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Hi everyone,

One of my regular GM's in the Pathfinder Society has ruled that when my polearm master has the spell enlarge person cast on him, he can hit targets 15 or 20 feet away with no penalty, 5 feet away with a -4 penalty, and he can't hit targets 10 feet away at all. The key word is "adjacent", as shown in the description below:

"At 2nd level, as an immediate action, a polearm master can shorten the grip on his spear or polearm with reach and use it against adjacent targets. This action results in a –4 penalty on attack rolls with that weapon until he spends another immediate action to return to the normal grip. The penalty is reduced by –1 for every four levels beyond 2nd."

I think the problem with my GM's reasoning is that the above description does not take into account the fact that my character is Large when Enlarge Person is in effect. He believes that since 10 feet away from my character is not adjacent, he can't hit a target at that distance. I think that both 5 feet and 10 feet away should be considered adjacent, as the character is Large, and takes up four x 5 foot squares, compared to a Medium creature which takes up only one 5 foot square.

Any thoughts please? I need to get this rule clarified, preferably in my favour, as I play only reach based fighters, and this ruling from my GM is crippling.

Thanks in advance,

Captain Picard.

Hi Everyone,

I am seriously considering adding the secondary class of wizard to my 2nd level fighter. I have three questions: 1. Can I use a wand for any spell on the wizard spell list? (first and second level spells in particular). I understand that I can't cast spells when variant multiclassing in the first secondary class feature of wizard, so wands would be the next best thing.

Also, can I choose to have a secondary class when my main class (fighter) is at second level, or did I have to make that decision when my character was still at first level? Do I need to do some kind of retraining to make this possible?

Last question; Am I obligated to keep going with the variant multiclassing, ie trading in feats every four levels for aspects of the wizard class, or can I stop after the first class feature? All I want to do is use wands to cast spells without having to use the Use Magic Device skill, and without having to take a level in a class other than fighter.

Thanks in advance,

Captain Picard.