Players need to learn one way or another that splitting from the party, and other poor decisions, will have their own consequences. If you baby him now, he'll only keep doing it. Have him learn early that his choices can kill him, it's best to do so before he gets attached to his character. Then he'll think twice about doing something like that in the future.
Humans (and Half-Elves) have teeth. Yep, that works. But it's a Razortusk feat. Are you ignoring the hidden prerequisite in the fluff name "Razortusk?" Humans and half-elves don't have tusks. Why would you assume this works, because the flavor of the feat clearly indicates otherwise?
I dislike the "the rules don't say that I can't" philosophy. I find this to be humorous, as everyone arguing that yes, humans can use this feat with Racial Heritage, are using the simple philosophy that "the rules say I can, so I can." Those arguing against it are using the philosophy "the rules say you can, but you actually can't."
Actually, they kind of are an improvised weapon. You just don't get penalties for using it like that other then losing the AC bonus."If you use your shield as a weapon"? That's rather telling right there. And the fact it says to treat the shield as a one handed weapon, not that it is a one handed weapon. I can hit you with my frying pan, using it as a one handed weapon. That doesn't mean it is a weapon. it's still a cooking tool, and was designed as a cooking tool. Any offensive use is purely a coincidence. Similarly I could hold a lit bic lighter and spray hairspray through the flames to create a jet of flame. Are you going to claim the hairspray can is a weapon in and of it's self?Except those are very clearly defined in the rules as improvised weapons. Shields are not improvised weapons. Longswords kind of are an improvised weapon. You just don't get penalties for using it other then proficiency penalties.
Start with 20 STR after racials. +5 from all your level ups(25), and a +6 enhancement bonus from a Belt of Giant Strength(31). One level of Alchemist can give you Mutagens for an alchemical bonus of +4 to Strength(35). Taking damage with the Blood Rage spell active(so just whack yourself a few times) can give you morale bonuses of up to +10 Strength(45). Using the Eldritch Heritage feats, you can take Strength of the Beast from the Orc Bloodline to get an inherent +6(51). I came up with that rather quick, so it's far from optimized, and STR can certainly go higher, but it's entirely possible to use Blood Money as a ninth level caster with enough STR to spam Wishes(as long as you can heal the ability damage and as long as your spell slots persist, at least).
Sure, you got to keep those pesky "unwritten rules" in mind. :)Indeed, can't have those dead people taking actions after all. ;) In case you're really using this as a legitimate argument.
Here is a screenshot, as this section doesn't seem to be listed on the pfsrd.
Presumably, for feats such as Cautious Fighter, which is racially restricted without any real reason behind it, as there's little reason why humans, or any other races should be locked from that particular boost to fighting defensively. But, you could also argue that Racial Heritage doesn't apply to that feat, either. I mean, it has flavor text in it. And how can you justify a human "caring about survival more than victory?" Racial Heritage doesn't give you that necessary flavor prerequisite. So I guess Racial Heritage just doesn't work unless the feat in question is lacking in flavor text.
A hat of disguise operates like disguise self. It's illusion, not transmutation. Not exactly on the same level as something like alter self or change shape. So, even going by that interpretation, no, that wouldn't really work. What about a Hat of Disguise, Greater, in that case?
One of the great mistakes in rules interpretation is thinking that raw can only say one thing I'm just going to echo this. It might be intended to have Change Shape, but as written, it is not required. So ruling as written, there is no requirement to have Change Shape. That may be the intention, and I won't refute that. But there's no way RAW to interpret that you need something the feat does not say you need. It doesn't say you need Change Shape, it doesn't say you need anything other than 13 Charisma, +3 BAB, and being a Kitsune. That's the requirements. That's RAW. But regardless, others may continue to interpret it by adding restrictions and limits on the rule that are not present. I'm not entirely sure why you'd add those restrictions, as it would make as much sense as adding restrictions to other feats like Power Attack, Cleave, etc, beyond the listed prerequisites as that's how you're "interpreting" those feats. If others continue to interpret the feat by adding prerequisites to feats that don't have them, then I suggest we all FAQ the OP and wait for official clarification on RAI.
This feat doesn't list a number of times you can do it per day, even for Kitsune. It can be assumed that it gives you an infinite amount of uses, without an arbitrary limit like "add it to your spell list." You know, feats like Vital Strike, Power Attack, Deadly Aim, Cleave, etc. don't list a "number of times you can use this per-day." Are we to assume none of these feats function, because it's not specifically giving you the ability to use them at-will? That's silly. Just like it's silly to impose a made-up restriction on the number of times you can use the Fox Shape feat per day.
No, this is clearly within the rules of Racial Heritage. It does not require the change shape Magical Racial Trait to take Fox Shape. If it did, it wouldn't say "Preqrequisite:..., Kitsune," it would say, "Prerequisite:..., Change Shape Racial Trait."Because as demonstrated in previous cases of this nature, there is no rules text to support the OP's assertation. The only defense of what the OP wants falls into "ignore the rule because it's a cool idea" variety.How is this out of rules territory?Hey, how often could a human use this, if it were allowed by the GM?Depends on the GM. Since you're out of rules territory, I can't give you an answer to beat his head with. In fact, I'd say that not allowing it seems to be "out of rules territory," as that would be a twist of the feat's flavor text to forbid someone from taking and benefiting from a feat they meet all the prerequisites for.
Except that it literally doesn't mention it even once. The closest it gets is that it reduces bite damage but it is certainly not explicit.The pedantic b@&~+~!@ is saying that it technically doesn't have a prerequisite of the kitsunes change shape ability, which it never the less references nearly once a sentence. This. Change Shape is not listed in the prerequisites, and it is not once mentioned in the text of the Fox Shape feat. It does list "Changing from kitsune to fox shape is a standard action", but as Racial Heritage allows you to qualify as a Kitsune for the effects of feats, there's no real argument there either. You can argue that you don't want to allow it for thematic or flavorful reasons, but there's nothing there to suggest that applying the feat as a Human with Racial Heritage(Kitsune) is impossible.
I've always been interested in doing a campaign where every character, for whatever reason, is shrunken down to only a few inches tall. Along with it just being kinda weird, there's a whole lot to come up with concerning rules and stat blocks for now gigantic(or gigantic-er) sizes. That, and along with balancing out magic items and such(you can't really buy from Ye Olde Magic Shoppe effectively when you can't even carry your gold). And I'm pretty sure players would get a little fed up with being so comically underpowered compared to your everyday commoner. It'd be neat to try out sometime, still, with a willing party, but there'll likely be a lot of work to do keeping it all in line.
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