I recently started playing a ninja and I've been thinking about getting the 'bomb' ninja tricks. However, I have a question about the poison bombs.
Poison bombs use inhaled poison, meaning you theoretically can hold your breath to avoid the effects of the poison. So, could my ninja character take a breath and then throw the bomb at his feet and not even have to make a saving throw? Would this take an action?
I'm assuming that other people (such as enemies) would not get to hold their breath unless they either readied an action for it or took a breath before going into the cloud. If you could simply say "I'm holding my breath" every time a poison bomb is thrown at you without warning then the ability is kind of pointless.
Yea, I know that I'm probably entering a gray area in the rules here.
I recently started playing a ninja and I've been thinking about getting the 'bomb' ninja tricks. However, I have a question about the poison bombs.
Poison bombs use inhaled poison, meaning you theoretically can hold your breath to avoid the effects of the poison. So, could my ninja character take a breath and then throw the bomb at his feet and not even have to make a saving throw? Would this take an action?
I'm assuming that other people (such as enemies) would not get to hold their breath unless they either readied an action for it or took a breath before going into the cloud. If you could simply say "I'm holding my breath" every time a poison bomb is thrown at you without warning then the ability is kind of pointless.
Yea, I know that I'm probably entering a gray area in the rules here.
50% chance to avoid rolling a save, although I'd only allow you to choose to do so on your turn. Opponents that throw poison bombs at you can catch you unaware, for example.
Ah, thanks for the link! I wasn't able to find that when I was searching through d20pfsrd.com.