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So, I had an amusing incident last night that I would like to share. My players, having fought through a vampire den, managed to find the coffin of the head vampire.

The Witch of the group detected magic, and I spontaneously decided to add a magical aura for fun on the coffin. At first, they assumed it might be a magical trap, or perhaps an aura from the vampire's equipment. They studied the aura, and found it was illusion magic.

In my group, I have a history of adoring illusion magic, and using it in fairly sneaky and devious ways. However, I only rarely use it. This one aura (from a Phantom Trap spell) managed to bring my players to a standstill for roughly 20 minutes as they tried anything they could to figure out what was wrong with the coffin. They tried disbelieving it, throwing things at it, examining it for traps repeatedly, and nearly left in order to get extra supplies to deal with this obviously deadly apocalyptic spell.

It was only when the Paladin finally opened the coffin out of frustration, daring me to do my worst, I finally told them what the spell was. They were annoyed at first, but then admitted that it was pretty good. Does anyone else have any fun stories like that?

Hey folks,

Recently, in a session, we ran into a situation where my Monk with Crane Wing was fighting a couple of Shadows. We're unsure whether or not Crane Wing would affect an incorporeal touch attack. My Monk's unarmed strikes DO count as magical(using an amulet of mighty fists), which can affect incorporeal creatures, albeit at half damage. However, the fists aren't ghost touch, so they don't fully affect incorporeal creatures.

So, my question is, can a Monk whose fists count as magic deflect incorporeal touch attacks?

This may have already been answered, but I couldn't find anything right away. Does Vital Strike and a Full Attack Action work together? As per Vital Strike, "When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage". Does a Full Attack Action not count as an 'attack action'?

From what I've found, it sounds like it does not. This does not offend me in any way, shape, or form. I'm just hoping for clarification. Especially when combined with this tidbit on Full Attacks: "After your first attack, you can decide to take a move action instead of making your remaining attacks, depending on how the first attack turns out and assuming you have not already taken a move action this round."

To me, this sounds like you have to clarify whether or not you are taking a standard action/full attack action to begin with. For example, if Vital Strike is only a standard action, and not full round, someone couldn't start a round with a Vital Strike attack then follow up with a full round of attacks. Is this correct?

I apologize if this question has already been answered-- I just have a Paladin running around enlarged half the time with an impact greatsword. I want to make sure the damage she is dealing is legitimate.