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Ok, so I want to ensure that I'm paying attention to all possible rules concerning how the rod of wonder size reduction effect works.

From what I can find, strength and dexterity don't actually change. The polymorph subschool seems to indicate that these are changed by actual wording within the spell, and as the rod of wonder includes no such language (and isn't even technically a polymorph effect, I guess), strength and dexterity remain what they were.

However, normal size modifiers do apply (ie, +4 to attack and AC, -4 to CMB and CMD, +12 to stealth, +6 to fly). Additionally, it seems like dexterity will be used for climb and swim, as the size is under tiny. Similarly, armor will also only apply half of its benefit to AC.

Am I missing anything here? Anything I'm mistaken on? Basically the idea is for a gnome character who goes out into a field every morning and shakes the rod at a tree until he becomes diminutive. I'll also have to figure out what color he is every day, but that sort of fits the character idea.

So my group just finished playing #6-23: The Darkest Abduction, and pretty much everyone hated it. Aside from the classical issues of railroading and horrible plot coherence, there seemed to be an even bigger problem.

I'd like to ask for a clarification to the above situation. In the Guide version 4.3 it seems to very specifically say that

"When playing your own character, all conditions
(including death) not resolved within the scenario
or module carry beyond the end of the adventure.
Likewise, any wealth spent or resources expended
during the course of the adventure are tracked and must
be recorded on the Chronicle sheet."

(It does specify that disease must be cured and does not carry over.)

This seems rather unambiguous, but reading the baleful polymorph thread confused me, as it seemed to indicate just the opposite- that all conditions not resolved within the scenario or module instantly kill your character.

Again, this seems directly contradictory to what the guide says, and is not found in the errata.

So is the guide wrong, and any condition left at the end means death?

Ok, I have a question about a specific issue I've encountered. I'm not sure if this is the place to post it, but here goes.

If I have a character that only takes 1 level of Oracle, my understanding is that he is then able to use spell-activation items (scrolls, wands) of the spells that are on the oracle class list, regardless of spell level, without a UMD check. In other words, even with only a single level of oracle he could use a wand of cure moderate wounds.

But what about spells that are not on the spell list normally, but are related to your mystery? Say I pick the battle mystery, which adds enlarge person at level 2. Can I use a wand of enlarge person at level 1, or does it get "added" to my spell list at level 2?

Thanks in advance for the help!