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[CannibalSmith]

A576: Yes.
A577: Yes. Readied actions are resolved before their triggers.

[ksbsnowowl]

Also, delayed damage makes the point moot, since no matter what order you chose to do that in, the temp HP will be there the next round when the damage kicks in.

Actually, it doesn't.

When you are attacked, any hit point damage the blow deals is added to your delayed damage pool.

Only damage from someone else attacking you can enter the DDP.  You can't put damage you deal to yourself in it.  Even if you could, it still wouldn't work, as you lose the temp HP's at the start of your next turn, and you don't face the DDP damage until the end of your next turn (or possibly your current turn; I don't have the book with me).

I'm on the fence of allowing Shocking Fist and Stone power to work together 'instantaneously.' Not trying to be obtuse, but I need more evidence it works that way.  I am starting to lean that direction, though.

[ksbsnowowl]

My current game is using the original 3.5 wildshape rules based on polymorph.

Q 585: Alter Self (and thus polymorph) state:

You keep all extraordinary special attacks and qualities derived from class levels, but you lose any from your normal form that are not derived from class levels.

It only calls out that you lose extraordinary qualities from your race, not SU abilities.  Does that mean that a Vampire Lord (template on WotC website that grants the ability to Wildshape into animal forms as a 12th level druid) wildshaped into the form of a Dire Wolf still has access to Dominate, Energy Drain, Create Spawn, Children of the Night, and Damage Reduction granted to it by virtue of it being a vampire?

[Kuroimaken]

Also, delayed damage makes the point moot, since no matter what order you chose to do that in, the temp HP will be there the next round when the damage kicks in.

Actually, it doesn't.

When you are attacked, any hit point damage the blow deals is added to your delayed damage pool.

Only damage from someone else attacking you can enter the DDP.  You can't put damage you deal to yourself in it.  Even if you could, it still wouldn't work, as you lose the temp HP's at the start of your next turn, and you don't face the DDP damage until the end of your next turn (or possibly your current turn; I don't have the book with me).

I'm on the fence of allowing Shocking Fist and Stone power to work together 'instantaneously.' Not trying to be obtuse, but I need more evidence it works that way.  I am starting to lean that direction, though.

Good catch, I didn't see that.

It sounds like it should be feasible, though. Consider this: activating Shocking Fist is a free action, right? You can take a free action at any time during your action. Between deciding your action and resolving it there is a gap you can exploit. Here's the order of things:

1) Decide your action (activate Stone Power). At this point, the penalty starts applying and you get the temp HP needed for the trick to work.
2) Activate Shocking Fist. Lost the temp HP.
3) Resolve action (attack with shocking fist + stone power).
4)
5) Profit!

[HaHuh?]

Q 586:Can you use the cleric's alternate class feature Spontaneous Domain Casting with the anyspell spell to prepare several wizard spells per day (as long as you don't have two or more wizard spells prepared at once)?

[jameswilliamogle]

Q 587 Is there an easy way to paste over an Excel spreadsheet not already HTML coded so that it shows up in tabular form here on the boards?

[juton]

Q 586:Can you use the cleric's alternate class feature Spontaneous Domain Casting with the anyspell spell to prepare several wizard spells per day (as long as you don't have two or more wizard spells prepared at once)?

A 586 Yes. Like you noticed you can only have one arcane spell prepaired at any given time but you can cast it multiple times per day. The Initiate of Mystra feat from player's guide to Faerun lets you cast it like a normal spell as well.

Q 587 Is there an easy way to paste over an Excel spreadsheet not already HTML coded so that it shows up in tabular form here on the boards?

You can post things
in a fixed width font like this
by using the typewritter icon

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

...wildshaped into the form of a Dire Wolf still has access to Dominate, Energy Drain, Create Spawn, Children of the Night, and Damage Reduction granted to it by virtue of it being a vampire?

Q585: Yes: "The creature retains the spell-like abilities and supernatural attacks of its old form (except for breath weapons and gaze attacks)." Perhaps not the dominate since IIRC it is a gaze attack. But still, vampire spawn while you are a bat if fun

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

Q572: Does the Codex Anathema (LoM 214) allow a character to exceed those skill ranks? Most anything else that says it gives ranks has like 5 different sentences explaining how it can't be used to exceed the level+3 max rank limit...

Bump, again....

[CannibalSmith]

A572: Yes. It gives you the skill ranks and that's that. No.

[Tshern]

Actually it doesn't. Nowhere does it say that you can exceed the normal limit. The same way you cannot gain +4 inherent bonus from Wishes and then gain another +5 from, say, a Tome, because it doesn't explicitly allow you to break the normal rules.

[Sunic_Flames]

I forget the number, but this is a repost that was never really answered.

Is there any sort of D&D statblock for the chain blades from God of War?

[LimaBeanMage]

Q 586: Can a character with the magic domain still use UMD to achieve a higher caster level when using staffs meant for a wizard?

[Bozwevial]

I forget the number, but this is a repost that was never really answered.

Is there any sort of D&D statblock for the chain blades from God of War?

I think I remember seeing this somewhere...maybe in Dragon? I'll have to look.

[BowenSilverclaw]

Yeah, it was definitely in a Dragon Magazine, I already posted that, I just don't remember which issue...

[PhaedrusXY]

Q 586: Can a character with the magic domain still use UMD to achieve a higher caster level when using staffs meant for a wizard?

it is very debateable whether you can boost the CL using UMD to activate a staff at all... It is game breaking if you allow it, and there are other interpretations which don't allow it...

[Sunic_Flames]

Yeah, it was definitely in a Dragon Magazine, I already posted that, I just don't remember which issue...

I checked the Dragon Compendium and it had nothing even close to that. *shrugs*

[Runestar]

Yeah, it was definitely in a Dragon Magazine, I already posted that, I just don't remember which issue...

I checked the Dragon Compendium and it had nothing even close to that. *shrugs*

According to google, it should be in dragon 328 (page 68 - 69).

[Callix]

Q 586: Can a character with the magic domain still use UMD to achieve a higher caster level when using staffs meant for a wizard?

it is very debateable whether you can boost the CL using UMD to activate a staff at all... It is game breaking if you allow it, and there are other interpretations which don't allow it...

UMD lets you act as if you have a Caster Level of Check-20 for the purposes of using a magic item. Staves are magic items. Staves let you use your caster level instead of the item's if yours is higher when you use it.

Yes, it is gamebreaking if pushed and commonly houseruled, but RAW it works. You're free never to allow it, and I encourage DMs to disallow things like CL 100 Holy Word spam, but by the rules it works.

[Nanshork]

Q587: Where can I find the information for fractional BAB/saves?