Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer 26: Still better than CustServ

[jojolagger]

Q 130 b I am trying to create a single person item that acts as an ambrosia generator. Are there any spells that cause pain without causing actual damage, and are better for and item than a Level 2, minutes/level spell, or alternately, a cheap magic item that causes the wearer to feel pain?

You mean a liquid pain generator?

My advice is to use the lawful evil mendicant scheme.

Ambrosia is the good equivalent.
I can't use liquid pain because my char is Good.
BoVD has an item that converts pain to pleasure, so that plus source of pain nets me a Distil Joy Target.

Edit:Q 130 b (fixed) I am trying to create a single person item that acts as an ambrosia generator. Are there any spells that cause pain without causing actual damage, and are better for and item than a Level 2, minutes/level spell, or alternately, a cheap magic item that causes the wearer to feel pain, or any spell that creates a feeling of bliss, joy or something similar?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q 130 b I am trying to create a single person item that acts as an ambrosia generator. Are there any spells that cause pain without causing actual damage, and are better for and item than a Level 2, minutes/level spell, or alternately, a cheap magic item that causes the wearer to feel pain?

You mean a liquid pain generator?

My advice is to use the lawful evil mendicant scheme.

Ambrosia is the good equivalent.
I can't use liquid pain because my char is Good.
BoVD has an item that converts pain to pleasure, so that plus source of pain nets me a Distil Joy Target.

Edit:Q 130 b (fixed) I am trying to create a single person item that acts as an ambrosia generator. Are there any spells that cause pain without causing actual damage, and are better for and item than a Level 2, minutes/level spell, or alternately, a cheap magic item that causes the wearer to feel pain, or any spell that creates a feeling of bliss, joy or something similar?

I'm pretty sure that that item is just as [evil] as liquid pain itself is.

[jojolagger]

I'm pretty sure that that item is just as [evil] as liquid pain itself is.

Said item lacks an [evil] tag, Doesn't need an evil alignment to create, and counteracts spells with the [evil] tag.
Also, liquid pain only works for evil spellcasters, and the character I want to do this with is NG.

A 130b(fixed): Telempathic Projection power

[maurezen]

Q 132
Can conjuration(creation) byproducts exist in antimagic field? Namely, can one shoot an Orb of Acid into an AMF and hit someone?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q 132
Can conjuration(creation) byproducts exist in antimagic field? Namely, can one shoot an Orb of Acid into an AMF and hit someone?

Yeah, the orb isn't inherently magical.

[snakeman830]

Q 132
Can conjuration(creation) byproducts exist in antimagic field? Namely, can one shoot an Orb of Acid into an AMF and hit someone?

So long as the spell has an instantaneous duration, yes.  This is explicitly spelled out in the text of AMF.

[McPoyo]

Q131: does a mounted rider provoke aoo's when casting spells, firing ranged weapons etc..  as an unmounted creature would? iim thinking that because you share space with your mount your probably do not...?

your space becomes that of your mount, so yes, they still provoke, just like you can still attack without a reach weapon when mounted.

[kevin_video]

Q 133 When figuring out the cost of ammunition made out of special materials, is it the +X on top of the pack of ammo, or is it multipled because it's +X for each item within the pack? Like silver bolts and arrows for instance. Is it 3 gold for 10 bolts and 20 arrows, or is it 1 gold + (20 arrows or 10 bolts x 2 gold)?

[PhaedrusXY]

Q131: does a mounted rider provoke aoo's when casting spells, firing ranged weapons etc..  as an unmounted creature would? iim thinking that because you share space with your mount your probably do not...?

your space becomes that of your mount, so yes, they still provoke, just like you can still attack without a reach weapon when mounted.

Don't forget that you can take cover as a free action with a (relatively easy) ride check, and that having cover prevents attacks of opportunity.

Edit: Whoops... that prevents spellcasting... I thought it only prevented attacks...

[PhaedrusXY]

Q 132
Can conjuration(creation) byproducts exist in antimagic field? Namely, can one shoot an Orb of Acid into an AMF and hit someone?

Yeah, the orb isn't inherently magical.

Yes. Neither are Orbs of Force magical, evidently. 

[studderingdave]

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

[kremti]

Q134

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

A134
Spell Focus (conjuration) -> Augment Summoning come to my mind immediately...

-K

[Sinfire Titan]

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

This really isn't the right thread to ask for build help...

[Sobolev]

Q134

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

A134
Spell Focus (conjuration) -> Augment Summoning come to my mind immediately...

-K

A134  Off the top of my head...

1st: Ashbound
Human: Greenbound Summoning
3rd: Extend Spell
**6th: Natural Spell
**12th: Dragon Wild Shape

And you should do as suggested above and figure out how to work in Augment Summoning.

Note: The Extend Spell doesn't get nearly as exciting if you don't use Creeping Cold.

[Lycanthromancer]

Q135: I've got a druid who has a woodchuck as an animal companion. Would it be a good idea to retrain one of its feats to Weapon Proficiency with the caber? And does anyone know of a way to increase its attack bonus so it can throw as many of them per round as possible?

Q136: Does anyone see what I just did there?

[Sinfire Titan]

Q136: Does anyone see what I just did there?

A136: I hate you so much.

[Sobolev]

Q136: Does anyone see what I just did there?

A136: I hate you so much.

Really?  I rather liked it.

[PhaedrusXY]

Q134

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

A134
Spell Focus (conjuration) -> Augment Summoning come to my mind immediately...

-K

A134  Off the top of my head...

1st: Ashbound
Human: Greenbound Summoning
3rd: Extend Spell
**6th: Natural Spell
**12th: Dragon Wild Shape

And you should do as suggested above and figure out how to work in Augment Summoning.

Power Attack, Combat Reflexes, Improved Natural Attack (Claw), Improved Natural Attack (Bite), Multiattack, maybe Improved Multiattack, maybe Hover.

[Sobolev]

Q134

7th level druid using core rules only, what feats should i take? assuming i am human with 18 WIS and 17 CON. Natural spell seems like a given, but what else? thoughts?

A134
Spell Focus (conjuration) -> Augment Summoning come to my mind immediately...

-K

A134  Off the top of my head...

1st: Ashbound
Human: Greenbound Summoning
3rd: Extend Spell
**6th: Natural Spell
**12th: Dragon Wild Shape

And you should do as suggested above and figure out how to work in Augment Summoning.

Power Attack, Combat Reflexes, Improved Natural Attack (Claw), Improved Natural Attack (Bite), Multiattack, maybe Improved Multiattack, maybe Hover.

Oh gross, I assumed that was a joke!

[Lycanthromancer]

Oh gross, I assumed that was a joke!

On the bright side, druids are one of the, what, three or four classes that can actually function properly in core?

Huzzah!