Simple RAW Thread for 3.5 #34: Mere mortal, not immortal, not starcrossed, anymore

[Falontani]

Q113

If a duskblade is wielding a wand and activates the feat Wandstrike can he use arcane channeling to cast one of his spells that he possesses?

[Venger]

A 113 Both consume your standard action, so this is not normally possible.

[Thurbane]

Q 114

Price check please (I'm the DM, just checking my sums): custom wondrous item; Restoration 1/day, command word activation, slot-less. CL 7th. 4 * 7 * 1800 / 5 * 2 = 20,160gp. (If it was made by a Healer, then CL 5th, 3 * 5 * 1800 / 2 * 2 = 10,800gp).

What I'm stumped on is how the 100gp material component cost for restoration adds to this? Do I just add a flat 100gp for a total of 20,260gp (10,900gp)? I know for wands you multiply the material component cost by charges...

[Venger]

A 114

For a daily limit item, you treat it as though it had 50 charges, so 5000gp in this case. All your other math is correct.

[jdizzlean]

Q 115

if you are playing a humanoid, and you permanently advance your size 1 catgory larger, do you follow the rules for size increases in the MM for advancing monsters, or is there another source to use as a player?

[zergling.exe]

A 115

It depends on the rules for what you are using to increase your size, that table is generally for advancing via RHD, but there are a few things that reference it for stats (most famously half-minotaur I believe, which ends up giving +16 Str because of it, +8 from the template and a further +8 from size adjustment). If you use a permanancied enlarge person you would only get the benefits outlined by the spell, other sources may have differing rules on what you get.

[Kalkra]

Q 116
What happens if a phaerimm takes the Blend Into Shadows feat, specifically with regards to the one additional use of the darkness spell-like ability. It can use it's racial spellcasting to cast darkness as a spell-like ability, but does it get an extra spell slot which it can use only for darkness, or what?

[Blue Jay]

Q 116
What happens if a phaerimm takes the Blend Into Shadows feat, specifically with regards to the one additional use of the darkness spell-like ability. It can use it's racial spellcasting to cast darkness as a spell-like ability, but does it get an extra spell slot which it can use only for darkness, or what?

A 116

A phaerimm doesn't have darkness as an SLA, so it doesn't qualify for the feat, and gains no benefit from it.

[Kalkra]

A phaerimm prepares it's spells as SLAs. If it prepares darkness, now it has darkness as an SLA.

[Thurbane]

Q 117

Weird one, bear with me: is there any listed time for how long it takes to gain an acquired template, specifically Greenbound (LEoF)?

Asking if a construct could have the Greater Humanoid Essence spell (RoE) cast on it, and acquire the template in the 1 round/caster level duration of the spell?

[Troacctid]

Q 117

Weird one, bear with me: is there any listed time for how long it takes to gain an acquired template, specifically Greenbound (LEoF)?

Asking if a construct could have the Greater Humanoid Essence spell (RoE) cast on it, and acquire the template in the 1 round/caster level duration of the spell?

If it's not listed in the template's entry, then it's not listed, period. There's no general rule for it.

[ComaVision]

Q 118

Is there any way for an Artificer to emulate or otherwise get around skill rank requirements for item creation? For example, the 5 ranks of Jump for Boots of Striding and Springing.

[Sleven]

Q119

Which book and page number contains the ability for a character to gain the Negotiator feat by doing work for a guildmaster or government official?

[Thurbane]

Q119

Which book and page number contains the ability for a character to gain the Negotiator feat by doing work for a guildmaster or government official?

A 119 partial

I can find a number of classes/PrCs that give Negotiator as a selectable bonus feat, but not much in the way of guilds or affiliations. The closest I could find was as follows:

The Character Background optional rules in Unearthed Arcana suggest some feats based on background (Negotiator is an option depending on the background selected); with this optional rule, you can add background feats using normal clas bonus feats (for example, a Wizard with a Government background could select Negotiator for his 5th level bonus feat instead of a metamagic feat).

The only mention of Negotiator I could find in regards to guilds or affiliation was in the Guildmaster associated feats section in DMG2: but it is a req, rather than a bonus feat. The Guildmaster feat itself can be awarded by the DM as a bonus feat at their discretion, but that doesn't grant the Negotiator feat in any way.

Long story short: if there is an affiliation somewhere that grants Negotiator as a bonus feat, I was unable to find it.

Side note - these are the group affiliations I was able to find that provide bonus feats:

• Blackwheel Company (CoS): one Fighter bonus feat.
• Golden Helm Guild (PHB2): Craft Magic Arms & Armor
• House Affiliation (DotU): Leadership
• Wintervein Dwarves (PHB2): Weapon Focus (Dwarven Waraxe), Weapon Focus (Dwarven Urgrosh), Improved Critical (Dwarven Waraxe) and Improved Critical (Dwarven Urgrosh)

[unseenmage]

A117

RAW it looks like "These energies transform hapless creatures nearby into plantlike beings of great strength." is all we get. No mention of duration so the transformation takes as long or short a time as your narrative requires.

[jdizzlean]

Q 120

if you are taking a racial substitution level for a class, can you also combine that with a variant of the same class and get both benefits?

(( i may be answering my own question here, but if they both replace 1 of the things in the base class, but the racial level ALSO replaces something else, would you then be able to take it anyways? I don't think you can replace the same thing twice..))

Q 121

in respect to the above, if you are taking multiple levels, if you take a variant level does that continue the progression of the 'base' class or does it count as a new level entirely? To clarify, let's say you are taking 5 levels of fighter, but you want to take 1 level of thug, does thug progress fighter, or is it considered a new and seperate class as far as all the pertinent things go (bab/saves) to further clarify, if you took fighter 2, thug 1, fighter 2, would you end up as fighter 5, or fighter 4/thug 1 ?

[Venger]

A 120 You have indeed answered your own question:

If you give up ability A to get ability B from a racial sub level, you no longer have A. You can't give up A again to get ability C from a variant or acf of this class.

A 121 No. Once you take a variant such as thug fighter, that's the kind of fighter you are henceforth. You cannot be a fighter/thug. This is what sets variant classes apart from acfs, which you can take or not take at each level as they become available.

In your example, your character would either be able to take normal fighter or thug fighter. Once he made the choice, he could not dabble in the other.

[jdizzlean]

A 121 No. Once you take a variant such as thug fighter, that's the kind of fighter you are henceforth. You cannot be a fighter/thug. This is what sets variant classes apart from acfs, which you can take or not take at each level as they become available.

In your example, your character would either be able to take normal fighter or thug fighter. Once he made the choice, he could not dabble in the other.

on redirect:

if i'm taking a racial substitution level for fighter, can i turn that fighter into the thug variant or not?

[Blue Jay]

A phaerimm prepares it's spells as SLAs. If it prepares darkness, now it has darkness as an SLA.

A 116 Addendum

No, they're still spells, they just lack components in the way an SLA lacks components.

The language there says they use spells as if they were SLAs, it doesn't say their count as SLAs for things like prereqs or feat benefits.

A 121 No. Once you take a variant such as thug fighter, that's the kind of fighter you are henceforth. You cannot be a fighter/thug. This is what sets variant classes apart from acfs, which you can take or not take at each level as they become available.

In your example, your character would either be able to take normal fighter or thug fighter. Once he made the choice, he could not dabble in the other.

Technically not correct. UA does have rules for multiclassing between variants, and leaves the decision of whether to allow it up to the DM. It gives the example of a bard/bardic sage, and says you get two separate casting progressions, not a single stacking progression; but other non-spellcasting class features should stack.

[Wacky89]

Q122

How does at will wild shape from the Divine Minion template interact with "Wild Feats"?
Can you use them as much as you please, or do you not have a wild shape to spend?
Do levels in druid stack with divine minion for wild shape druid level purposes?

[RaiKirah]

Q 123

Shaper of Form's Renaissance ability states you 'cannot change type' when you use the ability to change race. Does this mean you cannot choose a race with a different type, or that your type doesn't change regardless of the race you change?

[Troacctid]

on redirect:

if i'm taking a racial substitution level for fighter, can i turn that fighter into the thug variant or not?

DM discretion.

Q122

How does at will wild shape from the Divine Minion template interact with "Wild Feats"?
Can you use them as much as you please, or do you not have a wild shape to spend?

Unlimited uses of wild shape means unlimited uses of wild feats.

Do levels in druid stack with divine minion for wild shape druid level purposes?

No.

Q 123

Shaper of Form's Renaissance ability states you 'cannot change type' when you use the ability to change race. Does this mean you cannot choose a race with a different type, or that your type doesn't change regardless of the race you change?

Yes.

[RaiKirah]

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Quote Originally Posted by RaiKirah
Q 123

Shaper of Form's Renaissance ability states you 'cannot change type' when you use the ability to change race. Does this mean you cannot choose a race with a different type, or that your type doesn't change regardless of the race you change?


Yes.

Troacctid - which statement we're you saying yes to? I worded it as an either or question by mistake.

[Troacctid]

Troacctid - which statement we're you saying yes to? I worded it as an either or question by mistake.

That was to your question. Did you have a follow-up?

[Wacky89]

Q 124
How exactly does Reincarnate work?
Do you keep everything from your original race or do you have to figure out "physical" and "mental" traits?
What do you get from the race you get reincarnated into?

[Venger]

A 121 again
As long as you don't try to give away something you've already given away through thug, then yes. If so, then no.

A 123
It means you cannot choose a race with a different type. If you are a human, then you are restricted to choosing from other humanoid races. You could not choose an aberration as a race, for example.

A 124 All of these questions are addressed in the spell text. What part of it is unclear?
You apply the modifiers based on the chart, but keep your own ability scores. You lose your old body's traits and gain the ones from your new body.

[lucasddln1]

Q125 . Is there any way to adapt the Gunslinger class to the 3.5? My DM wants me to play it but we are struggling at balancing and adapting to the version. I'm building the character with only the 3.5 main book for now.

[KillianHawkeye]

Q125 . Is there any way to adapt the Gunslinger class to the 3.5? My DM wants me to play it but we are struggling at balancing and adapting to the version. I'm building the character with only the 3.5 main book for now.

A 125

There are obviously not any rules for adapting Pathfinder classes to use in D&D 3.5. If you want any help on this topic, the appropriate thing to do is to start a separate thread on the subject.

This is a D&D 3.5 rules Q&A thread.

[Kobold Esq]

Q 126: Do templated kobolds qualify for Dragonwrought?

Dragon-Wrought Prerequisites: Kobold, 1st level only

Can you have a mineral warrior dragonwrought kobold? What about a half-celestial dragonwrought kobold?

[Thurbane]

Q 127

Question about racial paragon Classes (UA):

A character can multiclass freely between standard character classes, prestige classes for which he or she qualifies, and the character's appropriate racial paragon class.

...does this include classes that have multi-classing restrictions, like Monk or Paladin? i.e. Could I be a Paladin 2/Human Paragon 3, then take more Paladin levels?

Like a member of any other class, a paladin may be a multiclass character, but multiclass paladins face a special restriction. A paladin who gains a level in any class other than paladin may never again raise her paladin level, though she retains all her paladin abilities.