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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #140 on: September 15, 2010, 08:52:52 PM »
Its called Flesh to Salt on basically any creature large or larger.  If you get less than 2k gold for each casting of that spell then you're not trying hard enough.

In a similar vein, Wall of Salt is a 4th level spell from Sandstorm that creates a salt wall with an area of one 5 foot by 5 foot square per level and a thickness of one inch per level.  I'll save everyone the trouble of looking it up and point out that salt weighs a little over 135.156 pounds per cubic foot and is a trade good with a value of 5 gp per pound in D&D. 

At 7th level, when it's first possible to cast this spell, it produces 68,987.87 gp worth of salt.  At 20th level, it produces 563,150 gp worth of salt.  A wizard can cast this spell 24 times per day at 20th level, not counting bonus spells, for 13,515,600 gp per day. 

Given that salt is literally worth its weight in silver in this game, allowing players to freely create mass quantities of it was a silly idea. 

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #141 on: September 15, 2010, 08:57:20 PM »
Q30: Here's an odd one. Would polymorphing into a Kelvezu (MM II), give you the ability to add the Poison ability to rays cast?

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I know it's a hard to answer question. Maybe this is one of those things that is up to the DM.

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #142 on: September 15, 2010, 08:57:52 PM »
Q30: Here's an odd one. Would polymorphing into a Kelvezu (MM II), give you the ability to add the Poison ability to rays cast?

/Bump

I know it's a hard to answer question. Maybe this is one of those things that is up to the DM.
Can you give the text of the ability?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #143 on: September 15, 2010, 08:58:44 PM »
Q30: Here's an odd one. Would polymorphing into a Kelvezu (MM II), give you the ability to add the Poison ability to rays cast?

/Bump

I know it's a hard to answer question. Maybe this is one of those things that is up to the DM.
Can you give the text of the ability?

Sure

Poison (Ex): A kelvezu continually coats its weapons
with an injury poison (Fortitude save DC 19) produced from
its fingertips. The initial and secondary damage is the same
(1d6 points of Constitution damage). Kelvezu poison is
highly perishable, becoming inert 1 minute after the creature
stops applying it.

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #144 on: September 15, 2010, 08:59:14 PM »
Q30: Here's an odd one. Would polymorphing into a Kelvezu (MM II), give you the ability to add the Poison ability to rays cast?

/Bump

I know it's a hard to answer question. Maybe this is one of those things that is up to the DM.
Can you give the text of the ability?

Sure

Poison (Ex): A kelvezu continually coats its weapons
with an injury poison (Fortitude save DC 19) produced from
its fingertips. The initial and secondary damage is the same
(1d6 points of Constitution damage). Kelvezu poison is
highly perishable, becoming inert 1 minute after the creature
stops applying it.
No. It's weapon-like, not a weapon.
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Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
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They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #145 on: September 15, 2010, 09:15:25 PM »
Q36: Is there any obvious way to break my Master of One prestige class?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #146 on: September 15, 2010, 09:16:44 PM »
Q36: Is there any obvious way to break my Master of One prestige class?
It uses an arcane caster base.
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #147 on: September 15, 2010, 09:27:48 PM »
Q36: Is there any obvious way to break my Master of One prestige class?
It uses an arcane caster base.
That's not breaking the PrC, that's breaking the base class (plus it doesn't advance casting)
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #148 on: September 15, 2010, 09:55:08 PM »
Q36: Is there any obvious way to break my Master of One prestige class?
Pick Fireball!

Seriously though, as long as you don't pick something like... Polymorph, for example, which is broken by itself, it should be okay.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #149 on: September 15, 2010, 10:48:32 PM »
Q37: A 7th level Chameleon chooses to take Arcane and Divine Foci as his double aptitudes. Does he get two sets of spell slots (4/4/4/4/2/0), one for each focus, or does he have to prepare all his spells in those slots?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #150 on: September 15, 2010, 10:51:47 PM »
Q27:

Other than Shadow Blade, are there other ways of getting Dex to damage?
Are you wanting it for ranged or melee? Or doesn't matter?

For Melee, thanks :)

Q27:

Other than Shadow Blade, are there other ways of getting Dex to damage?
A27
- Champion of Corellon class feature
- Deadeye Shot from DragComp gives half-dex mod damage to x-bows.


if 3rd-party is cool, AEG Feats has Superior Finesse, which lets you sub-in dex for damage on finesse-able weapons.

Champion of Corellon.. Hmm.. Elf is a problem. But thank you!
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #151 on: September 15, 2010, 11:07:25 PM »
Q37: A 7th level Chameleon chooses to take Arcane and Divine Foci as his double aptitudes. Does he get two sets of spell slots (4/4/4/4/2/0), one for each focus, or does he have to prepare all his spells in those slots?
I think he gets two sets of slots.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #152 on: September 15, 2010, 11:08:02 PM »
Q37: A 7th level Chameleon chooses to take Arcane and Divine Foci as his double aptitudes. Does he get two sets of spell slots (4/4/4/4/2/0), one for each focus, or does he have to prepare all his spells in those slots?
I think he gets two sets of slots.
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[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
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Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #153 on: September 15, 2010, 11:26:41 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #154 on: September 15, 2010, 11:27:32 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?
3
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #155 on: September 15, 2010, 11:35:16 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?
3


how would i go about raising its int? i want to make a girallon barbarian...

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #156 on: September 15, 2010, 11:36:52 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?
3


how would i go about raising its int? i want to make a girallon barbarian...
Awaken Animal, Phrenic Template, anything that boosts Int, basically.
[Spoiler]
A gygaxian dungeon is like the world's most messed up game show.

Behind door number one: INSTANT DEATH!
Behind door number 2: A magic crown!
Behind door number 3: 4d6 giant bees, and THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HONEY!
They don't/haven't, was the point. 3.5 is as dead as people not liking nice tits.

Sometimes, their tits (3.5) get enhancements (houserules), but that doesn't mean people don't like nice tits.

Though sometimes, the surgeon (DM) botches them pretty bad...
Best metaphor I have seen in a long time.  I give you much fu.
Three Errata for the Mage-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Barbarian-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Monks doomed to die,
One for the Wizard on his dark throne
In the Land of Charop where the Shadows lie.
[/spoiler]

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #157 on: September 15, 2010, 11:41:44 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?
3
how would i go about raising its int? i want to make a girallon barbarian...
Base its ability scores on the elite array?  Interestingly, once you add a PC class level, the CR increase for using the elite array is subsumed by the CR increase for the level. 

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #158 on: September 15, 2010, 11:49:55 PM »
Q38: what intelligence is enough for a monster to start taking class levels?
3


how would i go about raising its int? i want to make a girallon barbarian...
Fiendish/celestial template (class?)
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #159 on: September 16, 2010, 12:04:09 AM »
Q36: Is there any obvious way to break my Master of One prestige class?
A36
Shadowcraft Mage + Silent Image +Master of One = i can do anything even better now


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