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

[Phelix-Mu]

A 740 Request for Clarification

This is from the answer that was given:
Your Swordsage level 1 stance selection is limited to a single one at level 1, again from these specified disciplines.

Am I restricted to a single stance from the list of 1st level maneuvers from a swordsage discipline? I have heard debate on this revolving on the line in the swordsage class description on stances known to the effect "when you begin play" which doesn't seem to apply to those multiclassing into swordsage at higher level. Not sure how crazy fringe this argument is, so I could use some clarification.

Thanks in advance.

[Curmudgeon]

Am I restricted to a single stance from the list of 1st level maneuvers from a swordsage discipline? I have heard debate on this revolving on the line in the swordsage class description on stances known to the effect "when you begin play" which doesn't seem to apply to those multiclassing into swordsage at higher level. Not sure how crazy fringe this argument is, so I could use some clarification.

Thanks in advance.

Yes, you're restricted to a level 1 stance when you begin play as a Swordsage. Here are the relevant rules.

The "begin play" statement is part of the Class Features section of the Swordsage class. The Player's Handbook dictates the steps you follow whenever you attain a new class level on pages 58-59. The instructions for the last step:

9. Class Features: Check your character’s class description in this chapter for any new capabilities your character may receive. Many characters gain special attacks or new special powers as they advance in levels.

On your first level in the Swordsage class, "Stances Known" is a new capability for your character. You follow the rule there:

Stances Known: You begin play with knowledge of one 1st-level stance from any discipline open to you. At 2nd, 5th, 9th, 14th, and 20th level, you can choose additional stances.

Because the PH dictates that you only reference the Class Features section of a class when you attain a new level, you "begin play" in a class when that's new for your character: i.e., always at the first level in each class. There is no global "begin play" in the rules; it's only a feature of individual classes. Just as "level" inside the "Stances Known" paragraph refers to levels only in that class, "begin play" in the same paragraph also refers specifically to that class.

[ahenobarbi]

Q 752If I use Shadow Evocation to emulate (Sanctum Spelled) Contingency do I have to keep focus of Contingency with me?

[cd4]

Q753 Is there any way of making an illusion of a weapon deal damage to the target as if it was a normal weapon? Would ranged weapons require something different to melee weapons?

[Andezzar]

Q 754

Is there a spell to either create onyx or transform other readily available material into onyx?

[ahenobarbi]

A 754
Major Creation, Wish.
EDIT: Also Polymorph Any Object.

[Bakkan]

C 754 Note that you cannot use major creation'd onyx as a material component (I only mention this because the first thing that occurred to me when I read onyx was animate dead)

[Ruethgar]

Q755 Is an Ultimate Magus an arcane spell casting class?

[Douglas]

A755

No. Ultimate Magus advances the spellcasting of other classes, but does not provide any spellcasting of its own.

[ahenobarbi]

Q 756 Deepwarden allows to replace Dex bonus to AC with Con bonus. Is this bonus limited by armor "Maximum Dex Bonus" (link to PrC description)?

[Khedrac]

A 756 Yes, this is limited by the armor max Dex bonus. The Con AC bonus is lost whenever the Dex AC bonus would be lost - such as when putting on a normal suit of mountain plate (Max Dex bonus 0)...

[Siltharon]

Q 757
hey guys just a short question:
Can familiars (and extended Psicrystals) deliver ranged touch attacks like for example scorching ray or Energy ray through "Deliver Touch Power"

sorry if that question already has been asked but I can't find it through google and going through all the pages here would take too long

[TuggyNE]

hey guys just a short question:
Can familiars (and extended Psicrystals) deliver ranged touch attacks like for example scorching ray or Energy ray through "Deliver Touch Power"

sorry if that question already has been asked but I can't find it through google and going through all the pages here would take too long

A757: No. The text appears to imply that a "touch spell" is one that has a range of touch (i.e., 0 ft).

[ahenobarbi]

hey guys just a short question:
Can familiars (and extended Psicrystals) deliver ranged touch attacks like for example scorching ray or Energy ray through "Deliver Touch Power"

sorry if that question already has been asked but I can't find it through google and going through all the pages here would take too long

Hi please add number to your question (to keep this thread in order). Like:

Q 757

Can familiars (and extended Psicrystals) deliver ranged touch attacks like for example scorching ray or Energy ray through "Deliver Touch Power"

and when answering also include question number (to let others know what are you answering), like:

A 757
No. This feature allows familiar to deliver only touch spells. It doesn't say anything about allowing ranged touch spells.

Nitpick

A757: No. The text appears to imply that a "touch spell" is one that has a range of touch (i.e., 0 ft).

Typically (for (most) small and medium creatures) touch has 5 ft range, not 0 ft range.

[soulsabre345]

Q 758

If you use hypnotism on someone you've charmed via charm person, do you turn the person fanatic for the suggestion you make? (charm person makes them friendly. hypnotism when used to suggest makes them 2 levels more friendly in attitude, from friendly 2 levels up to fanatic.)

[killem2]

Q 759: Moved to its own thread

[Malkor the mage]

Q 760: I am a half-elf theif in 3.5e. When I get backstab extra damage is it an auto extra dice of damage or is it a multiplyer like x2 or x3?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Q761What would be the damage die for a medium weapon that is normally large and deals 2d6? I am talking about the Hellspear which is a weapon introduced in FCII; but only on the statblock of a large devil whose name I don't recall. The problem is that the Table: Larger and Smaller Weapon Damage table in the SRD has two possible damage values (1d8 and 2d4) and I am not sure which one I should use.

[questionmark693]

Q 762

Can you get a spellbook with more than one hundred pages in it?

Q 763

Can you (as a wizard) prepare spells from multiple spellbooks if you personally filled all the spellbooks in question?

Q 764

Can somebody besides your character make a spellcraft check to put spells into your spellbook?

[TuggyNE]

A760: Extra dice.

Sneak Attack
If a rogue can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.

The rogue’s attack deals extra damage any time her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and it increases by 1d6 every two rogue levels thereafter. Should the rogue score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied.

A761: Uncertain. There's really not enough information to be sure, so pick one. 1d8; perhaps, it's more common.

A762: Yes. Boccob's Blessed Book has 1000 pages.
A763: Yes. There's no particular reason to suppose a spellbook stops being yours if you get another one.

[Curmudgeon]

A 764 Yes.

Anyone can write anything they want (spells, poetry, grocery lists) into a spellbook; it's just a blank book. If the writing is a spell, only the person who made the Spellcraft check to put it there can read it normally. Everyone else, including the owner of the book, would need to treat that writing as a "borrowed" spellbook.

[AdInfinitum]

Q765
Is there a reason to be a silverbrow human archivist besides the Primal series of spells? I'm not sure that there's a way to get the rest of the dragonblooded bonus spells as divine.

[Bakkan]

A765 This isn't reallw a RAW question, as there could be as many reasons for playing a specific race/class combination as there are players. For instance, access to dragonblooded feats and a bonus to Disguise are other reasons to play as a Silverbrow Human. If you wish to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a specific combination, this would make a good topic for its own thread.

[_felagund]

Q766

is it possible an unaware mage bypass explosive runes without triggering it?

he wont dispell the scroll because he doesnt know whether explosive or not..

[MrLemon]

A766
I not too sure I understood the question.
I will assume

Is it possible for an unaware Character to pass by Explosive Runes without triggering it?

Yes. They are only activated on reading.

Also, since you have to stand right next to them to read them (as per spell description), the runes are small enough not to be read by every single passersby.

[Roto]

Q767 If a Rogue has Spring Attack and uses it, can he sneak attack with it?

[Urpriest]

Q767 If a Rogue has Spring Attack and uses it, can he sneak attack with it?

A767
Like all attacks that involve attack rolls and deal damage, a Rogue can make a Sneak Attack with a Spring Attack provided the attack meets all other criteria required for a Sneak Attack in any other circumstance.

[Carth]

Q767
How do you determine what intelligence boosts add to skill points? Do inherent bonuses? Does the bonus from warp touch (BoVD)? Extract gift? Greater visage of the deity, assuming someone managed 100% uptime of the spell from 17th-20th level? Necrotic empowerment with 100% uptime?

Q768
If your intelligence gets drained, do you temporarily lose skill points?

[ahenobarbi]

Guess 767 I believe only racial and inherent Int bonuses get you skill ranks but I'm not sure / can't find rules source for this.

A 768 No, you don't.

Q 769Mighty Wallop (and greater version) increase base weapon damage for bludgeoning weapons. Are there similar spells that work with different damage types?

[Curmudgeon]

A 767

The answer is on page 58 of Player's Handbook:

Your character's Intelligence modifier affects the number of skill points he or she gets at each level ... Use your character's current Intelligence score, including all permanent changes (such as inherent bonuses, ability drains, or an Intelligence increase gained at step 4, above) but not any temporary changes (such as ability damage, or enhancement bonuses gained from spells or magic items, such as a headband of intellect), to determine the number of skill points you gain.

Spell changes which are not inherent do not change your skill points. That includes Permanent duration spells, which are not actually permanent (despite the name), but rather only last until dispelled.