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i was thinking of doing a sea side campane complete with cannons, but know clue on how to do it or were to find the rules for ship combat

help please?

There are some basic rules for ship combat in the Game Mastery Guide, and mode advanced ones in the Skull & Shackles Player's Guide. There are rules for cannons and siege engines in the SS Player's Guide, too.

I see this miniature coming but I don't recall seeing this race listed in any of the Pathfinder books, please help!

They're listed on Bestiary 2. :-)

He seems very weak for the first few levels. If I'm reading it right, he can only wildshape once per day at 1st-2nd level; after that, he becomes an expert with an animal companion (no spells and no domain abilities to fall back on). I'd give him something else to do or allow him to wildshape more often with a reduced duration.

The wildings seem strong, but not too strong. I like them!

Scipion del Ferro wrote:

No, Life Mystery Oracles just get mass heal earlier than usual.

they get MOST of their spells earlier than usual O.o

I mean LOOK at that list, i'm pretty sure from spell level 2 on up the spells on the list are actually one spell level higher.

You're right, most of them are too high for the oracle to cast at the time she gets them (checked the PFSRD). Does that mean oracles get some spells that they can't cast? :/ That's odd.

I believe you've missed the oversized weapon special quality of the giant.

Special Abilities

Oversized Weapon (Ex) A cloud giant can wield Gargantuan weapons without penalty. Most favor the use of immense morningstars.

So, +12 BAB +12 Str bonus -2 size = +22.

Do both people who are helping to create an item need the item creation feat?

From what I read, you can cooperate even if you can't create the item on your own - it's enough if at least one of the participants has the feat. The others could be casting spells, for instance.

It is possible for more than one character to cooperate in the creation of an item, with each participant providing one or more of the prerequisites. In some cases, cooperation may even be necessary.

If two or more characters cooperate to "create an item", they must agree among themselves who will be considered the creator for the purpose of determinations where the creator's level must be known.

Emphasis mine.

Why would there even be an agreement if one of the cooperaters couldn't create the item in the first place.

You are right, it seems strange that you can be considered the creator even if you don't have the feat :/. I guess they meant that, if two or more of the characters have the feat, they must agree who will be the creator?

So, IMHO: by RAW, you don't need the feat to cooperate and you can be the creator either way; RAI, I can't tell either way, but seems strange.

But neither you act any way. There's no point in keep drinking and performing no combat actions, during an encounter. Maybe you could use this ability the way HaraldKlak is suggesting, but how many times can you find yourself in that particular situation?

Also, that is not the kind of use i expect to make with a "drunken brute" ability.

You're totally right, I didn't really think that one through. :P You could get by with standard actions (assuming you could drink from the same bottle), but it's not really worth it, especially after you get to level 6 and get iterative attacks.

Wow, I never realized how lackluster Raging Drunk is (what with the "being nauseated at the end of rage" part and all). It has its use, but I don't know if I'd like to trade fast movement for it.

I was wondering what should be the point of "drink as a move action" for the Drunken Brute archetype, since you still have to use another move action to draw the potion/alcoholic drink.

Well, drinking potions doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity for a raging Drunken Brute (it usually does). Also, they could drink a potion/alcoholic drink they previously had in hand, then use the remaining action to attack or do something else.

Moreover, what's the point in drinking alcoholic drinks, since you'll just keep staying in rage while not performing any action (other than swift, immediate or free)?

The benefit is that if you drink, you get this round of rage 'for free' - you don't consume rounds of rage for the day as long as you keep drinking.

Does a drunken brute is supposed to find a way to draw drinks as a free actions, or just to find a way of "acting" as free or swift action?

Maybe the drawing action should be considered part of the "move action" necessary to drink? (by RAW it is not)

Can't say for sure, but I don't think so.

As for the drawing from a bandoleer - not RAW, but I'd let my players do that. In any case, the only change I'd allow is to avoid attacks of opportunity.

Damn, ninja'ed. ;-)

EDIT: reworded some things.

Re: Cleric. I see it now. You're right, Quandary and Sizik :-), thanks for the explanation (and sorry for the threadjack!).

Forgot about the same source bit. Cheers.

Still-life awesome for a low level talent. Much better than befuddling strike (which lasts longer and benefits the party)

+10 to a rogues AC is very nice (lasts 1rd right?) and makes melle a lot safer.

Yes, it lasts 1 round. In any case, +10d6 sneak attack means rogue lvl 21 - by that level things get pretty weird.

Depends on whether you interpret "a cleric gains the listed powers from both of her domains, if she is of a high enough level" as meaning "high enough caster level to cast the domain spell" or "high enough cleric level to cast the domain spell".

The previous paragraph, "Each domain grants a number of domain powers, dependent upon the level of the cleric" suggests the latter.

Aaah, I see it now. The problem is, I guess, whether you consider domain spells as "domain powers" (depending on cleric level) or just "bonus spells" (depending on caster level).

Re: ElK. Yes, it's disappointing; and now that we have the Magus, it's never going to get fixed. Maybe house-ruling the Eldritch Knight to get (some) magus arcana could be a nice fix, though (it'd help fill empty levels).

Same source -- so the bonuses don't stack with themselves.

+1.

A fighter would have to designate wizard as his favored class to make use of this ability. That means that as long as he took levels of fighter he would not gain any of the favored class bonuses. It's a rather large tradeoff when 1st level potions are so cheap.

On the other hand, that fighter can use a wand of fireball. I know, bad example, but the point is he can use any wand of the favored class.

Another example: you could choose bard/witch and use wands of CLW - you can now do healing, even if it's out of combat. I guess there are better things to do, but it's nice to have that versatility.

but using a wand is cheaper (and more convenient) than having 50 potions of the same type.

+1

I used GIMP 2 weeks ago, to extract the picture of the Belker.

I imported it into GIMP, but it didn't get imported as layers, like I expected.
I turned the border transparent (a fiddly job, given the wispy nature of the creature), then saved it as a jpeg. This did the job the OP was asking for, to act as a handout.

Unfortunately, when trying to import it into the Gnome Stew Standee template, it showed the black background, where the transparency showed through. Any ideas?

Humm... maybe you didn't add the Alpha channel on the imported layer? It's the only thing I can think of :/.

Also Cleric/Druid domains, although you only get the extra slots, not the domain spells.

You don't? I always thought you did and I see nothing about it in the domain rules. Have I missed something? :/

Mind you, I'd love to be wrong about it (we even house-ruled it that way), but I think you get them by RAW.

So, the DC of the spell would replace the "10+CMB" part of the grapple?

I think so, yes.

I use GIMP (link) all the time. It's free and you can do a lot of things with it :).

I have done that sometimes (new players, didn't want to carry Bestiary 1-2 around). Depending on the quality you want, you can get something useful in a few seconds.

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IMHO, yes, the escape DC of the Web counts as the grappler's CMD. The concentration check would be then: DC of Web + spell level being cast = concentration check DC (because 10 + CMB is a little less than the CMD most of the time).

Also, it seems consistent with the concentration DCs of most spells (Italics mine):

Spell: If you are affected by a spell while attempting to cast a spell of your own, you must make a concentration check or lose the spell you are casting. If the spell affecting you deals damage, the DC is 10 + the damage taken + the level of the spell you're casting.

If the spell interferes with you or distracts you in some other way, the DC is the spell's saving throw DC + the level of the spell you're casting. For a spell with no saving throw, it's the DC that the spell's saving throw would have if a save were allowed (10 + spell level + caster's ability score).

I'm really leaning towards Wondrous Item, and in most games like this I'm the one that ends up being the GM/DM/Judge/Referee/etc. mainly because I"m usually the one to bring everyone together, set up the dates, buy the books and practically everything else. Like the one guy who wants to play D&D 4E with me but wants me to buy the books and everything else so all he has to is show up, then he starts complaining when I throw furries into the mix.

I feel your pain, man. Half my players never bother to buy their books, but they expect me to have them. :'(

As for the skills: I'd use Craft (clothing), if only to avoid PC sinking skill points into 2+ different Craft or Profession skills (I'm assuming they'll be able/expected to craft their own suits of clothing).

AFAIK, there is no such rule and I see no reason the metamagic cost can't go down to +0. There are already metamagic feats with no spell level adjustment (e.g. Merciful Spell).

IMHO, it'd fall under Craft Magic Arms and Armor - it is an armor, after all, even if it's made out of clothes.

Have you considered the leaf armor from the Adventurer's Armory? It's mundane, so you'd only need to put the endure elements effect on it. Sounds fitting from your description of the armor and it could be far cheaper. Just my 2c :-).

While you can have as many mounts as you want. Only one,however will be an animal companion style mount. The rest are normal types, just like everyone else.

+1.

At low level, you're better off with a heavy horse rather than a horse animal companion anyway :-P.

Just for reference:

Shatter Defenses (Combat)

Your skill with your chosen weapon leaves opponents unable to defend themselves if you strike them when their defenses are already compromised.

Prerequisites: Weapon Focus, Dazzling Display, base attack bonus +6, proficiency with weapon.

Benefit: Any shaken, frightened, or panicked opponent hit by you this round is flat-footed to your attacks until the end of your next turn. This includes any additional attacks you make this round.

1. It means any round in which you have already hit the shaken, etc. opponent. The idea is that you hit once, he is flat-footed to the rest of your attacks this round (say, if you're doing a full attack) AND to all your attacks next round.

2. Yup, they're all susceptible until shaken wears off.

What happens if I have a Cleric of Gozreh and Multiclass into a Druid of Gozreh and take the Air Domain for the Druid instead of an Animal Companion. Do those Levels stack or would just the highest Level of one of the two clases count ?

Going by RAW, they don't stack - you'd get two sets of powers from the Air domain (one counting your cleric levels, the other counting druid levels). Basically, it would be the same as if you took two different domains.

The good thing is you get domain spell slots both for druid and cleric spells. :)

Note that there are a number of effects and prerequisites that rely on a character's level or Hit Dice. Such effects are always based on the total number of levels or Hit Dice a character possesses, not just those from one class. The exception to this is class abilities, most of which are based on the total number of class levels that a character possesses of that particular class.

Emphasis mine. Unless said otherwise, domain powers are based off cleric level, not character level. In other words, you'd only get resist electricity 10.

Intelligence (Int)

Intelligence determines how well your character learns and reasons. This ability is important for wizards because it affects their spellcasting ability in many ways. Creatures of animal-level instinct have Intelligence scores of 1 or 2. Any creature capable of understanding speech has a score of at least 3. A character with an Intelligence score of 0 is comatose. Some creatures do not possess an Intelligence score. Their modifier is +0 for any Intelligence-based skills or checks.

Emphasis mine. The general consensus is that any animal companion with an Int of 3 can learn to understand Common (single rank in Linguistics). So you wouldn't need to get Int up to 10 just for that :).

This has cropped up in the past. You should take a look at this thread.

Domain users can gain access to rage powers with the Rage subdomain of destruction- which if you go with the ruling of everyone getting access to subdomains if they have access to regular domains - means that cleric, druid, inquisitor, and maybe paladins can gain these. Granted, it's much higher level (10+) but still.

I didn't know that, thanks! :-) And now I want to play a half-orc raging cleric...

except none of those but cleric and inquisitor get access to destruction. don't think the domain meets the prereq for the Orc though.

Yes, you would need to get at least 1 oracle level, something like cleric 12 oracle 1 rage prophet 7.

I didn't do a thorough read-through, but I didn't actually notice any prerequisites that required Barbarian levels. Though the class feature that stacks the PrC with Barbarian levels certainly makes it an option.

Well, one of the prerequisites is the moment of clarity rage power. AFAIK, only barbarians get rage powers...

I think adam's interpretation is correct. The real benefit to following step is being able to shift your position and to essentially gain an extra 10' of movement when an opponent tries to 5' step away.

Also, Following Step won't take 5' from your movement for the next turn (nor the ability to take 5' steps), which is a downside of Step Up.

IMHO, they only difference is that Nature's Whispers doesn't apply to Reflex saves. Well, that and the fact Sidestep Secret is supernatural while Nature's Whispers is an extraordinary ability.

As for the second concern... you can always put some ranks into Handle Animal, and your Charisma should be higher than a druid's or a ranger's, so I don't really see a big problem.

Would a medium creature take the -2 inappropriate size penalty if they wielded a Large warhammer in two hands? I understand that they could in one-hand for the penalty, but am unsure about wielding it in two-hands.

Thanks!

Actually, they both get the -2 penalty AND they have to wield the warhammer with both hands.

The measure of how much effort it takes to use a weapon (whether the weapon is designated as a light, one-handed, or two-handed weapon for a particular wielder) is altered by one step for each size category of difference between the wielder's size and the size of the creature for which the weapon was designed. For example, a Small creature would wield a Medium one-handed weapon as a two-handed weapon.

Hope that helps ;).

In Dragon 320, the Dragon PC classes - do they still get a feat every 3rd level as normal, or is the feat progression described in the respective classes a replacement for the normal progression.

i.e. Do the feats gained in the class description work like fighter bonus feats?

I think it replaces normal feat progression, since it is linked to their HD (it was the same in Savage Species). On the other hand, you'd need to update it because is set to the 3.5 progression (1,3,6,9... instead of 1,3,5,7,...).

1. I would say she gets healed by both. Death's Embrace doesn't explicitely say that you get hurt by channeled positive energy, after all, but I could be wrong.

2. No, she couldn't. Each domain power needs a standard action to use.

In addition, a cleric gains the listed powers from both of her domains, if she is of a high enough level. Unless otherwise noted, using a domain power is a standard action.

3. Yes. I'm not entirely sure on the Large Eidolon, though, but I would allow it.

4. I'm not sure on that one because both the spell-like ability and the Eidolon are not summon spells...