Only way I know is as an Arcane Trickster and its their level 5 ability...max of 5 times a day at Trickster 9 :(
Still spell is hard to get constantly because it allows you open hands.
There are metamagic rods of Still spell, which would let you just hold the rod and cast but that is only 3 spells a day per rod.
If its any compensation when you get higher level you can use Blessing of Fervor with a Still Rod in order to cast a bundle of level 2 or less spells with the still function.
There is also a 3rd level bard spell called Arcane Concordance but it is a Bard spell and only effects Arcane spells :(
Ummm....as far as I can see there isn't a rod of still. What would be the point of having a rod that prevents you from having to move you hand when it takes up a hand.
Ummm....as far as I can see there isn't a rod of still. What would be the point of having a rod that prevents you from having to move you hand when it takes up a hand.Laypeople can't tell you're casting a spell?
You can hide your hand inside a large sleeve while holding the rod?
That still doesn't change the fact that there is no such thing as a Rod of Still.
Also, no that doesn't work. Spell casting is super obvious. Lay people may not be able to identify what you are casting, but they will know you are casting a spell. Spell casting is not at all discrete. In fact there are only a limited number of options for hiding the fact that you are casting a spell. The general idea being, that even if you have a silent stilled eschewed materials spell that you still create an aura of magical energy around you as you are casting. Without special abilities or feats you can't hide your spell casting.
See Spellsong as an example.
I didn't realize there was no Rod of Still Spell.
Also I thought that a Still-Silent-Materialess spell was impossible to tell you're casting until the effect actually takes place. I guess that's just something we have to agree to disagree on, because there is no RAW supporting either side.
Nope. I can't find the thread right now, but developers have confirmed that spells (even when verbal, somatic, and material components are removed) are noticeable. Why? Because they still absolutely provoke an AoO. Also, there is no penalty to use spell craft to identify the spells (although the devs did say it was a reasonable house rule to make it more difficult).
Hopefully someone else here knows and can find the thread I'm referring to.
I didn't realize there was no Rod of Still Spell.
Also I thought that a Still-Silent-Materialess spell was impossible to tell you're casting until the effect actually takes place. I guess that's just something we have to agree to disagree on, because there is no RAW supporting either side.Nope. I can't find the thread right now, but developers have confirmed that spells (even when verbal, somatic, and material components are removed) are noticeable. Why? Because they still absolutely provoke an AoO. Also, there is no penalty to use spell craft to identify the spells (although the devs did say it was a reasonable house rule to make it more difficult).
Hopefully someone else here knows and can find the thread I'm referring to.
Already trying to find that. I know it came up during the Occult Adventures playtest because psychic spells don't have V or S components.
RAW, the best way I know of to avoid appearing to cast a particular spell is to appear to be casting another. (Rakshasa bloodline arcana + Magical Flair trait for the school of your choice.) Otherwise, house rule or use third party.
EDIT: I didn't remember precisely- the dev did agree that the rules are not clear. Strict RAW is that at the very least, you can make a spellcraft check at no penalty, which indicates it's still visible. Source. I believe there has since been something a little more definitive siding on the "you can notice it" side, but I can't hunt it down right now, and I might be wrong.
EDIT 2: Hey, I think I have a solution to your problem! Secret Signs lets you hide casting spells with only somatic components with a Sleight of Hand check. That's all your spells, and there's no increase in casting time or spell slot. Not perfect, but pretty good.
QuidEst, that was the original thread I was referring to. Though there have been more threads discussing it over the years on the board.
It's hard to locate them all, unfortunately.
No no, all spells provoke attacks of opportunity, unless cast defensively.
Also, quickened spells don't provoke, but that is because of being quickened.
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Well, not PFS legal, but you could make Rods of Still Spell - just price them the same as Rods of any other 1-level metamagic. GM approval required.
Disguise them like candy canes or walking canes or whatever, and nobody will know what you're doing.
Want more than 3/day? Make more rods.
Want more than that? Use the item crafting rules:
A silent metamagic rod costs 11,000 gp (5,500 gp to make). It's only usable 3/day so the base price was divided by (5 divided by 3) so reversing that means the base price was 18,333gp. Awkward, but I guess that's the base price for a silent metamagic rod that is NOT limited to three uses per day. Now it's unlimited. Presumably the price was based on use-activated and slotless already (those should be factored into the base price of any rod already).
Still Spell would be the same price, presumably. So make them yourself for just 9,166.5 gp and you're golden.
As a GM, I would never allow that. It's less expensive than buying two rods which would limit you to six uses per day so the price is obviously wrong, but that seems to be how the item crafting prices work - your guess is as good as mine to figure out how they arrived at 18,333 for a base price (my guess is they didn't; they just said "yeah, 11,000gp seems about right for the price of this thing" and that was the end of the discussion).