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That sucks alchemist fire does do much damage.

The juggler archtype olis solely for the juggling of the bombs part so mostly m'y own amusement. Just idea of a guy walking around jugglibg bombs is funny as heck to me.

Juggle bombs and do décent damage with them.

I just read thru the ranged toolbox and saw the juggler archtype. Was wondering if there was a way to use bombs effective with this. Think of the jester from gauntlet video game.

It's actually for play we have a 6 man party and everything is well covered, so I just want to play something fun. A party face that likes to spend a tell.

Suggestions?

So far I am looking at theifling sor rakakssa bloodline.
At it looks like this +2 race, +3 skill focus, + 4 class skil and trained, +4 ability , +5 silver tongue, and +1 trait. That's a grad total of +19 at first level any ideas how to raise that?

I don't know how to change the title can someone make it say max bluff?

Bluff

I tried to ask this before and the page got sidetracked.
I want to make someone who is really good and bluffing, and was wondering what's the highest we can get at frist level class and race don't matter.

Also I mistyped my heading should be best lier ever how do I change that?

I want a level one character with the highest possible bluff. I don't care about race and class where should I start?

First, is your main weapon Adamantine? That should be the very first step if you intend to Sunder regularly. +1 and Furious are great first enhancements. Then upgrade to +2, then get Courageous. Why? Because when you Rage, you get to add +6 to Strength & +8 Constitution, +4 to Will saves and +4 to saves vs Spells, SLAs and SUs before lvl 11. At 11, the bonus becomes +8 STR and +10 CON, +5 Will and +6 Superstition saves. And if there is a Bard in your party inspiring courage, his bonus just get better (providing you fail your saving throw against them, which could happen since you'd roll against it each round).

For feats, Greater Sunder makes sundering through things awesome, cause you aren't wasting damage beyond what you need to destroy the item (of course, a lvl 7 choice). Sundering Strike is great if you're using a large threat weapon, like a Falchion (what my Barbarian uses)(again at level 9). I often find that Improved Overrun/Bullrush/drag (your choice) is something I wish I had, depending on what sort of maps (namely tight hallways) I find myself in. Positioning makes less differnece to barbarians, but your teammates might enjoy the manuevering of pieces around the board for them. And of course, Extra Rage Power is never a bad choice, because there is no real shortage of good rage powers, especially if you intend to expand in more than one tree.

Maybe I'm missing something all I see is the bonus against fear where does the rest of that come in?

Good suggestion I didn't think about ditching feats for rage powers. I know that CAGM is strong just not really the way I wanted to go.

I'm currently playing a fourth level barbar who's focus is one big weapon sunder and the superstious rage power line. So far built as such

feats 1st level. power attack, and raging vitality
3rd level improved sunder
rage powers 2nd level supersitous
4th witch hunter
I think cleave might be my next feat after that I'm kinda drawing a blank on where to go. I'm not going come and get so don't need those feats any suggestions.

Also trying to decide what is the best use of my weapon enchantments.
I'm heading to +1 furious then I'm once again unsure, but I am sure that II don't want courageous as everyone seems to suggest just don't see the use in it. Any advice would be nice thank you.

I suggest a cleric with a two level dip in paladin, good healing and can hold its own thru smiting in combat.

Oh I see that makes since.

Metagaming would be if you a made a turning focused cleric that could auto-destroy a certain undead encounter in a certain fissure (and thus by default could auto-destroy all the other undead encounters).

Is it even possible to make a turning cleric strong enough to do that?

So here's an interesting interaction of rules that I'd like help sorting out.

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Question 1: Would multiple sources of detonate stack? The spell duration is 1 round, but the damage is instantaneous when it goes off. My reading is instantaneous damage always stacks.

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Question 2: Syringe spear is a thrown weapon. As a baseline it's a two handed weapon, but from what I'm reading throwing a thrown weapon is typically considered, baseline, to be a one handed affair. With quick draw you're allowed to make full iterative attacks.

So if say you have a 2 regular attacks from bab, haste and TWF you'd be able to throw 4 of these things in a single full round attack, correct? Or can you not TWF a thrown weapon that's 2 handed when used in melee?

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Extra credit question 3: From what I understand when infusions are used and how weirdly they interact with personal range spells, generally we change the word 'you' in personal spells to 'the target' as you would for a touch range spell.

Because of how detonate works and is worded, this means that the target would be able to decide, when it explodes, what type of damage it does since that is determined not when the spell is made but when it detonates. But if you have no idea what you were just hit with...how would you know what element to explode with?

I'm thinking allow a knowledge:arcana and if they succeed they can pick, but if they fail just randomize?

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Situation:

Party has someone who is built for throwing weapons. Alchemist has more spell slots than he knows what to do with. They plan on buying a handful of syringe spears and filling them with infusions of detonate.

I immediately said no to Skinsend. No save CC would make balancing encounters a nightmare. However, Detonate I see no problem with in limited fashion provided it doesn't break any rules.

Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for help in preparing myself in advance for counter-arguments.

The table has 2 people who are pretty open to whatever, but 2 pretty hefty rules lawyers. They're good peoples just, y'know. We do try to play RAW as closely as we can to avoid things spiraling and arguments coming up.

Parties alchemist just hit 14 and took Greater Alchemical Simulacrum with my blessing that he doesn't try to abuse it to break the game open.

His plan is to grow a succubus (for the usual profane gift cheese) and I'm okay with it. +2 int at level 14 isn't going to break the game and honestly it kinda fits his character.

However, he asked me if the rule for monster advancement is DM only. Basically, he would like me to allow him to treat GAS like it's weird science and not a magical effect which...I'm also inclined to allow. He wants to create a simulacrum of a Succubus who just happens to dabble in alchemy and stick her with a necklace of adaptation in his portable hole where she can sit there with crafting feats cranking out preserving flasks (and occasionally take her out to dinner to creep out the rest of the party).

Given that he could just take leadership and accomplish basically the same thing, and that as vague and abuseable as simulacrum can be, I'm again...inclined to allow it. In fact, I was thinking of 'soft house ruling' that at 14 he gets GAS but can't really use it as he wants but if he takes leadership at 15, then I'd let him build his Frankenuccubus.

A 3 feat tax (alchemical simulacrum, greater alchemical simulacrum, leadership) for some roleplay potential and half off preserving flasks seems pretty reasonable to me.

However, I also don't want to upset the more rules lawyery people at the table and am hoping to get ahead of any problems they may point out with all of this at our next session. Obviously "I'm the DM, what I say goes" along with the "It's my house, my materials and my pizza" are strong arguments but I want to avoid going that route.

Is there anything -obviously- against the rules I'm missing?