Simple RAW Thread for 3.5 #36: The Triple Dozen

[Elves]

Q 213

What effects are there to let a concentration-duration spell continue after you stop concentrating on it?

[Troacctid]

Q 213

What effects are there to let a concentration-duration spell continue after you stop concentrating on it?

This is really more of a crowdsource research question than a simple RAW question, but try Familiar Concentration from Lost Empires of Faerun.

[Kaleph]

A 213

I guess that sonorous hum could be helpful.

[Bobur]

Q214:
How does the Use magic device skill work when you try to cast from a scroll as a rogue?
Do you make 1 roll to decipher the spell and 1 to cast the spell and its done or do you need multiple rolls for all the other stuff regarding scrolls (ability score, CL...)?

Q215:
Again on the use magic device skill:
What is "activate blindly" supposed to mean? can I activate a scroll without deciphering it? Or is this meant for Wands and other items that haven't been identified yet?

Thanks

[Debatra]

Q 216

Does the minimum damage for a hit take magic enhancements into account?

For example, a person with 1 Str will deal 1d4-5 damage with a nonmagical dagger, minimum (and maximum) of 1. If it's a +1 dagger, does the extra +1 apply before or after this minimum? Will that same person deal 1 or 2 damage?

[St Fan]

Q 216

Does the minimum damage for a hit take magic enhancements into account?

For example, a person with 1 Str will deal 1d4-5 damage with a nonmagical dagger, minimum (and maximum) of 1. If it's a +1 dagger, does the extra +1 apply before or after this minimum? Will that same person deal 1 or 2 damage?

A 216
Bonuses and maluses, whatever their origins (including magic enhancement), are all calculated together before the roll. In the above case, it results in 1d4-4 damage, thus still minimum and maximum of 1. The only thing that applies after the damage roll is damage reduction.

[Elves]

Q 217

If I take the ranger's Solitary Hunting ACF, would it apply to favored enemies gained from other classes?

[Troacctid]

Q 217

If I take the ranger's Solitary Hunting ACF, would it apply to favored enemies gained from other classes?

It depends on how you interpret the ability.

[Arkhios]

Q218
Is net a one-handed or two-handed weapon?

[nedz]

Q219

Can I make trip attacks with the Whirling Blade spell [SpC p238] ?

How would Improved Trip interact with this ?

[Troacctid]

Q219

Can I make trip attacks with the Whirling Blade spell [SpC p238] ?

How would Improved Trip interact with this ?

No. You make normal melee attacks to deal damage. However, if you had something like the Knock-Down feat, you might be able to trigger a trip attempt as a result of the normal attack.

[H_H_F_F]

Q219

Can I make trip attacks with the Whirling Blade spell [SpC p238] ?

How would Improved Trip interact with this ?

A219

The spell explicitly say "you make a normal melee attack. So you can't, I believe.

[nedz]

OK - thanks.

That's was what I thought also - I just wanted another view.

[Maat Mons]

Q220:

Which of the following can I create with Psionic Minor Creation?

• peanutbutter
• tofu
• mashed potatoes
• the world's largest baked potato
• vegan cherry pie
• chocolate
• apple juice
• wine
• cooked corn on the cob
• saffron
• almond milk
• tea leaves
• tea
• a hemp sack full of flour

What happens when I eat it?

[St Fan]

Q220:

Which of the following can I create with Psionic Minor Creation?

• peanutbutter
• tofu
• mashed potatoes
• the world's largest baked potato
• vegan cherry pie
• chocolate
• apple juice
• wine
• cooked corn on the cob
• saffron
• almond milk
• tea leaves
• tea
• a hemp sack full of flour

What happens when I eat it?

A 220
About all the things you mentioned, although the most complex confections will require an appropriate skill check (mostly Profession[cook], except maybe Profession[winegrower] for wine, profession [miller] for flour, profession[chocolatier], etc.). With the psionic version, you don't even need a sample as material component.

(One caveat: although you can produce already-cooked things, I doubt it is possible for the power to create heat, hence they would be cold. No boiling tea to toss at someone. Also salt-free, since salt is a mineral.)

When you eat them, they probably taste as good as the real things (depending on the skill check and the DM's whim) and will give a sensation of fullness too. However, since whatever you created cease to exist after a few hours, none of these will provide any real nourishment long-term.

PS: I realized, the foodstuff is still real for these few hours, so it could still trigger food allergies, or hyperglycemia in the meantime.

[St Fan]

Q 221

About the subject of a sepia snake sigil:

If the target fails its save, it is engulfed in a shimmering amber field of force and immobilized until released, either at your command or when 1d4 days + one day per caster level have elapsed.

While trapped in the amber field of force, the subject does not age, breathe, grow hungry, sleep, or regain spells. It is preserved in a state of suspended animation, unaware of its surroundings. It can be damaged by outside forces (and perhaps even killed), since the field provides no protection against physical injury.

A) Can the target be moved around despite the "shimmering amber field of force"?

B) Since the victim can be wounded, can she also be divested of some carried items?

[Happyfeet]

Q1 For a bard/dervish, while in the Dervish Dance could I still use bardic music abilities or cast? It doesn't seem to say I can't, but this feels like the kinda thing I'd easily miss

[H_H_F_F]

Q1 For a bard/dervish, while in the Dervish Dance could I still use bardic music abilities or cast? It doesn't seem to say I can't, but this feels like the kinda thing I'd easily miss

A 222

You can't use any skills or abilities which require concentration, so no spell casting, but you can explicitly use bardic music - it is specifically called out as an exception.

(Psst, by the way, we're counting total Qs for the thread, not personal number of Qs.)

[Maat Mons]

Q223:

Are all nightmares female, or is that just a name?

[Troacctid]

Q223:

Are all nightmares female, or is that just a name?

This is more of a lore question than a RAW question, but yes, it is just a name. Lore-wise, a nightmare is a corrupted pegasus, and can have any gender that a pegasus can have.

[Arkhios]

Q218
Is net a one-handed or two-handed weapon?

Bump 10letters

[Troacctid]

Q 221

About the subject of a sepia snake sigil:



A) Can the target be moved around despite the "shimmering amber field of force"?

B) Since the victim can be wounded, can she also be divested of some carried items?

DM discretion.

Q218
Is net a one-handed or two-handed weapon?

No.

[Arkhios]

No.

What the fudge? The question was whether net is "one-handed" or "two-handed"?

Does net require one or two hands to use? The rules seem unclear on this and I thought someone might shed some more light on this, with perhaps having the knowledge of an earlier discussion that I am unaware of.

I can assure you I wasn't trolling or anything. I'm dead serious.

[H_H_F_F]

Q 224

The arcane disciple feat (complete divine) requires "alignement matches you deity's alignment". Does that mean the same alignment, or the same range of alignments a cleric of said deity could have?

P.S: I, too, would like to know how many hands does throwing a net require.

[hamishspence]

Q 224

The arcane disciple feat (complete divine) requires "alignement matches you deity's alignment". Does that mean the same alignment, or the same range of alignments a cleric of said deity could have?

P.S: I, too, would like to know how many hands does throwing a net require.

In 3.0, all weapons were thrown one-handed. Even weapons that were two-handed in melee, were one-handed at range. And took longer to throw - a full round action instead of a standard action - page 97, 3.0 PHB. Since the Net was Medium rather than Large, it took a standard action instead of a full round action to throw - which makes it the equivalent of a one-handed melee weapon.

3.5, however, removes all the "It is automatically thrown one-handed even if it's a two-handed weapon" text (But keeps "two handed weapons are more time consuming to throw").

However, if you extrapolate forward from 3.0, it's reasonable to conjecture that like in 3.0, nets are the equivalent of "Medium thrown weapons" which is "One-handed thrown weapons".

And to have them take a standard action, instead of a full-round action, to throw.


As for A 224 - I'd say "matches deity's alignment" is supposed to be taken literally. If they meant "within one step" they would have said so.

[St Fan]

Q 225

For the Deepwarden prestige class:

Stone Warden (Ex): Beginning at 2nd level, a deepwarden knows how to use his strengths to compensate for his weaknesses. He adds his Constitution bonus to AC instead of his Dexterity, if the character's Constitution bonus is higher. The deepwarden loses this bonus to his Armor Class whenever he would normally be denied his Dexterity bonus to AC. In such a situation, the deepwarden would still be considered flat-footed.

Does a 2nd(or higher)-level Deepwarden sees this Constitution bonus to AC also caped by the "Maximum Dex Bonus" of armors when wearing one?

[hamishspence]

A 225: I'd go with yes.


I see "wearing armour with a Dex Bonus cap lower than your actual Dex bonus" as "denying you your Dex bonus to AC" but on a small scale - not denying it completely, but denying some of it.

As such, Con Bonus to AC should have the same cap - you have your Dex bonus partially denied, so you get your Con bonus "partially denied".

[H_H_F_F]

Q 226

What's the interaction between feats and abilities that reduce metamagic costs to a minimum of +1 and those that reduce to a minimum of +0? Do you get to apply them in beneficiary order?

For example, could an epic caster take improved metamagic 3 times and practical metamagic: quicken spell once, and thereafter quicken all of their spells for free?

[King of Nowhere]

Q227:if you use a magic ranged weapon as an improvised blunt instrument - like, trying to bash people with a crossbow - can you apply the enhancement bonus? or does it apply only if you use the weapon the way it's supposed to be used? is there even anything about this in the rules?

[Troacctid]

Q227:if you use a magic ranged weapon as an improvised blunt instrument - like, trying to bash people with a crossbow - can you apply the enhancement bonus? or does it apply only if you use the weapon the way it's supposed to be used? is there even anything about this in the rules?

If a weapon (or armor, or shield) has multiple modes, enhancements are applied separately to each mode. Your crossbow's enhancement bonus applies only to its use as a crossbow.