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Hi Guys,

One of my players plays a merfolk sorcerer. The race alone provides her with a swim speed of 50ft.

She is lvl 3 now and gets the following from her class:

Aquatic Adaptation (Ex): At 3rd level, you gain a swim speed of 30 feet.

Some character sheet software the player is using added those values together, giving her a swim bonus of 80ft.

I'm not sure if this is right, the aquatics sorcerer's ability seems to be written for normal humanoid PC's that don't have a swim speed, giving them some swimming capability. It's not a bonus that you can add, if you already have swim speed.

Am I right? :D


Hi guys,

One of my players, who is playing a sorcerer has some questions which I'm not sure how to answer.

1. "I have 2 lvl-2 and 0 lvl-1 spells left for the day. Can I just cast any lvl 1 spell I know by using a lvl-2 slot?"

The rules say:

"These openings for daily spells are called spell slots. A spellcaster always has the option to fill a higher-level spell slot with a lower-level spell"

This seems like it's written more for wizards and not for sorcerers, cause the second ones don't really "fill slots".

But also:

"Sorcerers and bards cast arcane spells, but they do not use spellbooks or prepare spells."

So, the sorcerer doesn't prepare spells, so he cannot "fill" a slot. But can he just cast it without preparing it? Or does this imply he has no way to fill a higher level slot with a lower level spell cause he cannot decide what he wants to put in what slot?

And the second question:

2. "I'm lvl 4 and can only cast 2nd lvl spells. But I also get some bonus higher level slots from my high charisma. I know I cannot put higher level spells in these slots right now, but can I fill those higher level bonus slots with lower level spells?"

Here I'm almost sure he can't but I'm looking for in the rules.


Hi guys,

I have a question regarding casting from scrolls. Until now I was almost sure I've understood how it works in theory, but now that I've saw how my player used it during a session it seems overpowered.

So, he is a 4 lvl Witch. And got a lvl 4 Black Tentacles scroll(CL7) - it's standard treasure from the final fight of an AP.

According to the description in the PRD his CL is lower than the CL of the scroll so he just needs to make and d20+4 vs 8 caster level check and can cast it as CL7. Even if he fails (and doesn't suffer a mishap) he can try it again in the next round.

He just smashed a very hard encounter with just one spell that is 2 levels higher than he should be able to cast at this level.

Is this how the rules work? Or are we doing something wrong?


Hi guys,

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A swarm can move through squares occupied by enemies and vice versa without impediment
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Creatures with the swarm subtype don't make standard melee attacks. Instead, they deal automatic damage to any creature whose space they occupy at the end of their move
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Swarms do not threaten creatures, and do not make attacks of opportunity with their swarm attack

One of my players asked me if all the above means he can charge through a swarm without any danger of taking damage and it seems like this is the case. Am I missing something?


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Hi guys,

I'm about to gather some mechanics for the sanboxy part of S&S and would like to know where I can find the distance a standard sailing ship can cross in a day.

There is a chart for the speed of a sailing ship on the PRD but it looks like it's connected to the old vehicle rules - in the new ones from the S&S Player Guide they changed the speed and other stats of a sailing ship.

In the additional rules section of the PRD there is a table for calculating distance based on speed, but it's for creatures running/walking on land.

To make it short. What's the distance a ship with a speed of 90ft can cross in 12h or 24h?


Hi guys,

I'm not sure if I understand if his ability works like normal swallow whole or is toned down to not make this encounter to difficult.

In the tactics section it says:

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If a swallowed victim deals damage to the Whale, the giant grindylow vomits up its undigested meal on the following round as

a free action.
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Special Attacks swallow whole (1d8+7 damage, AC 13, 3 hp)

And the description of "normal" swallow whole is:

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A swallowed creature can try to cut its way free with any light slashing or piercing weapon, or it can just try to escape the grapple. If a swallowed creature cuts its way out, the swallowing creature cannot use swallow whole again until the damage is healed. If the swallowed creature escapes the grapple, success puts it back in the attacker's mouth, where it may be bitten or swallowed again.

So, if the victim escapes the grapple it will get back to Whale's mouth without the grappled condition or with the grappled condition? If it's witout being grappled it can't be swallowed again in the same round.

If the victim deals damage (any damage or the 3hp?) it's not cutted free and can act but has to wait until the round of the Whale to be vomited out. If it's vomited out, is it free or back in the mouth?


Hi guys,

I'm just preparing the fight with the queen and her son and found this information:

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During Combat The Queen uses her wand of summon

nature’s ally II to summon an octopus (she never summons
a squid) to attack foes, then casts entangle against groups
and chill metal against any armor-wearing opponents.
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Underwater, chill metal deals no damage, but ice immediately forms around the affected metal, making it float if unattended.

So, why does she cast a spell that won't work on the party in her room?

And another question - is the barkskin spell she casts before combat already in her stat block?


Hi guys,

How am I supposed to handle reach with creatures that are bigger than 5ft?

I have a creature that is listed as:
Space 10 ft.; Reach 15 ft.

If:
# - size
* - reach

Is it supposed to look like this?

A)
****
*##*
*##*
****

B)
_******_
********
********
***##***
***##***
********
********
_******_

From what point do you calculate the reach? From the center of the creature? (No square there, just a point) Or from his edge?


Hi guys,

I have a question regarding grappling. I've read the FAQ and I know you don't lose your DEX bonus to AC while grappled (so you cannot be sneak attacked etc.), but you get a -4 DEX penalty. That means you can still lose some (or all) of the DEX bonus but it's not the "you lose your DEX bonus" condition that makes you the target for special attacks?

If my AC is 12 (10 base + 2 dex bonus) and I'm grappled my AC turns to 10, right?

Does it count for attacks from both inside and outside of the grapple?

I've saw the table on d20pfsrd, just want to make sure.


Hi guys,

I have a quick question regarding this feat:

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Improved feint benefit: You can make a Bluff check to feint in combat as a move action.
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Feint: You can use Bluff to feint in combat, causing your opponent to be denied his Dexterity bonus to his AC against your next attack

Can I feint (move action) and attack using the benefits from feint (standard action) on the same round?

It seems a nice combination, a chance for a sneak attack in almost every situation.


Hi guys,

My players just landed on Bonewreck Island and they are about to meet the first mosquito swarm. One of the player characters has a trait that lets him use dyplomacy on vermin (wasp whisperer - it functions like wild empathy). If it funtions like diplomacy I will need to set an attitude for the swarm in order to calculate the DC. The swarm is mindless but (I guess) hungry, would it be unfriendly or hostile? If i set the swarm to hostile there isn't really any chance the player will save the group from the swarm (with no critical succes it will just go from hostile to unfriendly - that's not enought to stop an attack). How would you rule this?

How do you do it with animal empathy? Is an hungry animal (predator) hostile?

And another question: The players have a chance to be infected with ghoul fever by mosquitos every time they sleep. Could the player with wasp whisperer help with this and spend the night repeling them? How would you set the DC for such a task? I guess the individual mosquitos that come at night aren't really hostile?


Guys,

I need help with understanding how this weapon works:

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Underwater Crossbow: An underwater crossbow functions like its normal counterpart above water, and can be used underwater. When fired underwater, the crossbow has a range increment of 20 feet. Anyone proficient with a normal crossbow can use an underwater crossbow.

Underwater rules from the environment section of the rulebook:

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Ranged Attacks Underwater: Thrown weapons are ineffective underwater, even when launched from land. Attacks with other ranged weapons take a –2 penalty on attack rolls for every 5 feet of water they pass through, in addition to the normal penalties for range.

Where does it say a normal crossbow cannot be used under water? Even Sahuagins have a normal crossbow as their standard equipment. It looks useless to me. It should at least mitigate the penalty for shooting through 5 feet of water. Or does the desctiption imply it does?


Hi guys :)

The rules say you can draw a weapon as a move action or draw something that is harder to reach (in your backpack) as a standard action.

Can you choose to draw the weapon as a standard action?

My player has a BAB of 0 so he cannont draw for free while moving.

He would like to move (move action) and to draw his weapon (standard action). Can he do this or does he need to have the weapon in his backpack? :D


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Hi,

My player's sorcerer is running around with a long spear. Are there any penalties I shoul know of? I know he can cast without droping the weapon, but does he have to use any action to change from casting to attacking? And how about attacks of opportunity? Does he threaten all the time or just in rounds he chose to use the standard action for attacking with the spear?


Hi guys,

There are 2 spells my players like to use with their 1st level casters:

Ear Piercing Scream:

"The target is dazed for 1 round and takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d6). "

and Elemental Ray

This ray deals 1d6 points of damage of your energy type + 1 for every two sorcerer levels you possess

I've just noticed I've ruled them differently until now. How do you read it? As a lvl 1 caster do I deal:

1d6 + daze on EPS and 1d6+1 on ER

or

only daze on EPS (gaining the 1d6 at lvl 2) and only 1d6 on ER (gaining the +1 on lvl 2)?

I've ruled daze + 1d6 dmg on EPS and 1d6 dmg on ER at lvl 1, cause I've read the levels on ER as full levels (you need 2 levels to gain the benefit)


Hi guys :)

I have a small problem with my players and a rule interpretation. We are playing the 1st tome of Skull and Shackles and just started out.

Spoiler:
We've just started the game, and they were told to climb the main mast. One of the players - playing a rogue, with many ranks in bluff started his action with "oh, look! What's that on the sky?!" and asked for a bluff roll. He succeded against the players (none of them had sense motive) and immediately started to run for the mast. I've ruled he would get a +2 while determining who would be first at the crow's nest (while summing the climb test results together), as he distracted the others for one second. The other players protested.

Are my players right? Would you accept this use of the bluff skill? I've tried to explain it's almost the same situation as feint (which many GM's let players use against other players). The only difference is, it's outside of combat.