Simple Raw Thread for 3.5 #28

[Kryx]

Q465 Does a window block Line of Effect? For instance for things like teleport.

[kkplx]

Q 466

If you beat an invisible creature's move silently check, how much information does "know of its presence" convey? How much information is actually given, considering the example used on the srd, "over there somewhere"?

[kkplx]

Q 467

If activate a Chronocharm of the Horizon Walker while invisible, do creatures get to percieve where you went, or only where you were when you spoke the command word?

Q 468

If you move silently while invisible, does a creature determine your approximate location or pinpoint your location based on where you were before or after the move action?

[heavyfuel]

A 464

Yes.

A See Invisibility spell, however, would allow you to see the Invisible Stalker (and anything that is invisible) so long as he isn't using a mundane form of hiding such as the Hide skill

Similarly, a Glitterdust spell will outline an invisible creature and allow both you and your allies to know of its location. Since it also applies a -40 penalty to Hide checks, it will almost certaily make it impossible for him to use the Hide skill. Although to use Glitterdust, you must catch the enemy in the AoE, so you must either guess its location or use some form of knowing his location (such as the See Invisibility spell, or Mindsight, or Tremorsense) to know where he is.

Alternatively, beating his Move Silently with your Listen by 20 points will also allow you to pinpoint his location.

[Niwrad]

Q 469: If a creature of colossal size casts a spell with an area of "x ft radius centered on the caster", does that radius start from the center of the colossal creature's occupied space or does it start from the edge of that creature's space?

E.g. if a colossal sized creature casts a blasphemy spell

[OMG PONIES]

A464 correction: Only sort of. From the SRD description of invisible stalkers:

Invisible stalkers have an amorphous form. A see invisibility spell shows only a dim outline of a cloud, while a true seeing spell reveals a roiling cloud of vapor.

A465: It depends what you mean by "window." Not to be pedantic, but a glass pane will break line of effect while an open hole in a wall might not. Here are the relevant rules quotes:

A line of effect is canceled by a solid barrier.

An otherwise solid barrier with a hole of at least 1 square foot through it does not block a spell’s line of effect. Such an opening means that the 5-foot length of wall containing the hole is no longer considered a barrier for purposes of a spell’s line of effect.

A 466: Exactly what you've stated. According to the SRD:

A successful check lets a character hear an invisible creature “over there somewhere.” It’s practically impossible to pinpoint the location of an invisible creature. A Listen check that beats the DC by 20 pinpoints the invisible creature’s location.

A 467: They get a chance to do both. A creature that beats a DC 0 Listen check knows the general direction in which you were when you activated the charm. Hitting a 20 or more on that check allows them to pinpoint where you were when you activated the charm. Creatures are entitled to another Listen check vs. your Move Silently check (made with no penalty). If the Listen check is greater, the creature knows your general direction. If the Listen check is greater by 20 or more, the creature can pinpoint you.

Every time you have a chance to hear something in a reactive manner (such as when someone makes a noise or you move into a new area), you can make a Listen check without using an action.

Q 468: After. The quote above shows that Listen checks are reactive, and a Move Silently check is part of the action that causes movement.

A Move Silently check is included in your movement or other activity, so it is part of another action.

A 469: It's up to the caster.

Regardless of the shape of the area, you select the point where the spell originates, but otherwise you don’t control which creatures or objects the spell affects. The point of origin of a spell is always a grid intersection.

[Curmudgeon]

A 465 additional info

The Teleport spell does not require line of effect to the destination. You must actually touch any creatures/objects you wish to transport, though, which you can't do through a window pane.

[Jowgen]

Q 470

A Move Silently check is included in your movement or other activity, so it is part of another action.

Normally, you make a Hide check as part of movement, so it doesn’t take a separate action.

Is it thusly possible to Hide and Move Silently with a 5-ft step?

[Curmudgeon]

A 470 Yes.

A 5' step is movement. So is running, charging, or withdrawing. Just because the most common form of movement is the move action to travel up to your speed doesn't mean that's the only option.

[Dmdork]

Q471 if you cast raise deadand the character loses a lvl, does he start at the beginning of that lvl? What about the exp that he might have earned if he survived the encounter?

[Jon_Dahl]

Q472

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/traps.htm#...kTentaclesTrap

1d4+7 tentacles, Atk +7 melee [1d6+4, tentacle]); multiple targets (up to six tentacles per target in each of two adjacent 5-ft. squares)

Why are these values given and what should I do with them?

[Business Scrub]

Q473 Is there an order to the steps taken when leveling up? Specifically, if a character turns level 6 and wants to enter a prestige class, but needs a feat he will be obtaining at that level, can he do both?

[unseenmage]

Q474

An Artificer can use an Action Point to cast an infusion faster yes?

Can the Artificer start casting the Infusion the slow way then suddenly use an Action Point to finish the casting the quick way.

(Yes I know they don't cast their infusions exactly, but couldn't remember the more accurate word, sorry.)

[Andezzar]

A 473

Yes. The order is detailed on p. 58 f. of the PHB. The first step is "choose class". So if you do not have a feat that is a prerequisite for the PrC you cannot choose that class.

[Thurbane]

Q 475

How loudly does the command word of a magic item need to be spoken, in terms of judging the Listen DC to hear it (looking at the PHB table that sets some DCs, would it be 0 "people talking", or could it be whispered [DC 15])?

[Curmudgeon]

A 475

Whispering would cause the casting to fail because you must speak in a firm, strong voice.

Spell Components: To cast a spell with a verbal (V) component, your character must speak in a firm voice. If you’re gagged or in the area of a silence spell, you can’t cast such a spell. A spellcaster who has been deafened has a 20% chance to spoil any spell he tries to cast if that spell has a verbal component.

Verbal (V)
A verbal component is a spoken incantation. To provide a verbal component, you must be able to speak in a strong voice.

Spell Failure

If you ever try to cast a spell in conditions where the characteristics of the spell cannot be made to conform, the casting fails and the spell is wasted.

Your individual DM would set the Listen DC, but it would be 0 (people talking) or lower.

[Cardea]

Q 476

Can a weapon that isn't a quarterstaff be enchanted like a staff, or, is there an instance where a spear/longspear/lance is enchanted as one?

[Curmudgeon]

A 476 No.

The necessary item for creating a magic item with Craft Staff is a masterwork quarterstaff, as you can see on the table here. You can add the Morphing property (Magic Item Compendium, page 39) to this weapon if you first enhance it to at least +1, to change it into the form of some other compatible weapon.

[Rickshaw]

Q477

Got a weird one today. Are there stats for onions and apples? Specifically weight and price?

[Gnome Alone]

Q 478

When a monk chooses, as per the variant option in the SRD, to trade the AC bonus for the barbarian's DR, does she get the DR at Level 7, when the barbarian does, or at level 1, when she'd normally get her AC bonus? (Not that either is fantastic, it's just that 7 levels of monk for 1 DR is, well, cruel-and-unusual punishment. But I wouldn't put past WOTC, so that's why I'm asking you learnéd scholars.)

[Jowgen]

Q 479

Provided raw materials and labour are availabe, how much would it cost for someone to build themselves a nice, square wooden tower? lets say, about 10 by 10 ft wide and 5 stories (about 40 ft?) high, common house furnishing, no specials included.

[Curmudgeon]

A 478 Level 7.

Gain: Damage reduction (as barbarian).

"As Barbarian" means you follow the Barbarian damage reduction schedule.

Damage Reduction (Ex): At 7th level, a barbarian gains Damage Reduction. Subtract 1 from the damage the barbarian takes each time he is dealt damage from a weapon or a natural attack. At 10th level, and every three barbarian levels thereafter (13th, 16th, and 19th level), this damage reduction rises by 1 point. Damage reduction can reduce damage to 0 but not below 0.

[Thurbane]

A 475

Whispering would cause the casting to fail because you must speak in a firm, strong voice. Your individual DM would set the Listen DC, but it would be 0 (people talking) or lower.

A 475 clarification

Since all of the samples you provided relate only to casting, does this only apply to spell completion items, or to any magic item with a command word?

[Curmudgeon]

A 475 Clarification

Activating both spell completion and spell trigger items are said to be casting a spell (see Dungeon Master's Guide on pages 211, 243, and 245), so the vocalization rules for spellcasting apply. The only vocal notations given in the rules for command word items are:

• it's usually a nonsense word; and
• it takes a standard action to speak the command word.

So something like "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", taking half a 6-second round to speak, would fit these particulars. The length (a standard action) of speech required would make the command word noticeable, but your individual DM would need to decide if there's a difference in minimum necessary vocal volume for activating command word and other types of magic items.

[TheCrowing1432]

Q.476. When you change shape via Polymorph, do you get the BAB/Saves of whatever form you transform into besides Will?

How do you get the supernatural/spell like abilities of the polymorphed form?

[Andezzar]

A 476

No on both:

This spell functions like alter self, except that you change the willing subject into another form of living creature.

Neither Polymorph nor Alter Self mention the gain of the new form's BAB or Saves. That includes will saves. Your Fort and REF saves however would be modified because of the Attributes you do gain.

The subject gains the Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores of the new form but retains its own Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. It also gains all extraordinary special attacks possessed by the form but does not gain the extraordinary special qualities possessed by the new form or any supernatural or spell-like abilities.

No supernatural or spell-like abilities either as per the underlined part.

AFAIK there is no way to get Supernatural or spell-like abilities through Polymorph. You have to use Shapechange.

[Sian]

get in right order ... TheCrowing1432's question should have been Q480 ... I guess he looked at the latest answer and picked the number after that ignoring that questions and answers aren't always given in order

[Dmdork]

Q481can u take a 5 foot step to get into position and then bullrush someone in the same round?

[Andezzar]

A 481

Yes, but only if you use the Bullrush as a Standard Action. Charges and 5 ft steps don't work together. Correction: No.

You can’t take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can’t take a 5-foot step in the same round when you move any distance.

First, you move into the defender’s space.

[Heliomance]

Q 408 If you use Shape Soulmeld to pick up a soulmeld that has an ability with a save attached, which stat does the ability's DC key off?

I discovered the answer to this one.
A 408

When this feat is selected, choose a soulmeld from any class’s soulmeld list. You can shape that soulmeld using the normal meldshaping rules.

Emphasis mine.

When you take the feat, you choose a soulmeld from any list. Therefore, you don't pick Shape Soulmeld (Lammasu Mantle), you pick Shape Soulmeld (Lammasu Mantle (from the Incarnate soulmeld list)). You pick the class you want to shape it as when you pick the feat, from any class that can normally shape that soulmeld. Therefore, even if you have Totemist levels, you can't take an Incarnate-only meld and use Con to set the DCs. You have to use the normal rules for the class whose list you took the soulmeld from.