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Note how the text refers to "Equal Cost" not "Equal Bonus". Weapon and shield enchantments are not priced equally.

Add Outflank and Paired Opportunist for free attacks of opportunity, then play around with hijinks of the fast mount option and you can even achieve this tower attack from Disgaea!

It seems pretty clear to me that you wield a Claw in 1 hand. But I don't think you wield a Bite or a tentacle in 1 hand.

I don't think even a Claw is either a 1 handed or a light weapon. For instance, you normally couldn't use the 2 weapon fighting style to fight with long sword and claw, treating the claw as your light, off-hand weapon.

Also, the OP's feat doesn't only work on light and 1 handed weapons, but rather "with any slashing melee weapon you wield in one hand," which is not the same thing as a 1 handed weapon.

Funny you should say that you can't use a claw as an offhand attack with two weapon fighting.

Natural Attacks: Attacks made with natural weapons, such as claws and bites, are melee attacks that can be made against any creature within your reach (usually 5 feet). These attacks are made using your full attack bonus and deal an amount of damage that depends on their type (plus your Strength modifier, as normal). You do not receive additional natural attacks for a high base attack bonus. Instead, you receive additional attack rolls for multiple limb and body parts capable of making the attack (as noted by the race or ability that grants the attacks). If you possess only one natural attack (such as a bite—two claw attacks do not qualify), you add 1–1/2 times your Strength bonus on damage rolls made with that attack.

Some natural attacks are denoted as secondary natural attacks, such as tails and wings. Attacks with secondary natural attacks are made using your base attack bonus minus 5. These attacks deal an amount of damage depending on their type, but you only add half your Strength modifier on damage rolls.

You can make attacks with natural weapons in combination with attacks made with a melee weapon and unarmed strikes, so long as a different limb is used for each attack. For example, you cannot make a claw attack and also use that hand to make attacks with a longsword. When you make additional attacks in this way, all of your natural attacks are treated as secondary natural attacks, using your base attack bonus minus 5 and adding only 1/2 of your Strength modifier on damage rolls. Feats such as Two-Weapon Fighting and Multiattack can reduce these penalties.

Note how it explicitly states that you can reduce that penalty for natural weapon attacks made in conjunction with manufactured weapon attacks using the two weapon fighting feat.

Nobody got the reference? For shame...

Of course nobody got the reference. Blitzcrank is the robot. It's Jax that fights with a lamppost.

I am happy to inform you that there's an undead for that!

Of course you would gain the benefits of favored class for your prestige classes. Note how the feat states that you gain the bonus for any class. The point about not being able to take a prestige class as a favored class becomes completely irrelevant.

After all, the standard convention for rules contradictions is that specific overrules general. In this context the Feat is far more specific in what it does than the blanket statement that you cannot select a prestige class as a favored class.

I like the way you are putting word into my mouth without actually reading what I am typing. The conjuration rules explicitly state "A creature or object brought into being or transported to your location" This has nothing to do with yourself. When it says "brought into being or transported to your location" clearly that is a reference to the (Calling), (Creation), and (Summoning) subschools. As it does encompass multiple sucschools, it saves space to put the text with situational usage in the school properties rather than reprint it multiple times in each subschool it pertains to.

As for your stawman argument about teleporting intentionally into someones body, you (the caster (of dimension door)) would then take the 1d6 damage for putting yourself into "a place that is already occupied by a solid body". It is specified in every conjuration (teleportation) spell what happens if you suffer a mishap, except for greater teleport which does not allow you suffer a mishap and simply fails.

Not relevant.

A creature or object brought into being or transported to your location by a conjuration spell cannot appear inside another creature or object, nor can it appear floating in an empty space. It must arrive in an open location on a surface capable of supporting it.

Please note the bolded text within the conjuration general rules. Now ask yourself: "When I use Dimension Door to teleport elsewhere, am I bringing a creature or object To My Location"? No? Then there is no problem with transporting yourself into empty space above a solid surface.

@Xaratherus: Your quoted rules text is irrelevant. If you are moving with Dimension Door you are not transporting a creature or object "to your location". Moreover, Dimension Door explicitly states what happens if you use it with a destination within a solid object.

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A Succubus with the memory of someone beating and chaining her? Whatever shall we do? Honestly it just sounds like a casual Friday night for a succubus to me. With the "best friends" component of charm monster she would likely only be a little irked that they weren't rougher with her.

Personally I would rule that your secondary two handed weapon would gain 1.0x Str. The reasoning being that you are using two secondary hands on the weapon.

Basically:
Primary hand (1.0) + Secondary hand (0.5) = 1.5x Str
Secondary hand (0.5) + Secondary hand (0.5) = 1.0x Str

There is absolutely no precedent anywhere for a 0.75x Str modifier or a tertiary hand for 0.25x for that matter and things would just be complicated

I am loving this new direction for the Arcanist. I've always enjoyed characters of a more raw, primal direction. Having a caster that fits the theme will be fantastic.

Look at it like this.

The armor isn't applying the bonus to your natural attacks, as the armor states that it won't. Instead, the armor is applying the effect to your unarmed strikes. Only then is your feat applying the effect affecting your unarmed strikes to your natural attacks.

Aura moderate necromancy; CL 5th

Slot hands; Price 18,000 gp; Weight —

As magic items, caster or not, the gloves cast at the level of the item itself. In this case it would be 5. They give a 2d6 touch, never more, no matter your class.

Darkwolf, I'm not sure how you can say how RAW is wrong when even the flavor text mentions attacking twice before the body uses language stating that you get another standard action as part of your move action. The flavor text shows pretty clearly that it's RAI as well.

Great point Bearded Ben. That would bring my own total up to 32d8 twice a round. Of course mine would have to be manufactured a Gargantuan Bastard Sword. Rend the earth dragging that behind you while not in eidolon form.

Flyby Attack is a must for any vital strike build. The ability to vital strike twice a round is far too powerful to pass up.

For fun lets start with a human synthesist and assume you can access the spell lead blades such as with a wand and UMD. Take Synthesist until level 13. Take the flight evolution for flyby attack. Start with a Glave (1d10) then through evolutions size up to huge (3d8) then cast enlarge person and lead blades (6d8) Then you will want to take barbarian for furious finish and to access the final vital strike feat. What we are looking at once you have 4xDice for vital strike is Gargantuan you flying around smashing things for 24d8 twice a round, one of which is maximized.

I really like this idea. But as a variant, how about Pushing Assault used in conjunction with Lunge. Start your round with a 5' step back and hit the enemy with a pushing assault from your polearm, then lunge for your the rest of your full attack.

Or for more fun, combine the methods. Catch-Off-Guard for your improvised quarterstaff (pushing assault), Hit with polearm as normal (push again) then lunge for another strike (third push) then take your 5'. For added kicks, declare a pushing assault on your AoO preventing them from even getting their standard attack.

@ Akiz - Weapons cost normal price for material. These things will literally be made for you and an adamatine sword can take a year or so to make.

They have base armor and shields and weapons that you tell them to enchant. So the answer is no for the fabricate scroll.

I'm sorry but if you can't even keep your story straight on a case by case basis during character creation, this game is already proving to be far too disorganized. For a GM that claims to like to say yes, you seem to be completely against the idea of anyone successfully casting in armor of any kind. I'm sorry but if this is a precursor of things to come, I would like for you to count me out.

I'm not sure I understand your reply. Is that a no to use of the fabricate spell to expedite crafting time? Because a base chain shirt would bring my ASF to 10% (with the expenditure of my every swift action) which is a bit out of my comfort zone. A mithril chain shirt would be 0% but without the use of fabricate it would take up to 57 weeks to create depending on crafter skill. If the chain shirt was made with the same previously mentioned scroll, the expenditure would be greater than the base item. 1100 vs 1491.7 (1125 scroll + 366.7 materials)

A strix fighter gains access to flyby attack in words that bypass a simple ban on bestiary feats. Be a strix barbarian with the largest weapon available and enjoy your two standard actions a round for a couple vital strikes.

I'm not trying to be a troublemaker (at least not ooc) but I have another idea that will require GM approval. You said that we have talented smiths and casters working for our patron. Would I be able to purchase a scroll of fabricate for 1125gp (full price), as well as 1400gp in mithril (1/3 the total cost of a mithril breastplate) and gift the scroll to the crafters so I don't have to wait over a year to get armor? I'm not trying to break your system, just trying to make casting in armor manageable.

Another separate unrelated question. If I were to take the spirit side of fiendish boon, could I translate the bonus to weapon enchantments in the BoVD? I would love to spontaneously grant my sword the Fleshgrinding property so I can cast a spell or two.

Here is the HP roll for Jarvan Spiteborn, suddenly an aasimar known as "Chastity Brightsmile"

4d10 ⇒ (4, 9, 9, 4) = 26

Also, one quick question. Will the 3.5 armor enchantment "Twilight" be available? (-15% Arcane spell failure for a cost of +1) This will be my only mention of 3.5 outside of the approved books. I'm only asking so I know if I will need to take the Arcane Armor feat line or not.

Alright! That I can work with. One sadistic Aasimar Anti-paladin/Sorcerer coming up. Can it be Angelkin?. (Deception in the interest of the long game won't cause me to fall will it? Some GM's are of the belief that all anti-paladins should be chaotic stupid at all times)

Tengu or Grippli... I'm not really feeling either of those. I would like to request my GM's roll please.

Would it be too late for me to toss my own hat into this ring? I'm not seeing anything about recruitment being closed. Assuming I'm not too late, here are my two racial rolls.

First roll: 1d100 ⇒ 96
Second roll: 1d100 ⇒ 73

I find your post amusing Lastoth. Before you say that something does not stack, you should at least take a look at the feat in question. I'll help.

While using the total defense action, fighting defensively action, or Combat Expertise, you can forgo the dodge bonus to AC you would normally gain to instead gain an equivalent amount of DR, to a maximum of DR 5/—, until the start of your next turn. This damage reduction stacks with DR you gain from class features, such as the barbarian's, but not with DR from any other source. If you are denied your Dexterity bonus to AC, you are also denied this DR.

I would say that it pretty clearly states that it stacks. Stalwart is a great feat for any defensively minded barbarian.

I don't see anywhere on there that says "you double the range for two handed weapons you throw" note the bold text that was quoted. It is after a comma and included the text "and you". The range increment is an entirely separate ability gained from the feat.

The general consensus you will find on these boards is this; Specific magical arms and armor are unique, and any changes you might make to them is wholly in the realm of house rules. Please consult your GM before attempting to tamper with strange magics.

I feel that you should at the very least give honorable mention to the Shadow Bloodline for sorcerers. Not only is it very thematic, if you get a robe of arcane heritage any time after entering the prc, that gives Hide in Plain Sight at the cost of 16,000 GP.

Last time I played in an epic game, my Fighter/Sorcerer/Dragon Disciple/Eldritch Knight developed an epic summoning spell. It summoned the spirit of the very dragon that mixed with his bloodline millennia prior. Statted the ghost dragon out then built the spell around its CR.

Basically I'm saying, if you're going to be making a personalized spell at ridiculously high level, I am of the opinion that it should summon a specific creature.

Wow! Thread Necro to argue that the playtest rules aren't the same as the very different published rules?

If you note the question was posed and answered a full four months Before the Advanced Players Guide was released. Back then summoners could use the summon SLA while the Eidolon was out and consciousness of the Summoner was irrelevant to the eidolons status.

Chris Mortika wrote:

What do people think of a summoner (synthesist) / dragon disciple?

No-go, as written it will drop all your stats when you fuse.

Actually, since the ninja errata in the PRD, this actually become a semi-viable option. Now it states that you gain the eidolons "Modifiers to ability scores" instead of "Uses the eidolons physical ability scores"

So you would gain the benefit of the Ability Increase Evolution as well as the eidolons HD advancement ability score increases and the Str/Dex Bonus. 5 Levels of summoner before DD could net you +5 Str and +2 Dex, as well as a few natural weapons, not a bad deal. Pair that with Barbarian 1 for entry and a starting strength of 17 and by level 10 you can have a Str of 32 with no magical items.

You'll want Power Attack at 3.

Since you know you want to use a greatsword, I highly recommend that you instead take Martial Weapon Proficiency (Greatsword) instead of Extra Evolution. The evolution to use the sword costs 2EP, when you would only gain 1 point from a feat.

I like the concept of your sweeping death idea, but that is far too feat intensive to devote any feats to Extra Evolution. If you feel that you will not gain enough Evolution points, consider Half-Elf as a race. Use your favored class bonus to gain an extra evolution point every four levels. You could also then trade in the racial trait Adaptability for Ancestral Arms, gaining the weapon proficiency for free.

When planning your build for a synthesist, you want to know if you are using the rules in the book or the PRD. Book says that you gain the Eidolons physical attributes, whereas the PRD says that you gain the Eidolons bonus ability points. Meaning that you could not just dump physical.

The problem we come to is, if you really want to aim for Whirlwind Attack, is that it has a minimum of Five feats. Meaning, even if you started human, you wouldn't be able to take it until 7th level. Then you would still need to take lunge and power attack in order to gain decent use of it.

I don't have any quotes, but I do have a working understanding of the English language.

Moving: Moving out of a threatened square usually provokes attacks of opportunity from threatening opponents. There are two common methods of avoiding such an attack—the 5-foot step and the withdraw action.

They key word here is out. If you continue forward to meet the troll, there is not one point in your movement that you stop occupying a space that the troll threatens. You may be moving to redistribute mass within the threatened square but not "moving out of".

No, the Aurochs would not take an AoO. Movement only provokes if the creature moves out of a threatened square. Being a large creature the aurochs is still in the initial threatened space when it moves another square forward.

I'd allow it. You're basically both taking 3 teamwork feats in order to gain fast healing 1-2. In combat this would just translate to a little more health for both of you to channel to the fighter.

My friend has made a 12th level monk with a 30 cmb and a 56 cmd and this allowed him to hog tie a collosal dragon, this makes no sense, can somewell tell me the actual science behind doing this.

Gladly, but first you have to supply me with a colossal dragon so I can record an accurate account of its physiology.

Then yeah, if you have the 120,000GP at level 3 and are allowed to take 10, you will have a level 3 Lich. You could even skip the skill focus.

Okay, I did some quick math, and I'm sure others can squeeze out more points for this than I can off the top of my head, but a Wizard with: 20 Starting Int, Skill Focus (Spellcraft) +3, and Masterwork Tools for it +2, at level 3 has a 20% chance to fail the crafting check. The problem is that this would still cost 120k GP and 240 days of work, which I don't see as a possibility in a third level campaign, even an insanely uber monty haul campaign.

Oh wow, sorry about that. The hard coded limit of 11th level was from 3.x. When I went to grab the quote for the template in the bestiary I found this quote

“Lich” is an acquired template that can be added to any living creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature), provided it can create the required phylactery.

The character must be able to cast spells and have a caster level of 11th or higher. The phylactery costs 120,000 gp to create and has a caster level equal to that of its creator at the time of creation.

However, if you dismiss the "must" as +5DC that just brings the effective Craft DC to 21. For added fun, use a fighter with master craftsman needing a craft DC of 26 for an entirely non-magical Lich.

11th.

By wording, no. The extra hex feat requires the Hex class feature, which the Hexcrafter never gains access to. Instead they get the "Hex Arcana" class feature at 4th level. So a single classed Hexcrafter will never gain access to the extra hex feat.

Each of the following skeleton types modifies the base skeleton in a few key ways. Except as noted, these variations can be stacked with one another—it’s possible to have a bloody burning skeletal champion.

Correct, to have a variant with your own HD it would be the only thing created. If in the area of desecrate you could stack up to 3 variations. In Pathfinder, a double double is always a triple

I've had the idea for an Ursanthrope. Using the Lycanthrope template, but with a bear as his spirit animal. However, bears don't have the same ties to the moon that wolves do, so in order to go balls-to-the-wall crazy, he has to ingest a large amount of honey. Best way to get that honey? Mead! Basically a modern day Bear-sarker!

Traits might include BEAR NECESSITIES, WAKE ME WHEN I'M DRUNK
High skills would have to be Might, Endurance, and Weapons

Are you saying that we should hold off on phases 3-5 until we have the games official roster, so we know who is is the game before committing to guest star positions?

And holy run on sentences Batman!

Nice! I was actually planning on making despair based white court as central theme in my first story. I had another idea than just drug dealers though.

In the heart of Detroit lies one of the oldest goth clubs in existence. This place is known as City Club. A place where all of the pale faced outsiders dreaming of a tryst with the black court are unaware of how close vampires really are. As they try to dance away depression, they feed the objects of their desire. It wouldn't be a problem, except there are the few that are unwilling limit themselves to the atmosphere.

Ryuko: One quick question, where in the Dresden timeline are we doing this? I'm noticing I'm not the only one with a Red Court event in our backgrounds.

A lot more Juice than a minor talent, but not nearly as broad an ability as a sorcerer. I thought the single element High Concept was clear enough to declare me a focused practitioner. If you want me to work the word "Fulgormancer" into it I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee that it will be nearly as clever.