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Q27 (by my counting)
Is there a definitive answer to the argument about Summoners / Synthesists / Eidolons and the "Enlarge/Reduce" chain of spells?
As I read it:
Eidolons can share 'self' spells as if they were not Outsiders, but Enlarge is a 'target' spell.
Synthesists count as Outsiders, so can't be Enlarged (and, enlarging the Synthesist inside the Eidolon has very little effect).
This is what share spells says
"Share Spells (Ex)
The summoner may cast a spell with a target of “you” on his eidolon (as a spell with a range of touch) instead of on himself. A summoner may cast spells on his eidolon even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the eidolon’s type (outsider). Spells cast in this way must come from the summoner spell list.
This ability does not allow the eidolon to share abilities that are not spells, even if they function like spells."
The ability says you can use spells from the summoner list cast by the summoner and that if this is done it will work on the eidolon even though it is an outsider. Synthesist still have this ability.
The summoner may cast a spell with a target of “you” on his eidolon (as a spell with a range of touch) instead of on himself. A summoner may cast spells on his eidolon even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the eidolon’s type (outsider). Spells cast in this way must come from the summoner spell list.
This ability does not allow the eidolon to share abilities that are not spells, even if they function like spells."
The ability says you can use spells from the summoner list cast by the summoner and that if this is done it will work on the eidolon even though it is an outsider. Synthesist still have this ability.
A27+
Just a little added emphasis here.
This bit of text specifically allows you to cast any spell from your Summoner list on your Eidolon even if by default it's not supposed to affect outsiders, which does include Enlarge/Reduce's range of "one humanoid creature".
Sorry for the double-post, but I do have a new question:
Q28
I don't quite understand something about the Improved Familiar Nosoi, but also extends to other creatures with the same feature, anyway it is said to be "immune to death effects", but exactly what does that mean? Does it mean that it can't be killed? If someone depletes its HP all you gotta do is Cure it back? What if its body is destroyed such as being the victim of a Disintegrate?
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I don't quite understand something about the Improved Familiar Nosoi, but also extends to other creatures with the same feature, anyway it is said to be "immune to death effects", but exactly what does that mean? Does it mean that it can't be killed? If someone depletes its HP all you gotta do is Cure it back? What if its body is destroyed such as being the victim of a Disintegrate?
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A28
My understanding of death effects are that if the spell is save or die it doesnot affect them. Dealing enough hp damage should still kill them.
A28.
Stone Heart has the right idea, but is a bit off. It means that any spell with the [Death] descriptor will not work on a creature with immunity to death effects. In addition, various other abilities explicitly mention if they are a death effects or not. There are some save-or-dies that actually work with enemies with that immunity, and there are some death effects that aren't save-or-die that the Nosoi would be immune to.
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A23 Explained: No such RAW exist that state explicitly that you get a diminished mount or animal companion. Rather your mount and animal companion level as you level and is based on your character's total hit dice not the total number of levels you have in either class.
Originally Posted by http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/animal-companions
Class Level: The character’s druid level. The druid’s class levels stack with levels of any other classes that are entitled to an animal companion for the purpose of determining the companion’s statistics.
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When a special ability says, "You must be 11th level to select this revelation." like in the Blizzard Oracle Revalation, does it mean 11th class level or 11th character level? I cannot find any where that it specifies, and the FAQ is not clear.
Blizzard (Su): As a standard action, you can create a blizzard of snow and ice. You can create one 10-foot-cube of storm per oracle level. These cubes can be arranged in any pattern you desire, but each cube must be adjacent to another and one must be adjacent to you. Any creature caught in the blizzard takes 1d4 points of cold damage per oracle level, with a Reflex save resulting in half damage. The storm lasts for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier; the ground remains icy (+5 to Acrobatics DCs) as long as local conditions permit. The blizzard obscures sight beyond 5 feet, providing total concealment. A creature within 5 feet has concealment. You can use this ability once per day. You must be 11th level to select this revelation.
A29: Since it's a class feature, I think there's a really high chance that it is supposed to be class level, as class features usually don't improve when taking levels in other classes, except for a few cases in which it is explicitly stated.
However as written, the rules are unclear and could mean both options,
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A29 Supplemental. An oracle's revelations are gained based on class level. The text and table both support this.
"Revelation: At 1st level, 3rd level, and every four levels thereafter (7th, 11th, and so on), an oracle uncovers a new secret about her mystery that grants her powers and abilities."
Q30: In the rake rules, it states: "A monster with the rake ability must begin its turn already grappling to use its rake". Pounce states: "When a creature with this special attack makes a charge, it can make a full attack (including rake attacks if the creature also has the rake ability)." Can someone clarify this? (The rules in question are below)
Rake
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A creature with this special attack gains extra natural attacks under certain conditions, typically when it grapples its foe. In addition to the options available to all grapplers, a monster with the rake ability gains two free claw attacks that it can use only against a grappled foe. The bonus and damage caused by these attacks is included in the creature’s description. A monster with the rake ability must begin its turn already grappling to use its rake—it can’t begin a grapple and rake in the same turn.
Pounce
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When a creature with this special attack makes a charge, it can make a full attack (including rake attacks if the creature also has the rake ability).
Inappropriately Sized Firearms: You cannot make optimum use of a firearm that is not properly sized for you. A cumulative –2 penalty applies on attack rolls for each size category of difference between your size and the size of the firearm. If you are not proficient with the firearm, a –4 nonproficiency penalty also applies. The size of a firearm never affects how many hands you need to use to shoot it, the exception being siege firearms and Large or larger creatures. In most cases, a Large or larger creature can use a siege firearm as a two-handed firearm, but the creature takes a –4 penalty for using it this way because of its awkwardness.
How exactly does this work? Can a large creature only carry a cannon around like a two-handed weapon, or can he shoot it like a nomal two-handed gun? if so, can he use feats that normally only affect two-handed guns?
Q32: Is their any way to load a siege weapon faster? Does counting as four crewmembers for being large allow you to load and aim as if you were 4 guys?
Q30: In the rake rules, it states: "A monster with the rake ability must begin its turn already grappling to use its rake". Pounce states: "When a creature with this special attack makes a charge, it can make a full attack (including rake attacks if the creature also has the rake ability)." Can someone clarify this? (The rules in question are below)
Rake
Pounce
A30
Generally speaking, if you have Rake you have to begin your turn grappling to get those extra attacks. However, if you have pounce, you can also make those extra attacks at the end of a charge, even though you aren't grappling.
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How exactly does this work? Can a large creature only carry a cannon around like a two-handed weapon, or can he shoot it like a nomal two-handed gun? if so, can he use feats that normally only affect two-handed guns?
There's some debate there. It seems he can use it in all ways like a two-handed firearm except for loading. Maybe.
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Q32: Is their any way to load a siege weapon faster? Does counting as four crewmembers for being large allow you to load and aim as if you were 4 guys?
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat...ngineer-combat
An lv11 gunslinger can make use of Lightning Reload on siege firearms, and the musket master archetype might also help.
As for the second part, yes but this doesn't affect the number of actions needed to aim/reload.
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A27c Enlarge does specify a humanoid. This would not work then with a non-synthesist summoner and his eidolon, as an eidolon is not a humanoid, even the bi-pedal form. TBH I'm not sure if this has any bearing on synthesist shenanigans, though.
Q33: Death from Above, does the bonus apply when making any attack while flying, or only when charging (either from high ground or doing a flying charge).
Q34:
The Witch's Prehensile hair hex grants them a "Secondary natural attack", but the rules for natural attacks say that, if a creature has only one natural attack it is always primary. So, if a Witch with no natural attacks takes Prehensile Hair, is the attack primary (as per the natural attack rules) or secondary (as per the hex description, which could be interpreted to say "if the witch has natural attacks, the hair is a secondary attack).
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Death from Above (Combat)
Benefit: Whenever you charge an opponent from higher ground, or from above while flying, you gain a +5 bonus on attack rolls in place of the bonuses from charging and being on higher ground.
Emphasis added. It seems to specify that the flying attack must be a charge.
A27c Enlarge does specify a humanoid. This would not work then with a non-synthesist summoner and his eidolon, as an eidolon is not a humanoid, even the bi-pedal form. TBH I'm not sure if this has any bearing on synthesist shenanigans, though.
A27 Disagreement
Check the following text, specifically the bolded part:
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Share Spells (Ex)
The summoner may cast a spell with a target of “you” on his eidolon (as a spell with a range of touch) instead of on himself. A summoner may cast spells on his eidolon even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the eidolon’s type (outsider). Spells cast in this way must come from the summoner spell list.
This ability does not allow the eidolon to share abilities that are not spells, even if they function like spells.
As far as I know, there is no spell with a range of "you" or "personal" that also specify that you need to be of a specific race or type, as such, the text can be read as giving you two abilities when casting from the Summoner spell list: 1. You can cast spells with a range of "personal" on your Eidolon, such as Shield or Alter Self; AND 2. You can cast spells that target any type of creature on your Eidolon as if it qualified for it despite being an outsider, such as Enlarge/Reduce Person.
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Q34:
The Witch's Prehensile hair hex grants them a "Secondary natural attack", but the rules for natural attacks say that, if a creature has only one natural attack it is always primary. So, if a Witch with no natural attacks takes Prehensile Hair, is the attack primary (as per the natural attack rules) or secondary (as per the hex description, which could be interpreted to say "if the witch has natural attacks, the hair is a secondary attack).
A34
As per my understanding, it would be primary as long as you don't make a weapon attack or use another type of natural attack that is specifically primary in the same round. This is how I understand the rules for natural attacks:
If you have only a single type of natural attack and makes no use of a weapon, regardless of what the text says, it's always considered a primary attack.
If you have more than one type of natural attack, such as two Claws and a Bite (which is quite easy to get) and both types are said to be primary (or it's omitted and as such defaulted to primary), then both will always count as primary even when you make a full attack and makes use of both types on the same round.
If however one of these is specifically a secondary attack, it would count as secondary whenever you made a full attack that uses another attack that is a primary attack, in the above example, if the Bite is said to be secondary, whenever you use only the Bite, it's primary, but if you use both the Claws and the Bite, the Claws are primary and the Bite secondary.
If weapons are also used, then all natural attacks regardless of text are considered secondary.
Q35
I already made a thread for this that has, among other things, this set of questions:
One is about the Discovery "Feral Mutagen". It says that I gain two claw attacks and a bite attack as primary attacks.
Question part
A) Do I do two attacks with me claws and a bite attack every time I do an "attack" action (standard), or do I have to do a full round action?
B) Do I get these all at my max base attack bonus?
C) Finally, when I get to BaB +6 and would normally gain another attck, do I get an extra claw attack during a full attack action?
Q35
I already made a thread for this that has, among other things, this set of questions:
One is about the Discovery "Feral Mutagen". It says that I gain two claw attacks and a bite attack as primary attacks.
Question part
A) Do I do two attacks with me claws and a bite attack every time I do an "attack" action (standard), or do I have to do a full round action?
Full attack action, which is a type of full round action.
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B) Do I get these all at my max base attack bonus?
Yes.
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C) Finally, when I get to BaB +6 and would normally gain another attck, do I get an extra claw attack during a full attack action?
No, natural attack sequences are unaffected by high BAB.
A27 Disagreement
Check the following text, specifically the bolded part:
As far as I know, there is no spell with a range of "you" or "personal" that also specify that you need to be of a specific race or type, as such, the text can be read as giving you two abilities when casting from the Summoner spell list: 1. You can cast spells with a range of "personal" on your Eidolon, such as Shield or Alter Self; AND 2. You can cast spells that target any type of creature on your Eidolon as if it qualified for it despite being an outsider, such as Enlarge/Reduce Person.
Indeed in addition since the synthesist still has the share spells ability that means enlarge person works with them too.
Keneth is correct. But even in 3.5, if you had 2 claws as your primary and a bite as your secondary, both claw attacks were made at full BAB and the bite was at BAB-5. Pathfinder just made critters a bit more deadly by making more attacks (such as bites) primary.
Q36
I am pretty sure the answer is yes, but if I am making a character and we are using archetypes, I can use more than one of the archetypes, as long as they don't overlap in ability replacement, right? Like I can be a Mysterious Stranger and a Pistolero (Gunslinger archetypes) at the same time because none of the change overlap?
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"A character can take more than one archetype and garner additional alternate class features, but none of the alternate class features can replace or alter the same class feature from the core class as another alternate class feature. For example, a paladin could not be both a hospitaler and an undead scourge since they both modify the smite evil class feature and both replace the aura of justice class feature. A paladin could, however, be both an undead scourge and a warrior of the holy light, since none of their new class features replace the same core class feature."
Alright, I also just wanted to make sure that my given example works? Because the Mysterious stranger loses gun training in favor of "Strangers Fortune." The Pistolero has "Pistol training" but as written pistol training does not replace "Gun Training." So by RAW this matchup works?
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