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Alright, presenting The Vacuum. He's pretty damn squishy, but as best I can tell he can take down each of the big bads, one after another, with absolutely no rest, even assuming all of the bad guys get 15s on their rolls, and he gets 5s. He took some work, and there were several places where I may have made mistakes, so please give feedback. This might not be entirely in the spirit of the competition, but I think by the RAW of this challenge, The Vacuum succeeds.

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You are missing a 3rd metamagic feat in order to qualify for Spell Perfection.

I suggest you change Varisian Tattoo and Bloatmage Initiate for Spell Specialization (Suffocation, Mass) and take Persistent Spell/Piercing Spell as the missing metamagic feat.

In case a can conjure more stalagmites with Ice Spears, these needs to be conjured adjacent or they can be conjured in any place in the area limit of the spell?

A Cleric felt down in an undergroud crypt, passing through a small vertical tunnel, 70ft below.

He wants Dimension Door up to the floor from when he came.

He knows that he came from above, but he doesn't know how many feet he felt.

Can he Dimension Door on the floor above, safe and sound, simply saying that he wants wo go up to the same spot from when he came, or does he need to state direction and distance as a vector?

The master is asking to do a check (ability or spellcraft, or what you consider the most reasonable) inb order to allow him to reach the desired spot.

The sentence I used was a your own in this tread.

Nothing was given to him. He PAYED for it with his starting funds.

of course he payed, never thought he didn't, but exactly for this, you could make your build not for create a golem (that in fact you cannot create by yourself) but for enhancing the idea of a "paranoid caster who prefers to be prepared for anything and everything", as you described her in a different tread.

Here the GM is giving him someone able to craft the body of a Clay Golem.

I thought this, but at this point will not be better have someone to craft the whole golem, giving him the Amulet, and spend the feats for something else?

May be that you wrote somewhere, and I miss it, but how could Angol Ceredir craft his golem not having the Craft skills required in the Clay Golem entry?

Have you ever think to write at least the succession of the feats level by level for the characters?

I want to bring to you attention another familiar, the Imp (Devil).

An imp consular can be summoned via the Improved Familiar feat, but only by a spellcaster of 8th level or higher.

But

Improved Familiar

Familiar: Imp
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Arcane Spellcaster Level: 7th

So, now, which source is the one to consider? In case of the Core, will not be the same for the Lyrakien, with the Core ruling over the Bestiary, and with a Neutral Wizard allowed to take the Lyrakien as familiar?

Dòm

The subject of the sentence is the key word here in my point of view, so, sorry, but I will continue to ask who is the creator without any possibility of doubt.

Dòm

I'd like to know who a creator is, and not who is not.

Dòm

Again please define without any possibility of doubt the word: creator.

The creator is...

Dòm

Specific Rule: "The creator must have prepared the spell to be scribed (or must know the spell, in the case of a sorcerer or bard) and must provide any material component or focus the spell requires.

"The act of writing triggers the prepared spell, making it unavailable for casting until the character has rested and regained spells. (That is, that spell slot is expended from the caster's currently prepared spells, just as if it had been cast.)"

Please define without any possibility of doubt the word: creator.

Dòm

Of course in my group we are still discussing about this topic and speaking with one of my mates I realized this logical thought:

Note that all items have prerequisites in their descriptions.

These prerequisites must be met for the item to be created. Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item’s creator (although access through another magic item or spellcaster is allowed).

Brew Potion: Can a character with this feat create a potion of any spell he knows simply by adding +5 to the DC, even without preparing it?

No. When creating potions, the crafter must prepare and expend the spell used by the potion as part of its creation. This is an exception to the normal rules that allow a caster to skip one of the prerequisites for crafting an item by adding +5 to the DC.

Crafting and Bypassing Requirements: What crafting requirements can you bypass by adding +5 to the DC of your Spellcraft check?

As presented on page 549 of the Core Rulebook, there are no limitations other than (1) you have to have the item creation feat, and (2) you cannot create potions, spell-trigger, or spell-completion magic items without meeting their spell prerequisites. So racial requirements, specific spell requirements, math requirements (such as "caster level must be at least three times the enhancement bonus"), and so on, are all subject to the +5 DC rule.

So, out of Scrolls, which magic item still needs of the sentence although access through another magic item or spellcaster is allowed if the Potions need to have the spell prepared and expended as part of its creation and Magic Arms and Armors, Rings and Wondrous Items simply adding +5 to the DC for create them don't required to prepare/know/have/cast/even have te possibility to have in the caster spell list (as Mage Armor for a divine caster) the spell in the requirements?

Dòm

(That is, that spell slot is expended from the caster's currently prepared spells, just as if it had been cast.)

I find perfectly reasonable substitute the "spell slot" with "the charge/the daily use" is expended from "the wand/ring", just as if it had been "cast/activated" considering that access through another magic item is allowed.

Even more if as wrote here

Crafting and Bypassing Requirements: What crafting requirements can you bypass by adding +5 to the DC of your Spellcraft check?

As presented on page 549 of the Core Rulebook, there are no limitations other than (1) you have to have the item creation feat, and (2) you cannot create potions, spell-trigger, or spell-completion magic items without meeting their spell prerequisites. So racial requirements, specific spell requirements, math requirements (such as "caster level must be at least three times the enhancement bonus"), and so on, are all subject to the +5 DC rule.

is possible to craft a wondrous item simply adding +5 to the DC even if you don't have the spell prepared/knew, even if the spell is not even in your caster spell list, like Mage Armor for a divine caster.

Dòm

i.e. you can't take +5 and craft the item even if you don't have access to the spell.

I have access to the spell through another magic item, as written in the Core Rulebook.

"The act of writing triggers the prepared spell, making it unavailable for casting until the character has rested and regained spells. (That is, that spell slot is expended from the caster's currently prepared spells, just as if it had been cast.)"

Agree, in fact it will use a wand charge, a daily use of an activated object or inhibit the continuous effect for a while.

The bracers of armor were made by an arcane caster or they were made by a divine caster taking a +5 to the DC of crafting them?

Crafting and Spell Requirements: When crafting an item, can an arcane caster use a divine scroll to fulfill an item's divine spell requirement?

Yes. (Likewise, a divine caster could use an arcane scroll to fulfill an item's arcane spell requirement.)
However, the character has to be able to activate the scroll somehow as part of the crafting process. This probably requires the arcane caster to succeed at a Use Magic Device check to activate the divine spell. If the caster fails to cast the divine spell from the scroll, he makes no progress on the item that day unless he has another source for that divine spell (such as another copy of the scroll).

Why could not be the same if in place of the divine scroll I have a divine "another magic item"?

The Whale_Cancer's info refers to the caster as the one that makes available the spell, as wrote in the Core, but in the same Core is written that:

[...]all items have prerequisites in their descriptions. [...] Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item’s creator - so are the scrolls that are magic items;

[...]access through another magic item [...] is allowed [...] - staff, wands, rings, wondrous items are all "another magic item".

Dòm

I'd like something more than Yes/No...

So, if 1. is Yes, why I cannot write a scroll from another item that I need to activate, triggering with the act of the activation the spell, making it unavailable for casting until the next day, the same as a prepared spell?

4. if not Bracers of Armor, chose any other item that from your point of view constantly affects you with a spell, the question will be the same.

Dòm

Yesterday playing with my group we came across a debate about the possibility to create a scroll using as spell source another magic item found during the daily adventure so that I, the wizard, can learn the spell so written on the scroll and add it to my spellbook.

Established that I can do the very last part of the above process, add a spell to my spellbook from a scroll:

Spells Copied from Another's Spellbook or a Scroll: A wizard can also add a spell to his book whenever he encounters one on a magic scroll or in another wizard's spellbook.

the following sentence in Magic Item Creation

Note that all items have prerequisites in their descriptions.

These prerequisites must be met for the item to be created. Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item’s creator (although access through another magic item or spellcaster is allowed).

arose some questions:

1. can I write a scroll of a spell using a wand or a stave of the same spell (wand of magic missile)?

2. can I write a scroll of a spell using another magic item that when activated gives the benefit of the same spell (Ring of Invisibility)?

3. if yes for #2, can I write a scroll of a spell using another magic item that when activated generates a custom effect of the same spell (Ring of Force Shield)?

4. can I write a scroll using another magic item that doesn't need to be activated for give to the wearer the benefits of the same spell, even if custom (Bracers of Armor)?

5. if another magic item, again having in mind the difference between the ones that need to be activated and the ones that give a passive bonus/ability, has more then one spell in the requisites needed for create it, can I write a scroll of all the spells needed for create it (Hand of Glory)?

Thank you in advance for yout replies!

Dòm