Planar Shepherd - Astral Plane questions

[smetzger]

Some questions related to a Planar Shepherd with Attuned to the Astral Plane...

1) Most immediate as the character is a level 3 PS... Are there any magical beasts native to the astral plane or astral templates that grant magical beast? what are they?

2) Planar Bubble - Quicken Spell
"Enhanced magic. All spells and spell-like abilities used within the Astral Plane may be employed as if they were improved by the Quicken Spell feat. Already quickened spells and spell-like abilities are unaffected, as are spells from magic items. Spells so quickened are still prepared and cast at their unmodified level. As with the Quicken Spell feat, only one quickened spell can be cast per round."

Says ...may be employed as if improved by the Quicken Spell feat...
Does that mean you can choose too not make a spell a quickened spell. Which is important because... "only one quickened spell can be cast per round" So, if you if you can't choose to not make it quickened, you are still limited to one spell per round.

3) Planar Bubble - directional gravity..so anyone within 20' of that druid would need to use Int for movement?

[Tzardok]

1) Most immediate as the character is a level 3 PS... Are there any magical beasts native to the astral plane or astral templates that grant magical beast? what are they?

None that I know of. The Astral is the most empty transitive plane with regards to native life, and most things living there are outsiders, like the astral stalker or the astral dreadnought.

2) Planar Bubble - Quicken Spell
"Enhanced magic. All spells and spell-like abilities used within the Astral Plane may be employed as if they were improved by the Quicken Spell feat. Already quickened spells and spell-like abilities are unaffected, as are spells from magic items. Spells so quickened are still prepared and cast at their unmodified level. As with the Quicken Spell feat, only one quickened spell can be cast per round."

Says ...may be employed as if improved by the Quicken Spell feat...
Does that mean you can choose too not make a spell a quickened spell. Which is important because... "only one quickened spell can be cast per round" So, if you if you can't choose to not make it quickened, you are still limited to one spell per round.

Apparantly yes.

3) Planar Bubble - directional gravity..so anyone within 20' of that druid would need to use Int for movement?

No, unless your DM uses the 3.0 rules. In the 3.5 version of the Astral there is simply subjective gravity. That means that any intelligent being in the bubble can make a Wis check against DC 16 to change the direction of their gravity. This would propably cause them to fall out of the bubble within the first round of changed gravity, unless the druid falls with them. Mindless things and creatures are simply gravityless.