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Running a similiar build at 14lv Kingmaker at the moment. When you use Mystic Wisdom to farm out to all allies, Wholeness of Body actually becomes solid. Think of it like Mass Cure Light Wounds. When the cleric goes down, where will you be?

Battlemind Link through Mystic Wisdom can be a massive battle shifter, especially against big bads

seekerofshadowlight wrote:

If ya want to be flashy and cast spell, the play a caster and be done with it.

There are four classes which hit people, have at least one additional schtick, and do not (or do not chiefly) cast spells. (I'm setting aside monks as non-functional but that's a fifth if you want.) So it's not as though it's unreasonable to be able to hit someone and do something else, even as a non-spellcaster.

I have found that there are those who can & those who can't play a Monk. I love the class & will put it up against _any_ class and kick it's butt! Remember, flurry of blows can have attacks interchanged at will with any combo of manevuers.

trip attempt -> nope
trip attempt -> nope
trip attempt -> yup
WHAM!

this has been covered on another thread. it reads that drawing the vial is an act of retrieving spell components. this is actually a free action. The act of infusing it with power is the AoO move equiv action & detonation is a standard.

This means that you can throw one a round if you're stationary.

There needs to be a way to quicken this so that you can move, create, & throw; ie the equiv to rapid reload for the crossbow.

maybe a feat in the APG?

bomb's are essentially a full round action. a move action to create (w AoO) and a standard to detonate by throwing (no AoO) However, these don't need to be done on the same round. This is more restrictive than a wizard's school ability, but a bomb is more powerful, so it's a wash

Pathfinder core rulebook, page 184:

To cast a spell with material(M), focus(F), or divine focus (DF) component, you have to have the proper materials, as described by the spell. Unless these components are elaborate, preparing them is a free action.

Note : FREE ACTION

The casting of a spell in melee provokes an AoO not the retrieval of components. This is why silent, still, material free spells still provoke.

Retrieving the components of a spell, no matter what the caster class, is a free action

retrieving a vial and catalyst works just like a caster retrieving components for spells. They're considerd stored in such a fashion that speedy retrieval is a free action with no AoO. Alchemists are spell casters too & the vials/catalyst are simply THEIR material components. The RAW are fine. This isn't scroll retrieval, it's spell component retrieval.

I believe the hexes can be fixed by giving them range. say 25 +5/lv. tried in a mock fight & had the same issue. It is a defining feature of the class, so it should be on par with the summoner's pet (don't get me started), Sorcerer's bloodlines, etc.