:( I thought this thread was going to be about eating party members.

Ashiel wrote:

Firstly there is the fact Sean K. Reynolds is simply wrong, since I actually posted a WotC endorsed adventure that you download from their site with an item that grants a +1 enhancement bonus to Strength.

Fair enough (I'll admit my ignorance that I haven't read every single PDF Wizards has produced).

Bad SKR, bad! You should return to your office and do nothing but read old WotC material instead of working on Paizo products (j/k)

Diego Rossi wrote:

The problem isn't the item but the coven powers. they can wreak havoc to a campaign.

And that right there is the problem. I like the idea of my players forming a witch coven. thematically, it works in all kinds of ways. I just see two obstacles - the RAW seem to indicated that a coven needs an actual hag in order for the coven to work and secondly that the coven powers are way over powered for lower level covens.

i'm not sure how to address those questions yet.

If you want your players to be able to do this thematically then just modify the coven spell list, or limit how many times a power can be used. A

Does the nose feat make you look like Steve Carrell?

You want to know what pranks you should pull?

You have a prankster character in mind.
Why not write down a list of the pranks they have pulled in the anime and figure out how to adapt them to the setting that you are playing in?

You can use dancing lights and ghost sounds to make apparitions appear during someone's watch.

I think this discussion should be taken to another thread. It's gotten way off-topic. Just my 2cents.

ciretose wrote:

It is a necklace that has a permanant spell effect. It takes a slot.

The necklace does not depend on being worn to function.

We do have rules now for creating a magical item that is similar, slotless, and had a CL requirement above what heighten spell would add.

Doubling the value (for a 4th level spell instead of a 2nd) you could argue that Ashiel's item is much better priced (330 gp for v. 150 gp)

See the Ioun torch

You should highlight these sections some how so people know when they are getting into grey areas that are not covered by the rules.

Benoc wrote:

Admittedly i am a new player,but wouldnt lowering a melee opponents str benefit the entire party?

Optimists don't like relying on strategies that hinge on opponent saving throws.

Don't you mean pessimists?

I am confused do you want people to pepper paladins with antiaircraft fire? Or do you want people to keep criticizing paladins?

Flak
1.antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
2.criticism; hostile reaction; abuse: Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.

If posters focus on Paladins bothers you then just start a Monk thread about flurry of blows or something.

Incidentally, why dot threads on Paizo? You are just cluttering a thread with wasted space.

Paizo has the +1 favourite system and the list function: use one of those instead.

Why reply a second time right after the first instead of editing your original post? ;P

My issue with Arcane Strike is that it eats up the swift action, which at low levels does not matter, but then Quicken Spell happens.

Having options for your swift action isn't a bad thing.

Cid Ayrbourne wrote:

... "You have to leave the editor something to change. Once he pisses on it, he likes the flavor better, and buys it." ~ Robert Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land

I used to have a boss like that. We always had to make sure to leave some obvious sloppy mistake in our plans because he felt he had to change something. If he couldn't find an obvious mistake he would change some of the correct stuff just to exert his influence on the project. It was like living in a Dilbert cartoon.

Your accounting department is full of trolls too? ;)

Spirit Ranger, Inquisitor, Archeologist Bard, and a Magus...

Walk into a bar.

You can't justify something with the "not making sense" excuse because it's a poor one. Magic item creation and essence of the creator has been in fantasy for a long long time.

I think both James and Sean have provided logical responses to your question.

Saying that you disagree doesn't change that you now have your answer.

Cheapy wrote:

I can just imagine James laughing maniacally right now.

I can imagine that too!

It's not imagining when it's out loud.

If you have ready Wheel of Time the test for Aes Sedai and Wise One's is a good idea of the sort of thing that would happen in the Test of the Star Stone.

It isn't something that the you should be able to do based on gear or level.

CourtFool wrote:

I have had plenty of munchkins kill my campaigns. Turning my campaign into an arms race or trying to 'beat' me is the quickest way to find yourself short one GM.

We had 7 people in our last game 2 of which died, we sell their loot and use their bodies as undead trap finders(one of them was the theif)

As a GM this makes me very sad, as a player I find the idea hilarious.