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Hey guys!

This may seem like an obvious question but I just can't find an official answer or rule for it.

I have a player who wants to end his turn at the intersections of 4 squares.

My initial reaction was "No way! You have to end in a square. Pick one"

But where in the rules does it say you have to end your turn in a complete square? Seems obvious to me that you should, but I can't find a definitive rule that says this.

It becomes a pain for working out reaches, effects, and so on when you've got a PC on a different grid scale.

Thanks in advance :)

The toad familiar doesn't have any natural attacks listed. I'm not sure if there are other creatures like this, but if something doesn't have any attack method listed, can it actually attack? An unarmed strike perhaps?

Can a person who casts Gaseous Form on themselves choose to dismiss it early?

From the PRD:
"(D) Dismissible: If the duration line ends with "(D)," you can dismiss the spell at will. You must be within range of the spell's effect and must speak words of dismissal, which are usually a modified form of the spell's verbal component. If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture."

Gaseous Form is listed as a Dismissible spell. And since it has no verbal component, you arguably need to make a gesture to dismiss it.

But once you are under the effect of Gaseous Form, are you able to make gestures? Gaseous Form notes that you "can't attack or cast spells with verbal, somatic, material, or focus components while in gaseous form." So if you can't make somatic actions, can you gesture?

"You must be within range of the spell's effect and must speak words of dismissal, which are usually a modified form of the spell's verbal component. If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture."

So to dismiss a verbal spell, the words you speak are a modified form of the verbal component. So to dismiss a somatic spell, the gestures you make would likely be a modified form of the somatic component. And since you can't make somatic actions at all in gaseous form, you can't make modified versions of them either.

The shape of your form isn't mentioned in Pathfinder, however, 3.5e noted: "A gaseous creature can move about and do the things that a cloud of gas can conceivably do". I don't see a cloud of gas being able to make gestures.

Hey guys,

Apologies for a multi-part question...

Assume a PC is in a vast maze - miles upon miles worth of maze. He knows there are other sentient creatures more physically powerful than he also in the maze. Everyone/everything else in the maze is out to get him. No 'good' guys in the way.

1. Is there a spell he could cast to locate other sentient creatures within the maze across a good distance? Something like a Commune with Nature, but that provides more specifics I think.

2. Is there a spell he could cast, once he knows his foes, that could strike them from distance? Nightmare is ok I guess, but relies on them being asleep and the will save would be fairly low given they have never met.

The goal here is to find someone/something and strike it before it can strike you. In a perfect world, this would be a PC build consisting of any Paizo class with no more than 10 levels.

Any Paizo source for spells is fine.

Using only Paizo sources, are there any races, classes, spells, feats, or traits that remove the need to sleep? Is there any way to build a character who is awake 24/7?

Can't use items or build a custom class/feat.

Hmm....