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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #480 on: October 15, 2010, 11:45:06 PM »
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #481 on: October 15, 2010, 11:52:12 PM »
So, a morale bonus is considered mind-affecting no matter the source, even if the source has no such descriptor?  Note that bardic music, the Rage spell, and many, many other morale bonus-granting abilities note the descriptors.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #482 on: October 16, 2010, 01:47:10 AM »
Q150:
Is there any explicit text in Tome of Battle that states that you can not ready the same maneuver more than once? If so, where can I find it?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #483 on: October 16, 2010, 02:01:04 AM »
Q150:
Is there any explicit text in Tome of Battle that states that you can not ready the same maneuver more than once? If so, where can I find it?

A150 Yes it does.  I can't find it right now but I am certain I saw it.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #484 on: October 16, 2010, 02:13:09 AM »
Q150:
Is there any explicit text in Tome of Battle that states that you can not ready the same maneuver more than once? If so, where can I find it?

A150 Yes it does.  I can't find it right now but I am certain I saw it.

My understanding is that it was somewhat ambiguous in the book but the faq clearly says you cannot.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #485 on: October 16, 2010, 03:27:47 AM »
Q 141: Is there anyway to make constructs affected by bardic music? Specifically Astral constructs (coming from a shaper/constructor) gaining the benefit of dragonfire inspiration.
Technically DFA isn't Mind-Affecting. Read it closely.
Inspire Courage itself is mind-affecting (like most if not all bardic music effects), and Dragonfire Inspiration is a modification of that ability. Thus it's still mind-affecting.

Additionally, all of that business about morale bonuses always being mind-affecting is just an assumption the designers made. And it's a poor one; sure, bardic music is mind-affecting, and so is Good Hope. But Barbarian Rage (core!) isn't along with Aura of Vitality (SC), Valiant Fury (SC and CWar before that), and Valiant Spirit (MoI).

Oh, and:
  • The DMG itself says nothing special about morale bonuses in the Bonuses list (page 21).
  • The PHB states that nonintelligent creatures cannot benefit, but makes no connection to the mind-affecting descriptor.
  • The Rules Compendium states that "such bonuses come from mind-affecting effects" (as above, false), but does not quite state that morale bonuses ARE mind-affecting effects.
Yeah, it's just a silly oversight based on common sources of morale bonuses. (Astral Constructs are still immune to all of them as they lack Int scores.)

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #486 on: October 16, 2010, 04:09:36 AM »
Q 151 Where can I find a list of all of the warlock's invocations?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #487 on: October 16, 2010, 04:22:14 AM »
Oh, and:
  • The DMG itself says nothing special about morale bonuses in the Bonuses list (page 21).
  • The PHB states that nonintelligent creatures cannot benefit, but makes no connection to the mind-affecting descriptor.
  • The Rules Compendium states that "such bonuses come from mind-affecting effects" (as above, false), but does not quite state that morale bonuses ARE mind-affecting effects.
Yeah, it's just a silly oversight based on common sources of morale bonuses. (Astral Constructs are still immune to all of them as they lack Int scores.)
Spells that grant morale bonuses/penalties have the Mind-Affecting descriptor just as spells that deal fire damage have the Fire descriptor.  The lack of an explicit listing of said descriptors can be attributed just as easily to a silly oversight by WotC's editors as one can parse the words "[morale] bonuses come from mind-affecting effects" to mean that morale bonuses are not necessarily mind-affecting.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #488 on: October 16, 2010, 04:28:44 AM »
Q 151 Where can I find a list of all of the warlock's invocations?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #489 on: October 16, 2010, 04:36:36 AM »
Q 151 Where can I find a list of all of the warlock's invocations?
Is this complete enough?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #490 on: October 16, 2010, 07:44:26 AM »
Oh, and:
  • The DMG itself says nothing special about morale bonuses in the Bonuses list (page 21).
  • The PHB states that nonintelligent creatures cannot benefit, but makes no connection to the mind-affecting descriptor.
  • The Rules Compendium states that "such bonuses come from mind-affecting effects" (as above, false), but does not quite state that morale bonuses ARE mind-affecting effects.
Yeah, it's just a silly oversight based on common sources of morale bonuses. (Astral Constructs are still immune to all of them as they lack Int scores.)
Spells that grant morale bonuses/penalties have the Mind-Affecting descriptor just as spells that deal fire damage have the Fire descriptor.  The lack of an explicit listing of said descriptors can be attributed just as easily to a silly oversight by WotC's editors as one can parse the words "[morale] bonuses come from mind-affecting effects" to mean that morale bonuses are not necessarily mind-affecting.
The bonuses given are not the same as the effects themselves; do not confuse the part with the whole. For instance, it is possible for a spell to deal force damage without the force descriptor - there's an ACF for sorcerers in Planar Handbook that converts half the energy damage dealt to force damage. Similarly, it's possible to deal negative energy damage without that same descriptor using the Black Lore of Moil feat. It's even possible to deal fire damage without that descriptor - just cast Vitrify (Sandstorm). Just because there is often a connection does not mean that a connection necessarily will always exist.

Besides, the text in the Rules Compendium is demonstrably incorrect. Hell, that bit about barbarians gaining a morale bonus to Will saves that's not mind-affecting has been around since 3.0.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #491 on: October 16, 2010, 09:18:23 AM »
I know that morale is Mind-Affecting.
Where is this actually stated?  I know that most Morale bonuses are from mind-affecting effects, but I can think of two cases where this isn't the case (Barbarian Rage bonus to Will saves and the Aura of Vitality spell in Spell Compendium).
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Morale Modifier

A morale bonus represents the effects of greater hope, courage, and determination (or hopelessness, cowardice, and despair in the case of a morale penalty). Multiple morale bonuses on the same character do not stack. Only the highest morale bonus applies. Nonintelligent creatures (creatures with an Intelligence of 0 or no Intelligence at all) cannot benefit from morale bonuses.

It doesn't say mind effecting - just the intelligence qualification. Of course, this will eliminate many constructs and undead, but I don't see why it wouldn't affect anything with an intelligence score.


Q152: Is it possible to enchant a Dastana (From the Oriental Adventures), Armor, and shield, and get the better armor bonus from each?
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #492 on: October 16, 2010, 10:52:48 AM »
A 152: Sure.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #493 on: October 16, 2010, 11:28:46 AM »
The Oriental Adventures FAQ says this:
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #494 on: October 16, 2010, 11:50:11 AM »
Q150:
Is there any explicit text in Tome of Battle that states that you can not ready the same maneuver more than once? If so, where can I find it?

A150 Yes it does.  I can't find it right now but I am certain I saw it.

My understanding is that it was somewhat ambiguous in the book but the faq clearly says you cannot.

Where can I find the FAQ?

Edit: I think I found it at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a unless it's out of date, but I searched the FAQ and found no mention of readying the same maneuver more than once.
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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #495 on: October 16, 2010, 02:54:04 PM »
Q150:
Is there any explicit text in Tome of Battle that states that you can not ready the same maneuver more than once? If so, where can I find it?

A150 Yes it does.  I can't find it right now but I am certain I saw it.

My understanding is that it was somewhat ambiguous in the book but the faq clearly says you cannot.

Where can I find the FAQ?

Edit: I think I found it at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a unless it's out of date, but I searched the FAQ and found no mention of readying the same maneuver more than once.

Isn't ToB the book where the Errata changed halfway through to Complete Mage's?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #496 on: October 16, 2010, 03:41:26 PM »
Q154:  Does Dragon Magazine have any Swift Hunter style feats that stack two different class levels for the advanced of class features?

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #497 on: October 16, 2010, 04:13:25 PM »
Q154:  Does Dragon Magazine have any Swift Hunter style feats that stack two different class levels for the advanced of class features?

Yes there are a few in dragon 357.

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #498 on: October 16, 2010, 04:17:23 PM »
Isn't ToB the book where the Errata changed halfway through to Complete Mage's?
We wish it had gotten that far.  It barely begun before it changed mid-word to Complete Mage.
I am constantly amazed by how many DM's ban Tomb of Battle.  The book doesn't even exist!

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Re: Ask a Simple Question, Part 18: Lucid Dreaming Ghost Pixie Hood Edition
« Reply #499 on: October 16, 2010, 05:11:17 PM »
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