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My Barbarian used to hand a scroll of Unbreakable Heart to someone who could cast it in case she got hit with Confusion.
Most of my characters carry Oils of Magic Weapon and Bless Weapon even when they have magic weapons, in case someone else doesn't.
Monks often carry wands of Mage Armor.
A Scroll of Comprehend Languages is handy to have around.
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Spring loaded wrist sheathes.
Lots of reasons:
- cheap - 5gp each (for one - 10gp for a pair)
- incredibly useful item. Often potentially life-saving
- only found in a semi-rare book: Adventurer's Armory
- because it meets the above criteria, it encourages others to buy that semi-rare book and support Paizo if they're not likely to be playing with you at every single table
There's probably a few other items that meet those criteria, and should also be listed in this thread because of it.
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For my monk, I'm may buy First Aid Gloves from the PFS PRIMER. It'll have some pretty great healing in an emergency. Although since, I'm dipping paladin for champion of Irori, a wand of cure serious would last longer.
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Zarcon, consider picking up a lesser metamagic rod of Selective. Only 3k, and it'll let you ignore up to your int mod of allies in combat. Sucky for a spontaneous caster like my sorcerer, though since it's a full round action (which means I have to either spring load it, or have it in hand as I start my turn), but great for a prepped caster like a wizard.
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Zarcon, consider picking up a lesser metamagic rod of Selective. (snip) Sucky for a spontaneous caster like my sorcerer, though since it's a full round action (which means I have to either spring load it, or have it in hand as I start my turn), (snip)
Does this actually work? Most rods are five pounds, and the examples I've seen for what the spring-loaded wrist sheath can deploy are more around 1 to 3 pounds. Wouldn't a GM be in their rights to tell you it's too heavy to use this way?
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EVERYTHING in my handy haversack when I wild shape! lol
I have all my handy potions, wands, scrolls and super fun items (like smelling salts, vermin repellent and universal solvent) all in my handy haversack and I hand it off to one of the other PCs and I wild shape. Then I kindly ask the group wizard or sorcerer if they would use my wand of mage armor on me. This circlet of animal speaking is very handy...
Next on the list - polymorphic pouch! So all my wands will be in easy reach...of my teeth?
Maybe an extra saddle too. Who wants to ride the tiger into battle?
And maybe I should pick up extra Beads of Newt Prevention and hand one to everyone at the table before the adventure, just to prevent any awkward situations... so...you're a newt now? Hmm...uh, I gotta go..
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Potion of CLW or higher, so you can use it on the healer when he goes down.
An X4 crit weapon for my PC with a high crit weapon and the feat Butterfly's Sting.
Cracked vibrant purple prism Ioun stones, along with a wand of a useful 1st level spell, like True Strike, Shield, Longstrider, Expeditious Retreat, etc.
As mentioned, those cheap, 200 gp, cracked Ioun stones that can add to a Charisma skill. Or any other skill you might find it beneficial to pump for another party member.
Cold iron daggers, silvered maces, oils of Bless Weapon or Magic Weapon, etc.
I have at least two PCs with wands of Endure Elements. Both can use it, but they can also use it on everyone in the party and mounts/ACs, familiars, etc. And save the prepared spellcasters a slot, since the only benefit to casting it over using a wand is for when someone tries to Dispel it. And they usually want to dispel something else, anyhow.
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Potion of CLW or higher, so you can use it on the healer when he goes down.
An X4 crit weapon for my PC with a high crit weapon and the feat Butterfly's Sting.
Cracked vibrant purple prism Ioun stones, along with a wand of a useful 1st level spell, like True Strike, Shield, Longstrider, Expeditious Retreat, etc.
** spoiler omitted **As mentioned, those cheap, 200 gp, cracked Ioun stones that can add to a Charisma skill. Or any other skill you might find it beneficial to pump for another party member.
Cold iron daggers, silvered maces, oils of Bless Weapon or Magic Weapon, etc.
I have at least two PCs with wands of Endure Elements. Both can use it, but they can also use it on everyone in the party and mounts/ACs, familiars, etc. And save the prepared spellcasters a slot, since the only benefit to casting it over using a wand is for when someone tries to Dispel it. And they usually want to dispel something else, anyhow.
In lines with the crit thing... every one should carry a light pick for CDG... owns.
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For my monk, I'm may buy First Aid Gloves from the PFS PRIMER. It'll have some pretty great healing in an emergency. Although since, I'm dipping paladin for champion of Irori, a wand of cure serious would last longer.
Agreed. Recently bought my first pair for my toolbox character, and it is a great emergency tool to have.
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned scrolls/wands of Lesser Restoration. Ability damage comes up a lot starting around level 3-4, so make it easy for the cleric/oracle of the group to heal you of it if necessary.
Potion of Lesser Restoration is also good, even if it is more expensive to use - it skips the the three round cast time. Drink it and cure the 1d4 ability damage.
Also, infernal healing potions for the same reason. Drink it and it is working and for the next 10 rounds you heal 1 point (and detect as evil but that is just a side effect). It is a decent auto-stabilizer if the fight looks dicey. With prehensile tails and accelerated drinker, you can make it happen very fast.
Antitoxin and Antiplague.
Most sessions I have begun handing out both. I can make them quite cheaply and they have saved party members (including myself) more than once. That +5 to save against poison or disease makes a huge difference.
And being able to reroll against a disease has saved the use of Lesser Restorations or PP.
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If the target fails a save vs a Bungle and does not use an action that requires a check, then I cast again making the save vs the next Bungle automatically fail. LOL
That is not a correct reading of the spell.
The target takes a –20 penalty on its next attack roll or check that requires a d20 roll. The action must be one deliberately taken by the target on its turn. Creatures with more than 10 HD are unaffected by this spell.
Emphasis mine. A saving throw is not an action taken deliberately - it's a reaction to someone else's action.
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I had no idea that Suppress CHarms and Compulsions existed... you are a life-saver (especially in Season 4: year of the Confusion).
Don't forget that this spell is from Andoran: Spirit of Liberty so you'll need an official copy (physical or watermarked .pdf) in order to use it.
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Don't forget that this spell is from Andoran: Spirit of Liberty so you'll need an official copy (physical or watermarked .pdf) in order to use it.That book has two of my most used spells. Suppress Charms & Compulsions and Liberating Command.
FYI liberating command has been reprinted in Ultimate Combat.
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I had a cleric in 3.5 that bought a wand of Barkskin for Druids/Rangers/high UMD characters to cast on him when possible. It was great.
In PFS, if I buy something new that makes another item obsolete, I often keep the older item until I absolutely need to sell it off for money, and let another PC at the table that could benefit from the item borrow it.
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In PFS, if I buy something new that makes another item obsolete, I often keep the older item until I absolutely need to sell it off for money, and let another PC at the table that could benefit from the item borrow it.
Believe it or not, I saw this done with armor once. A level 2 or 3 front line type had just upgraded his armor, and even his old armor was better than what the level 1 fighter with 0 xp could afford on the starting 150 gp.
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For those who like communal resist energy, may I suggest a riffle scroll of communal resist energy. This bumps the minimum caster level up to 7, which means resistance of 20 instead of 10, plus it lasts longer and requires no verbal components.
Huh, I wasn't aware of that. Would also be good for scrolls of suppress charms and compulsions, where you would be able to affect 2 targets instead of 1.