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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #420 on: September 21, 2010, 05:04:21 PM »
Q 213 What flaw would be best to take for a Duskblade?
If it's allowed, the answer is always Fussy, for pretty much everyone. :P
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #421 on: September 21, 2010, 05:06:49 PM »
Q 213 What flaw would be best to take for a Duskblade?
If it's allowed, the answer is always Fussy, for pretty much everyone. :P

Hmm, not bad. Kind of sucky for poisons and potions though. Then there's that "suggested" Elf race part.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #422 on: September 21, 2010, 05:12:42 PM »
You don't control the ones from the Create Undead line of spells at all, normally. They are created as uncontrolled, free-willed undead.

Ah, yes automatic for Animate, need to use Rebuke Command for Create Undead spells .

I'm just breaking my self in on Undead loving so I've never much paid attention to their rules. Our upcoming game will permit us the use of mindless undead without commiting an evil act.


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« Reply #423 on: September 21, 2010, 05:17:04 PM »
You don't control the ones from the Create Undead line of spells at all, normally. They are created as uncontrolled, free-willed undead.

Ah, yes automatic for Animate, need to use Rebuke Command for Create Undead spells .

I'm just breaking my self in on Undead loving so I've never much paid attention to their rules. Our upcoming game will permit us the use of mindless undead without commiting an evil act.


They make great pack mules, transporation, trapfinders, speed bumps, and coat racks. :D
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #424 on: September 21, 2010, 05:18:11 PM »
Q 213 What flaw would be best to take for a Duskblade?
If it's allowed, the answer is always Fussy, for pretty much everyone. :P

Hmm, not bad. Kind of sucky for poisons and potions though. Then there's that "suggested" Elf race part.

It's only suggested, and to be honest, I don't think I've ever quaffed 10 potions in all my years of D&D. Ingested poisons can be more easily avoided than tactile/injury ones.

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #425 on: September 21, 2010, 05:27:08 PM »
Q 213 What flaw would be best to take for a Duskblade?
If it's allowed, the answer is always Fussy, for pretty much everyone. :P

Hmm, not bad. Kind of sucky for poisons and potions though. Then there's that "suggested" Elf race part.

It's only suggested, and to be honest, I don't think I've ever quaffed 10 potions in all my years of D&D. Ingested poisons can be more easily avoided than tactile/injury ones.
I had one stingy DM who would let us get as many potions as we wanted basically, but not much else in the way of magic items. Other than that, I hardly use them either.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #426 on: September 21, 2010, 05:28:45 PM »
It's only suggested, and to be honest, I don't think I've ever quaffed 10 potions in all my years of D&D. Ingested poisons can be more easily avoided than tactile/injury ones.
Being at lower levels I can't think of when I've ever gamed that I haven't drank at least eight or more. Later on when you got money you got wands, but until then you had potions.

I was thinking that Short Attention Span would be good. You don't always need to take 20 on skills anyways, and I can't think of too many times that I've ever had a character that was allowed to make skill re-rolls.
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« Reply #427 on: September 21, 2010, 05:30:48 PM »
It's only suggested, and to be honest, I don't think I've ever quaffed 10 potions in all my years of D&D. Ingested poisons can be more easily avoided than tactile/injury ones.
Being at lower levels I can't think of when I've ever gamed that I haven't drank at least eight or more. Later on when you got money you got wands, but until then you had potions.

I was thinking that Short Attention Span would be good. You don't always need to take 20 on skills anyways, and I can't think of too many times that I've ever had a character that was allowed to make skill re-rolls.
Yeah, I've taken that one too. It depends on the character. I'd hate to take it on a rogue, because I like to take 20 on Search sometimes. The one that gives you a -1 to your AC is also a good one for a lot of characters, but maybe not if you're going to be in melee and actually rely on AC as a defense...
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #428 on: September 21, 2010, 05:32:29 PM »
Yeah, I've taken that one too. It depends on the character. I'd hate to take it on a rogue, because I like to take 20 on Search sometimes. The one that gives you a -1 to your AC is also a good one for a lot of characters, but maybe not if you're going to be in melee and actually rely on AC as a defense...
I've seen that used too. Usually it's the person that's never in melee, and fires bows or spells all day, and then when an enemy gets closer to them, swiftly runs away.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #429 on: September 21, 2010, 06:05:38 PM »
Q 204: Is there an inexpensive way for a wizard to be able to consistently make a DC 25 intelligence check? 
Rerolls should help a lot.

So, get a friendly cleric to cast benediction (Complete Champion 116) on you a lot?  Still, that doesn't guarantee success unless the DM house-rules that 19 rerolls can be spent to take 20 with no time increase. 

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« Reply #430 on: September 21, 2010, 06:34:43 PM »
You know, I'd actually recommend Perform Singing instead of the lute. It frees your hands for wielding weapons and whatnot. Besides, as far as mantaining performance, just use Animate Instruments.
I've never really understood why people always want to maintain their songs, anyway. They last for 5 rounds even if you don't, which is longer than most combats. Take Song of the White Raven, throw out your song, and then do something useful. It absolutely drives me crazy when I join a group and the party bard just sits there doing nothing but singing for the whole combat. It makes me want to kill them.
Actually, most people get the rule about sustaining songs wrong.

It DOES NOT take a standard action to keep Inspire Courage up. You're just required to keep up your performance, which if you're singing, means you get to cut people up while you're at it.

All the debate we had about which instrument to use is pretty much negated by the fact that Fochlucan Lyrist calls for 13 ranks Perform (string instrument.)
Versatile Performer makes that negation debatable.

Damn, that's actually rather nice.  Would it work for determining the duration of perform (dance) for snowflake wardance if the skills were in another perform category?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #431 on: September 21, 2010, 07:03:18 PM »
Q 204: Is there an inexpensive way for a wizard to be able to consistently make a DC 25 intelligence check? 
Rerolls should help a lot.

So, get a friendly cleric to cast benediction (Complete Champion 116) on you a lot?  Still, that doesn't guarantee success unless the DM house-rules that 19 rerolls can be spent to take 20 with no time increase. 

Unfortunately, you can only have 1 Benediction on you at a time since spells don't stack with themselves. But you can combine it with Insight of Good Fortune, which lets you roll twice. So that a double roll, and then a reroll. If your friends prepare Alter Fortune (xp cost) too, you can have quite a few tries.

However, you'll still need at least a +5 int mod for the check, which is probably the toughest if you're not of the appropriate class.

If you're an Illumian with the proper sigil or have a Marshal with Motivate Intelligence, you'll be doing a little better on these checks. Fox's Cunning or some int boosting item would help too.

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #432 on: September 21, 2010, 07:54:45 PM »
You can have multiple copies of a spell on you simultaneously unless the spell says otherwise.  The stacking rules often prevent that from being beneficial, but they don't make it impossible. 

The Player's Handbook even notes that multiple copies of a spell that doesn't stack with itself can be beneficial in the event that one copy is removed by some mechanism, because you still have one copy left. 

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For example, two bless spells don't give twice the benefit of one bless.  Both bless spells, however, continue to act simultaneously, and if one ends first, the other one continues to operate for the remainder of its duration. 

In the case of benediction, using the reroll discharges the spell, so having a second one is beneficial because you will still be under the effects of benediction when the first is discharged.  Whenever you are under the effects of benediction, you can reroll a check.  The only thing preventing you from getting multiple rerolls from one casting is that the spell discharges. 

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« Reply #433 on: September 21, 2010, 08:11:08 PM »
 :twitch Nice. You're right. I never you could do something like that before... Benediction does NOT say that the target can only have one in effect at a time. [I don't endorse doing so if you don't want to be smacked down though.]

Q 214 Besides Benediction (CC), what other nice spells can be used in this manner?

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #434 on: September 22, 2010, 01:34:37 AM »
q 215. where can I find/ what is?:  Planar Touchstone (Catalogues of Enlightenment)(6)
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #435 on: September 22, 2010, 01:44:24 AM »
A215: Planar Handbook

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« Reply #436 on: September 22, 2010, 01:50:35 AM »
q 215. where can I find/ what is?:  Planar Touchstone (Catalogues of Enlightenment)(6)
Planar Touchstone is a feat. Catalogues of Enlightenment is one of the locations you can "attune" yourself to with it. The locations aren't indexed very well. That one is on page 166.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #437 on: September 22, 2010, 03:18:36 AM »
Q216:

Does anyone have a link to a decent 10 level Crusader build that can deal with a Mounted Knight?
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« Reply #438 on: September 22, 2010, 03:21:33 AM »
q 215. where can I find/ what is?:  Planar Touchstone (Catalogues of Enlightenment)(6)
Planar Touchstone is a feat. Catalogues of Enlightenment is one of the locations you can "attune" yourself to with it. The locations aren't indexed very well. That one is on page 166.

q 217. where do i find the catalogues of enlightenment? is it a wotc product? dragon? web enhancement?
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« Reply #439 on: September 22, 2010, 03:47:02 AM »
That answer was meant to be an extension of the post before it.  I will state it more clearly:

The Catalogs of Enlightenment are a portion of the Fortress of Disciplined Enlightenment, which is located on the Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus.  Information about it can be found on page 166 of the Planar Handbook.  This is also the book that contains the planar touchstone feat.