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As the feat itself says, you gain ONE extra slot (of up to a single level lower than the highest spell level you can cast. As it does not specify, you may prepare any spell (that qualifies) in the extra slot.
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Re: 257: Yes, I am aware of how Extra Slot works. I was wondering because of the way the Aptitude Focuses may or may not interact with it.
So would you be able to prepare either an Arcane or a Divine spell every day, depending on your selected Focus?
It doesn't state what kind (arcane/divine) of spell you can use it for, so the choice is yours. As long as you fill the correct slot, it doesn't matter.
Only base weapon damage scales by size (and/or INA). The additional damage granted by the power functions just like extra damage from Flaming, Vicious, etc. So your attack would deal 2d6 + 2d8 + Str.
Q 260
How can a Druid cast SNA as a standard action*?
*Aside from the Rapid Spell feat or the Shifter Druid's Beast Spirit class feature.
Rapid Spell actually changes Summon Nature's Ally spells from 1 round casting time to 1 full round casting time, not 1 standard action.
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Originally Posted by Rapid Spell
Benefit: Only spells with a casting time greater than 1 standard action can be made rapid. A rapid spell with a casting time of 1 full round can be cast as a standard action. A rapid spell with a casting time measured in rounds can be cast in 1 full round.
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Originally Posted by Summon Nature’s Ally <x>
Casting Time: 1 round
As spells with casting times measured in rounds (that measure = 1), Rapid Spell's effect on Summon Nature's Ally spells is to change it from <some measure> rounds to 1 full round casting time. A 1 round casting time (ending just before the spellcaster's next turn) is longer than 1 full round casting time (ending at the end of the spellcaster's current turn), so it is a speedup, just not as much of a speedup as you want.
The Shifter Druid's Rapid Summons ability also doesn't provide any benefit unless you already have Rapid Spell (or some similar ability).
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Originally Posted by Rapid Summons
From 12th level on, as long as the beast spirit is present within the druid, he casts any summon nature’s ally spell as a standard action instead of a full-round action.
Because the default for Summon Nature's Ally spells is 1 round action to cast, and not 1 full round action, Rapid Summons is a useless ability unless that casting time is already sped up to 1 full round.
Only the combination of Rapid Spelland Shifter Druid Rapid Summons results in 1 standard action casting time for SNA spells.
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Originally Posted by Elric VIII
How can a Druid cast SNA as a standard action*?
*Aside from the Rapid Spell feat or the Shifter Druid's Beast Spirit class feature.
As posited in the question, the "or" combination does not suffice.
Last edited by Curmudgeon : 06-16-2012 at 04:45 AM.
Originally Posted by Rapid Summons
From 12th level on, as long as the beast spirit is present within the druid, he casts any summon nature’s ally spell as a standard action instead of a full-round action.
The Shifter Druid's Rapid Summons ability also doesn't provide any benefit unless you already have Rapid Spell (or some similar ability). Because the default for Summon Nature's Ally spells is 1 round action to cast, and not 1 full round action, Rapid Summons is a useless ability unless that casting time is already sped up to 1 full round.
Of course, a slightly more liberal interpretation might be to assume that the author of Rapid Summons knew or believed that SNA was meant to be cast as a full-round action. As usual, what Curmudgeon says is the 100%-exactly-as-the-text-says-with-no-interpretation-at-all answer. Since very DM must inevitably perform some degree of interpretation in order to run the game, he may well disagree with this assessment.
Rapid Spell actually changes Summon Nature's Ally spells from 1 round casting time to 1 full round casting time, not 1 standard action. As spells with casting times measured in rounds (that measure = 1), Rapid Spell's effect on Summon Nature's Ally spells is to change it from <some measure> rounds to 1 full round casting time. A 1 round casting time (ending just before the spellcaster's next turn) is longer than 1 full round casting time (ending at the end of the spellcaster's current turn), so it is a speedup, just not as much of a speedup as you want.
The Shifter Druid's Rapid Summons ability also doesn't provide any benefit unless you already have Rapid Spell (or some similar ability). Because the default for Summon Nature's Ally spells is 1 round action to cast, and not 1 full round action, Rapid Summons is a useless ability unless that casting time is already sped up to 1 full round.
Only the combination of Rapid Spelland Shifter Druid Rapid Summons results in 1 standard action casting time for SNA spells. As posited in the question, the "or" combination does not suffice.
That is very informative, but not entirely helpful. I feel like I got the Curmudgeon equivalent of "syntax error." Thanks, though.
Let me try again:
Q 260 revised a. Without including either Rapid Spell or the Rapid Summons portion of Beast Spirit, is there a method for lowering the casting time of SNA to a standard action?
b. With the same restrictions as above, is there a method that achieves this, not necessarily by RAW, but by a reasonable interpretation of RAI?
A spell that takes 1 round to cast is a full-round action. It comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell. You then act normally after the spell is completed.
A spell that takes 1 minute to cast comes into effect just before your turn 1 minute later (and for each of those 10 rounds, you are casting a spell as a full-round action, just as noted above for 1-round casting times). These actions must be consecutive and uninterrupted, or the spell automatically fails.
A 262 Yes.
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Because you’re using positive or negative energy to augment your spells, the spell slot for the spell doesn’t change.
A 263 No.
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As a free action, you can take the energy from turning or rebuking undead and use it to apply a metamagic feat to divine spells that you know.
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@ Curmudeon Re: A261 - the bolded text appears only to apply to 1-minute casting, not 1-round casting. If you only need to use one full-round action to cast the spell, and then the spell comes into effect just before your action the next turn, why do you need to keep casting without interruption during the intervening turn?
Q264
If you take an Alternate Class Feature which trades away your Sorcerer/Wizard's ability to gain a familiar (such as Metamagic Specialist from Player's Handbook 2, or the variant specialist wizards from Unearthed Arcana), can you later take the Obtain Familiar feat?
You quoted the right rules but drew the wrong conclusion:
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A spell that takes 1 round to cast is a full-round action. It comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell. You then act normally after the spell is completed.
Unless I missed something the caster can make Attack(s) of Opportunity after you used your Full Round action.
Consecutive uninterupted Full Round Actions only apply to spells with a casting time of longer than one round.
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Yes, because you do not trade away your ability to cast arcane spells.
Q 265
Do prestige classes with "+1 level of existing spellcasting class" count for determining the abilities of a familiar acquired through Obtain Familiar?
@ Curmudeon Re: A261 - the bolded text appears only to apply to 1-minute casting, not 1-round casting.
No, that's included "just as noted above for 1-round casting times".
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Q 261 Contention
You quoted the right rules but drew the wrong conclusion:
Unless I missed something the caster can make Attack(s) of Opportunity after you used your Full Round action.
Yes, I believe you missed something: the distinction between the actions used each round and the spellcasting duration.
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A spell that takes 1 round to cast is a full-round action. It comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell. You then act normally after the spell is completed.
The spell is only completed "just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell". While in each combat round you are using a full-round action, you also cannot interrupt the spellcasting between rounds or the spell automatically fails. That applies whether the casting time is 1 round or multiple rounds: it's always a full-round action on your turn, and also cannot be interrupted until completed.
A 265 No.
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Originally Posted by Obtain Familiar
For the purpose of determining familiar abilities that depend on your arcane caster class level, your levels in all classes that allow you to cast arcane spells stack.
A prestige class that merely advances existing spellcasting does not allow you to cast spells in the first place, any more than levels in a non-spellcasting class allows you to continue using an existing spellcasting ability.
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Where does it say the completion of the spell is equal to the coming into effect of the spell? Casting of such a spell is a full round action. So the caster should not be required to do anything else but this Full round Action for the spell to be completed even if that completion takes place later. Otherwise such a spell would require a full round action and not taking any other actions until the spell takes effect.
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A prestige class that merely advances existing spellcasting does not allow you to cast spells in the first place, any more than levels in a non-spellcasting class allows you to continue using an existing spellcasting ability.
Hmm, but Wizard 12/Archmage 1 allows you to to cast 7th level spells, whereas Wizard 12/Fighter 1 does not. It would have been a lot clearer to limit it to base classes and alternate arcane casting PRCs.
Where does it say the completion of the spell is equal to the coming into effect of the spell?
Rules Compendium, on pages 132-133:
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CONCENTRATION
You must concentrate to cast a spell. If you start casting a spell but something interferes with your concentration, you must make a Concentration check. The check’s DC depends on what is threatening your concentration. If you fail, the spell is lost and has no effect. ...
Anything that could break your concentration when casting a spell can keep you from concentrating to maintain a spell. If your concentration breaks, the spell ends.
CASTING TIME
Most spells have a casting time of 1 standard action. Others take more or less time. You must continue concentration from the turn you start casting until the spell takes effect. If you lose concentration before the casting is complete, you lose the spell.
A spell that takes 1 minute to cast comes into effect just before your turn 1 minute later (and for each of those 10 rounds, you are casting a spell as a full-round action, just as noted above for 1-round casting times). These actions must be consecutive and uninterrupted, or the spell automatically fails.
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No, that's included "just as noted above for 1-round casting times".
Which does not apply to "these actions must be consecutive and uninterrupted", as shown by my bolding above. A spell that takes one minute to cast requires 10 full-round actions with no interruption between them. A full-round spell requires 1 full-round action to cast; there's nothing to interrupt because the full-round action is finished as soon as your turn is over. Once you've finished the casting, you just have to wait 1 round for the spell to take effect; I see no reason you couldn't break your concentration during that time. You've already tossed the "ball" up in the air by casting the spell; you're just waiting for it to "land" so the spell takes effect.
And where does it say that making an attack of opportunity interrupts your concentration anyway? The existence of the Opportunity Power metapsionic feat in Expanded Psionics Handbook appears to very specifically indicate otherwise.
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While in each combat round you are using a full-round action, you also cannot interrupt the spellcasting between rounds or the spell automatically fails. That applies whether the casting time is 1 round or multiple rounds: it's always a full-round action on your turn, and also cannot be interrupted until completed.
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A 265 No. A prestige class that merely advances existing spellcasting does not allow you to cast spells in the first place, any more than levels in a non-spellcasting class allows you to continue using an existing spellcasting ability.
If you're a Sorcerer 3 and you take a prestige class that gives you spells per day and spells known as if you had gained a level in Sorcerer, you gain one Level 2 spell and 3 or more spell slots to cast it with, having never possessed either of those things before. So I'd say that yes, the prestige class level is "allowing" you to cast those spells.
A 259: Yes and yes. Phantom Steeds act like normal creatures in respect to movement modes. It can only run in a straight line though, like all flying creatures.
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You conjure a Large, quasi-real, horselike creature. The steed can be ridden only by you or by the one person for whom you specifically created the mount. A phantom steed has a black head and body, gray mane and tail, and smoke-colored, insubstantial hooves that make no sound. It has what seems to be a saddle, bit, and bridle. It does not fight, but animals shun it and refuse to attack it.
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Originally Posted by Fly Special Ability;SRD
A creature that flies can make dive attacks. A dive attack works just like a charge, but the diving creature must move a minimum of 30 feet and descend at least 10 feet. It can make only claw or talon attacks, but these deal double damage. A creature can use the run action while flying, provided it flies in a straight line.
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A268 a:
Wild Shaping requires a standard action to activate, and you cannot use actions while Paralyzed. No you may not.
A268 c:
I do not believe that there are any Animals that have immunity to paralyzation.
A268 d:
Not without Still Spell, Silent Spell, and/or Eschew Material Components.
A266:
Extra Spell works by RAI, but Customer support has repeatedly ruled against the spell being used that way. Other than that, you would need to find it on a domain and use Arcane Disciple to get it.
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A paralyzed character is frozen in place and unable to move or act. A paralyzed character has effective Dexterity and Strength scores of 0 and is helpless, but can take purely mental actions.
Emphasis mine. The question is, is wild shape a mental action? On the one hand, you're changing your body, but on the other you're not actually moving anything.
Q 270
If one is poisoned, then gains immunity to poison, does the poison go away or does it just not do damage while one is immune?
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And where does it say that making an attack of opportunity interrupts your concentration anyway?
Rules Compendium on page 133:
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When casting a spell, you don’t threaten any squares around you, so you can’t make attacks of opportunity.
Re: A 268 a Contention
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The question is, is wild shape a mental action? On the one hand, you're changing your body, but on the other you're not actually moving anything.
That question is both misleading and irrelevant. The Wild shape standard action qualifies as physical by the primary dictionary definition.
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phys·i·cal
- adjective
1. of or pertaining to the body
Since it's physical it cannot be purely mental. Having some mental components is not sufficient; it must have only mental components to be possible while paralyzed. No, you cannot wild shape while paralyzed.
A 270
Becoming immune to poison does not make poison already in the body "go away"; the poisoned condition remains, even if you do not need to make checks to avoid further damage while immune.
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Well, gee, thanks. Of course, there is absolutely no reason why I should be confused about this, and therefore I'm being misleading and irrelevant.
I apologize if I've offended you; that was not my intent. However, when you quoted rules text that stipulates "purely mental actions" and then ask a question that ignores the "purely" stipulation, the confusion is of your own creation.
I apologize if I've offended you; that was not my intent. However, when you quoted rules text that stipulates "purely mental actions" and then ask a question that ignores the "purely" stipulation, the confusion is of your own creation.
I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that an action which affects the body but is only caused by the mind could qualify as "purely mental". Surely this is true of psionic powers such as Psychoportation or Ectoplasmic Form; whether it also extends to Wild Shape is up to your DM, as I can see an argument either way given the nature of druidic magic. But saying it involves the body, when the body is only the recipient of the effect, is questionable.
Are there any spells or magic items that would allow me to make craft checks using my skill modifier while I'm doing something else?
(IE, I have a high Craft(Painting) skill and I would like to have a painting made of every battle or interesting event that I am a part of without me having to actually sit there and paint. My character is a 15th level Wizard.)
A271
Fabricate comes to mind (or possibly Greater Fabricate, not sure). It explicitly requires a Craft check to create items of quality; you could probably persuade the GM to say this includes a fully rendered painting.
You can't. Divine Insight is not on any Clerical domain list, so Arcane Disciple cannot add it to your class spell list. I believe the closest you could come would be through arcane spell research to create a new Wizard spell (unique to your character) with similar effect.
A 267
Eidetic Spellcaster is not in any Wizards of the Coast D&D source books. It originated in Dragon # 357 in 2007 July, and very few D&D 3.5 books were published after that. It also does not show up in a search of wizards.com articles.
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Thanks, though.
