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2010-10-14, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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How can I get my PC to have it? I've heard something about lion totem barbarian, but I've looked it up and it just trades some barbarian class abilities for Run and some little bonuses. Alternatively, a feat would work too. Please send me to a link or describe it. Thanks!
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2010-10-14, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-14, 02:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-14, 02:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-14, 03:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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What you looked up is this, which was originally printed in Unearthed Arcana. What people are referring to when they talk about getting Pounce is an ACF from Complete Champion which has a coincidentally very similar name. Complete Champion's Lion Totem Barbarian trades Fast Movement for Pounce at level 1.
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2010-10-14, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Also, Spirit Lion Totem Barbarian is overrated. Most melee builds can access Pounce or free movement without wasting a level on an otherwise useless class.
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2010-10-14, 04:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-14, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-10-14, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Rules question: If I make a jump from a standing start, does it still take a move action? I think it does, but the SRD says that Jumping takes no action but is included in movement, so if I don't move to jump...
Edit: M'kay. So, I can jump anytime I would move... So, if I were to have, say, a feat that lets me move 10 feet as a swift action, I could make a jump? If I were to do that, would I get -12 to jump (because it's 20 feet less than 30 ft)? Or is it still the base speed that applies?Last edited by Lateral; 2010-10-14 at 06:44 PM.
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2010-10-14, 05:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pounce
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2010-10-14, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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You are taking a move action to move, it's just that some of all of that movement is taken via a jump. You can jump from standing, jumping 15 feet, and then continue on to your maximum movement, or you can move then jump, or you can move, jump, move, and so on.
As far as I can tell, taking a move action and jumping from the start, but rolling horribly (like getting less than 5 feet moved) effectively doesn't count against your movement for that round, though it's still made as part of a move action (that is, try and jump, go nowhere; you at that point can't take a full-round action because you've taken a move action, but you could still use that move action to move your full speed, since you never actually went anywhere with your jump).Proudly without a signature for 5 years. Wait... crap.
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2010-10-14, 06:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Think about it this way: a standing jump is an attempt to move upwards some distance, so you need a move action or the like to do it.
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2010-10-14, 07:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pounce
Hmm... Maybe I can get the DM to let me have an item of Hustle that uses a command word, but as a swift action.