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

[Bakkan]

A? 239 I don't understand the question. There is nothing in 3.5 with the name "Character Creation Feats". All feats are taken as part of character creation or advancement. Depending on what level you build a character at, any feat could conceivably be one that you take at "creation".

[Thorvaldr]

Re: A239

A? 239 I don't understand the question. There is nothing in 3.5 with the name "Character Creation Feats". All feats are taken as part of character creation or advancement. Depending on what level you build a character at, any feat could conceivably be one that you take at "creation".

Upon further reflection maybe I was getting really D&D mixed up with Neverwinter Nights? I don't remember the name, but there were some backstory or history feats that could only be taken at 1st level. Anything like this in PnP D&D?

[mattie_p]

A 239: There are extensive listings of such feats (Campaign settings are one such place to find them) , but I don't know of a consolidated list. I suggest you open a new thread to discuss.

[Metahuman1]

A228: The Dread Commando prestige class from Heroes of Battle has a class feature called "Armored Ease" which allows you to subtract up to 4 from your armor check penalty.

Is there perhaps an armor upgrade I could perches, or other solution that doesn't require investment of class levels? Those are REALLY tight on my build right now.

[KillianHawkeye]

Re: A239

Upon further reflection maybe I was getting really D&D mixed up with Neverwinter Nights? I don't remember the name, but there were some backstory or history feats that could only be taken at 1st level. Anything like this in PnP D&D?

A 239

The Forgotten Realms Player's Guide has background feats (or called something extremely similar) which reflect your character's upbringing and can only be taken at level 1.

[powerdemon]

A 239
Here is a decent list. Just click the "1st level only" box before you hit search.

http://www.realmshelps.net/datafind/feats.shtml

[Ianuagonde]

A 228 Additional

The Nimbleness armor property (Magic Item Compendium p 13) reduces the armor check penalty by 2, among other things.

[thethird]

Q 240 Does Metaphysical Weapon improve magical weapons, or does it only work in mundane weapons? I.e. if it is manifested in a +1 weapon would it make it count as a +2 for the duration of the power?

[Andezzar]

A 240

No. While you can manifest the power on a magic weapon (or a masterwork weapon) the enhancement bonuses will not stack. Unless you invest additional power points to increase the enhancement bonus provided by metaphysical wepon to at least +2, manifesting it on a +1 weapon will do nothing.

[unseenmage]

Q241

Is there a DC for writing or drawing while both yourself and your materials are invisible?

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My Hordificer character enjoys spending the first round of combat whipping out a sheet of canvas and his trusty paintbrush and using Craft (Calligraphy) to produce a blueprint of whatever his constructs are fighting at the time for future immortilization in Effigy form.

Problem is I just got a Ring of Invisibility and am unsure what the DC is to write or draw while invisible.

[killem2]

Q 242: If I make my Teleportation Circle with A crushed invisible Amber, will my rune be invisible?

[Lateral]

Q 243

What happens if, say, a Nightwalker uses its Summon Undead to summon a dread wraith, which then kills something? Does this create a wraith spawn, and after the dread wraith's summon ends does the resulting wraith stay enslaved to it, to the nightwalker, or is it free?

[Sith_Happens]

A 242

As a material component, the amber dust is destroyed upon casting the spell, therefore its visibility has no bearing on that of the circle.

[Metahuman1]

Q 244 What book and what page is Spell Blade found in?

[Gildedragon]

A244
PGtF 120, 1 word.

[NeoPhoenix0]

A 243

The wraith are under command of the dread wraith until the dread wraith dies.

The nightwalker's summon undead ability is supernatural so it does not follow summon spell and spell-like ability mechanics which would keep the dread wraiths control anyway. Since it is supernatural the dread wrath doesn't disappear at the end of the duration the nightwalker just loses control of the dread wraith.

With normal summoning the dread wraith would have still controlled the wraiths despite possibly being on another plane.

[weckar]

Q 245 Does a Attacking while invisible A. Treat the opponent at flat-footed, B. Deny Dex bonus to AC, C. Allow for a sneak attack (if the attacker has the class ability) or D. Any or all of the above?

[Sith_Happens]

A 245

B, which generally implies C.

[Andezzar]

A 245

Generally B and C. Invisibility denies the DEX bonus to AC and thus enables Sneak Attack. Note however that this only applies if the target cannot perceive the invisible creature. Being invisible does nothing if the target can see invisibility or can perceive the attacker through other sense (blind-sight, temorsense etc.)

Damn Sowrdsages.

[Demonic_Spoon]

Q 246:

I seem to recall one of the planar books mentioning that interplanar portals function even on dead magic planes? Can someone confirm this for me and give a page number please? I can't find it again for the life of me.

[TuggyNE]

A246: It's actually in Core.

Dead Magic
These planes have no magic at all. A plane with the dead magic trait functions in all respects like an antimagic field spell. Divination spells cannot detect subjects within a dead magic plane, nor can a spellcaster use teleport or another spell to move in or out. The only exception to the “no magic” rule is permanent planar portals, which still function normally.

[Sugashane]

Q. 247

Is there a spell to bind one or more people to another person or object, so that when this person/object is attacked the individuals bound to it are teleported there to help defend it?

It might have been a method using contingency, but I remember our mentor in one game letting us be bound to a dragon's egg that was involved in a prophecy, and he did so with a spell.

[Gildedragon]

A247
Probably, but this is the sort of thing you want to start a thread on as there may be multiple ways.

[Sugashane]

A247
Probably, but this is the sort of thing you want to start a thread on as there may be multiple ways.

Ah, ok. I looked at Q.4 in the first post and thought it was similar, but I can see how there might be various ways to do it as it is using spells, which have more variety and ways of combining, rather than just feats.

Will make a separate thread.

[Crasical]

Q 248

Geomancers still acquire and prepare spells in the normal manner for their individual spellcasting classes. When they cast them, however, they can mix or match spellcasting parameters from any of their classes

Does this also apply to classes that have spellcasting parameters but can't actually cast spells, such as 3rd level Paladin or Ranger? I ask because the text describing the use of wands

Spell trigger activation is similar to spell completion, but it’s even simpler. No gestures or spell finishing is needed, just a special knowledge of spellcasting that an appropriate character would know, and a single word that must be spoken. Anyone with a spell on his or her spell list knows how to use a spell trigger item that stores that spell. (This is the case even for a character who can’t actually cast spells, such as a 3rd-level paladin.)

seems to imply that the class has it's 'spellcasting parameters' before actual spellcasting levels.

[Andezzar]

Q 249

Can any 1st level character take Martial Study (Shadow Blink) or Martial Study (Mountain Tombstone Strike)?

Q 250

Is there any rule prohibiting you from taking a stance as the maneuver for the Martial Study Feat?

[Bakkan]

A 249 No. A character taking the Martial Study feat must meet the minimum Initiator Level requirements for the maneuver they are taking as desscribed on ToB p. 39.

A 250 No. Martial Study lets you learn one maneuver, and a stance is not a maneuver (ToB p. 43). The Martial Stance feat is required to learn stances without levls in a martial adept class.

[Andezzar]

A 249 Contention

A 249 No. A character taking the Martial Study feat must meet the minimum Initiator Level requirements for the maneuver they are taking as desscribed on ToB p. 39.

Generally this is true, but Martial study allows you to "Select any maneuver from the chosen discipline for which you meet the prerequisite." Prerequisites (or the lack thereof) are a property of each maneuver that is distinct from minimum Initiator Level.

A 250 Contention

A 250 No. Martial Study lets you learn one maneuver, and a stance is not a maneuver (ToB p. 43). The Martial Stance feat is required to learn stances without levls in a martial adept class.

Great, p. 5 says the exact opposite:

Stance: A stance is a special type of maneuver.

Now what is it?

[OMG PONIES]

A 249

No, you cannot take Martial Study for a maneuver until you have reached the appropriate initiator level. To remedy this, we must consult the section of Tome of Battle that defines what exactly a prerequisite is.

In addition to meeting the class and level requirements before you can learn a maneuver, you must meet a certain set of requirements to be able to choose that maneuver as one you know.

Since the "certain set of requirements" (usually knowing X number of maneuvers from the same discipline) is in addition to meeting the class and level requirements, you do not meet the prerequisite for your chosen maneuver--you've only fulfilled the "certain set of requirements."

A 250

You cannot use Martial Study to learn a stance. The quoted text from page 5 is a general introduction to maneuvers, stances, and the like. On page 43, stances are defined in greater detail:

A stance is not a maneuver, but a specific fighting method that you maintain from round to round...Stances are considered maneuvers for the purpose of fulfilling prerequisites for learning higher-level maneuvers, or qualifying for prestige classes or feats.

Stances are considered to be maneuvers in only very limited situations. "Learning a maneuver" is not one of them, therefore you cannot use Martial Study to learn a stance (though you can use its sister feat, Martial Stance).

[thethird]

Q 251 The wild elf racial modifiers are: +4 Dex -2 Con -2 Int?