Yes, I nearly took a bard level to get all knowledges as class skills so I could be an insufferable know it all.
I think I can't accept raging song though, my blast is still an SLA.
Would you even get benefit from raging song?
I would - the con bonus would increase my blast damage - unfortunately - I think it will also stop my blast - since it's considered an SLA. I'd probably need something like mad magic(which requires bloodrager).
In actuality, Incite Rage doesn't explicitly say you can't use spells or SLAs. It does say that you can't do anything requiring patience or concentration, though, so you probably couldn't gather power or the like, but a simple blast might not be out of the question.
I checked.
I was locked out of paizo boards for several days.
They've been bad recently. It's not just you.
Yeah, same.
I couldn't access the site yesterday at all.
It's been pretty spotty for me, too.
I think either Mo holds the drums, and you beat it with your head, otherwise its Acapella time..
Or you need to put the drums on yourself then bang it with your head.
Sorry for possibly inane chatter on hydra physics and psychology...
Hey, that's half the fun of this game, right?
I think I get the idea what you're trying to do. You grab the drum by the rim then smack it against u, right?
Lol I thought you were going to smack the drum against me for me asking you inane questions =)
He might do that too.
That works heh.
This'll be pretty interesting.
Oh, I've been meaning to ask; I haven't quite finished picking Grash's feats yet, and wanting to ask if he can qualify for the Savage Jaw rage power despite not having Animal Fury due to already having a bite attack. (it would of course be useless for any allies without a bite attack in this case)
I'm perfectly happy to let you keep bantering, so let me know when you want to move on.
@Grash that sounds fine to me. There's no reason for a hydra to get a rage power that just gives you a bite attack.
I'm ready to move on, but if others want to keep bantering, that's fine with me, also.
I'm interested in moving on, mostly because I don't want to forget what I'm doing.
I made myself a can of black beans to go with some rice, and things were going well. Then I took a bite, and they were soy black beans.
I didn't even know that was a thing.
I think soy black beans are le cool. Again I eat ALMOST everything.
My favorite line I've heard all day.
It was a pretty good line.
It was all right.
By the way, you're nearing another level-up point, so it's time to debate about 'mutations' again. Here's the list for you again:
Sheer size (strength)
Toughness
Longer Legs
Improved head mutation -- I'll try to come up with some way to make your head mutation crazier, weirder, and perhaps a bit more powerful. Oh, and Grash will get one.
Body mutation
Other (suggest an option)
How much would longer legs improve our base speed? With no ranged attacks, being able to charge up to a target faster sounds appealing.
Here's my suggestion for an "Other" mutation: Some way for each head to temporarily be able to apply a class, feat, or skill feature that we normally can't properly use since we're just a head to the body. For example, Beachhead could give the body the use of his Light Steps class feature. Which would be hilarious. Another example would be someone with a high Acrobatics skill could allow the body to use the skill bonus for a jump attempt. You could frame it as the heads all agree to give one head complete control of the body, but it's stressful/taxing, so it only lasts for one action or round.
Seriously, why is there no cooking mutation?!
I think we should double down on head mutation, or else go for longer legs. I like Beachhead's suggestion, and I think there's a lot of opportunity for extremely cool things to happen.
What would be your ruling on me taking two weapon fighting?
Grash totally wants his own head mutation... but faster charging and better trampling (legs or brute strength) would also be desirable.
@Tomorbataar I'd be curious as to what two weapons you'd plan on using.
@Beachhead I might not make that a mutation... I'd considered something like that before. I'll give it some thought.
How much longer your legs get might be random, but it will give you at least 5' more movement.
If it's only 5' per round, then it's probably not worth it, since we don't know how long this campaign will last, and we have access to various mobility spells and wings made of fire. I'll hear what others have to say before giving my vote.
Grash, since we all already have a head mutation from last time we leveled up, I'm thinking that you'll get one regardless of what we decide this level.
I was going to say the two weapons I'd use would be my head, but only monks with Flurry of Blows can do that, as it turns out, which is a class feature I traded away. What about head and mouth?
The rules here seem vague, if you like I can figure out what else I would do with my slayer talent and then post a comparison of my damages. I checked it a while back and I seem to remember twf increasing damage by a moderate amount, especially against enemies with low AC. Let me know if you're interested.
Another thing, while looking over my character, I've noticed that I've been getting almost no utility out of the archon style feats I chose. Would you let me change those?
I have no comments upgrades. I can let us fly but I took the wrong feat chain for it - since I wasn't expecting that a self only buff could emcompass the entire hydra body. Thus I didn't really build for it.
It'd require a different feat chain. I built around for kinetic whip, and a few silly things(like getting a familiar).
Pacem will save the day, someday.
We just jump on Pacem and then brace for liftoff.
That's FAMILIAR ABUSE!
I like the all caps, found that unreasonably funny for some reason.
@Tomorbataar I'd be fine with you swapping those feats out, it's one less thing I have to track during combat. XD Hmmm... I suppose your bite and your unarmed strike could be counted for two-weapon fighting. Go ahead.
I think I will allow you to voluntarily allow one head complete control over the body in order to use that head's skills/feats for moving the body. It only lasts as long as you unanimously allow it, however.
Thanks GM, I'll go ahead and make those calculations anyway, mostly because I want to know what style to swap those feats into.
I think that's a good idea.
I've been setting up the two weapon fighting calculation, and I've encountered a question. Does my bite count as an off hand attack, in which case I get only half my power attack and strength bonus? And if so, can I make my mouth the primary attack and my unarmed strikes the off hand attacks?
Incidentally, I've discovered in a faq that you can normally TWF with unarmed strikes even though unarmed strikes are technically one weapon. Definitely doesn't unambiguously mean that a limbless creature can TWF unarmed though.
Ah, I didn't know that. I would allow you to treat either one as your off-hand attack.
If I were treating my unarmed strike as an off hand attack, would it still get iteratives, and would I use half strength and power attack for it?
You'd get iteratives on your primary attack. Didn't I say a while back that I'd allow iteratives on your bites?
I can't remember and don't really feel like looking. I'm assuming I'd still get full strength on unarmed strikes, correct?
If they're not your off-hand attack, yes. Whatever your off-hand attack is gets only half strength and power attack.
Okay, gotta figure out how much it'd increase my damage then. Thanks for the swift responses.
Hey all, are we waiting for something? I might be missing something.