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[Agita]

Isn't add actually better than replace? unless you have negative STR i suppose

I think you just answered your own question

And welcome to the forums.

Yes, that's exactly the problem. I want to get some extra damage on a cat, so Str is pretty deep in the negatives.

[BowenSilverclaw]

Isn't add actually better than replace? unless you have negative STR i suppose

I think you just answered your own question

And welcome to the forums.

Yes, that's exactly the problem. I want to get some extra damage on a cat, so Str is pretty deep in the negatives.

How's the Int score? Maybe Swashbuckler 3?

[Agita]

Isn't add actually better than replace? unless you have negative STR i suppose

I think you just answered your own question

And welcome to the forums.

Yes, that's exactly the problem. I want to get some extra damage on a cat, so Str is pretty deep in the negatives.

How's the Int score? Maybe Swashbuckler 3?

Uses class levels and also adds rather than replaces.
Slippers of Battledancing might work, though.

[Viletta Vadim]

Slippers of Battledancing might work, though.

Heh.  Puss in booties.

[PhaedrusXY]

Q 47: The psionic power Dissolving Touch turns your next attack into a touch attack. Dissolving weapon says "As dissolving touch, except your weapon is charged with acid until you make a successful attack"... so could that be interpreted as making your next attack a touch attack?

Also, the wording seems kind of ambiguous as to whether it adds to your weapon damage or replaces it.

A47: When delivering touch attack spells, you can always opt to make a normal unarmed attack (not touch), and have the touch attack spell be delivered on top of the damage. This was spelled out way back in Tome and Blood or something. So you could either deliver the acid by itself as a touch attack, or make a normal attack and have the acid damage be on top of that, for either power.

[McPoyo]

Q 47: The psionic power Dissolving Touch turns your next attack into a touch attack. Dissolving weapon says "As dissolving touch, except your weapon is charged with acid until you make a successful attack"... so could that be interpreted as making your next attack a touch attack?

Also, the wording seems kind of ambiguous as to whether it adds to your weapon damage or replaces it.

A47: When delivering touch attack spells, you can always opt to make a normal unarmed attack (not touch), and have the touch attack spell be delivered on top of the damage. This was spelled out way back in Tome and Blood or something. So you could either deliver the acid by itself as a touch attack, or make a normal attack and have the acid damage be on top of that, for either power.

Tome and Blood, and in the 3.5 FAQ, as well. However, if you opt to apply the spell during a normal attack, as opposed to it's own stand alone Touch, if you miss the target (even if it would hit his touch AC), the spell doesn't effect them.

[shalandar]

Q: 48: Why does McPoyo have a pigeon from the Goodfeathers Animaniacs cartoon as his picture?  It seems kind of creepy getting (good) advice from a pigeon....   

[Agita]

Q: 48: Why does McPoyo have a pigeon from the Goodfeathers Animaniacs cartoon as his picture?  It seems kind of creepy getting (good) advice from a pigeon....   

Getting advice from a pigeon, you say?

[McPoyo]

Q: 48: Why does McPoyo have a pigeon from the Goodfeathers Animaniacs cartoon as his picture?  It seems kind of creepy getting (good) advice from a pigeon....   

A48 It's actually from a penny arcade wallpaper, which I cannot find the original link for, but have stored.
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4355/pennyarcadepigeondeskto.jpg

[McPoyo]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

[shalandar]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

A49: Why not just get a bag of tricks or two?  You can control each animal for 10 minutes, more than enough time for trap finding.

[McPoyo]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

A49: Why not just get a bag of tricks or two?  You can control each animal for 10 minutes, more than enough time for trap finding.

It's more for intentionally blowing them up on foes in dungeons than trapfinding. I have a gullible BSF in the party for the traps.

[Viletta Vadim]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

A49: Why not just get a bag of tricks or two?  You can control each animal for 10 minutes, more than enough time for trap finding.

It's more for intentionally blowing them up on foes in dungeons than trapfinding. I have a gullible BSF in the party for the traps.

Your best bet is probably a chicken-infested commoner.  (A Dungeon magazine flaw.)  Otherwise?  Just raid a farm.  Or lay out a bunch of grain in some rat-infested whatever.

[McPoyo]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

A49: Why not just get a bag of tricks or two?  You can control each animal for 10 minutes, more than enough time for trap finding.

It's more for intentionally blowing them up on foes in dungeons than trapfinding. I have a gullible BSF in the party for the traps.

Your best bet is probably a chicken-infested commoner.  (A Dungeon magazine flaw.)  Otherwise?  Just raid a farm.  Or lay out a bunch of grain in some rat-infested whatever.

I had forgotten Chicken Infested. Wonderful!

[snakeman830]

Q50: What alternate class features or variants of Druid do not gain Wild Shape?  I know the Shapeshift variant and the Shifter substitution levels, but are there any others?

[PhaedrusXY]

Q49 Is there a spell that will call animals or other low-hd creatures to you? Preferably level 3 or under. I'm looking for an easy way to gather large numbers of weak creatures to hit with a fell animate'd aoe spell attached to a Destruction Retribution in an E6 game without access to buying large numbers of cheap animals in town. An easily renewable source, as it were.

Well... Psionic Charm can affect monstrous humanoids at level 3. So charm a harpy, and diplomance it up to Friendly/Fanatic. Then have it use it's Captivating Song. The range is freakin' crazy huge at 300 feet, and it is a spread, which means it can go around corners. So you could lure half the freakin' dungeon to you, and they'd just stand there while you slaughter them. (I realize this isn't that realistic at level 3... )

[Ithamar]

A50:  One of my favourite alternate versions:  Monk's AC & Favoured Enemy Druid is from UA.  And there is always the Aspect of Nature variant as well.  The druid handbook has a few other options as well.

[TheEndIsNear]

Any way to play a permanently collosal character?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Any way to play a permanently collosal character?

Yes, but it's got 18 hit dice and LA +35.

[ksbsnowowl]

Away from my books for a few more hours...

Q 51: What is the caster level of the Spriggan's spell-like abilities (Fiend Folio)?

Q 52: A Spriggan Swashbucker could qualify for Daring Outlaw all by himself, but what happens when he becomes large-sized?  Would he then lose all his sneak attack?

Sub-question A: Assuming the above Spriggan would lose all his sneak attack, and wants to prevent that, what is the best way for him to gain the +2d6 sneak attack with the least impact to his BAB? I suppose a level of Warblade and two levels of fighter to get Cloak of Deception and Assassin's Stance without a BAB hit?

Edit:  Found the caster-level on-line; CL 8.  That means a Spriggan Fey 5/LA 2/Swashbuckler 9 (or something similar) could fight with Produce Flame, doing 2 full attack touch sneak attacks out of every 3 rounds.

Round 1: Invoke the Produce Flame and throw it at your target, then move into flanking position.
Round 2: Three touch attacks at BAB +11/+6/+1 (and add +5 dex mod to that), plus flanking +2, for 9d6+5 fire damage each hit.
Round 3: Repeat round 2.
Round 4: Touch attack once and 5-ft step away.
Round 5: Repeat steps 1-4.

Not bad.  Sure, resistance to fire hinders it, but still not bad.