My goal for this experiment is to create a useful resource – gathering together outstanding FAQs but also providing possible answers.
A post on this thread should consist of a question, a link to a page where it has been marked as FAQ, and a proposed answer. Try to avoid debating or hitting the FAQ button on this thread – instead go to the linked thread and discuss/FAQ it there.
As there are multiple possible answers to any FAQ, each should get its own post. Click the + button to mark your favorite answer to any given question, the one you’d like most as an official ruling. You can rate them on game balance, realism, or consistency with existing rules text – whichever is most important to you. If you don’t like any of the posted answers, post your own.
The ideal post here is one that could be copied and pasted into the official FAQs with minimal editing. (Try to resist the temptation to write sarcastic phrasings of answers you disagree with.)
It is my theory that the most popular answer is usually the best one, and a good guide for uncertain GMs in the absence of anything more definitive.
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What does it mean that sleep ‘affects’ no more than 4HD of creatures?
It means that no more than 4HD of creatures can be forced to make saving throws against a Sleep spell.
What does it mean that sleep ‘affects’ no more than 4HD of creatures?
If means that no more than 4HD of creatures can fail saving throws against a Sleep spell. This means that passing your save can cause someone else to be affected by the spell.
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If I have a two-handed reach weapon like a longspear and another weapon like armor spikes, do I threaten at 5’ & 10’ for AoOs?
Yes – any weapon you could immediately attack with on your turn is valid for AoOs.
If I have a two-handed reach weapon like a longspear and another weapon like armor spikes, do I threaten at 5’ & 10’ for AoOs?
No – you can only threaten with one weapon at a time. You can switch which weapon you threaten with as a free action during your own turn.
If I have a two-handed reach weapon like a longspear and another weapon like armor spikes, do I threaten at 5’ & 10’ for AoOs?
No – you can only threaten with multiple weapons if you could attack with them all while two-weapon fighting. For example, a two-handed weapon and armor spikes would be forbidden.
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Can I use two-weapon fighting while grappled?
Yes: grappling only stops you from taking actions that require two hands simultaneously.
Can I use two-weapon fighting while grappled?
Yes, but only if one of the weapons isn’t held in your hand – armor spikes, for example – since one of your hands is occupied by the grapple.
Can I use two-weapon fighting while grappled?
No: two-weapon fighting as a full-attack action is an example of an action that requires both hands. Note that this also applies to natural attacks that use two claws or slams.
Can I use two-weapon fighting while grappled?
No: two-weapon fighting as a full-attack action is an example of an action that requires both hands. Note that this does not apply to natural attacks.
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If not specified otherwise in the ability description, are spell-like abilities a standard action or are they the casting time of the spell?
They are the casting time of the spell, as stated in the Core Rulebook.
If not specified otherwise in the ability description, are spell-like abilities a standard action or are they the casting time of the spell?
They are a standard action, as stated in the Bestiary.
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What sort of thing can you make a person do with Charm Person? It can’t force someone to do something ‘obviously harmful’, but what does that mean?
‘Obviously harmful’ is anything that would be harmful to the interests of the victim of the spell, such as killing a friend or insulting their boss. This is beyond the power of a Charm Person spell.
What sort of thing can you make a person do with Charm Person? It can’t force someone to do something ‘obviously harmful’, but what does that mean?
‘Obviously harmful’ is anything that would be harmful to the interests of the victim of the spell, such as killing a friend. However, you can use an opposed Charisma check to convince the victim that, for example, their friend has been replaced by an evil doppelganger; what they will do after that is for the GM to decide.
What sort of thing can you make a person do with Charm Person? It can’t force someone to do something ‘obviously harmful’, but what does that mean?
‘Obviously harmful’ is anything that involves intentionally causing physical damage to yourself.
What sort of thing can you make a person do with Charm Person? It can’t force someone to do something ‘obviously harmful’, but what does that mean?
'Obviously harmful’ is anything that involves intentionally causing physical damage to anyone.
Does Freedom of Movement allow you to move at full speed over difficult terrain?
Yes – difficult terrain is a factor that restricts your movement, the type of thing Freedom of Movement can overcome. Freedom of Movement protects you from anything that restricts your movement (short of extreme cases like a wall blocking your path, or unconsciousness).
Does Freedom of Movement allow you to move at full speed over difficult terrain?
No – Freedom of Movement works against grapples, underwater penalties, magical effects that restricts your movement, and a few situations similar to grapples such as entanglement.
Does Freedom of Movement allow you to move at full speed over difficult terrain?
No – Freedom of Movement works against grapples, underwater penalties, and magical effects that restricts your movement, and nothing else.
What sort of action is it to kneel or stand from kneeling? Does it provoke attacks of opportunity
It is a free action to drop to your knees and a move action to stand up. Standing up provokes.
What sort of action is it to kneel or stand from kneeling? Does it provoke attacks of opportunity
It is a move action to drop to your knees and a move action to stand up. Both provoke.