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Hi All :)

I'm just wondering what the average take is on min-maxing.

At our table one of our GM's seems to feel that it's cheating, but when I ask him why he's so opposed he never comes up with any real answer.
My last fighter in his game finished at 16th lvl with a +2 weapon.

Our second GM doesn't seem too opposed but punishes players for min-maxing by making magic Items unavailable, your barbarian has a 24 strength at 12th lvl? how much good does it do him if he only has a +2 weapon?

so what's your take? also, just for fun, note whether your a player or GM.

wc

Hi All :)

I'm not sure if this is valid or just rules lawering so I thought I'd ask.

"Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which
you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn."

If a character has the Point Blank Mastery feat he can use a Bow in melee without provoking AOO's, but he can't flank or threaten because he can't make a melee attack with his bow.

However, if the character had the improved unarmed strike feat wouldn't he be able to hold his bow in one hand and make a melee attack into any adjacent square in effect threatening them?

also, come to think of it, couldn't he just take a -4 to hit and use the bow itself as an improvised melee weapon? might be nearly as hard on the bow as the target, but the rule doesn't say the character has to make the attack to threaten, just be able to.

wc

Good evening all:

Do Mage Armor and Bracers of Armor cause a monk to lose his wisdom/AC bonus?

WC

Good morning All:

Just wondering about the consequences of failing an acrobatics check when attemting to tumble through a threatened or occupied square.

If one fails the acrobatics check they take an attack of opportunity, but do they still get to make thier move?

wc

Good afternoon All;

For years our group has playe a strict "no 5' step when movement is hampered, as in difficult terrain" rule.

So when I ran accross the quote below I got to wondering.

from CRB pg#188

Move 5 Feet through Difficult Terrain
In some situations, your movement may be so hampered
that you don’t have sufficient speed even to move 5 feet (a
single square). In such a case, you may spend a full-round
action to move 5 feet (1 square) in any direction, even
diagonally. Even though this looks like a 5-foot step, it’s
not, and thus it provokes attacks of opportunity normally.

So if one has sufficent movement to move one square in a move action one may take a 5 foot step?

wc

Good evening all:

well, after several hours of searching the forum the score is One question answered vrs about 50 questions raised :)

Heres a few of the most burning ones.

Does a Monk wearing a Helm of Telepathy or other armor-like wondrous item lose his ac bonus, fast movement, and FoB due to wearing armor?

Since a monk can't FoB with guantlets because guantlets are a simple weapon and not a monk weapon, can he enchant boots and FoB with kicks? boots certainly aren't simple weapons, and unless all monks are barefoot they can certainly FoB with them on.

Since a monk can't MacFlurry with his fists while wearing guantlets, can he use FoB to throw throw shuriken while wearing a glove of storing, gloves of arrow snaring or a guantlet of rust?

It seems a monk can use FoB with one hand, can he use FoB to throw shuriken with one hand?

lol, I could go on, but those'll do for now

WC