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[pfooti]

Q57: How does Fell Drain (libris mortis) interact with spells that deal periodic damage? Do targets take a negative level each time they take damage from the spell, or just the first time?

[Shigunaru]

Q58

The text of the spell expeditius retreat says:

(snip)...There is no effect on other modes of movement, such as burrow, climb, fly, or swim.

How does this interact wit spells and abilities like "sudden shift" that gives you a flight, burrow, climb or swim speed equal to your land speed?

On a side note, I hate my picky DM and I want a whole optimization forum to backup my rule-lawyering opinions

[AfterCrescent]

A 58. As long as expeditious retreat is cast first, your land speed is base +30, so the sudden shift will give you a speed equal to that.

On a side note, you better not be talking about me

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q59. If you have haste in effect, and are wearing the wings from the phoenix item set (MIC), which give you a fly speed equal to your land speed, do you get +30 to your land speed, which becomes your new base fly speed, which then gains an additional +30 (for a total of +60 speed), or do you only get +30 speed?

 It isn't quite having the same bonus apply twice...

[BoSheck]

Q60
Apart from Drow Paragon, is there a prestige class/psuedo prestige class that a wizard can enter before 6th level which advances spellcasting 1st level AND has at least 3/4 BAB.

[Maximiano]

Q61-
How can a ranger apply his favored enemy damage bonus on undead?

[Runestar]

Q61-
How can a ranger apply his favored enemy damage bonus on undead?

He already can in 3.5, since FE damage is no longer precision-based, and will thus apply even to crit-immune foes like constructs and elementals.

[Surreal]

A 60: I can't think of any... unless you're willing to use one of the early entry tricks like the krau sigil or precocious apprentice or earth spell, etc.

[AfterCrescent]

A60a. You mention drow paragon, but there are other paragon classes if that's possible. Otherwise, I agree with Surreal

[Shigunaru]

[spoiler]

A 58. As long as expeditious retreat is cast first, your land speed is base +30, so the sudden shift will give you a speed equal to that.

On a side note, you better not be talking about me

That's how I see it, too... And no, I wasn't talking about you

The question came to mind reading my character sheet from your PbP game and remembering a past episode at my game table, tho.  [/spoiler]

A59
I'd say you gain 30ft landspeed and 60ft flight speed:

landspeed = base speed+haste
Flight speed = landspeed+haste

Nice!

[Cyrocloud]

Q62  What bonus to damage roll do you get for weilding a weapon with 4 and 3 hands (I think there is something on it in SS but I don't own it)?

[AfterCrescent]

A 62. SS is 3.0, so arguably void, but it states that each additional hand grants +1/2 Str bonus so 3 hands is 2x Str and 4 Hands is 2.5x Str.

[Prime32]

Q62  What bonus to damage roll do you get for weilding a weapon with 4 and 3 hands (I think there is something on it in SS but I don't own it)?

Yes, each additional hand (to a maximum of 6, IIRC) grants +1/2 Str, but the weapon has to be modified for it.

[Surreal]

Q 62b: Anyone want to guess how uncanny blow interacts with that? I would guess it either adds 1/2 Str or increases the ratio to match your number of hands.

[Risada]

Q63: is there any monster summonable through Summon Monster that possess an aura or easy to hit ability impose penalties to saves, besides the howler?

[ksbsnowowl]

Q63: is there any monster summonable through Summon Monster that possess an aura or easy to hit ability impose penalties to saves, besides the howler?

A 63: Summon Monster VII can summon an Avoral, which has a fear aura that makes foes panicked (-2 to attacks, saves, skills, and checks). 

[pfooti]

A63a: Also, the Archons you can summon starting with the Lantern in SM-IV have aura of menace, which is a pretty low save DC, but if the enemy fails, it's a -2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura.

[altpersona]

Q64

where are the rules for the number of spells you can concentrate on / maintain at one time.

[pfooti]

A64:

Importantly: concentrating is a standard action (of which you get one) and you can't cast one spell while concentrating on another (so even if you get another standard action somehow).

[altpersona]

yip, didnt see the second part when i was reading the first part...