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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #140 on: October 06, 2010, 04:48:11 PM »
Q55: In any of the sourcebooks out there, is there a monk special weapon with reach? Or a way for a monk to flurry with a reach weapon? (I'm looking for an actual weapon, not a feat like long arms or such).

A 55: Tiger-something style, from Secret of Sarlone, is a feat, granted, but it turns the twin TigerHook Swords into a reach weapon.
And Serpent Strike from the ECS lets you flurry with a longspear.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #141 on: October 06, 2010, 05:23:17 PM »
Q55: In any of the sourcebooks out there, is there a monk special weapon with reach? Or a way for a monk to flurry with a reach weapon? (I'm looking for an actual weapon, not a feat like long arms or such).

A 55: Tiger-something style, from Secret of Sarlone, is a feat, granted, but it turns the twin TigerHook Swords into a reach weapon.
And Serpent Strike from the ECS lets you flurry with a longspear.

To add to that: Polemaster from Secrets of Sarlona grants one Poleweapon as a Monk weapon.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #142 on: October 06, 2010, 05:30:01 PM »
Q 56 Is there a spear/polearm handbook somewhere with the optimum feats a person should take to be a master of the weapon? I thought I saw feats in a Dragon Magazine that were specific to spears, but maybe I was imagining things.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #143 on: October 06, 2010, 06:38:17 PM »
Q 56 Is there a spear/polearm handbook somewhere with the optimum feats a person should take to be a master of the weapon? I thought I saw feats in a Dragon Magazine that were specific to spears, but maybe I was imagining things.
Dragon #331 has a polearm section somewhere around page 24. Everything in the chapter is also in Dragon Compendium.

There's also a polearm-wielding class called the Lancer in AEG's War book, page 60-ish. Prereqs can be a pain, but it is a decent class, and great in the hands of a Min/Max-er.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #144 on: October 06, 2010, 08:18:51 PM »
Q57:  Has anyone written a guide for the pathfinder artificer yet?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #145 on: October 06, 2010, 08:31:09 PM »
Q59

Is there a way to add animal companion or mount abilities to a familiar, rather than the other way around (which Arcane Hierophant does)? I'm trying to see if there's anyway to pull an Ubermount-esque thing with feats and spells designed for familiars, but those probably don't apply to a Companion Familiar given the wording of the ability.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #146 on: October 06, 2010, 10:01:13 PM »
A59: Way I see it, the familiar companion ability specifically excludes which Familiar abilities it doesn't get, not which ones it does.  So if you have a familiar companion and the Familiar Concentration feat, your Familiar Companion can concentrate on spells for you.

Q60: What things can you do with a familiar that has silent image at-will as an SLA?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #147 on: October 06, 2010, 10:13:15 PM »
Q60: What things can you do with a familiar that has silent image at-will as an SLA?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #148 on: October 06, 2010, 10:28:02 PM »
Q61
Let's assume I'm a human Druid3 with Extend Spell.  I spontaneously convert a barkskin into an Extended summon nature's ally I.  How long does this spell normally take to cast?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #149 on: October 06, 2010, 10:31:59 PM »
The same it would normally would. Converting a spell doesn't change the time it takes to cast the converted spell.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #150 on: October 06, 2010, 10:40:45 PM »
Q61
Let's assume I'm a human Druid3 with Extend Spell.  I spontaneously convert a barkskin into an Extended summon nature's ally I.  How long does this spell normally take to cast?
A61
as normal:
Quote from: SRD
The divine energy of the spell that the summon nature’s ally spell substitutes for is converted into the summon spell as if that spell had been prepared all along.
(emphasis mine)

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I think in this case the grammar is less important than whether the Str and Dex bonus provided to your created undead scales.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #151 on: October 07, 2010, 01:29:06 AM »
Q62

Does a spell or acquired template exist which allows an Undead creature to gain a Constitution score or some other source of bonus HP that scales? If a spell, a Druid or Sorcerer needs to be able to persist it with no class features used (feats and other spells are fine).
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #152 on: October 07, 2010, 01:52:10 AM »
Q62

Does a spell or acquired template exist which allows an Undead creature to gain a Constitution score or some other source of bonus HP that scales? If a spell, a Druid or Sorcerer needs to be able to persist it with no class features used (feats and other spells are fine).
"corpsecrafter" from LM gives created undead +2 HP/HD (as well as a +4 str)

as for anything else ... I'm sure there's somebody who has something, but for me .. :shrug

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #153 on: October 07, 2010, 01:59:39 AM »
Q63:
Are you considered to be "balancing" while standing in the area of a grease spell, or is it only when you are actually moving through the greased area?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #154 on: October 07, 2010, 02:03:59 AM »
Q58:  What are the best ways to find gaming in southern Oklahoma?  I'm there in 2 months.
This site could help. I don't know how well though.
http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/forum.php

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Does a spell or acquired template exist which allows an Undead creature to gain a Constitution score or some other source of bonus HP that scales? If a spell, a Druid or Sorcerer needs to be able to persist it with no class features used (feats and other spells are fine).
There's a d20 feat that works just like Unholy Toughness where you can use your CHA mod in place of your CON for bonus hp. It's called Death's Blessing, and requires you to be undead with CHA 13+. It's in Tome of Horrors III.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #155 on: October 07, 2010, 02:11:16 AM »
Q63:
Are you considered to be "balancing" while standing in the area of a grease spell, or is it only when you are actually moving through the greased area?
I think while standing, since you're on a precarious surface.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #156 on: October 07, 2010, 02:25:40 AM »
Q63:
Are you considered to be "balancing" while standing in the area of a grease spell, or is it only when you are actually moving through the greased area?
I think while standing, since you're on a precarious surface.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #157 on: October 07, 2010, 02:46:15 AM »
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #159 on: October 07, 2010, 03:16:28 AM »
Q 65 Blinding Beauty (humanoid within 60' looking at the pixie makes FortNeg Save or is blind) + Pixie's Greater Invisibility (can suppress or resume as a free action) = blindness to any humanoid looking in your direction, which refuses to close its eyes?

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