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A useful feat for any buffer
« on: May 08, 2010, 07:23:17 AM »
Open your copy of the Dragon Compendium, to page 91, and the Ability Enhancer feat. As per the feat's description:

Any transmutation spell you cast that enhances ability scores increases the ability scores by +2 more than it normally does. For example, casting bull's strength with this feat grants the subject a +6 enhancement bonus to Strength, instead of the usual +4 enhancement bonus.

It's certainly not game breaking, but I can see most Clerics or Incantatrixes taking it.

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2010, 07:31:12 AM »
Yes, it is useful.  Animalistic Power for the win!

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2010, 08:25:07 AM »
There are broken applications for this, mind. Consider that it takes an Epic feat to get +1 to an ability score, and this once gets +2 to every good buff spell.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2010, 08:29:59 AM »
Note that Shapechange seems to work with this... ouch.

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2010, 09:03:00 AM »
Note that Shapechange seems to work with this... ouch.

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Depends on your reading of the word 'increase', really. Is 'increase' any improvement of your previous ability scores? Or is increase a 'bonus' to your ability score? I'm sure most players would hope the former!

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2010, 09:44:22 AM »
note that it says " that enhances ability scores", and shapechanges replaces ability scores. stack they do not.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2010, 10:07:45 AM »
I think Anklebite's got it on this one, the Polymorph chain seems to be out.

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2010, 10:16:41 AM »
Bite Of The Werebear & Necromantic Empowerment work though.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2010, 11:07:45 AM »
Draconic Polymorph?

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2010, 11:08:40 AM »
Isn't there a spell which boosts every ability score at once?
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2010, 11:09:17 AM »
Draconic Polymorph?
yep, that works.

Isn't there a spell which boosts every ability score at once?
animalistic power.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2010, 11:10:32 AM »
There are two more: Greater Visage of the Deity (good version) and Chasing Perfection.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2010, 11:11:59 AM »
Chasing Perfection.
That's the one I was thinking of.
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[spoiler]Tier 6: A cartographer.
Tier 5: An expert cartographer or a decent marksman.
Tier 4: An expert marksman.
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Tier 2: Someone with teleportation, mind control, time manipulation, intangibility, the ability to turn into an exact duplicate of anything, or the ability to see into the future with perfect accuracy.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2010, 11:13:31 AM »
Also noteable is Aura of Vitality as it gives everyone in its area a +4 morale bonus to all physical ability scores.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2010, 11:31:57 AM »
Also noteable is Aura of Vitality as it gives everyone in its area a +4 morale bonus to all physical ability scores.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2010, 11:40:03 AM »
Also noteable is Aura of Vitality as it gives everyone in its area a +4 morale bonus to all physical ability scores.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2010, 12:23:54 PM »
Also noteable is Aura of Vitality as it gives everyone in its area a +4 morale bonus to all physical ability scores.
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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2010, 01:12:25 PM »
Necrotic Empowerment wouldn't work, it's Necromancy, not Transmutation.

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2010, 01:29:06 PM »
Necrotic Empowerment wouldn't work, it's Necromancy, not Transmutation.
True, which also rules out that illusion spell that boosts charisma, mask of the ideal.

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Re: A useful feat for any buffer
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2010, 01:59:18 PM »
Necrotic Empowerment wouldn't work, it's Necromancy, not Transmutation.

Could possibly be done with a Transmuter Changeling. Don't they get a sub-level that lets them pick a few spells and change them to [Transmutation]? Maybe it's a PrC. I forget...