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Hi guys,
I am going to play a Human Dervish dancer 5/Inspired Blade 5. He focuses on damage and buff himself (and also a bit the rest of the party) and he'll be the face od the group. Any suggestion regarding magic stuff and best spells he need?
I was looking for some item which could replicate the effect of Virtuoso Performance, does it exist?
Anyway I accept all suggestion you eill give me. Tnx

Hi guys,
I am going to play a Dervish dancer human (bard archetype). I was wondering if exists any errata regarding the bonuses given by War Dance. I mean, dervish dancer is somehow similar to dawnflower dancer who doubles the bonuses of the dance...i hoped/thought it could have been the same for the dervish. Any chance? :)
Thank you

i was wondering about some way to improve ac of a druid in wild shape since armor and shield bonuses are not considered. in addition to protection rings and natural armor amulets and dodge bonuses are there other ways?
i was thinking to have a single level in monk (maybe unchained) to add wisdom to ac...but i would avoid to lose even a single caster level...could it be possible to add wisdom in other ways (feats, traits or so on)?
thanks in advance

Most wands contain only a single spell with 50 or fewer charges. Do you mean a staff ?

Rules wrote:

A wand is a thin baton that contains a single spell of 4th level or lower.

yes sorry, you're fully right. i do not play in english and i confused. sorry again

a caster who has in his list only one of the spells included in a wand can cast only that spell or has access to all the spells of the wand?

in paritcular I need to know for a summoner and a fire wand

No they don't. The undead entry does not list it.

can you provide me that list or a reference to get it?

thank you!

do undead creatures have immunity to sneak attacks and crits as in 3.5 edition ? if not, can you give the reference to this rule? thanks

"The summoner may cast a spell with a target of “you” on his eidolon (as a spell with a range of touch) instead of on himself. A summoner may cast spells on his eidolon even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the eidolon’s type (outsider). Spells cast in this way must come from the summoner spell list."

this is the description of this ability...but it isn't specified the distance to cast the spell a "as a spell with a range of touch"...which is this range?

otherwise I'm thinking the possibility to find a wonderous item that increase the effective level reguarding one class ability...does it exist anything like this?

You'd have to be a 5th level summoner: that is, with 5 levels from the summoner class. I suppose there might be a work around for this, possibly in the form of a trait, but I don't know of any. Good luck!

I looked for a feat...but for the moment I haven't found anything

this is more a hope than a question because (unfortunately) it is very clear: if a summoner gets level in another class, and so forever example he is summoner 4/something else 1, can he take the evolution "fly" for his eidolon which requires to be 5th level? dose that 5th level mean 5 HDs or 5 levels as summoner? (don't call me noob and don't f**k me around, I'm just dreaming...)

since it is a real FAQ, why does paizo not release one? is there a way to ask them to do it?

If you're dipping as a Summoner and you want to have your Eidolon out, consider what the Eidolon's role will be. Since you're dipping, the answer is less likely to be "solid melee damage"

Of course, if you're APG instead of Unchained, you'll be fine.

Consider a quad legged Mount with Combat Reflexes and Bodyguard. Staying on top of your Eidolon means the bonuses to AC and saves will always apply, and Bodyguard helps even more. Give it the Helpful trait via Extra Traits, Iron Will to make it less of a liability, and you're good.

Of course, you can't ride it til Summoner 8 when it can evolve Large, but until then it can stand by your side.

I was wondering to ride it (I'll take the quadruped form) but maybe this could reduce the utiliy of dipping into swashbuckler (i won't use so often Dodging Panache since I'll be mounting the eidolon)...I don't know. I was pretty sure that it could be a good idea to multiclass but I am not so sure at the moment

thank you!

Wayang Spellhunter trait, and the Magical Lineage trait.

Spell Perfection technically can, but that's generally beyond the scope of most questions.

The metamagic rods, of course, can.

can you give me the reference of the manuals please? my GM dosen't allow me to use all the material possible unfortunately

do you know any magic stuff or ability that reduce the level increase of a metamagic feat?

Nope, doesn't help. Summoner is an arcane spell caster, that means he has to roll for the armor's spell failure chance every time he casts a spell. Summoner has a class feature that let's him ignore the spell failure chance in light armor, and light armor only. Mithral medium armor counts as light for that class feature, so the standard mithral breeastplate is fine (my current Summoner wears one). A regular breastplate you'd have a 25% chance to fail every time you cast a spell.

My fault not to have specified that but it's obvious I'll wear a mithral armor. but the profiency from swashbuckler is a good and great help

If you build your Eidolon well, you can basically do anything you want on your Summoner, the both of you together will rock anyway.

And so what do you think are good evolutions? which base form? (about the feats you mentioned...improved initiative is partially covered by the high dextrity, instead about craft wonderous items there will be a wizard in my group to get it)

Sure, a racial bonus to charisma s a good thing to have, but not vital. For bonus spells, the difference between a 16 and an 18 is one 4th level spell - that's character level 10, at that point, you'll have a headband, so it's a mere 1st level spell you gain (i.e. slotless a 1000gp item).

Swashbuckler is not that charisma dependant that you can't live without a racial +2 to it.

I still think it is quite important but my concern is that I think it will be difficult still to get a 16 ... with a 15 points buy it is difficult to manage the charachteristics

The Swashbuckler dip sounds like you want to enter melee alongside your Eidolon.
"I'd like to take augment summoning and superior summoning" sounds like you want to use either your Summon Monster spell-like ability or the actual spells. The first clashes with having the eidolon out for combat, and both clash with fighting in melee (because you are standing there summoning instead of fighting).

It isn't totally true because I think that having all these options makes you more flexible. Moreover augment summoning works also on eidolon if called with summon eidolon spell (2nd level)

Regarding armor: Since you really don't want spell failure chance, medium armor is flat out. Mithral breastplate without medium armor proficiency would bestow a -1 penalty on attack rolls, which can be negated with the Armor Expert trait from Ultimate Campaign.

Here you are wrong because swashbuckler level provides you medium armor profiency.

Regarding race: Half-Elf is the strongest choice if you have the Eidolon out all the time, but apart from that, it doesn't really matter much (again, presuming Eidolon centric playstyle and not summoning). You don't even need a Charisma bonus!

I think Charisma bonus is important both for bonus spell (also going in melee summoner is however a spellcaster) but moreover for panache and swashbuckler deeds

alessio fiorillo wrote:

I think that just one single level isn't a so great loss for eidolon progression, is it?

It's not just Eidolon progression, it's also spells and Summon Monster SLA. Still, it doesn't kill you - Summoner is a very strong class, even with a "lost" level.

I don't lose spells since I'll have access to inner sea magic manual and joining a guild with 5 fame I can cast at an effective upper level...so it's just to lose one eidolon level

I don't have acces to such materials...as I said before, I'm not looking for OP but just to fit my idea to combine summoner with one level as swashbuckler (two classes that I love so much) with the best race...I'll start from the 5th level and I'm not able to choose the correct race...also because in my plan I have to take the inspired blade archetype (as said) and use rapier with slashing grace. but at the same time I'd like to take augment summoning and superior summoning and resilient eidolon...in this optic I was wondering to chosse human for the bonus feat (since to optimize swashbuckler level it's necessary to take combat reflexes as well)

My idea for the charachteristics is to base charachter on dextrity with good charisma (for bonus spells and panache) and not so negletictable intelligence (for skill ranks and also panache since using inspired blade)...

it is so difficult to match also my desires I know but I don't know what to give away :(

my GM doen't allow me to use Inner Sea Races manual...so I don't have access to this trait

it requires a lot of sacrificies...maybe in this way half-elves lose his palatability

half elf can get +2 dex/+2 cha with an alternate race trait from inner sea races that trades almost every half elf race trait for +2 cha

really? what does it replace?

I'm not looking for the OP...simply I like both the classes and I think it could work taking into all the stuff you gain with one single level as Swashbuckler.

I was taking into consideration the half-elf for his bonus to perception and will saves...this could allow to dump wisdom

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I think that just one single level isn't a so great loss for eidolon progression, is it?

According to this build, which race would you advice me? I was taking into consideration especially human, halfling, half-elf and drow...what do you think? I use a 15 points buy (standard fantasy)

and which is a conjuration (calling) spell able to summon the eidolon? also the 1 minute ritual is like conjuration (summoning)?

and does it exist such a way? how could it be possible??

What do you think about the idea of a summoner who takes one single level as swashbuckler ? in this way I could get war weapons and medium armors (making one of them as mithral it will be considered as a light one) profiency and weapon finesse feat in addition to panache and the first three (for me the best) deeds=
eventually I was wandering to take inspired blade archetype in order to get also weapon focus as bonus feat and go specialized with the rapier.

I think it could work also because they are both classes dex and car based and once summoned eidolon of monsters and casted a couple of spells the characther has few things to do in combat...what do you think?

I think that meanwhile it takes objects below its maximum carrying capacity it should ok. Or at least it should be allowed to assign it objects like saddle or weapons or magic rings...let's call it "normal" stuffs

My idea that it keeps the assigned equipment is especially referred to the possibity of using it as a mount. Could it ever be possibile that to mount a quadruped eidolon with a saddle the only way is to summon it before the combat and then have to time to put it to it? I think it's a bit forced

Sorry but summoned creatures have a personal equipment in a lot of cases. And those equipments go back with them...in this wat shouldn't be the same also for eidolon's one?

What happens to the equipment when the Eidolon is banished ? does it take the stuff with it or does it fall to the ground and need re-equipped when it is summoned?