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57. As #56, except the command word is 'arbadacarba' and the first use is normal, but after that, the wand continues to work every single round, casting the spell and expending a charge until empty. It will target and be centered on the nearest creature that wasn't in a previous area of effect (though such creatures can be caught in another if they've moved). This will likely be its user the next round. Putting it away does nothing, it doesn't need line of effect, it has unlimited range, and can detect invisible, ethereal, or otherwise unseen or coexistent creatures (though they might not be affected). Destroying the wand, successfully dispelling it, or succeeding at a DC 22 Use Magic Device check can end its casting early. It can't be used while it's casting (to cast two glitterdusts per round, for instance).

58. The user will feel that they've grabbed something in their fist, like a pebble, but when they withdraw their hand, they will find that the inside of their fist has tiny eyes, either googly eyes or painted on, and the sides of their thumb and index finger are tinged red like a mouth. The hand can talk and can observe the situation. It immediately says something encouraging, introducing itself with a random name and then casting a spell to benefit the user based on the situation.

59. A crystal ball.

Does "attacking" mean the moment before you attack or the entire "act of attacking"?

In this case, it means the moment of attacking. If your opponent charged past you to attack another target, the AoO they provoke from you doesn't count as the attack part, even though it's part of what might be termed an 'attack' or 'attack action' (or full-round action). Basically, the point where the action occurs that would end invisibility (as a rule of thumb). If an enemy caster cast a touch spell and held the charge and then moved up to deliver the attack as part of their action (which is something Pathfinder seems to allow), the only actual attack would be them trying to touch and deliver it (though that usually wouldn't provoke in most cases).

Step Up would be a good way to stay in threatened range, or being hidden or invisible near them, or having a reach weapon (or being able to take AoOs with a ranged attack). A caster could theoretically trigger this ability twice if they cast and provoke and their spell was a ranged attack.

Bonus question:

If I ready an action to disarm an enemy while they're attacking me, would they lose their attack or be forced to continue unarmed?

I would let them choose whether they wish to not follow through (losing that attack action, if they have multiple attacks only that one is lost) or to continue as an unarmed attack, provoking if they don't have Improved Unarmed Strike. I wouldn't let them change the action. Continuing the attack would just be what they planned, which was to attack with their wielded weapon, so it's not changing the action even though their wielded weapon situation may have changed.

The only way I would have them lose the action outright would be if the attack was no longer valid, such as them using a reach weapon and then being disarmed or sundered and not being able to reach their intended target any longer. Obviously if he's firing his crossbow at someone and provokes and you disarm it, they aren't throwing their fist 30 feet.

507. A small vine grows from the planted site. It will quickly sprout what appears to be a lima bean that grows rapidly and then appears to form a fetus-like infant humanoid (lima-bean greenish) with the vine connected like an umbilical cord. If not destroyed, it grows quickly into a humanoid over the course of 1 minute (10 rounds), growing quickly to maturity. It cries and first and later starts screaming as though in pain. As it grows, it will quickly become misshapen and twisted, looking deformed. It doesn't converse or interact until the last round, when it stands up.

508. The soil within a two-and-a-half foot radius around the planted bean turns to sand, to a depth of 3 feet. It's not particularly loose or hard to walk on unless churned up. Living creatures are shunted harmlessly out or away from the area if they would be injured by sand. Rocks, stones, gems, minerals, or objects in the area are unaffected and still buried, just in sand.

509. As Bean #508 except the soil turns to solid ice. The ice will melt eventually depending on the environment, though it is quite thick and may take some time. Depending on the soil around it, it may form a muddy hole as the sides cave into the melting ice water or it may just slowly filter out into the surrounding soil, leaving a hole.

510. As Bean #502 except the planter is enlarged/reduced (50% chance for either). This effect cannot be dispelled (though it is suppressed in an anti-magic field) and lasts for as long as the planter is within 5 feet of a Plant creature or any plant (freshly-picked cut plants count but dried or day-old cut plants do not). The planter must be away from plants for at least 1 minute before the effect ends and this quality is unknown to the planter without testing or trial and error.

Ok for the "distortion in the system", but 3000gp? 5000? For an item that cast a single lvl 1 spell (CL1)?

To me it seems that while I was exaggerating on one side, you are exaggerating on the other side.

No one is exaggerating (we may vary on exact cost), but the mechanics, rules, and stated intentions are that items are priced according to their effectiveness. I was very clear that making a potion of crafter's fortune (CL 1) would be 50 gp. (25 to make). A scroll would be half that (but can't be used by everyone).

The issue is that you are making a wondrous item that functions effectively as a spell-in-a-can. Which is taking the role and function and de-valuing the brew potion, scribe scroll, craft wand and craft staff item creation feats. This is something that has been explicitly stated as not being intended or desirable. As such, there should be a cost, otherwise everyone would just take Craft Wondrous Item and not need anything else because they keep contorting custom items to perform those duties.

So, yes, casting the spell would be very cheap. A permanent item that adds a luck bonus (which stacks with masterwork tools), is different enough to cause such a valuation (within a range of variable appraisal from individuals).

Like others point out, you have to value it at the effect it does, which in this case is a +5 luck bonus to a single skill, Craft (and a specific Craft, I would say).

First off, the easiest thing to do would be to make it a potion. A potion of crafter's fortune (CL 1) would be 50 gp (25 to make). It lasts 1 day until discharged and is a +5 bonus on the next Craft check. Just getting that out of the way. Since you want a permanent item, then you need to start making calls.

So, allegedly, in my opinion, 5,000 gp unless it's slotless, then double. But others can disagree. Also note, this would just be a bonus to all those Craft checks, not just one per day. You're going to have to pay for the assumption that a once per day Craft check is going to be as useful as a 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 times per day anyway, since characters are rarely expected to make more than one (maybe in place of a Knowledge check for looking at a Craft tool or workspace), so may as well just go with the all-the-time bonus.

34. Potion of Cure Heavy Wounds (uncommon; The CLEAVES 100 Unusual Treasures Booster Pack I)
This is identical to a potion of cure light wounds except when imbibed by a creature whose body weight is in the upper quarter (25%) of their race's typical average weight range or greater, in which case it functions as 4 caster levels higher for determining healing. This bonus can exceed normal spell caps for healing. For example, a potion of cure heavy wounds (CL 3) would function as CL 7 and heal 1d8+7 hit points, not being capped at +5.

35. Banner of Banishing (CL 11) (rare, The CLEAVES 100 Unusual Treasures Booster Pack I)
This banner or standard can be presented, held high, or otherwise displayed by its wielder as a standard action, requiring at least one hand to do so. All summoned and extraplanar creatures within a 60 foot burst must make a Will save (DC 16 + wielder's Cha modifier) or be dispelled or banished (as the banishment or dismissal spell) respectively. This can affect up to 22 HD of creatures and the lowest HD creatures are checked first. Spell Resistance applies. The banner has up to 3 charges (roll randomly if found as loot on a creature) and cannot be recharged. It crumbles to dust after the last charge is used.

36. Banner of Bansheeing (CL 11) (rare, The Cleaves 100 Unusual Treasures Booster Pack I)
This banner appears to be a banner of banishing (see #35) and detects as one similar to a cursed item. When used, all creatures withing a 30-foot burst radius, including the wielder, must save or be affected by banshee blast. It then crumbles to dust.

504. A 4-foot tall stalagmite (hardness 9, 100 hit points) grows from the ground. The environmental temperature around it becomes 10° hotter or cooler based on the optimal environmental temperature of the planter. This extends out to 10 feet from the stalagmite. This area increases by 5 feet (max 100 ft.) and 5° (until optimal temperature) each month. The area does not detect as magical or supernatural, though the stalagmite does (transmutation, CL 20). The effect is permanent until the stone is destroyed or successfully dispelled.

I guess the more condensed form of my question is, is there anything that would stop me as the GM from making a monster with character levels for a PC with simulacrum to copy.

I would say that the rules for it (which you can ignore as the GM) would be that the simulacrum has half the HD of the original. It doesn't say you can pick and choose the HD it receives. It would drop the most recent HD or class levels gained to drop to half.

TL;DR
Yes, you could do it, with a suitably powerful, advanced unique succubus. You could even do it by convoluted, byzantine retraining of their base feats so they get ones you need as a lower HD simulacrum, but it would be such an unbelievable and obviously contrived character that wouldn't have believably existed without some 'otherworldly overlord and power (greater god or 'GM')' that it would be immersion breaking.

So yes, but then there'd be a highly unique, incredibly powerful succubus in the game world, that presumably has met the PCs at the very least. If that doesn't ever come into play in the story in a huge way... then it's a [bad design].

502. As Bean #499 but it also turns the planter's shield arm to stone between the elbow and wrist (CL 20, Fort save DC 20 negates). It can be cured by effects that cure flesh to stone. Objects worn or held on that arm are not affected and continue to function, though they may be hard to remove.

503. A simple black vine with a bean pod containing a pod with four blue and black beans grows immediately from the ground. Touching a bean gives a cool sensation, like a breeze blowing over an icecube. If consumed, the eater feels their chest or lungs tingling, like a cool peppermint breath. For the next 24 hours, they have the Hold Breath universal monster ability (or double it if already possessed). They also get a +4 to saves against effects that cause drowning or suffocation. The beans last months before spoiling if not eaten.

Like Azothath said, you can disable a trap without Blind-Fight. You will likely have a –4 penalty to do so. If for some reason it required sight to do so it would fail. So, if you had to read something that appeared on the side or press a series of panels that popped out in some order. Basically, if you can't do it by touch.

The only thing Blind-Fight might help you with is if the disarming action somehow involved a melee type attack or strike. Like if the disable attempt involved swinging a 10-foot pole at a tripwire or part of the device or trigger mechanism. Then you might get a reroll from Blind-Fight.

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33. Arrow of Indication (uncommon)
Sometimes called indicator arrows (and they also come in crossbow bolt versions), they are found in quivers of 10 or 1d10 on creatures. These arrows deal double their enhancement bonus on readied attacks (for both attack and damage) when their user calls specifically that they will attack if their target (either a single creature or any member of a group that are all within 10 feet of each other) moves "to the left" or "to the right" (not up, down, forward, or backwards, though a creature moving left or right while moving in those other direction will trigger). The direction is from the user's orientation and does depend on their perspective (ie. standing on the ground or hanging from a ceiling) and, as such, does require them to have a discernible front and back (or more specifically, a left and right).

Anyone observing the user as they ready may make a Perception check (modified for distance) DC 10 + user's size modifier to determine that they are aiming to their left or right, though not what that necessarily means.

10. An ocean where icebergs may not be intelligent, but they will actively float towards any vessels they detect.

11. Within the boundaries of this ocean (and a mile or so above it), ice is more dense than water, which means that it doesn't float to the top and when the water freezes it sinks, meaning only a short distance below the surface, it becomes an icy rubble field and deeper, a solid, compacted ice glacier. Deeper channels may exist where warm currents flow and the depth is determined by the heat and presence of sunlight, which can't penetrate very far. The ice glacier may contain numerous caverns and tunnels (likely filled with water) from burrowing creatures or seismic pressure or geysers on the bottom (which are pumping warmed water into the caverns and tunnels, preventing them from freezing closed).

If I were your GM, I would first just ask why you don't buy and wear a Shinobi Shozoku, whether you have sleeves of many garments or not.

Otherwise, I would say that, No, the sleeves will not give you the shozoku's Stealth bonus. While it only mentions it being dark cloth, Stealth is both visual and audible (The combined Hide and Move Silently into one skill, just like they mashed Listen, Spot, and Search into Perception), but it's not hard to believe that it's a well-made fabric that doesn't rustle so much or even muffles natural bodily sounds some (since being naked doesn't grant a bonus).

All in all, it's hard to say what aspect exactly gives the bonus, but for mechanic's purposes, the suit isn't just one factor, visual, but likely audible or even a bit heat-dispersing as well in some cases. Wearing the shozoku and having the sleeves alter its appearance would seem to mean it still gave the bonus, but changing something's pattern or color should affect it. You might be wearing camouflage, but if you make it look bright orange, even if it's only an illusion, realistically (and logically) it's going to be easier to see. Whether the GM rules that it just doesn't give its normal Stealth bonus or their giving a –2 (visual, because there still are visual or audible factors even if Perception has them rolled into one) to the character (or it's a +2 bonus to the detector) is just semantics.

Of course, if your background or environment is bright orange, a GM might not give a penalty, might even give a bonus, but that's GM's call for the specific situation.

1. Magic missiles

2. Web spell to slow them down even more, and aqueous orb to just roll back and forth through the webs or sit on top of them.

3. Obscuring mist or solid fog to cut their visibility or slow them down, and blindsense/blindsight to attack them without their Dex.

4. Use touch attacks, preferably with #3, like ray of exhaustion. Make them exhausted (–6 Strength and Dexterity and can't run or charge). Even if they save, they're fatigued (–2 Strength and Dexterity and can't run or charge), then hit them with ray of exhaustion again, and they become exhausted.

5. Wall of fire, forcing them to run through it for damage, but more preferably, casting it longways down a long narrow corridor, preferably with a solid fog to slow them down (it's 20 ft per caster level), forcing them to move down it, taking fire damage each round.

6. Helm of opposite alignment

7. Swarms, preferably the little bugs, that are immune to weapon damage.

8. Completely innocent and helpless person concealed under a programmed illusion of the BBEG. If they fail to detect evil first or stop and try and pierce the illusion and attack, the 1st-level commoner dies. And they must atone for the murder. It was unintentional, which is why the atonement will be basically free... but they still must do it. They should have been thorough and made sure of their target first, being tricked is no excuse, but it is forgiveable.

I actually made a mistake on the Barghest in that it cannot use enlarge person on itself.

You did make a mistake, but it wasn't that the greater barghest can't enlarge himself, it's that you wrote that he uses (mass) enlarge person.

The spell-like ability that the greater barghest has is mass enlarge not mass enlarge person. While sites might link to enlarge person that is only because the effect is identical but not linked to the humanoid or 'person' aspect of spells like enlarge person or charm person. Granted, in 3.5 a greater barghest had mass enlarge person, so you could argue it was a typo, but it would be a very conspicuous typo, since the Pathfinder version is otherwise an identical cut and paste and they would have to have done that for every variant. It's most likely a conscious decision made to allow the creature to affect itself.

Similar to how creatures like djinn can enlarge (or reduce) themselves, the reason it's not just put in a Change Size ability is that, 1. It's an SLA, and 2. It's a mass effect that affects others. When written anywhere else, ie. the Stone Giant Elder it will be specified as mass enlarge person (granted that's a spell, not a SLA, but it still shows they will write out the 'person' part). This isn't the case with any of the barghests or their variants.

1: Dessert, usually surrounded by high mountains stopping ‘normal’ rainclouds.

Mmm... I love dessert.

If you substitute cloud kill, does the illusion cause unconsciousness?

No, because that's not what cloudkill does. If illusory, it can't actually do anything other than block sight (unless disbelieved, in which case it's a hazy outline).

If you use the cloudkill version (a separate feat) with an illusory spell (not just an Illusion spell, since invisibility sphere or like aren't illusory and would work fine), then only if the base illusion spell is at least partially real (like shadow evocation being 20% real), would stinking cloud or cloudkill potentially have effect and it would only have a % chance of working equal to the base spell even if not disbelieved.

10: Cabbage Patch Casting:
Description: Add stinking cloud effect to your area effect spells.
Prerequisites: Ability to cast stinking cloud.
Benefits: When you cast an area effect spell, if you have stinking cloud prepared or known, you can choose to lose the spell or slot necessary to cast it, in addition to the base spell, to have its effects added to the original spell's area of effect. The original spell's area is reduced to the radius of stinking cloud (typically a 20-ft radius) if it would be larger, though effects like Widen Spell (on the stinking cloud spell) can increase this. Casting a Cabbage Patched spell counts as casting a spell of stinking cloud's level or the base spell, whichever is higher for purposes of concentration or effects like globe of invulnerability but uses stinking cloud's spell level to determine the save DC for the cloud's effects.
Normal: You have to cast spells one at a time.
Notes: Spells that would prevent or hinder stinking cloud cannot have this effect applied to them, such as dispel magic, a spell that floods its area with water (since stinking cloud doesn't work underwater), or creates a gust of wind that would disperse it. If paired with an illusory area effect spell, the stinking cloud effect is equally unreal and able to be disbelieved, though both illusory spell effects are separate and disbelieving one doesn't disbelieve the other.

584. Sauna Deer
An otherwise normal deer that, when it senses danger, releases a cloud of steam from its pores and musk glands. This is a swift action and obscures vision as a 10-ft radius fog cloud. The cloud deals 1d6 fire damage per round to creatures entering or within it due to heat and steam (not actual fire). It is stationary like the fog cloud spell but the animal continues to emit it for a number of rounds equal to their hit dice (typically 2), even as they move. Since they typically do this before performing a run action to flee, this can lead to a long trail of steam clouds, especially if there's a family or herd startled. The cloud dissipates at a rate of 10 feet per round (meaning the trail can still be somewhat followed for observant characters waiting for it to fade). The round after they stop emitting steam, the sauna deer is fatigued and cannot emit steam again until it rests or removes the condition.

Sauna deer have blindsense within steam, fog, clouds, and similar hazards and have fire resistance 10, but only to heat, steam, or other effects that deal fire damage, not to actual fire (such as the heat from being within 20 ft of a wall of fire but not from passing through it).

10. Portal slide.
Once per encounter, as an immediate action when another creature would pass through an opening, such as an archway, door, or window within reach of the character, they can move the opening 5 feet to either side, provided there is space on the wall. It can't be slid around a corner to another wall, but it can be moved higher or lower at GM's discretion. The moving creature will collide with the wall, taking 2 damage (typically bludgeoning unless the wall is pointy) per 10 foot of movement taken towards the barrier prior to the impact (Reflex DC 15, half). Double this if they were running or charging. The moving creature can attempt a free Strength check to burst or break through the barrier (+2 if charging or running).
The wall sliding character can opt instead to merely shut or slam a door or window closed instead of shifting its location with this ability. An opening remains shifted until the end of the character's next turn, though its exit may be prevented on the opposite side if it would lead to solid material or otherwise be blocked.

Like Azothath stated, casting the spell euphoric cloud will not break the invisibility unless you include an enemy in the area of effect. If there's even one, even an invisible one you couldn't see or weren't aware of (but would consider an enemy), then your invisibility would break.

Otherwise you can cast it in a free space and if they entered it later you wouldn't have to worry. It's the same deal with something like wall of fire. If cast the spell and it intersects an enemy or is even close enough to deal heat damage when it forms (within 20 feet of the heat-emanating side), you will break invisibility. If you put it up and they walk into it later, you are fine. Or you could create a ring around an enemy with the heat-emanating side facing outward and still be fine, leaving them trapped inside and forcing them to cross it on their own.

Summon bagpipes and inflate them as a flotation device or air bladder for extended underwater breathing.
Fill it with holy water or acid and use it as a squirt or spray weapon.. If it gets ruined, who cares, it's summoned.

Summon a hand-gong if you need an impromptu plate, disk, or buckler (GM discretion).

Summon a sousaphone (like a big, coiling tuba that goes around the body), and use it as a restraint on a prisoner. Like dropping a tire over their shoulders and upper arms.

It would also be possible that if he could make the layer Neutral Good enough and match Bytopia, that is removed from the Abyss and is added to the plane of Bytopia, expanding that plane. Rasping Rifts might get a name change.

It would probably be much harder for him to maintain it (as a mortal) as its own separate plane. Very powerful casters could create a demi-plane, but that's far different than its own plane, and much, much smaller and short-lived without paying thousands of gp.

But if he planes to stay there and maintain it as the ruler, it's definitely between you and them.

I personally feel the protection is only valid for as long as the body remains interred, specially because the building is the target.

You can try and make that ruling based on the wording 'interred there' to be read as a constant condition, but it can also be read as a conditional check for if the corpse ever was buried there. You can do that in fairness, but when you try and use influence with negative connotation to sway it, I disagree. Your assumption is that just because something can be done, that turns a place into a 'factory' and that a 'factory' is something that doesn't or shouldn't exist? Or that a church or religion or something couldn't have an effect that can be beneficial beyond its own walls or boundaries?

I personally feel the protection is only valid for as long as the body remains interred, specially because the building is the target.

That's fine. If you had just stuck with this, I could have accepted your reasoning. The wording can be interpreted in either way. Either the body can't become an undead while interred or if it was ever interred. That can be read by different people in different ways.

However, you would also have to answer if it 'feels right' that you bury a person in a hallowed spot, like a graveyard, paying 1,000 gp for such a location (if not specifically for that express purpose, at least one of the reasons), and then all a person has to do is walk over to the grave, dig to the coffin and then go,
"I animate dead because the corpse isn't buried anymore,"
"Oh... I push the sarcophagus lid off and take the body out of it, now it's not interred here."
With your interpretation, they don't need to move it off-site, just dig to the body, which, guess what, they have to do anyway. Does that feel right after paying 1,000 gp to consecrate a gravesite specifically to stop that from happening?

When hallow is cast, that area becomes a holy site. Any bodies interred within it cannot become undead (possibly a ghost of the creature might be able to exist, whether because it already does or because your GM rules the spirit different than the body, but that's GM's call or plot dependent, but I probably wouldn't myself.)

While it's a holy site (which is forever unless somehow defiled, since the spell is instantaneous, any body buried there, cannot become undead. Whether the body was there at the time the site became hallowed or was buried there later. If a body is dug up and moved off the site, it still can't be turned into an undead.

It's like a desecrate spell. Undead within the area get +1 profane bonuses to attack, damage, and saving throws whether they were there the whole time, wandered in later, or were created there afterwards. Those bonuses go away when they leave. Undead created within the desecrated area, also have +1 hit points per hit die. Those don't go away when they leave.

If you bury a body in a hallowed site, it is considered blessed (not as the spell) or otherwise warded or protected from being turned into an undead creature (without some good plot reason, ie. GM fiat), whether you dig up the body and move it elsewhere or not. It likely wouldn't protect squirrels or graverobbers that died in the area unless they died in such a way that their bodies were considered entombed or buried (like inside a mausoleum or inside a collapsed grave or beneath the soil. Even if a ghoul wandered in (it might be uncomfortable there) and lurked beneath the soil, then popped up, killed someone and dragged their body down beneath the grave (possibly to eat later). The body wouldn't become a ghoul (assuming the ghoul didn't consume it first). Some cultures might place their dead on biers or elevated platforms, like native American tribes of the plains, and that might also count in some way or situations as being interred for this purpose on the site, even though the word technically means buried.

If you want a simple animated type object, then Craft Wondrous Item will probably suffice. Something like the walking cauldron which either follows or stays when you give a command. If you want something you can control a bit more, like tell it to go places or to stay or even give it some conditions ("Move to the kitchen when the soup boils.") then you probably would need Craft Construct.

Cauldron of Brewing additon: (3,000 x 1.5)/2 = 2250.

I don't believe you add the 150% in the case of the cauldron. The example you gave is for an item that takes a magic item slot (the horse's feet or hooves slot). The cauldron is not such an item.

Multiple Different Abilities: Abilities such as an attack roll bonus or saving throw bonus and a spell-like function are not similar, and their values are simply added together to determine the cost. For items that take up a space on a character’s body, each additional power not only has no discount but instead has a 50% increase in price.

The bolded part would be used for the cauldron. The italicized part would be for adding to an item that uses a magic item slot.

35. Supra-Human
You have human DNA in your genes. Like, really human DNA. Like, more human than human DNA.

Drawback You count as a humanoid (human) for effects and spells when determining if they would affect you negatively. Hold person or charm person can work on you even if you're a creature type that would normally be immune, an elf mutant would be subject to a ghoul's paralysis, etc. This even applies to intent, such as an ally casting reduce or enlarge person on you, as opposed to an enemy (though it only matters if your normal type is not humanoid).

Humans, specifically (only humans, not half-elves, half-orcs, or other races that count as human for some aspects, including humans with racial templates like plane-touched or half-fiend) with this mutation gain a contagious bite. If they bite a non-human humanoid (including half-elves and half-orcs) and deal damage, they can infect their target with a were-human-like curse. Since humans don't typically have bite attacks, this is generally an unarmed attack (typically non-lethal damage and provokes, even for monks, since a bite isn't part of a monk's unarmed strike ability) and will be at a –4 penalty to attack unless in a grapple or similar situation. The target must make a Fortitude save DC 1 (one) + mutation level + mutant's Con modifier or be afflicted. On a success, they are immune to your bite for 24 hours. At level 15, the mutant's bite can affect Monstrous Humanoids within one size category of their normal size (typically Medium).
This only applies when the mutant is in human form. Magic that changes the mutant's head, mouth, or similar aspects (such as wild shape or polymorph effects) will not allow transfer of the curse. Effects that merely grant a bite attack or change the damage to lethal without giving the mutant a non-human jaw or muzzle (like just growing fangs) will not interfere with the curse.

Here is the updated version, what do you think:

If it's just for you, obviously you don't have to worry about the wording. If I was editing, I would have some questions.

-- Bloodied (Ex)

An elite creature is considered bloodied when its hit points reach half their starting value, ...

What do you mean by starting value? Do you just mean half their max hit points? Then say that.

An elite creature stays bloodied until death or being fully healed.

There's probably some way this could get abused, if they can just keep themselves from getting fully healed and always get the benefits. Why not just say for the duration of the encounter? Or for the encounter, plus one minute or a number of minutes equal to Con modifier (minimum 1). Not saying it has to be those, but something not based on them being dead or not fully healed.

-- Multiple actions (Ex)

When bloodied an elite creature gets two turns each round, one on its initiative count and another on its initiative count divided by 2. For example, if the monster’s initiative is 23, on its first turn it could make a full attack (and take a 5-foot step) at initiative 23, and on its second turn at initiative 11 it could take a move action and cast a spell. This allows the monster to perform two actions per round that normally take an entire round, such as using a summon monster spell. For the purposes of spells and effects that have a duration of a round or longer or trigger at the beginning of the elite creature’s round or the start of its turn (such as saving throws against ongoing effects or taking bleed damage), only the monster’s first turn each round counts toward such durations.

Uhhhh, this sounds way more complicated now than it was earlier. Also, this is now just two full turns as far as I can read. It looks exactly like Dual Initiative, which is a mythic ability.

Plus, instead of the –20 initiative (which could put the creature into negative initiative, which is fine, yours is just half. So it's almost better for a creature to have a low initiative, because then they get to rapid fire with even less chance of interruption. For example, if they go on 20, they go again on 10, some PCs might get a few shots in between those full turns. If they got a 4 on their initiative, they go again on 2, which is unlikely to have anyone else slipped in between.

I think that's just too powerful (the actions, not just the half thing). Restrict it to an action (a restricted action mind you, where it couldn't be an attack or a spell or SLA), then I might agree.

Not that you need me to, this is just my opinion.

I like it initially, but I agree that it is too powerful as written.
I am fine with the max hit points, presumably the elite array of ability scores, the Toughness bonus feat, and being bloodied. The issues I have, and these are only opinions, you can disagree and they may or may not work better in some campaign other than yours, begin at the Special Abilities part.

I agree this would be a CR+2 increase at least as written, and I think some of the abilities need tweaking. But I'm just one person.

I like skeletons. They can be very useful in the right situations. They're fast, they have DR slashing and piercing, their AC is respectable. Especially if you give them decent armor and weapons above their standard broken scimitar and broken chain shirt. A couple mendings and their AC jumps up to 18 and their attack increases by +2, their damage increases by +2, and they crit on 18 instead of 20. Not bad for using a couple cantrips.

Even as mindless creatures, they can move to flank, and then you can also go for variants, like bloody (if you don't want to keep replacing or 'healing' them) or acid skeletons, which can do respectable damage even if hit themselves.

Wasn't there some kind of summoner that was like a Poke`mon trainer? Maybe you could go that route

Swarms of butterflies?

One giant butterfly (giant like a Small-size giant spider kind of giant).

Marble-dispensing goblin?

Animated teakettle that has a 5-foot steam blast and can brew tea?

One quarter of an animated broken stone statue (Can't be mended or made whole with magic alone, have to find all its parts). Basically it's just the arm, shoulder, and head, and it pulls itself along at 5-feet per round, and attacks with a slam?

A talking stuffed caterpillar with a hammer. Can shoot weak silk strands?

33. Nuts
Your genetic makeup or DNA is crossed with a peanut, a walnut, and several other nut and legume plants. Some of which are allergens or have flammable oil.

Drawback You always have an oily sheen on your skin. The first time any creature comes into close contact with you, check if they're allergic to your nut oil. This is typically caused by touching you or your clothing, or passing items between each other, but possibly if standing very close in a crowded space

To check if a creature is allergic to you, they roll a D20. On a 1, they are allergic to something about you and must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 character level + your Con modifier) or be nauseated for 1d4 rounds, receiving 1d6 nonlethal damage each round. After that time, they can attempt another Fortitude save or it worsens and continues for 1d4 additional rounds and they are sickened for 1 minute and fatigued. After this additional time, another Fortitude save can be made to indicate a more severe reaction. The nausea and damage continue for 2d4 rounds and they are sickened for 10 minutes and exhausted.

A creature makes this check for allergies once only, unless their body or physiology changes significantly. Either they are allergic to you, and must check for reaction whenever around you, or they are not. Creatures that already have a nut allergy or reaction to nut oils are automatically subject whenever in contact with you as above. A creature with scent encountering your trail will also check for allergic reaction as though making contact if scenting you within 5 minutes of your passing.

Immunity to poison does not stop a creature from being allergic to you, though neutralize poison or remove disease can mitigate the symptoms. A Heal check can be used in place of an afflicted creature's Fortitude save if they are treated. None of these change the creature being allergic to you or mitigate future encounters or contact.

To be fair, even with 44 strength, I don't think I would have the ab strength to do the crunches necessary to fully lunge out 100 feet

Well, that's human physiology. A worm's entire body has long muscle-type fibers along it, like a snail or slug might. They don't really have joint or hinge points.

I believe training a mount to use airwalk was a specific trick, but I am at work and can't look myself. It might have been 3.5. If not, training an animal to utilize a spell would likely be the way to go.
Otherwise you might need horseshoes of [whatever] but modified for creatures without hooves; anklets, bangles, or whatever you call shoes you put on dogs.

Is a deflected attack, such as Deflect Arrows, considered a hit or miss for purposes of what occurs on a hit or miss? I know Crane Wing specifically says treat an attack deflected with it as a miss instead, some do not.

Restriction This ability can be placed only on melee or thrown weapons.

The wielder of a sharding weapon can make a special ranged attack with the weapon in place of any melee attack. To do this, the wielder goes through the motion of throwing the weapon without releasing it. The weapon splits off a duplicate of itself that flies as if thrown by the wielder at the intended target. The duplicate gains a range increment of 10 feet for this purpose, but uses the same proficiency and otherwise functions the same as the original weapon. The duplicate vanishes after hitting or missing its target.

If I use a +1 flaming sharding longsword (activated), and use the sharding ability, it creates a duplicate +1 flaming sharding longsword that's active (+1d6 fire) which flies at the target. If it hits it does the damage of the weapon and stops existing. It it misses, it does no damages and stops existing.

If my opponent deflects it, (with Deflect Arrows), does it count as a hit or a miss? If neither, then that means the duplicate remains in existence, presumably until someone uses it to make an attack and hits or misses, correct?

So theoretically, we could have the party monk Deflect a few attacks until everyone has a +1 flaming sharding longsword which would exist for one attack they made with it, until they hit or misses (ie. not deflected). But since those are all duplicates, they could be used to fire duplicate sharding weapons, and since it's the sharding duplicates used for the attack, only those duplicates (created from the duplicate) would disappear after the attack, leaving the first duplicates still in existence in their wielder's hands, correct?

What if [the ring of lifebleed's curse damaged your real body whenever a game avatar of you got damaged (in melee or ranged combat)]?

Would you still be willing to go for this then?

That's definitely a much stronger and interesting curse. Definitely more likely to apply or be triggered in real life by most people that aren't getting in fights, since playing games is probably something far more common.

I would still say that getting even one of the other powers and benefits, and definitely both, that it's still likely a good deal for most people (definitely me). First, you can limit playing such games, and second, it's at least not linked to the amount of damage, it's still only 1d4 damage per [combat] damage (not spell or magical damage). Obviously, depending on the game or medium, it could be worse.

If you're playing Super Mario, (And assuming getting hit by a koopa or goomba counts), even it kills Mario (your guy), that's still just 1d4 damage. If you were playing Magic: The Gathering and you get attacked by 4 creatures and didn't them, that's 4d4 damage for taking each one's combat damage all at once, even if your avatar only takes 1 from each creature and you started with 20 or 40 life. You're definitely safer playing a game where one or two hits kills the avatar, rather than a shooter where the avatar can take 3, 4 or even 10 hits from an automatic weapon before dropping or multiple hits from a weaker foe or weaker attack, like a rapid-fire Hundred Hands attack from E.Honda in Street Fighter rather than one massive Zangief pile-driver or Balrog spinning punch. You'd get wrecked very fast in those situations.

Another issue is determining how much damage 1d4 translates to your real-life body. So, as long as you don't play games that involve combat damage (melee or ranged), being able to basically have faster healing from one wound, and regenerating health and lost limbs (theoretically even from the lifebleed's effect), is still a net plus, in my opinion. And probably even if the lifebleed damage was specifically exempt.

have them get attacked by a giant rooster (wished for a ...., you know)

1 million male deer stampede the city (million bucks)
they collapse the local economy (more gold than they know what to do with)

All fun things, I think the best we can hope for is that the pre-campaign discussion with the players reveals their wishes (intentions and hopes) and their wording, and then we can all offer our best ideas for making them into challenges (preferably, long-term and campaign challenges).

In a second, for all three.

Since the only downside of the ring of lifebleed (when it also has the powers of resumption and/or regeneration is taking combat damage. So as long as you aren't getting in a fight (or maybe running through a fire-fight or shootout in the street, you're coming out way ahead. Most people IRL aren't injured in combat.

The only time I wouldn't wear it, would be if it was only the cursed ring of lifebleed and even I did, I've gotten in like, three legitimate fights in my life, and I was a bouncer (now, it might count one or two more from fights I broke up between other people if I got hurt incidentally), but still, that's very few. We're not adventurers going out to fight goblins every other day.

The biggest real world issue is probably getting through metal detectors and not being able to take it off, depending on the material it's made of and security or police getting upset at you not taking it off.

I think it's a great concept and premise. The main sticking points are not knowing what the wishes are yet, or how they're worded, or players trying to specifically word them at the start (knowing the premise, or just in general knowing how wishes work in Pathfinder) and trying to minimize their risk (and thus hamstring the story, at least for them).

It's like, you have to have some character in the start of a story or movie do something wrong or make a mistake sometimes to get the plot moving or get the protagonists put into their situation. As long as players know it's important to the story and don't just try and phrase every possible negative outcome from their wish (unless they legitimately are playing such a character), it can be a great foundation.

You may or may not make it clear that regardless of how they word it, something bad will occur, even if it's just them slowly dying or being fed on by the creature that granted their wish from some unstoppable supernatural or psychic link or other curse, and it will be worse than if they left fun and creative plot potential in their own wish from the start, it could be interesting.

Mysterious Stranger got the basics. The crit threat to crit multiplier and the range or consistency of damage.

Other than that, mechanically, you might have hit points and hardness to sunder or damage, since a sword is likely all metal and an axe will likely use the wood of its haft rather than its metal component. After that is GM calls, like how easily something is suitable to use for damage, like using a sword to cut down a tree or door instead of an axe. Or how it's probably easier to find an axe/spear or axe/hammer hybrid than a similar sword analogue for when you don't want to do slashing damage, but you got the basic answers already .

I think you aren't considering the last rows of the FAQ.

I don't know what you mean by 'last rows' do you mean 'sentence'? If you do, then "Heighten Spell is really the only metamagic feat that makes using a higher-level spell slot an advantage instead of a disadvantage,' is terrible.

First off, because you want to read this as now not only applying to concentration DCs and spell recall, not only applying to how metamagic works with those specific sources, or identical ones, (all of which I am fine with, because that's the purpose and scope of this FAQ), but also how Heighten Spell should be judged or ruled based on an arbitrary 'is this good for the caster in all situations all the time' manner (rather than 'in general' which is even what they say).

Viewing it your way, would mean that someone can cite this FAQ, that has nothing to do with Heighten Spell, and claim that anyone who benefits from a different metamagic feat is doing it wrong or that anything Heighten Spell does that wouldn't work, or worked less effectively, or was otherwise a disadvantage, knowingly or not (such as if you Heightened your spell to a specific level that had a bad effect, like triggering an explosion of overloaded arcane power), shouldn't happen, because using it is supposed to be a benefit or advantage at all times 'in general', based on this unrelated FAQ.

They don't want people doing that thing people do here, where they start a topic and ask an innocuous-seeming, simple question, and then use it to spring on someone replying with the "OH, SO YOU'RE SAYING X! or use that clear example to now claim you've validated something entirely different and they point out some fringe, corner case or unrelated or unique class, feat, monster, or magic item that is different (or designed after) what was being asked. They didn't and don't want that.

You could go halfling, that would be +2 to attack for size and with throwing weapons.
If you didn't want to be a caster, you could take Caster's Champion. You would need to have an arcane spellcaster ally, but they can be any level. It only works 3 times per day (and they need to be within 30 ft, but that shouldn't be too hard). But since you aren't a caster, you could be going rogue (for sneak attack) or fighter, and the +1 enhancement bonuses scale to BAB faster than Arcane Strike scales to caster level. Since you can't really get Deadly Dealer until 5th anyway, that will put your attack and damage higher, and with a greater BAB, you are likely to be able to throw more cards in a round, especially if took Rapid Shot as a bonus feat.

Blooded Arcane Strike could work if you were a bloodrager, specifically.

The Rough and Ready trait can get you a +1 trait bonus to attacks, assuming cards are part of your profession (ie. gambler or fortune-teller (with cards)).

You could possibly get away with Splintering Weapon since that says 'the fragile weapon feature or a similar quality' which could be viewed with the fact that the cards get destroyed when used to attack. Assuming it was a primitive material (ie. not iron or steel, maybe bronze if that's considered primitive. Stone would be, but not sure how many decks of cards are stone, but I guess there could be some), most cards are made of paper, cloth, or wooden placards more commonly, you can cause bleed damage which can wear foes down.

I haven't really crunched numbers, just did some quick searches.

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After that, you'd need to check with your GM on how they view 'The wielder can use this three times per day' to see if they believe it applies the rod in total or that every creature in the world can use it three times per day.

Generally, items with limited daily uses apply that limit to all users. I think that the alternate interpretation that the Rod limit is actually "for each user" is a niche interpretation used by very few GMs.

As the CRB description of metamagic rods says "The wielder can cast up to three spells per day that are" that interpretation is valid by RAW, but I think RAI is 3 uses/day.

That's how I rule it too, but I also acknowledge how someone could read it differently.

It is getting a bit off the topic, and I am aware of that FAQ, but that FAQ is specifically about spell recall and concentration DCs. Just because they use terms like in general (which doesn't mean 'all the time and for everything', it doesn't apply beyond the scope of what the FAQ is specifically about (pearls of power, magus recall, and concentration DCs).

They make that clear that they don't want slippery slopes or people implying one thing from a FAQ where an answerer is using terms or examples for the specific FAQ to be expanded into possible fringe or unintended areas. That would require another, specific FAQ about metamagic rods (which they might answer similarly or even use that FAQ you mentioned as a persuasive argument), but that's what it would require (for an official answer).

A Quickened spell uses at least a 5th level spell slot (unless Quickening a cantrip/0 level spell, for some reason, using a 4th level spell slot), so you may need to use a (normal) metamagic rod of intensify (affects spells 6th-level or lower) and not a lesser version (3rd level or lower). Definitely so for a prepared Quickened spell.

A Quickened 1st-level spell would still count as a first level spell (only Heighten Spell actually changes a spell's level). The level increase from meta-magic feats doesn't alter the spell's actual level. It will still have a DC of 10 + 1 (spell level) + casting mod. It will still be stopped by things like lesser globe of invulnerability. Having a quickened, silent, empowered magic missile will still be a 1st-level spell, even if it takes a 7th-level slot to cast it. A lesser rod of intensify would still work on it.

A GM might make it count as higher for concentration checks, but that's a separate issue than what level the spell casts as for almost all purposes. You would need a pearl of power VII to regain the slot, but otherwise, the actual spell would still be considered 1st-level for almost all purposes unless Heightened.

As others have said, and I am just agreeing with, you can use a metamagic round more than once per round.
If you had a quickened spell, you could use your lesser metamagic rod of intensify to bolster it. Then you could cast a fireball and use your rod to intensify it. Then you could drop the rod as a free action and your ally could pick it up and cast a spell bolstered by the rod (or if you had a move-action left you could pass it to them and they could accept on their turn).

After that, you'd need to check with your GM on how they view 'The wielder can use this three times per day' to see if they believe it applies the rod in total or that every creature in the world can use it three times per day.

1) Right.. but if you permanently become that monster and then advance in you class levels.. aren't you advancing a monster?

[Assuming we are talking about greater mind swap in this case, which allows permanent body and mind swapping]

You, the character, are assumed to have the stats of a unique or classed creature in most expectations. You would not get to add +4, +4, +2, +2, 0, –2 to [the/your new] body's current abilities on leveling in your new body. You already have classes and thus the body has those, it's no longer a separate thing from your character, just like if you created or started the character as an aranea (though your hit points and HD will be different).

You're no longer a 10th-level elf sorcerer in an aranea's body, you're a 10th-level aranea sorcerer that started life as an elf (but you'd have the hit points of the 10th-level elf sorcerer you were, adjusted for the aranea body's Con, as per greater mind swap.) And the aranea would be in an elf body, they'd have low-light vision, Stealth or Perception skill bonuses, etc. and they'd have their spell-like abilities. (Mind swap is not magic jar for purposes of Improved Possession, so you wouldn't get the body's SLA and such like you would in those cases).

Technically, you'd still be in a 3HD creature's body, which could influence some of your body's ability DCs (assuming you are ruling mind swap to be valid with Improved Possession, which by the Rules it wouldn't, but if you house-ruled it that way). But you'd not have the hit points of a 3 HD aranea.

Returning to the op question, what sorcerer spell and spellcasting the aranea can do doesn't matter, as magic jar states: "You can't choose to activate the body's extraordinary or supernatural abilities. The creature's spells and spell-like abilities do not stay with the body"

That mean that the aranea sorcerer spells aren't available at all.

I think Improved Possession does allow it.

It would be easier if you gave a page link for Possession and Improved Possession or the sorcerer template or the apotheosis so I don't have to search through a bunch of rituals. Or I might be looking at Demonic Possession and that might not be the one you're talking about. Just for the future.

Your ability to possess bodies is more powerful.

Prerequisite(s): Demonic Possession or shadow demon, Cha 25
Benefit: The duration of your magic jar spell-like ability increases to 24 hours. You can choose to activate a host body’s extraordinary abilities, supernatural abilities, spell-like abilities, and spells known or prepared.

If you possess an Aranea, that has a racial sorcerer caster level of 5 does it stack with your sorcerer levels as per monster rules?

No. The creature's racial spell-like abilities are unrelated to class levels or even their own caster level (it could be lower than normally allowed to even use the ability). If the aranea themselves gained levels in the sorcerer class, they'd still be a 1st-level sorcerer with its own list of spell and spell per day (some of which could be the same as the race's SLA's). But they'd still have the CL 5 list, which would be unchanged.

If you took one over (with Improved Possession), you could use their SLA's at CL 5, whether you had a higher CL personally (or even no CL at all). If you Improve Possessed a 15th-level sorcerer (aranea or not), then you would be able to cast any of their prepared or known spells (limited to the slots they have remaining) at their CL; 15 rather than your 10. This is potentially very powerful, but it has to be that way because they didn't specify otherwise.

"Step 2: Add Class Levels

Once you have determined the creature’s role, it’s time to add class levels. The first step of this process is to modify the creature’s ability scores. Creatures with class levels receive +4, +4, +2, +2, +0, and –2 adjustments to their ability scores, assigned in a manner that enhances their class abilities. Creatures with NPC class levels do not receive adjustments to their ability scores.

Next, add the class levels to the monster, making all of the necessary additions to its HD, hit points, BAB, CMB, CMD, feats, skills, spells, and class features. If the creature possesses class features (such as spellcasting or sneak attack) for the class that is being added, these abilities stack. This functions just like adding class levels to a character without racial Hit Dice"

I am not sure what you are quoting here. You don't add class levels to a creature you possess. Its racial SLA's and CL are not associated with class levels. Nor would it suddenly gain an elite array or ability adjustments.

Do you stack them with yours when calculating your spells each day?

No. They are separate. In the case of spell-like abilities (per day), those would refresh automatically and you would have access to those, but for spells prepared or spell slots, I would likely rule that the creature itself, even if you rested in its body, did not take the proper mental steps to refresh or prepare those spells (nor would I let you pray to a possessed cleric's deity to get access to their spells, even at the right time of day).

is there any way in game to access those extra racial caster levels and have them stack with yours?

I can't say for certain, but not using the methods you have described. Even if a creature had a spell-like ability and its own bestiary entry said that their CL stacked with their CL from classes (which is entirely possible), you would just be using their ability at their racial CL added to their class CL, not your own CL.

What if the Aranea had the Human Guise feat and counted as a human like yourself so that Mind Swap, Major could be used instead?

I don't know what the aranea or the Human Guise feat, or what it counting as a human, has to do with mind swap. I don't see where that is an issue. This is one reason it helps to link what spells and feats, and abilities you are referring to, because I might not be looking at the same ones.

Bearing in mind that Improved Possession (which seems to require Demonic Possession or being a shadow fiend) is likely RAI to only work with their magic jar ability (specifically their SLA magic jar), if, for the sake of argument we ignore that or just assume it is intended to work with possession effects from any source, I would say that this still wouldn't work.

I would likely rule (on the assumption Improved Possession works with mind swap) that you could still use the aranea's racial SLA's, since those are part of the body, but you actually couldn't use any spells known or prepared or slots, because those are held in the creature's mind, not body, and that mind is now in your old body, not subsumed or suppressed or held captive in the body you are in, unlike with a normal possession (which is the typical assumption for the feat).

So, if you house rule that any 'threat' roll is an automatic hit, these weapons will have a 30% auto-hit rate, which makes them really dangerous with iterative attacks and/or attack roll penalties (like a Falchion + Power Attack combo).

Another good reason. I hadn't even considered Power Attacks, Iterative Attacks, Two-weapon combat penalties (make sure your off-hand weapon is the high-threat one at the least if you don't have two).