Simple Q&A D&D 3.5 (by RAW) XX

[AsteriskAmp]

Q 076
Can an undead Tainted Scholar use Blood Metamagic?

[gkathellar]

Q073-B

Referring back to Q/A073 (Magical Training and PrCs): Could, specifically, the Jade Phoenix Mage PrC progress casting from the Magical Training feat as a member of the chosen class?

[Curmudgeon]

A 076

You'll need to talk to your individual DM, but I wouldn't get your hopes up. From Libris Mortis on page 8:

To classify undead as coldblooded creatures would be inaccurate, however, since undead are mostly bloodless.

Blood is the primary life-sustaining fluid of most animate creatures. Since undead do no eat, sleep, or breathe, even if they retain what used to be blood there are no processes to

• put nutrients into the blood
• remove accumulated toxins from the blood
• oxygenate the blood

The RAW lack specifics of when the last useful blood expires from an undead creature, so it's a matter for DM discretion.

A 073-B No.

With Magical Training you "are treated as a sorcerer or wizard of your arcane spellcaster level (minimum 1st) for the purpose of determining level-based variables of the spells you cast." The feat further specifies how it augments your spellcasting if you already have actual levels in Sorcerer or Wizard, but it does not establish spellcasting progression without those levels. That is, there is no formula for how many spells you would be able to know or cast with extra virtual Wizard or Sorcerer levels, and Jade Phoenix Mage also does not supply a formula to work with Magical Training. Absent such a formula, there is no increase.

[The Underlord]

Q 77 What do the rituals for the legacy weapons in ToB actually do?

[Con_Brio1993]

Q78

RAW, if I am warded by the Sanctuary spell can I still order a summoned creature to attack without losing the benefit of the spell?

Q79

Can a Gaze attack be activated as a swift action?

[Thurbane]

Q 080

I've heard conflicting opinions about how to calculate the CR of an NPC with only NPC class levels. Is their CR 1/2 their levels, or their levels minus 1 (i.e. would a Human Warrior 6 be CR 3 or CR 5)? Where can I find the relevant rule.

[Curmudgeon]

A 078 Yes.

Most actions which do not involve an attack roll can be performed by a subject of Sanctuary. Encouraging or ordering other creatures to attack does not break the spell.

A 079 No.

Gaze attacks not produced by a spell are supernatural.

Supernatural Abilities (Su)

Supernatural abilities are magical and go away in an antimagic field but are not subject to spell resistance, counterspells, or to being dispelled by dispel magic. Using a supernatural ability is a standard action unless noted otherwise.

[sonofzeal]

A080

Nonassociated Class Levels
If you add a class level that doesn’t directly play to a creature’s strength the class level is considered nonassociated, and things get a little more complicated. Adding a nonassociated class level to a monster increases its CR by ½ per level until one of its nonassociated class levels equals its original Hit Dice. At that point, each additional level of the same class or a similar one is considered associated and increases the monster’s CR by 1.

Levels in NPC classes are always treated as nonassociated.

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[Kalmageddon]

Q 081

In the Expanded Psionics Handbook there is a general feat named something like "Cloaked Dance" (translating from Italian here), it requires 10 ranks in Hide and allows to use various actions to obtain various degrees of concealment.

My questions are:
A:does using this feat allows to bypass the need to feint for rogues or sneak-attack-capable classes?
B:For that matter, does it allows to roll a Hide check?
C:Would attacking while using this feat affect the enemy AC at all?

[ajfonty]

Q082

Are tower shields for a tank generally considered worth the feat to use them?

[powerdemon]

Q082

Are tower shields for a tank generally considered worth the feat to use them?

That is an opinion question not a rules question. That would be something to start a new thread for.

[Curmudgeon]

A 081 A:

Feinting is not generally needed to allow sneak attack. To enable sneak attack you can

• flank the enemy, which requires a flanking partner; or
• deny the target their Dexterity bonus to AC.

Feinting is just one of the ways to deny the target's DEX bonus to AC.

A 081 B:

The Cloak Dance feat provides either concealment (with a move action) or total concealment (with a full-round action). Either of these will satisfy one of the two requirements to use the Hide skill (cover/concealment). The other requirement is that you are not being observed. Total concealment will also satisfy the "not being observed" requirement. You still need to perform an action which will allow a Hide check, and after using a full-round action for Cloak Dance there aren't too many options left. If you take a 5' step you can Hide as part of that movement. You will incur a -5 penalty to your Hide check because you're moving at full speed (the full 5' rather than 2.5').

A 081 C: Maybe.

Being unseen will grant the usual advantages: you gain +2 to attack, and the target is denied their DEX bonus to AC. If the target has a Dexterity bonus this will reduce their AC. If they do not have a DEX bonus their AC will not change.

[Kalmageddon]

Thank you for your answer!
One more thing...

[B]
A 081 B:

The other requirement is that you are not being observed. Total concealment will also satisfy the "not being observed" requirement. You still need to perform an action which will allow a Hide check

These two statements seems to contraddict eachother, if Total concealment satisty the "not being observed" what action would I need to perform? Hiding si not an action at all if I recall correctly.
Can't I just use the full round action, take Total Concealment and then, since I count as not being observed, roll Hide?

[Curmudgeon]

Re: A 081 B:

Because Hide is not a separate action (excepting the special Sniping case for ranged attacks), you may only perform it along with some other action which allows a Hide check.

You can move up to one-half your normal speed and hide at no penalty. When moving at a speed greater than one-half but less than your normal speed, you take a -5 penalty. It’s practically impossible (-20 penalty) to hide while attacking, running or charging. ...

You can use Bluff to help you hide. A successful Bluff check can give you the momentary diversion you need to attempt a Hide check while people are aware of you.

So that's the list of actions which permits a Hide check:

• movement (any type, including a move action, a 5' step, or the withdraw action)
• a Bluff check (a standard action)
• attacking
• running
• charging

[Jacque]

Q083

The Warforged race is the main bad guys organisation in my campaign. One of my players play a factotum.

How is the factotum's int to damage treated against a warforged with light fortification? So far we've played with a 25% negation chance but we're not quite sure if it is correct.

[Curmudgeon]

A 083

Cunning Insight is not a critical hit or sneak attack. Fortification only protects against the listed sources of bonus damage.

[Metahuman1]

Q 84: What page of the Eberron Campaign setting gives the stats for Construct grafts?

[ajfonty]

Q085

Can a Symbol spell, ie Symbol of Pain, be cast on a permanent image?

Q086

What purpose do Shadow Conjuration spells have, and how are they used?

[Chronos]

A 086:

The shadow conjuration and shadow evocation spells can be used to mimic spells that a prepared caster neglected to prepare, that a spontaneous caster does not know, or from a school that a specialized wizard prohibited. They're used in the same way as the spells they mimic, with the exception that since they're only quasi-real, there's the chance they will be disbelieved for lesser or no effect.

[Curmudgeon]

A 085 No.

This spell functions like symbol of death, except ...

This spell allows you to scribe a potent rune of power upon a surface.

This spell functions like silent image, except that the figment includes visual, auditory, olfactory, and thermal elements, and the spell is permanent.

This spell creates the visual illusion of an object, creature, or force, as visualized by you. The illusion does not create sound, smell, texture, or temperature. You can move the image within the limits of the size of the effect.

Permanent Image does not create a surface, and thus there is nothing to scribe upon as required by Symbol of Pain.

[EvilJames]

Q87: The Complete Adventurer and the Complete Scoundrel both have feats in them designed for multi-classing (Ie Swift Ambusher and Ascetic Hunter) My question is are there any other feats like those in other books? Namely one for stacking barbarian and ranger?

Q88: Is there any official errata on the Bear warrior's "turn into a bear ability"?
The book contradicts itself in it text. One part saying that it is limited by the number of times you can rage and another part of the text says it's once a day.

[Chronos]

A88:

Yes, there is official errata. The only limit on use is the number of times you can rage per day, as per the barbarian class (or whatever rage ability you used to qualify). Errata for all the books are available on WotC's website.

[Jastermereel]

Q89

Is it possible to switch between Two-Handed and Two-Weapon styles when using a double weapon in a single full attack? If so, how's the math work on that? What about a single round (ex. using TW for a turn, but TH for AoOs)?

[Tryxx]

Q90

On familiar's delivering touch spells the SRD states: "... The familiar can then deliver the touch spell just as the master could. ..."

Does this mean that a familiar could benefit from an Archmage's Arcane Reach ability? I don't see a mention of it in Dictum Mortuum's handbook, so I'm inclined to say no, but "as the master could" could be interpreted rather broadly.

[KillianHawkeye]

Q 91a

Is there any way to get flame blade as an arcane spell?

Q 91b

Is there any spell similar to flame blade available to arcane spellcasters?

[DeltaEmil]

Q 092

If you wield two weapons and only make a full attack with one weapon, then use the Dancing Mongoose or Raging Mongoose boost maneuvers to get extra attacks, do you suffer the penalties for Two-Weapon Fighting when you use the granted extra attacks with both weapons?

[ajfonty]

Q093

Is the benefit provided by a monk's belt, specifically for the wisdom modifier to AC, predicated on not wearing armor?

[Kalmageddon]

Q 94:

A:How does the improved unarmed damage of the Monk class interact with multiple natural weapons? Like, say, claws+bite.

B:For that matter, how does flurry of blows interact with multiple natural weapons?

[Chronos]

A 091 a:
The Wyrm Wizard prestige class lets you add a handful of spells from other spell lists to your spells known. There may be other methods as well.

A 091 b:
Depends on what you mean by "similar". If you just want to make iterative attacks with a touch damage spell, Chill Touch will work.

A 093:
The benefit from a monk's belt works like the monk class feature. The class feature only works with no armor, so the same is true of the belt.

A 094 a:
Unarmed Strike is a separate weapon from claw, bite, or the like. Your unarmed strike does some amount of damage, and your claws do some amount of damage. The only interaction at all is if you have some spell or other benefit that improves all of your natural weapons, such as Greater Magic Fang, which will improve your unarmed strike and your sharp pointy body parts both.

A 094 b:
You make your iterative attacks (including Flurry of Blows, if you'd like) with your unarmed strike, and can then add an additional attack with each of your other natural weapons as a secondary natural attack. The extra attacks are all at your full attack bonus -5 (the penalty can be reduced via feats), but your primary attacks take no penalty from adding the secondary attacks.

[Ditto]

Q95

Does the Deathwatch spell see through the Hide from Undead spell?