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Q631

If i take the martial study feat, and i have levels in an initiator class, does the maneuver gained become part of my maneuvers known for that class (and subject to it's maneuvers readied limit)?  What if i took the feat several levels before i had levels in an initiator class?

Q632

If i take the martial study feat to gain a Shadowhand maneuver, does that allow me to spend maneuvers or stances gained from later Warblade levels to get more Shadowhand maneuvers/stances?

[Runestar]

Q631

If i take the martial study feat, and i have levels in an initiator class, does the maneuver gained become part of my maneuvers known for that class (and subject to it's maneuvers readied limit)? 

Yes.

What if i took the feat several levels before i had levels in an initiator class?

They will be tracked separately. Let us use a fighter4/warblade1 sample character to illustrate this. Say at fighter2, 3 and 4, the player took martial study 3 times to gain the use of 3 1st lv maneuvers (steel wind, stone bones and charging minotaur). He can use each 1/encounter without no option for recharge. He then takes 1 lv of warblade. He gets 3 more maneuvers known and 3 maneuver readied slots, which he can use to ready only the 3 chosen via warblade. He cannot opt to select maneuvers already selected by martial study earlier on (in this case, steel wind, stone bones and charging minotaur), nor can he ready those maneuvers via warblade slots.

You have to decide if extra maneuvers available is worth not being able to refresh them during combat.

It is a fairly effective way of giving monster npcs a lot of maneuvers for a low cr increment (have it take martial study thrice prior to a lv of martial adept). At +1cr, you get the use of 6/7 maneuvers.

Q632

If i take the martial study feat to gain a Shadowhand maneuver, does that allow me to spend maneuvers or stances gained from later Warblade levels to get more Shadowhand maneuvers/stances?

No. You are still limited to the 5 schools listed for warblade.

[Vynar]

Q633 I have seen Othyg hole listed in builds as a way to acquire the Iron Will feat but I can't find any information on it. Where is it's information located? A Dragon Magazine perhaps?

[Surreal]

A 633: Complete Scoundrel, p.151

[Operation Shoestring]

Q633 I have seen Othyg hole listed in builds as a way to acquire the Iron Will feat but I can't find any information on it. Where is it's information located? A Dragon Magazine perhaps?

As a side note to this, by the original TEXT using an Othyg hole to gain a feat has serious RP implications, and can be seen as similar to so called "RP Flaws".  Consult your DM before using.

As both DM and player, I have no problem with using this- but the Character darn well better be embittered and world-weary if not outright suffering PTSD. 

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q633 I have seen Othyg hole listed in builds as a way to acquire the Iron Will feat but I can't find any information on it. Where is it's information located? A Dragon Magazine perhaps?

As a side note to this, by the original TEXT using an Othyg hole to gain a feat has serious RP implications, and can be seen as similar to so called "RP Flaws".  Consult your DM before using.

As both DM and player, I have no problem with using this- but the Character darn well better be embittered and world-weary if not outright suffering PTSD. 

"Um... I'm repressing it.  Yeah.  My powers of denial have given me extremely selective amnesia."

[Arquebuz]

Q634: Anyone know if a warforged's battlefist renders the hand inoperable for other tasks (like two-handing a polearm)?  It is compared to a spiked gauntlet, which wouldn't, but also uses the phrase "completely covers the hand".  The attachable bastard sword specifically notes that the appendage eliminates hand usage, but the battlefist description doesn't.  Wishful thinking?

[Operation Shoestring]

Q633 I have seen Othyg hole listed in builds as a way to acquire the Iron Will feat but I can't find any information on it. Where is it's information located? A Dragon Magazine perhaps?

As a side note to this, by the original TEXT using an Othyg hole to gain a feat has serious RP implications, and can be seen as similar to so called "RP Flaws".  Consult your DM before using.

As both DM and player, I have no problem with using this- but the Character darn well better be embittered and world-weary if not outright suffering PTSD. 

"Um... I'm repressing it.  Yeah.  My powers of denial have given me extremely selective amnesia."

Wouldn't fly with me (I have a "you made your bed, now lie in it" attitude), but if YOUR DM buys it, more power to you.

I must be noted that for all that i tend to be a monty haul DM i also make you do a DC 25 survival check to light a fire by rubbing sticks if you forgot the flint and tinder.

[jha85]

Q635: What +1 template should I pick for my Whisper Gnome Warlock? Although anything with +Dex, Con or Cha is great. (I get a +1 LA for free)

[Sunic_Flames]

Dark is a good choice. Doesn't help any of those stats, but Whisper Gnomes are already good at stealth and this helps immensely with that. If they can't see you, they're flat footed so you hit them easier, and they don't hit you anyways.

[Rebel7284]

A635: as noted, Dark is a classic.  If you really want the stat bumps, Draconic gives +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Cha

[Kuroimaken]

Q636: Is there a full list of races/templates/etc. somewhere (preferrably not Crystalkeep, as it seems to occasionally leave books out)?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

A635: as noted, Dark is a classic.  If you really want the stat bumps, Draconic gives +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Cha

Don't go for Dark, you can pick up a collar of umbral metamorphosis for fairly cheap.

[Sunic_Flames]

A635: as noted, Dark is a classic.  If you really want the stat bumps, Draconic gives +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Cha

Don't go for Dark, you can pick up a collar of umbral metamorphosis for fairly cheap.

Normally I'd recommend this as well, but the LA is free, and how many other LA 1s actually do something significant for you?

[Agita]

A635: as noted, Dark is a classic.  If you really want the stat bumps, Draconic gives +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Cha

Don't go for Dark, you can pick up a collar of umbral metamorphosis for fairly cheap.

Depending on ECL, I wouldn't call 10.5k/22k cheap, and as Sunic said, it's free, so he might as well.

[Negative Zero]

http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=854328

Bam.

[ksbsnowowl]

Q 637:. A warlock's invocations are all standard actions to invoke (per Comp Arcane), but the spell Summon Swarm takes a full round to cast.  Summon swarm is still only a standard action for a warlock to invoke, correct?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

A635: as noted, Dark is a classic.  If you really want the stat bumps, Draconic gives +2 Str, +2 Con, +2 Cha

Don't go for Dark, you can pick up a collar of umbral metamorphosis for fairly cheap.

Normally I'd recommend this as well, but the LA is free, and how many other LA 1s actually do something significant for you?

Ack.  I forgot that warlock levels wouldn't enhance mineral warrior DR.

[Chemus]

Q 637:. A warlock's invocations are all standard actions to invoke (per Comp Arcane), but the spell Summon Swarm takes a full round to cast.  Summon swarm is still only a standard action for a warlock to invoke, correct?

A 637: SLA's, and invocations, only take one standard action to cast. The only listed differences between SLA's and invocations is the Somatic component, and the spell failure in med. or heavy armor.

[tusk]

Q 638: Can someone explain how Planar Touchstone(Plh) works? As far as I understand is that you become attuned to a place, and you get some powers(with quite a bit of limits), but there's no mentioning I can get domain powers with it as far as I'm aware of.