Ask a Simple Question: The Revenge of the Grue

[Rebel7284]

Q237: How does Augment Healing (CD page 79) interact with the Vigor line of spells?

[cru]

A237: Vigor spells heal 0 damage normally, with Augment healing they will heal their normal 0 plus the 2/spell level. And then they also grant fast healing, which is something different.

[BowenSilverclaw]

Q238: Do you add your Strength modifier to damage when determining the damage of a direct hit with a splash weapon?

[snakeman830]

A238: I don't believe so, and the PHB makes no mention of adding Str damage to splash weapons (unlike weapon entries).

Q236: If a Soulbow charges the Mind Arrow with Psychic Strike damage, and then uses Manyshot or Greater Manyshot, what happens?  Do all the Mind arrows deliver this damage?  Does it make a difference between the two feats?  The reason I ask is that Psychic Strike is NOT precision damage, but also applies only to the first hit (before it has to be charged again).

Bumping.

[BowenSilverclaw]

A238: I don't believe so, and the PHB makes no mention of adding Str damage to splash weapons (unlike weapon entries).

Thanks.

How about the bonus damage from Point Blank Shot and other feats?

[snakeman830]

Point Blank Shot, Weapon Specialization (splash), and similar feats (note: Ranged Weapon Mastery cannot be taken as splash weapons do not do Bludgeouning, Piercing, or Slashing damage) would add to the damage, as would sneak attack and skirmish.

[BowenSilverclaw]

All I needed to know, thanks

[Nameless Void]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

[Mushroom]

Q240:Any high HD low LA creatures with good SLA's or spell casting? (please no ethergaunts)

[McPoyo]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

If your DM is twisting a wish that is doing something it is specifically called out in the spell description will happen without chance of going wrong, then you need to not use a wish at all, because he is being a gigantic douchebag. Read a Tome of X instead to get the inherent bonuses.

[snakeman830]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

Usually just "I wish I was smarter" or "I wish I was stronger" works just fine.  If it doesn't, then your DM is a dousche.

A240: Phrenic and Half Fey templates are excellent on their spell/psi-like abilities.  Gnomes have some handy ones given an imaginative player.

Now, one more time:

Q236: If a Soulbow charges the Mind Arrow with Psychic Strike damage, and then uses Manyshot or Greater Manyshot, what happens?  Do all the Mind arrows deliver this damage?  Does it make a difference between the two feats?  The reason I ask is that Psychic Strike is NOT precision damage, but also applies only to the first hit (before it has to be charged again).

[bearsarebrown]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

If "I wish for you to inherently increase my Strength" doesn't work then you should leave the group because your DM is an asshole.

[Agita]

On the other hand, you want to avoid the word 'raise'.

[Viletta Vadim]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

Dude?  Don't even go there.  Binding wish-granters is bad mojo, no matter how greedy you think you're not being.

[PhaedrusXY]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

Dude?  Don't even go there.  Binding wish-granters is bad mojo, no matter how greedy you think you're not being.

Meh. It's pretty retarded that it is actually dead easy to do, and yet some kind of "in-game" taboo exists against it. I prefer institutionalizing it via the "Wish economy", rather than pretending that it doesn't exist. The same goes for all the easy "free money" methods that exist in D&D.

If you do start doing this kind of thing and your DM doesn't have house rules (or Inevitables, or Angry Efreet Lords^TM, or whatever)set up to deal with it, it can easily ruin the game. Of course if you limit yourself to wishing for stat boosts that's not going to break anything, but the only limitation on that is your own self-control.


And... I'm sure this is going to lead to some big, off-topic, derailing argument... If you feel so compelled, I'd suggest you take it here: http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=3892.0

[Alkaru]

Q241: Aside from the Golden Lion(Torm) paladin subsitution lvl 6 Restore the weave, from Champions of Valour p44, what other means exist to repair dead magic areas in Faerun?

[PhaedrusXY]

Q241: Aside from the Golden Lion(Torm) paladin subsitution lvl 6 Restore the weave, from Champions of Valour p44, what other means exist to repair dead magic areas in Faerun?

Wish. And therefore, Planar Binding (to grab an Efreet).

[Alkaru]

Oh yeah Wish. Doh! Effective certainly but not really what I was looking for.  If a paladin of some god not even particularly connnected with magic can start fixing them (admittedly very slowly) at 6th level, you'd think a cleric of a god of magic or a wizard could do it a little earlier than (non-heavily optimized) access to wish/planar binding.  I guess I was looking for some obscure lower level spell or another class feature.

[Nameless Void]

Q239:

In binding a being that grants wishes, what wording will be very hard for a DM to twist in order to get inherent bonuses to stats?

(I'm not being greedy, just want to boost my stats slightly)

Dude?  Don't even go there.  Binding wish-granters is bad mojo, no matter how greedy you think you're not being.

Meh. It's pretty retarded that it is actually dead easy to do, and yet some kind of "in-game" taboo exists against it. I prefer institutionalizing it via the "Wish economy", rather than pretending that it doesn't exist. The same goes for all the easy "free money" methods that exist in D&D.

If you do start doing this kind of thing and your DM doesn't have house rules (or Inevitables, or Angry Efreet Lords^TM, or whatever)set up to deal with it, it can easily ruin the game. Of course if you limit yourself to wishing for stat boosts that's not going to break anything, but the only limitation on that is your own self-control.


And... I'm sure this is going to lead to some big, off-topic, derailing argument... If you feel so compelled, I'd suggest you take it here: http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=3892.0

I have asked and the DM is ok with it. I am limiting myself to Stat boosts and only for two stats. Thus not really breaking anything as they are boosts I would get anyway by reading books - only earlier than I would be able to afford books.

If he had an issue with it I wouldn't do it

[Nameless Void]

Q242:

Can Specialist Wizards use a Runestaff(MiC) to cast spells they would normally not be able cast? (Specialists cannot use wands or scrolls of those spells but this wording does not include Runestaves)