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[kevin_video]

Q168 What are good cleric list touch spells levels 1-5, assuming you've got a swarm that can autohit.

Whenever I'm looking for spells, I just go here and check off what I'm looking for. http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/FindSpell.php
There's a lot of cleric touch spells.

[Talore]

I have 12 levels of free level adjustment... I want to be a half-celestial pixie, capitalizing on the massize ability score boosts. I can have one more template, up to +4 level adjustment.

Q169a: Can vivacious creature be applied to a half-celestial fey? Half-celestial cand be put on an incorporeal, but vivacious can be put on any coporeal outsider or fey, among other things. Can I 'stack' the templates to work? Pixie -> Half-Celestial -> Vivacious

Q169b: If the above doesn't work, what's a good template (up to +4LA) to put on a half-celestial pixie?

Thinking of going Sorcerer or something =)

[Sobolev]

Q168 What are good cleric list touch spells levels 1-5, assuming you've got a swarm that can autohit.

Whenever I'm looking for spells, I just go here and check off what I'm looking for. http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/FindSpell.php
There's a lot of cleric touch spells.

Slay Living.

Edit: Take Divine Magician and take Shivering Touch as well.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

I have 12 levels of free level adjustment... I want to be a half-celestial pixie, capitalizing on the massize ability score boosts. I can have one more template, up to +4 level adjustment.

Q169a: Can vivacious creature be applied to a half-celestial fey? Half-celestial cand be put on an incorporeal, but vivacious can be put on any coporeal outsider or fey, among other things. Can I 'stack' the templates to work? Pixie -> Half-Celestial -> Vivacious

Q169b: If the above doesn't work, what's a good template (up to +4LA) to put on a half-celestial pixie?

Thinking of going Sorcerer or something =)

First four levels of the ghost savage progression (link in sig). 

[carnivore]

I have 12 levels of free level adjustment... I want to be a half-celestial pixie, capitalizing on the massize ability score boosts. I can have one more template, up to +4 level adjustment.

Q169a: Can vivacious creature be applied to a half-celestial fey? Half-celestial cand be put on an incorporeal, but vivacious can be put on any coporeal outsider or fey, among other things. Can I 'stack' the templates to work? Pixie -> Half-Celestial -> Vivacious

Q169b: If the above doesn't work, what's a good template (up to +4LA) to put on a half-celestial pixie?

Thinking of going Sorcerer or something =)

A169a ....Yes, just Apply 1/2 Celestial first .. then Apply Vivacious to the Pixie(Fey) base creature

A169b ... 1/2 Fey(+2 LA) and Phrenic(+2 LA)

 

[Talore]

I have 12 levels of free level adjustment... I want to be a half-celestial pixie, capitalizing on the massize ability score boosts. I can have one more template, up to +4 level adjustment.

Q169a: Can vivacious creature be applied to a half-celestial fey? Half-celestial cand be put on an incorporeal, but vivacious can be put on any coporeal outsider or fey, among other things. Can I 'stack' the templates to work? Pixie -> Half-Celestial -> Vivacious

Q169b: If the above doesn't work, what's a good template (up to +4LA) to put on a half-celestial pixie?

Thinking of going Sorcerer or something =)

First four levels of the ghost savage progression (link in sig).  

Perfect, you are awesome good sir.

EDIT: Do I get the incorporeal subtype, including the CHA-> Deflection bonus to AC?

[Rymosrac]

Q170: How can I use a two-handed weapon while grappling?

[Sobolev]

Q171:  I've seen reference to making a character a lycanthrope with Murder of Crows as the base creature.  This seems strange as that is a swarm?  Is that allowed?  

Q171B:  Why is this done?  Why Murder of Crows?

Q155: What does a Sapphire Hierarch do? 

Bump.  And to be more specific, what sort of party role should this character play since it has less chakras available to it.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

I have 12 levels of free level adjustment... I want to be a half-celestial pixie, capitalizing on the massize ability score boosts. I can have one more template, up to +4 level adjustment.

Q169a: Can vivacious creature be applied to a half-celestial fey? Half-celestial cand be put on an incorporeal, but vivacious can be put on any coporeal outsider or fey, among other things. Can I 'stack' the templates to work? Pixie -> Half-Celestial -> Vivacious

Q169b: If the above doesn't work, what's a good template (up to +4LA) to put on a half-celestial pixie?

Thinking of going Sorcerer or something =)

First four levels of the ghost savage progression (link in sig).  

Perfect, you are awesome good sir.

EDIT: Do I get the incorporeal subtype, including the CHA-> Deflection bonus to AC?

Yep.  Comes up at first level.  You normally hang out all solid and shit on the ethereal plane, but as a standard action can also be incorporeal on the material plane.

Note that the online savage progressions are slightly different, in that they explicitly don't require you to take all levels of them.  So just never take the horrible fifth level.

[Saxony]

Q170: How can I use a two-handed weapon while grappling?

A170: No, it has to be a light weapon if I recall correctly.

[snakeman830]

Q170: How can I use a two-handed weapon while grappling?

There are two ways I can think of: one involves at least 18 levels of Fighter (ICK!) (Weapon Supremacy)

The other, which is far, far more enjoyable, is the Wolverine Stance (Tiger Claw 4, stance).

[Ithamar]

Wolverine's Stance actually limits you to a one-handed weapon.

[fuinjutsu]

Q 157:  It looks like Battle Jump will allow you to ignore a blocked charge line by simply leaping over the obstacles/enemies in the way and initiating your charge from a point in mid-air instead of where you started the round.  Does this work?

Explicitly Yes.

Q155: What does a Sapphire Hierarch do?  

Bump.  And to be more specific, what sort of party role should this character play since it has less chakras available to it.

You're a Cleric, except with less casting and a few neat soulmeld options.  Therapeutic Mantle can be fun if you want to heal, though personally I use it to tank with Martial Spirit.

Sapphire Hierarch makes a good tank.  It's a decent healer, if you're one of those people who insist on healing with spells (WHY?) You can get a nice CL boost to Mass CLW.  You can also, in a pinch, be a trapfinder.

[Rymosrac]

Q170: How can I use a two-handed weapon while grappling?

There are two ways I can think of: one involves at least 18 levels of Fighter (ICK!) (Weapon Supremacy)

The other, which is far, far more enjoyable, is the Wolverine Stance (Tiger Claw 4, stance).

Here's an extension that may be relevant. Improved Grab and Scorpion's Grasp both allow you to not be considered grappled while grappling an opponent with one limb. Assuming you still had two hands free, could you then attack the foe you were grappling with a two-handed weapon, since you are not considered grappled?

[Littha]

Q171:  I've seen reference to making a character a lycanthrope with Murder of Crows as the base creature.  This seems strange as that is a swarm?  Is that allowed?  

Q171B:  Why is this done?  Why Murder of Crows?

Q155: What does a Sapphire Hierarch do? 

Bump.  And to be more specific, what sort of party role should this character play since it has less chakras available to it.

Murder of crows is perfectly valid provided you meet the size restrictions. It has the animal type and the only qualifier for choosing an animal for a lycanthrope is:

As for sapphire heirarch its main point is that it advances cleric casting along with incarnum.... Cleric 3/Incarnate 2/Sapphire Heirarch 10

[McPoyo]

Crow murder does something fairly interesting that makes them a good choice, as well. Con damage? Bleed? Something interesting like that.

[dna1]

I would like to see the lycanthrope for a murder of crows. Where did you see that? Could someone post its abilities and stuff here?

[dna1]

Q 171. What class makes the best Grappler for a Goliath?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Q 171. What class makes the best Grappler for a Goliath?

War hulk?

[McPoyo]

Q 171. What class makes the best Grappler for a Goliath?

War hulk?

incarnate splash.