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Then take the first feat of the chain at level 11. It allows you to use your remaining actions after a dim door; in conjunction with spell combat, your remaining action is a full attack: it's a bit weaker than dim dervish, but it does the trick.

Or play a summoner-synthesist instead of a magus; you access to dimdoor at level 7, and access to dim dervish at 11.

Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't really considered how spell combat by itself would let me do most of what I wanted. I guess that's what I get for staring at things for too long.

The synthesist idea also interests me. The only question I have is: does that fact that I'd be using dimension door as a spell-like ability keep me from being able to take the dimensional agility feat? My guess would be that it would work, since the requirement just says that you have to be able to cast Dimension Door, but I can see where some people might view that as a gray area.

I kind of alluded to this in the post title, but then forgot to mention it in the post itself. I'm trying to make this build work for use in Pathfinder Society so level 13 is not an option.

I just received my copy of UC in the mail today, and began working on a plan to add the Dimensional series of feats to my Magus. My idea was to get to level 10 as a Magus (in order to get forth level spells) and then finish off with two levels of fighter using bonus feats to pick up Dimensional Assault and Dimensional Dervish as my level 12 capstone...

However, just as I was patting myself on the back for my ingenuity, I realized that none of the Dimensional feats are Combat feats. So I'm back to square one. I've racked my brain over it, and I'm pretty sure it's impossible for to get Dimensional Dervish by level 12 with a straight up Magus. The best I could come up with is some combination involving 7 levels of wizard.

So does anyone else have any ideas on how to make my spellstriking teleporting dream come to fruition?

Montesquieu wrote:

Hmmm... so I finally have internet access again for the first time in about two weeks, and the adventure is apparently over, and I'm dead... bummer.

You did indeed! Sadly we had to trudge on without you, so that we could get through the adventure.

I completely understand. Real life has just gotten in the way a lot lately. Very sorry I wasn't able to see the adventure through to the end.

My character credit can go to 19296-2 Tier 1-2.

Hmmm... so I finally have internet access again for the first time in about two weeks, and the adventure is apparently over, and I'm dead... bummer.

Hmm, seems the birds have flown the coop.

Sorry about not posting in a while. We've had some family stuff happening, and my posts will be a bit sporadic over the next few weeks.

Montesquieu will continue inspiring, move 15 feet from the nearest zombie that isn't stopped and attack with his whip.

Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Montesquieu will continue inspiring courage, then move to within 15 feet of the nearest zombie (should be able to get there with the extra movement from haste) and attack it with his scorpion whip.

Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 26
Damage: 1d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 = 10

Montesquieu will begin inspire courage as a move action and then cast haste.

"Ok, even though I was told about this, it still makes me a bit uneasy..."

"Montesqueue, don't you have a nice uplifting tale about the mass graves of Taldoran conquests to bolster our courage?"

"As Ursus says, there is no glory in this my friend. Only the madness of the deranged lives here."

"Well, what do the rest of you do when you are not being pathfinders?"

"I am an entertainer. In my own land I am quite famous for my stirring soliloquies and lauded for performances both fercious and charming."

For round two Montesquieu will continue inspiring courage, draw his net, and then attempt to demoralize the enemy.

"Wake me up from my sleep?!! I'll skin you alive and use your hide for a rug!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (12) + 25 = 37

And stand up? Or are you fighting this battle lying down? ;-)

Fine... if I must. Soooooo sleepy. : )

Not including buffs, but I assume Montesqueue will be inspiring courage by then, so things might be a bit higher.

Montesquieu will indeed begin inspiring courage, pontificating on other glorious battles that were fought AFTER a full night's rest.

It's been brought to my attention that Monte can't UMD.

Congrants Aquila you are the bearer of both scrolls!

Yeah... I'll chalk that up to inexperience with playing spellcasters or Cha based characters... or anything that makes it seem not as much my fault.

I added Monte's wand of CMW and Farouq's Rod of Lesser Extend to the shopping list since there is still a bit of room in the budget. That might change if/when Aquila does any shopping.

I think it's best we buy whatever we can now rather than trying to hold on to cash. There's no reason to believe we're going to be able to do any shopping once we leave the city.

If it looks like we're going to be over budget, we can swap my CMW wand with two scrolls of CSW (as per Daxter's suggestion), in fact I'm thinking that might be a better purchase regardless.

I wouldn't mind picking up a wand of CMW... although I'm pretty sure that would put me over my limit (can't access the spreadsheet to check since I'm at work right now). Any thoughts?

The big Ulfen tosses the containers of poison in a pile, "Well it's all yours Dax. I have no use for the stuff. Poison is the weapon of cowards and women".

Say what you will, but I find it a bit more civilized than squeezing things to death...

Given the calculations on this note, someone with a detailed knowledge of the geography of the island could probably figure out what village is referred to in this note.

Montesquieu ponders this for a moment, trying to recall what he has heard about the geography of this land.

Using my once a day 'take 20' on a knowledge roll for: 20+10=30. Unless of course I already used that today... in which I'll take 10 and ask for some assistance: 10+10=20.

I constructed a quick google spreadsheet breaking down the loot we've collected so far and its value. I am assuming we're keeping the potions and selling everything else. Let me know if you'd like to keep something I had marked as selling.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnKdOxYkJLv3dFNpV3dlY0 RCLUxmTkNRRHdqXzg4Umc&hl=en_US&authkey=CPKevdoK

It looks to be 2573gp each.

This seems reasonable to me. Unless someone can get some use out of that bow (I can't).

It wouldn't have made a difference with the two of you, but check out the IC post I just made.

...loud sigh of relief.

Hi folks,

I just realized I made a mistake with the garuda. He was not supposed to be able to do quite as much damage as I thought he could do. The upshot of my mistake, is that I am returning Takuma to life, as he would not have been sent to final death had I realized my mistake earlier.

Takuma is therefore still alive and stabilized in his current location at -2 hp.

Again, my apologies.

I don't suppose this would in any way keep Aquila and I from bleeding out at the moment?

Montesquieu will continue inspire courage... again.

He will then throw a net at the Garuda: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 = 21 vs. touch. and finally use a move action to pick up the wand of CLW that was dropped earlier.

Assuming he can do the ninja jump up into the office Montesquieu should try his Confusion centered on the bottom right corner of N9. I think that hits all the enemies without clipping Aquila's summons.

This is what Montesquieu is going to try. (also continuing inspire courage)

Climb: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 2 - 1 = 17

So... I'll admit I'm having a hard time following what exactly is going on at the moment. So I have a few quick questions:

From where I am now, can I get into the room Ursus has told everyone contains enemies and still have a standard action left?

Does Ursus have enough HP to come out of Rage without dropping at this point?

One of my thoughts was to get into the other room and cast confusion, although this would only work if the enemies were somewhat clustered with few or no friendlies nearby. Does this seem like a viable option, or would everyone rather I just try to heal (albeit feebly) for the time being?

Sorry for all that, but it's getting a bit overwhelming.

Also, I don't know if he can do it or not but I moved adjacent to Montesquieu so he could hit me with a heal. I can't even drop out of rage to heal myself right now.

We'll go with that then.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

I had assumed that I could see the door on the south side of the room. No worries.

Montesquieu will continue Inspire Courage, and will try to move just close enough to throw a net at the serpent creature.

Net: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 18 touch attack.

Oops, I meant Montequeue

I should still be in L13.

Montesquieu will continue inspire courage. Five foot back again and attempt to trip the enemy in L14

(Attack roll: 6 BAB, 2 Str, +2 whip, 1 weapon focus, 2 improved trip, 1 haste, 2 inspire courage = 16)

Trip: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

2nd attack (full BAB from haste) will attempt to trip the enemy at I11

Trip: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

3rd attack will attempt to trip enemy at L15

Trip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Montesquieu will five foot back, continue inspire courage, and put on a dazzling display with his whip (demoralize enemies within 30')

Intimidate: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (13) + 25 = 38

Montesquieu will continue inspire courage. He will then draw out his wand of silent image and attempt to create an image of Farouq falling over dead. (hopefully masking the actual Farouq from the sight of the workers surrounding him)

The DC to disbelieve the image is 18 Will (only if they interact with it)

Montesquieu will continue Inspire Courage move to L13 and cast Grease on the 10 ft square (K17,K18,L17,L18) (Reflex Save DC 18)

Montesquieu will cast haste and begin "Inspire Courage."

Montesquieu wrote:

Montesquieu will continue recounting glorious Taldan conquests.

Quick question: Can I trip or net Lankesh now that he's grappled? I'm assuming not.

So is this what you want to do, or do you just want to continue your bardic performance?

I guess I'll just continue the bardic performance. There isn't really anything else for me to add at this point.

Montesquieu will continue recounting glorious Taldan conquests.

Quick question: Can I trip or net Lankesh now that he's grappled? I'm assuming not.

Montesquieu will start "Inspire Courage" as a move action (not sure why I didn't do that last turn as the whip is pretty much useless) and will attempt to demoralize the foe.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (17) + 25 = 42

GMT is Greenwich Mean Time or the time it currently is in the UK. It's 5 hours ahead of EDT and 8 hours ahead of PDT.

I'm familiar with what GMT is (I work for the Air Force so pretty much everything we do is in ZULU) My "???" were to indicate that I have zero consistency in my schedule.

hmmm... apparently I've been neglecting this thread for the past few days without realizing it.

GMT Time = ??? (I alternate days and nights in my works schedule along with rotating days and 12 hour shifts... so I'm going to be all over the place on the times I can post)

Intimidate... yeah, that probably wasn't the smartest move, but Montesquieu and I were both getting frustrated with all of those leads apparently drying up, and well... Montesquieu has a short temper : ) He'll generally go the Diplomacy route first, but that guy seemed like a weasel anyway.

Also I'm willing to give the combat idea a try. I suppose that means I'll have to be more vigilant in keeping up with this thread.

"You'd be surprised what harmless liquids people get all excited about you throwing on them".

"Oh I could tell you some stories..."

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Montesquieu tries to sidestep the brunt of the attack. "Take courage my lads!" he shouts while drawing his whip. "Our enemy has revealed himself and will soon meet his demise." Casts Haste

Can we please roll some knowledge checks? As a player I've dealt with Rakshasas before (or actually they dealt with us...) and if not properly prepared its going to be a nightmare. And I don't want to use my player knowledge without some 'in character' reason. Don't know for sure if it is a Rakshasa, but it seems to fit!

Which knowledge check would it be? I can use my once a day "take 20" and get a 30 for the roll.

"Ok, here's a plan:

One of us should disguise himself as Vraj.
The rest should be invisible or otherwise unnoticable, like take the form of a rat or something.

We also should prepare to encounter something invisible. Scent might help, but maybe we might use some spells."

"If you want to go that route, my acting career has given me some skill with disguises." Disguise = +18

"What nonsense is this!? We've gotten the run-around from everyone in this city and I want some answers!" Montesquieu shouts. "If you suspect someone I demand you tell us who it is!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45

Montesquieu raises one eyebrow at the thought that a place could be free of corruption.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30

Montesquieu will immediately begin shouting words of encouragement to his comrades (begins "inspire courage" +2 to hit and damage).

"Hold fast my friends! This villians will get what's coming to them!"

He will also draw his whip and snap it wildly in a dazzling display, Intimidate: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45 (This is assuming I can draw the whip either as part of the move action to begin bardic performance, or as part of the dazzling display. If I can't do that, then I'll just draw the whip and do the intimidate next round)

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

GM BrOp - PFS wrote:

"A headless body was recently found in the Commerce District, a particularly gruesome affair unlike even the most violent of Niswan's crimes."

"Yeah, we managed to find the head...

"That's assuming our head matches this body... regardless, we should probably investigate this further."

I can also find you dedicated spouses if you're in the market, eh?"

"Interesting... if the price is right... " Montesquieu cocks his head slightly and mulls this over, mumbling to himself about cooking and cleaning duties.

As much as I love splitting up the party we can't really leave Dax behind as he's the only on that speaks the local language.

Agreed

"Let's go to Lord Mahindra. Rumormongers always seem to be a solid lead. Costly, but solid..."

"My kind of people."

Aquila finds the severed head of a middle-aged Vudrani woman under a wooden plank among heaps of other offal and garbage.

"Well this is just unpleasant."

Montesquieu aids Daxter in looking over the tracks.

Knowledge (any) [Take 10]+10=20

...He will also search the area

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

"Yes, we should head to the scene of the crime. That may have the clues that we are looking for."

"Agreed."