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It's poorly worded.
The flavor text implies that the witch guard swears an oath to defend a specific spellcaster, and they would apply that ability to that caster.
The mechanics text states "an adjacent spellcaster" which implies any adjacent caster.
What's worse, one of the later powers states that the ranger gains a patron, like the witch he protects, except the previous abilities in no way state that the caster he swears to defend must be a witch, specifically.
DireMerc's going to have to rule on this as he sees fit. I tend to favor the spirit of the rules, and if it were my decision, I would say that he has to swear his oath to a specific caster.
However, taken to its logical conclusion, that would also mean that the caster he would swear loyalty to would have to be a witch.
I agree that I see it as him having to swear an oath to a specific spellcaster of any class.
Ok, cool. Is it alright if I wait to swear the oath and don't use defend charge yet? I'm not sure Erik is ready to commit to anyone yet.
that's fine
I'm going to be traveling - I'll be on the road Weds and Thurs, at a show Fri and Sat, then on the road again Sunday and MOnday - I'll be in hotels in the evening and have wifi in the room but unsure of their connection strength and speed. I will do my best to check in every day, but if I don't post in a reasonable amount of time, feel free to npc me please.
- Bleyz
Brave dude that Lysander
For whats it's worth I hope Devyhn doesn't die since I kind of like him but it's not looking good.
Ok so Achren has spent 2 rounds climbing down he has gone down 60 feet.
After rechecking the layout from the bottom of the pool to the edge of the pit it's 120 feet. The water being 20 feet deep.
The rope most likely stop around 10 feet above the water so it can swing properly. So another round and Achren reaches the bottom, Lysander is still there however.
Relevant information:
Falling into Water
Falls into water are handled somewhat differently. If the water is at least 10 feet deep, the first 20 feet of falling do no damage. The next 20 feet do nonlethal damage (1d3 per 10-foot increment). Beyond that, falling damage is lethal damage (1d6 per additional 10-foot increment).
Characters who deliberately dive into water take no damage on a successful DC 15 Swim check or DC 15 Acrobatics check, so long as the water is at least 10 feet deep for every 30 feet fallen. However, the DC of the check increases by 5 for every 50 feet of the dive.
So from the top if Erik jump down he would take 2d3 non-lethal and 6d6 lethal unless he makes a dc 25 acrobatics or swim check.
Achren however can climb down 10 feet and let go and he would fall into the water taking no damage.
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Helluva way to go. Reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors:
Stop and think it over, pal. The guy sure looks like plant food to me. The guy sure looks like plant food to me. The guy sure looks like plant food to meeeeeeeee!
All the same. He's a fun character to play, but the dice-roller is a cruel and fickle mistress. If this most recent roll is any indicator, there's still a chance that Pharasma won't be calling him home just yet.
Welp the brain spike deals 1d4 int damage per round so it wont kill you right away and if your lucky you can actually last quite a while.
So you might get away with just a bit of brain damage :)
It's int damage.
I'll take it... and I think I'm done updating now.. ready to move on.
I'm picking up Weapon Focus and Rapid Shot, so I'll finally be able to do something more than fire a single arrow each round. (Firing TWO arrows!)
oh, nice rolls!
I'm also leveled up.
Sorry, got caught with other things and then Paizo site was down when I tried earlier. Hopefully done now.
I'm not sure would you be the one taking the feat? Because I do not think it would apply to your eidolon's claws.
All this is just my input, so it probably has no standing, but I'll offer my two copper.
The Synthesist Summoner is often quite a muddled thing when it comes to certain rulings--even more so than the base Summoner. Here's one of them: the claws aren't actually Achren's, they're the eidolons. But the eidolon can't take any feats, since it bonds with him. Unfortunately, this potentially means that Improved Natural Attack can't normally apply to any of its natural attacks, which is too bad.
However, there is a ruling that you can take feats whose prerequisites you only meet under certain conditions--like Rangers taking feats in their combat style's line, even though they only count as having, for example, Two-Weapon Fighting while in no, light, or medium armor. Should the ranger ever wear heavy armor, they lose their combat style feats and all the feats taken based on those, but as long as they don't, they're fine.
So personally, I think you could easily say that a Synthesist Summoner could take Improved Natural Attack for their eidolon's natural weapons, since they basically count as having those natural weapons themselves as long as the eidolon is summoned. Whenever the eidolon isn't around, the Summoner essentially doesn't have the feat.
Of course, like I said, just my two copper. YMMV
Isn't there a HUGE errata for synthesist summoners? maybe there's something in that document that addresses this?
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I'm not sure would you be the one taking the feat? Because I do not think it would apply to your eidolon's claws.
According to the rules, these are the prerequisite:
Prerequisite: Natural weapon, base attack bonus +4.
My Bab is +4, I have a Natural Weapon.
The only query in my mind is whether these are to be Monster only Feats or available to any PC that qualifies. Rangers can get it if they take the Naturals weapons Combat Style, and I know most DM's allow it, but not all, hence the question. Not sure if there is any official ruling (Probably Not - despite the errata on Synthesist summoners).
Personally, I'm not bothered either way; I'm sure I can find something else to use (there are plenty of Feats out there). It also begs the question of whether or not it stacks with the evolution of the same name, so it might be more of a headache to allow than to ban, but it's up to you.
I would say that you taking the feat would not work on your eidolon claws
OKay, Np. I'll take Weapon Focus (Claws) instead for +1 to hit.
Have we rested for an hour since level 4?
Also, is Erik assumes to have a divine focus now he can cast spells or does he have to actively go find one?
You have a divine focus...I do not believe you have rested since level 4 no. I could be wrong but I'm tired going to bed. Can someone confirm that?
In other news I'm an uncle.
My sister had a baby boy yesterday. Mikeal.
Congrats, and neat spelling of the name.
Congratulations to your sister.
Enjoy being an uncle.
congrats on being an uncle.
Yes, congrats to you and yours!
I think we need to find somewhere to rest and heal up a bit. I have 2 Con Drain, 2 Con Damage and 2 CHA Damage. Others have Ability Damage.
So did anyone else get 'spam' in their inbox on Paizo from some reverend in the UK wanting private email response? My original reaction was 'oh hell no!' Just curious if anyone else got one of these messages?
Nope, I didn't get anything.
nope
No.
Nope.
Did he offer anything good?
Just to let you know, I am on holiday from 16th to 22nd August. Please DMPC if necessary.
Are we in terrain which counts as underground?
Yes this would count as underground.
Ok, that's been my favored terrain for a while but I keep forgetting the +2 init, perception, stealth and survival.