Ask a Simple Question 23: You know the drill

[wotmaniac]

Q179: Is there any restriction to bonus languages a character gains from high intelligence, barring Druidic?

A179: Yes.  Bonus languages from high intelligence must come from your race or class list (if your class offers one).  Sucks for warforged.   

C179: That rule is one of the most ignored rules of DnD, and most DMs don't even remember it.

Which is a terrible nerf to Humans, who can have any.

oh, my heart's pumping peanut butter for 'em. 
given that they are the default race for just about everything -- primarily because of their race-exclusive options -- I don't see this as a problem.

[Vinom]

Q179: Is there any restriction to bonus languages a character gains from high intelligence, barring Druidic?

A179: Yes.  Bonus languages from high intelligence must come from your race or class list (if your class offers one).  Sucks for warforged.  

C179: That rule is one of the most ignored rules of DnD, and most DMs don't even remember it.

Which is a terrible nerf to Humans, who can have any.

Please it's impossible to nerf humans, they're built so they a balanced neutral and are a viable option for every class, and the few racial variants of human (Silverbrow, Karsite, etc) are all powerful for their LA.

[Sobolev]

Q179: Is there any restriction to bonus languages a character gains from high intelligence, barring Druidic?

A179: Yes.  Bonus languages from high intelligence must come from your race or class list (if your class offers one).  Sucks for warforged.  

C179: That rule is one of the most ignored rules of DnD, and most DMs don't even remember it.

Which is a terrible nerf to Humans, who can have any.

Please it's impossible to nerf humans, they're built so they a balanced neutral and are a viable option for every class, and the few racial variants of human (Silverbrow, Karsite, etc) are all powerful for their LA.

Just to clarify, that was my attempt at sarcasm.

[Jopustopin]

C179: That rule is one of the most ignored rules of DnD, and most DMs don't even remember it.^{Citation Needed}

[geniussavant]

Q181:What happens to a character that has vow of poverty and uses (psionic) minor creation to make something? I'm curious, because the feat says nothing about thing that are temporarily created by magic/psionics, and I might be running such a character soon.

[kevin_video]

Bumping

Q 177 What Dungeon adventure was it that had an evil hound archon?

Q 182 Is there an item that can make a regular weapon into a magic weapon for a small period of time?

[Vinom]

Q 182 Is there an item that can make a regular weapon into a magic weapon for a small period of time?

Gloves of Greater Magic Weapon once per day?

[kevin_video]

Q 182 Is there an item that can make a regular weapon into a magic weapon for a small period of time?

Gloves of Greater Magic Weapon once per day?

Anything that's already pre-made?

[Garryl]

Q 182 Is there an item that can make a regular weapon into a magic weapon for a small period of time?

Gloves of Greater Magic Weapon once per day?

Anything that's already pre-made?

Tooth of Leraje gives a CL 20 GMW 1/day for 21.6k.

[kevin_video]

Q 182 Is there an item that can make a regular weapon into a magic weapon for a small period of time?

Gloves of Greater Magic Weapon once per day?

Anything that's already pre-made?

Tooth of Leraje gives a CL 20 GMW 1/day for 21.6k.

That works. I was just about to edit this and ask that no potions be given as suggestions, but that tooth should work fine. Thanks.

[Integral]

Q183: Without spoilers, if I were to play a Dragonfire Inspiration Bard in an upcoming RHoD campaign, would there be a significant difference between choosing fire or cold damage?

[SneeR]

Q 184
When does a creature deal constrict damage?
Is it every time it makes a successful grapple check? If so, does that mean everytime it succeeds on a grapple check to prevent someone from escaping the grapple, every time they make a grapple check to maintain the grapple, and every time they make a grapple check to deal unarmed strike damage? Because that will add up really quickly.

Or is it only wen they succeed on a grapple check specifically to deal constrict damage, which they can only make on their turn? Does that grapple check count as an attack action? This makes more sense, but the rules seem ambiguous.

Can anyone pull a quote from somewhere clearing things up more than the MMs did?

[ksbsnowowl]

Q 185: The Wild Hunter has a megaloceros mount, and the Trample feat.  Trample lets your mount make a hoof attack as you overrun your target, but a megaloceros doesn't have a hoof attack.  But it does get a stampede ability, which is functionally similar to trample, it is just contingent upon there being at least 5 of them...

RAW, does this feat do such a Wild Hunter no good?

Would it be amiss to rule that the megalocerus can trample for 1d4+5 or 1d3+5 damage?

Q 186: The mounted combat feat states:

becomes the regular AC.)

Does this feat work when the mount is struck by a touch attack effect (Eldritch Blast, for example)?  It notes "regular AC," though I imagine this was just short-sightedness on the part of the game writers.

[Gnomeo]

A 184: A creature with the Constrict special ability deals Constrict damage in one of two ways (Rules Compendium, pg 100):

1) Whenever it uses a grapple check to deal damage (in addition to the normal unarmed damage), meaning the creature used an attack action to make a grapple check to deal damage to its opponent during its turn.  The number of grapple checks is dependent on base attack bonus as usual if using the full attack action.

2) If the creature has Improved Grab, it also deals Constrict damage along with the initial grapple check to grab the enemy (in addition to the normal unarmed or natural weapon damage).

[RelentlessImp]

Q 187
Is this feat as bad as I think it is?

Mastery of the Silver Void (Player's Guide to Eberron, page 126): Automatically quicken any conjuration (teleportation) spell at -9 caster level.

As in, can't even actually use any conjuration (teleportation) spells until you're 9 levels past the level you get access to them? (IIRC, there's a line in the PHB about needing a minimum caster level to cast spells of certain levels.)

[godzilla5939]

Q 188 Are there any +0 LA races with a positive Wis modifier?

[RelentlessImp]

Q 188 Are there any +0 LA races with a positive Wis modifier?

Buomman, Planar Handbook.
Also most of the Small-sized Anthropomorphic Animals from Savage Species.

[kevin_video]

Q 189 Actual scenario. PC wants to get information out of a BBEG "Bond villain" NPC before the PC gets knocked off. This is your typical stall for time while getting a confession out of the villain scenario. The NPC is smart, but not that wise, and might actually be stupid enough to give away the farm to the PC. What would be the opposed skills involved? Bluff vs Sense Motive? Gather Information vs Sense Motive, maybe?

[Agita]

A 189

Bluff vs. Sense Motive is most appropiate, I'd say.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q 188 Are there any +0 LA races with a positive Wis modifier?

Lots of lesser planetouched - see my handbook.