pfooti]

Q22: Can you combine the Great Flyby Attack feat (Savage Species) with the skirmish ability?

A22: Don't see why not. Other feats, such as Manyshot, specifically say you don't add in precision damage to such stuff. The only caveat would be the weirdness associated with what happens when the first person you hit is less than 10' away (or 20 with improved skirmish), since you're only supposed to be rolling damage once.

[Nox_Noctis]

Q23: Are there any abilities (other than contingent spells) that trigger whenever you heal/gain hit points?

[Hezor]

A23a - Imbued Healing, CC pg60

[Dan2]

Q21: Feat retraining, special case. What happens when you retrain a feat that affected levels you've had already? Specifically, in the case of the Ultimate Magus who uses practiced spellcaster on the beguiler side to make the first 2 UM single-progression levels advance the wizard casting, what happens if/when he retrains PS afterwards? Do wizard-advanced levels retroactively shift to beguiler-advancing? Do they stay the same?

A21:
That's a good question...  I'm not completely sure, but I'd wager that you keep the advanced wizard casting.
I'm AFB atm so I'll edit this if I find something that says otherwise...

If that's the case: Great find!

[Meaningless Epiphony]

Q24  Does the second level swordsage ability, AC Bonus, allow you to get the said bonus using a buckler?  The Daring Outlaw build by DrObviousSo lists the build getting wisdom to ac and has improved buckler defense.  Thanks, my google-fu really blows goats.

[Tshern]

A24: The description of Swordsage's AC bonus specifically states that it only works while you are *not* using a shield and are unencumbered and wear light armor. I think CustServ has clarified it to work without an armor too, but it as per RAW, it doesn't work with a shield.