Origami Swarm - Full round or standard action?


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I don't see any actual statements on whether folding of the two pieces equals a standard, full, or swift action... What do you think?

"This stiff folded paper vaguely resembles a hand-sized pest such as a beetle, spider, or cockroach. Completing two key folds in the paper causes it to multiply into hundreds of similar-sized duplicates of itself.

These duplicates fill a 10-foot space and act as a rat swarm, except they have fire vulnerability, the construct type, and do not have the disease special ability. The paper beetles do not attack their creator, but are otherwise uncontrolled and attack anything nearby. After 5 rounds, the beetles crumple and fall inert. Once activated, an origami swarm loses all magic."


I general unless otherwise specified using a magical item is usually a standard action.
So I assume it falls under that. Sort like how it takes a standard action to say a command word etc.

Liberty's Edge

Is there any rationale to see this anything other than a standard action?

Sovereign Court

I suppose it could be

PRD, Combat wrote:

Manipulate an Item

Moving or manipulating an item is usually a move action.

This includes retrieving or putting away a stored item, picking up an item, moving a heavy object, and opening a door. Examples of this kind of action, along with whether they incur an attack of opportunity, are given in Table: Actions in Combat.

But Standard seems about right to me as well. Since you also need to draw the item as a Move, that's still a whole round's effort.

Grand Lodge

Howie23 wrote:
Is there any rationale to see this anything other than a standard action?

Probably because most Summon spells take a 1 round casting time, so people tend to associate that with any summoning ability?

Agreed with Standard, though, since there is nothing in the quoted text that says it takes longer.

Sovereign Court

Oh, standard for activating a magic item with no other action listed? That makes sense.

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