Ask a Simple Question: The Revenge of the Grue

[kevin_video]

Q 157 Have a friend who's allowing gestault in his The Shackled City campaign because he just does not believe that a regular party could possibly survive it without their hand being held. This gestault campaign allows prestiges so I'm helping design a couple for approval. How ridiculous would a Fighter/Wizard gestault prestiging into an Eldritch Knight/Abjurant Champion with twilight armour be? Too godly?

[GawainBS]

Q 155: Is there a feat that allows you to turn a weapon that is not normally a monk weapon into a monk weapon?

A 155: Three in the Eberron Campaign Setting: one for Longswords, Longspears and Twobladed Swords. Secrets of Sarlona also has Polemaster, which lets you add Poleweapons to your Monk weapons.

A157: It's not so bad as a Wizard/Arcantatrix//Druid/Planar Shephard, but it's still very, very good. IMO, over the required power level. (Btw, drop the Eldritch Knight for Swiftblade levels, and don't worry about Twilight on your armour as an Abjurant Champion. I would also replace Fighter with something useful, like Warblade.)

[kevin_video]

A157: It's not so bad as a Wizard/Arcantatrix//Druid/Planar Shephard, but it's still very, very good. IMO, over the required power level. (Btw, drop the Eldritch Knight for Swiftblade levels, and don't worry about Twilight on your armour as an Abjurant Champion. I would also replace Fighter with something useful, like Warblade.)

He's not allowing ToB in a gestault campaign. Where's swiftblade and arcantatrix from?

[Littha]

i think he means incantrix but i cant be sure

[deuxhero]

Go Factotum/wizard//Wizard/Swiftblade. Full casting and extra actions (The main weakness of a gestalt character over two characters is fewer actions, remove that weakness...)(

[kevin_video]

Go Factotum/wizard//Wizard/Swiftblade. Full casting and extra actions (The main weakness of a gestalt character over two characters is fewer actions, remove that weakness...)(

Again, where is swiftblade from?

[GawainBS]

Yes, I do mean Incantatrix. What was I thinking? Swiftblade: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20070327

[shalandar]

Q 154 According to that link to the Dread Commando and the SRD, that ability that Dread Commandoes get is ineffective since you don't get competence bonuses on initiative checks in the first place.....is this me misunderstanding or did WotC screw up again?

The SRD also says you only get Dodge bonuses to AC, when there's a core spell that gives you a dodge bonus to Reflex saves.
Generally, bonuses of the same type don't stack. Dodge and Circumstance bonuses are two exceptions.

I thought that Luck bonuses stack as well.....I swore I read that in the DMG previously.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q159: So, it seems like unseelie fey's granted powers are more appropriate as a vestige than as a template.  About what level vestige would it be?

[Chemus]

Q 160: Where does it say how the length of a knotted rope is adjusted from the rope's original length?

[Rebel7284]

Q 160: Where does it say how the length of a knotted rope is adjusted from the rope's original length?

Would that depend a lot on the number knots, the type of knot used, etc?  Seems difficult to have a consistent ruling.  If it's only a few knots for climbing, I say treat it about the same length, perhaps a foot shorter

[McPoyo]

Q 160: Where does it say how the length of a knotted rope is adjusted from the rope's original length?

Would that depend a lot on the number knots, the type of knot used, etc?  Seems difficult to have a consistent ruling.  If it's only a few knots for climbing, I say treat it about the same length, perhaps a foot shorter

I recall the 3.0 book saying it reduced length of the rope by 5 ft per knot, just like splicing ropes together did, but I do not think they retained that reference in the 3.5 book. Should fall under the Use Rope skill, though. I'm afb.

[GawainBS]

A157: It's not so bad as a Wizard/Arcantatrix//Druid/Planar Shephard, but it's still very, very good. IMO, over the required power level. (Btw, drop the Eldritch Knight for Swiftblade levels, and don't worry about Twilight on your armour as an Abjurant Champion. I would also replace Fighter with something useful, like Warblade.)

He's not allowing ToB in a gestault campaign. Where's swiftblade and arcantatrix from?

Only read that now... What the hell do people have against ToB? :s You can play a Druid/Wizard, for crying out loud...

[McPoyo]

A157: It's not so bad as a Wizard/Arcantatrix//Druid/Planar Shephard, but it's still very, very good. IMO, over the required power level. (Btw, drop the Eldritch Knight for Swiftblade levels, and don't worry about Twilight on your armour as an Abjurant Champion. I would also replace Fighter with something useful, like Warblade.)

He's not allowing ToB in a gestault campaign. Where's swiftblade and arcantatrix from?

Only read that now... What the hell do people have against ToB? :s You can play a Druid/Wizard, for crying out loud...

One of my friends used to have issues with "perceived" balance (tob, warlocks, etc), until I showed him what a straight core wizard, cleric, or druid could do without even trying.

He now doesn't like people playing those three, but could care less about anything else. It's rather comical.

[deuxhero]

Q161:Any Ur Priest handbooks in existance?

[awaken DM golem]

A161 No, but the levels 1 to 5 are not good, unless part of a dual caster build, early qualifying or something else ToB-ish. Top level is silly.
But there is room for arguing. 

Q 162 Anybody remember the Commoner TO-build that gets close to full casting ??

[Nameless Void]

Q163:

Explosive Runes.. Do they count as magical writing?

The PHB designates them as mystical runes or a magical trap but does not say that the runes are a magical writing.


Q164:

For the purposes of detonating said Runes, can a wand be used as this is not casting Dispel Magic yourself (which you would automatically succeed on).

[kevin_video]

Q 165 I've asked this in another thread, but I thought I'd get everyone's opinion. It says in the published book of Shackled City that the players probably shouldn't have completely green characters, and maybe an introductory adventure that lead to the Shackled City would be best. Especially since all of the characters should be ECL 3 by the time they finish the first section with the skulks. Any suggestions on what introductory adventure would be best?

[NiteCyper]

Q167: What's the cost for a manifestation of "Psychic Reformation"? Or, what's the cheapest way to get this manifested upon one's PC?

Finding the rules/prices for NPC castings of spells was hard enough.

Q166: Does the Uncanny Trickster PrC advance spellcasting?
I'm too lazy to even read its text.

[Nameless Void]

A165:

Do you want them to advance their characters to 3rd level?

If not, Sons of Gruumsh FR adventure 4th level to 6th if they are lucky..