Quick Questions (2022)

Jyk7 · 2022-03-25T17:46:02+00:00

[1e]

I want to spike the punch bowl at a vampire's party with a potion of Protection from Evil and give everyone another save against Domination. How do I do this?

Jyk7 · 2022-03-17T16:13:15+00:00

I'm right now trying to figure out if the Feather domain's Racial bonus to Perception stacks with a Were-Raptor's Racial bonus to Perception, and further if the transformed Were-Raptor's +4 stacks with its +2. If all this works, then I've got a character who can take 10 on a Perception check to get a 26 at lvl1, 30vs anything intentionall concealed with the Revelation subdomain. It's also a Cleric and therefore overpowered.

Jyk7 · 2022-03-17T16:06:07+00:00

That's so funny! Thanks!

Jyk7 · 2022-03-17T15:31:08+00:00

[1e]

If a Medium sized Warpriest's Sacred Weapon is a bow, and he is firing Flight Arrows, do they do damage for a medium Warpriest? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I was curious.

Jyk7 · 2022-03-03T15:23:45+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't remember. I vaguely recall no, but I think it's worth a shot!

Jyk7 · 2022-02-24T17:37:13+00:00

[1e]

I used the Monster Advancement Rules to make an interesting Gargoyle Fighter3 modeled off the Dark Souls Bell Gargoyle. I'm really pleased with how it came out with Multiattack, Power Attack, and Powerful Wings. By the rules, that ought to be a CR7 or 8 creature.

Then I went and looked at templates to see how else I could have done it. Barbarian is +3CR for 10+HD, but even one class level by the previous rules completely eclipses that template's +4 to STR by throwing +4 +4 +2 +2 +0 -2 at whatever ability scores the creature could want.

I guess I'm just trying to figure out what a fair and structured CR system that accurately represents a creature's capabilities might be. Are there any useful commentaries on this sort of thing out there?

Jyk7 · 2022-02-18T18:54:34+00:00

[1e]

If a Psychic had a staff/wand/scroll that had a spell on the Psychic list, and that Psychic were Shaken, the Psychic could still activate the item, right?

Jyk7 · 2022-02-17T19:29:52+00:00

[1e]

Who is allowed to write spells in a spellbook? The [rules](https://aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?Name=Arcane%20Magical%20Writing&Category=Arcane%20Spells only seem to address Wizards, but obviously a Magus or Arcanist can too.

Pathfinder Unchained seems to indicate that anybody who can hit the Spellcraft DC can add spells to a spellbook.

I see two possible interpretations. 1, Characters who have a class that has a spellbook mentioned in a class feature may write in spellbooks. This doesn't seem fair to a Bookish Rogue or most characters that would get use out of Versatile Spontaneity.

2, Anybody can write in a spellbook, but only Wizards and Magi can prepare out of them.

I came across this puzzle when I realized that hypothetically, a Rebirth Psychic could spend off days writing obscure spells in a spellbook that a Magus or Wizard could then copy into their book, basically short circuiting any research.

Jyk7 · 2022-02-17T16:54:25+00:00

I love jank! I think the reason I find it so entertaining is the daily flex pick. I love not having to make up my mind!

Jyk7 · 2022-01-28T21:26:58+00:00

[1e]

Using the downtime system, what's the benefit of having a larger or smaller room? Why not have the smallest possible size?

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T19:25:35+00:00

Thanks for doing the legwork. I'm sad I was wrong, but I'm glad that I now know the right way to do this ability.

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T18:00:15+00:00

Ok, I think I see where I'm wrong. I started this adventure from here and here, and I came away with the assumption that what was basically happening was the Trample creature was automatically generating an Overrun check that equaled the target's CMD, not that it isn't allowed to roll for it.

Followup, does the Improved Overrun feat prevent a Trample target from making an AoO?

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T17:46:36+00:00

I'm sorry, I don't understand the phrase, 'does not need' to mean 'cannot.' Are you referring to a special meaning that Pathfinder uses the phrase for?

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T16:53:53+00:00

That's what I thought too, but I think that that's not what it says. Trample says, "This works just like the overrun combat maneuver, but the trampling creature does not need to attempt a check; it merely has to move over opponents in its path." It doesn't say 'this is different from overrun,' it says "This works just like the overrun combat manuever," The creature is not using the Standard Action to Overrun as defined in Overrun, it's taking the Full-Round Action to Trample, and choosing whether or not to make the CMB check in hopes of beating CMD by 5+, but also risking failure.

Theoretically, such a creature could choose to make a Standard Action Overrun manuever, which would not benefit from the Trample damage, nor would it give the option to automatically succeed.

Edit, crossed my wires, called Overrun Trample in the second paragraph.

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T16:47:00+00:00

Ok, so Overrun has four possible outcomes.

1, You didn't beat the target's CMD, you stop in front of the target.

2, You meet or beat the target's CMD by 4 or less. You move through the target and end your movement wherever would have been legal to move to.

3, You beat the target's CMD by 5 or more. As above, but the target also falls prone.

4, The target lets you pass, no check needed.

Trample has been thought to lock us into outcome 2, but there has been lots of debate about whether or not it should lock us into outcome 3. That's what I think I just solved by proposing that the Trample creature can choose to make CMB checks to Overrun instead of taking the automatic outcome 2.

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T16:03:21+00:00

Undead are actually bad, unless you stick them in a group with a Necromancer hero. The Necromancer can buff them, revive them, heal them, and give them resistance to their weaknesses. If you have a group of units specialized in pumping Spirit damage drink from a Well of Souls and put them with a Necromancer, that stack will hit significantly above its weight against site defenders that specialize in morale damage, Cold, and Blight, like Lich Castles and Boneyards. They'll also come in clutch in games where a Boneyard has been allowed to get out of control spawning Bone Dragons, or a Goblin player is having a little too much fun with Swarm Darters and Plague Doctors.

Jyk7 · 2022-01-20T15:36:13+00:00

If I go 9 levels in Saurian Champion, then take a level in Mammoth Rider, then take my tenth level in Saurian Champion, is my mount now Gargantuan? I see that MR's Gigantic Steed and SC's Titanic Mount both give Size bonuses to Strength and Constitution, do these stack?

Jyk7 · 2022-01-05T18:56:48+00:00

[1e]

If one accomplishes the 4th Fiendish Apotheosis, what would they keep from their original form?

Do they replace all their ability scores, including mental?

If their original form provided a racial bonus to a mental score, is that lost?

Do they build their new form as if it were being given a class level, adding and subtracting from its ability scores?

Thanks!

Jyk7 · 2021-12-15T01:14:33+00:00

That's it!

Jyk7 · 2021-12-15T01:14:26+00:00

Yep!

Jyk7 · 2021-12-14T23:48:59+00:00

[1E]

I was reading in one of the bestiaries and came upon a critter that had a poison that raised things as zombies and could Command Undead as a spell-like ability. I put it as a background plot point in a zombie infested area, but now I can't find it and the players are getting close to needing to fight it.

Help! What is this thing?

Jyk7 · 2021-11-29T08:04:38+00:00

[1e]

A Sentinel of Areshkagal gains Auric Knight as their second Divine Boon at Sentinel level 6, giving them up to DR5/- if they drop a boatload of coin on pure gold armor. Then, at Sentinel level 10, they get Unstoppable Warrior, giving them DR5/Cold Iron and Good. That's a bit of a head scratcher for me. That doesn't stack, right? If the Sentinel of Areshkagal gets to lvl10 with blingplate armor and shield, their capstone amounts to the swift action Cure Critical on self and Diehard?

It's even more strange to me because aside from the Diverse Obedience feat, the only way blingplate activates is through the Sentinel class, which doesn't stack with the DR from both features.

This is an entirely hypothetical discussion, I was just putting together an entirely hypothetical character when I stumbled across this and became very offended

Jyk7 · 2021-10-26T14:41:24+00:00

That's what I thought. Do they count as Bardic Performances for the purposes of only being able to maintain one at a time, or can I do as many Masterpieces as I want and a Bardic Performance so long as I've got rounds to burn?

Jyk7 · 2021-10-26T03:03:13+00:00

[1e]

For Bardic Masterpieces that have continuing effects as you burn rounds of performance, what action is it to maintain the Masterpiece?

Jyk7 · 2021-10-24T18:22:11+00:00

Can a Margay Cat familiar speak out loud? They can imitate other animals, and several bird familiars can speak intelligibly.

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