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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #940 on: October 02, 2010, 12:12:46 AM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
pretty sure it has powerful build which lets it act like a size catagory higher. IIRC
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #941 on: October 02, 2010, 12:24:18 AM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
pretty sure it has powerful build which lets it act like a size catagory higher. IIRC
A 340: No. Powerful build mentions nothing about Prestige Class prerequisites and War Hulk mentions nothing about Powerful Build. There's no specific exception, so you follow the general rule. Half-Giants are medium sized creatures and War Hulk requires Large Size. Forget about Powerful Build.

Powerful Build is very specific on what it gives characters, and it does not include every possible advantage being a bigger size category can provide. It's actually rather limited.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #942 on: October 02, 2010, 12:27:33 AM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
no, but a half-ogre would (assuming it's put on a medium creature). I think a half-ogre human and a half-giant have the same LA (+1).
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #943 on: October 02, 2010, 12:53:17 AM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
no, but a half-ogre would (assuming it's put on a medium creature). I think a half-ogre human and a half-giant have the same LA (+1).
Isn't the half-ogre template Dragon?  There's also a half-ogre race in Races of Destiny which is +2 LA.

Seriously, though, the best entry to War Hulk is either Ogre or Blackscale Lizardfolk, especially if LA buyoff is in the game (if it isn't, then the class probably isn't good enough to (ab)use).

Also note that if you try to play War Hulk in a gestalt game, you WILL find DMGs coming out of holes you've never known you had.

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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #944 on: October 02, 2010, 01:29:15 AM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
no, but a half-ogre would (assuming it's put on a medium creature). I think a half-ogre human and a half-giant have the same LA (+1).
Isn't the half-ogre template Dragon?  There's also a half-ogre race in Races of Destiny which is +2 LA.

Seriously, though, the best entry to War Hulk is either Ogre or Blackscale Lizardfolk, especially if LA buyoff is in the game (if it isn't, then the class probably isn't good enough to (ab)use).

Also note that if you try to play War Hulk in a gestalt game, you WILL find DMGs coming out of holes you've never known you had.
I prefer the goliath barbarian entry, so you can turn off the stupid parts of War Hulk when you don't want them...
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #945 on: October 02, 2010, 04:10:16 AM »
Q336: is there an item anywhere that generates a moment of prescience effect? A resource for items that imitate spells will do as well.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #946 on: October 02, 2010, 11:43:17 AM »
Q336: is there an item anywhere that generates a moment of prescience effect? A resource for items that imitate spells will do as well.
page bump. specifically things that are caster-specific like cast completion

Sanguine Nostrum does give you a moment of prescience effect....
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #947 on: October 02, 2010, 12:00:12 PM »
Q341: The other DM in my group has always used a strange rule that I'm not sure where he got the precedent, that once enchanted, an item is locked forever and no enchantments may be added (i.e. adding keen to a +1 flaming falchion once you have the change). Is there any rules entry that states you may add enchantments post-creation, and where is it (I assume probably MIC)?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #948 on: October 02, 2010, 12:01:29 PM »
Q341: The other DM in my group has always used a strange rule that I'm not sure where he got the precedent, that once enchanted, an item is locked forever and no enchantments may be added (i.e. adding keen to a +1 flaming falchion once you have the change). Is there any rules entry that states you may add enchantments post-creation, and where is it (I assume probably MIC)?
There's actually an entry in the DMG as well, and in the main FAQ. I'm AFB but it's there somewhere. He's doing something weird and house-rules-y.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #949 on: October 02, 2010, 01:43:04 PM »
Q341: The other DM in my group has always used a strange rule that I'm not sure where he got the precedent, that once enchanted, an item is locked forever and no enchantments may be added (i.e. adding keen to a +1 flaming falchion once you have the change). Is there any rules entry that states you may add enchantments post-creation, and where is it (I assume probably MIC)?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #950 on: October 02, 2010, 02:12:32 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #951 on: October 02, 2010, 02:21:14 PM »
Q343: about the Banelar (Monsters of Faerun page 18). 'A banelar can cast a single spell every round as a free action while attacking'.
The way I understand this is that a banelar can either use his standard action to cast a spell normall, or use his standard action to attack, and if so, be able to cast a spell as a free action, but he cannot casts 2 spells per round (one as a free action and the other as standard). Is this correct?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #952 on: October 02, 2010, 02:21:35 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #953 on: October 02, 2010, 02:28:09 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
I've used Google Spreadsheets in the past. Here's an example of what it looks like if you're sufficiently OCD. You can just make a spreadsheet in excel, have it add al the spell levels, and then up it to Google Docs.
Good idea. I'll look around and see if anybody else cooked one up already, on both accounts. If not, I can work it up. Once I take the DM mantle again, I'll be bringing my laptop to sessions anyway so my guys have access to any book they want.

Quick question about that link, what do the lines "Free Spell Levels" and "Total Spell Levels" correlate to?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #954 on: October 02, 2010, 03:31:15 PM »
Q 340 Does a half-giant count as large for the purposes of PrC's? Namely War Hulk.
no, but a half-ogre would (assuming it's put on a medium creature). I think a half-ogre human and a half-giant have the same LA (+1).
Isn't the half-ogre template Dragon?  There's also a half-ogre race in Races of Destiny which is +2 LA.

Seriously, though, the best entry to War Hulk is either Ogre or Blackscale Lizardfolk, especially if LA buyoff is in the game (if it isn't, then the class probably isn't good enough to (ab)use).

Also note that if you try to play War Hulk in a gestalt game, you WILL find DMGs coming out of holes you've never known you had.
I prefer the goliath barbarian entry, so you can turn off the stupid parts of War Hulk when you don't want them...

half minotaur is a pretty good entry as well.. it will get you large size as long as you start as a medium creature and add the template. its a LA 1 
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #955 on: October 02, 2010, 03:33:34 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
I've used Google Spreadsheets in the past. Here's an example of what it looks like if you're sufficiently OCD. You can just make a spreadsheet in excel, have it add al the spell levels, and then up it to Google Docs.
Good idea. I'll look around and see if anybody else cooked one up already, on both accounts. If not, I can work it up. Once I take the DM mantle again, I'll be bringing my laptop to sessions anyway so my guys have access to any book they want.

Quick question about that link, what do the lines "Free Spell Levels" and "Total Spell Levels" correlate to?
Free Spell Levels refers to the spells the Wizard can scribe in his book for, well, free - i.e. all cantrips, 2+Int at level one, and another two every level afterwards. Total Spell Levels is the... total amount of spell levels in the spell book.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #956 on: October 02, 2010, 04:10:31 PM »
Q 344a Can the spell, Arms of Plenty, be put on a thri-kreen for an additional two claw attacks? Also, how does it work if they're supposed to be the primary attack? For instance, the bite is usually the primary attack with the claws being second. So does this mean that the bite and those claws are the primary, but the other claws would be secondary?

Q 344b Can you use that spell to wield multiple weapons instead of doing claw attacks?

Q 345 Does the weapon property, Transmuting, work against DR X/-?
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #957 on: October 02, 2010, 04:12:01 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
I've used Google Spreadsheets in the past. Here's an example of what it looks like if you're sufficiently OCD. You can just make a spreadsheet in excel, have it add al the spell levels, and then up it to Google Docs.
Good idea. I'll look around and see if anybody else cooked one up already, on both accounts. If not, I can work it up. Once I take the DM mantle again, I'll be bringing my laptop to sessions anyway so my guys have access to any book they want.

Quick question about that link, what do the lines "Free Spell Levels" and "Total Spell Levels" correlate to?
Free Spell Levels refers to the spells the Wizard can scribe in his book for, well, free - i.e. all cantrips, 2+Int at level one, and another two every level afterwards. Total Spell Levels is the... total amount of spell levels in the spell book.
Why aren't the total number of spell levels and the number of pages used equal?

Edit: maybe because it's counting cantrips at 1/2 level when they take up a full page? The only confusion for me comes from where the spell levels for cantrips are, since they aren't listed.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #958 on: October 02, 2010, 04:42:36 PM »
Q342: Has anybody found files on the internet that help with tracking the number of pages used in a spellbook? Also helpful would be a sheet for a DM that helps to track carrying capacity. Links would be greatly appreciated.
I've used Google Spreadsheets in the past. Here's an example of what it looks like if you're sufficiently OCD. You can just make a spreadsheet in excel, have it add al the spell levels, and then up it to Google Docs.
Good idea. I'll look around and see if anybody else cooked one up already, on both accounts. If not, I can work it up. Once I take the DM mantle again, I'll be bringing my laptop to sessions anyway so my guys have access to any book they want.

Quick question about that link, what do the lines "Free Spell Levels" and "Total Spell Levels" correlate to?
Free Spell Levels refers to the spells the Wizard can scribe in his book for, well, free - i.e. all cantrips, 2+Int at level one, and another two every level afterwards. Total Spell Levels is the... total amount of spell levels in the spell book.
Why aren't the total number of spell levels and the number of pages used equal?

Edit: maybe because it's counting cantrips at 1/2 level when they take up a full page? The only confusion for me comes from where the spell levels for cantrips are, since they aren't listed.
Actually, it's not counting cantrips at all. Either an oversight or laziness - it's been a while since I made that sheet. Since the cantrips are free anyway, it doesn't matter much in the end.
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Re: Simple Q&A #17 -- the "your mama's so ___ ... " edition
« Reply #959 on: October 02, 2010, 07:19:57 PM »
Bump these three plus one more that I just thought of...
Q 344a Can the spell, Arms of Plenty, be put on a thri-kreen for an additional two claw attacks? Also, how does it work if they're supposed to be the primary attack? For instance, the bite is usually the primary attack with the claws being second. So does this mean that the bite and those claws are the primary, but the other claws would be secondary?

Q 344b Can you use that spell to wield multiple weapons instead of doing claw attacks?

Q 345 Does the weapon property, Transmuting, work against DR X/-?
Q 346 Can someone explain to be me the Gloom's level advancement progression? It says "25+ HD (Medium-size)". Does this mean that it can forever progression infinitely, and will never get bigger than medium size or have anything more than its dagger? Is there something else I'm missing?
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