Simple RAW Thread for 3.5 #37: 3d12+1

[St Fan]

Q174

can a wand be used to craft another wand? assuming the relevant feat.

Specific examples: a sorcerer wanting to craft a wand of mage armor, while not having selected mage armor as one of his spell known. A wizard wanting to craft a wand of mage armor, while not having mage armor in his spellbook

A 174

Yes, the relevant line in the SRD being:

These prerequisites must be met for the item to be created. Most of the time, they take the form of spells that must be known by the item’s creator (although access through another magic item or spellcaster is allowed).

Meaning, you can create magic items even if the prerequisite spell (or spells) comes from another magic item or another spellcaster than the one with the item creation feat (which is the one paying the XP cost).

Addendum: However, using a wand certainly shouldn't allow to create another wand on the cheap; if the spell has a costly material component, or an XP cost, the creation process must still include 50 times this.

[St Fan]

Q 175

A) A character with Improved Trip manages to trip an opponent under a blink spell despite the miss chance. Does the subsequent "free" attack granted by the feat has the same miss chance, or is considered part of the same attack and thus ignore the spell (the miss chance being rolled already)?

B) A character manages to start a grapple against an opponent under a blink spell despite the miss chance. How long exactly is the grapple going to last?

[Bobur]

A 175

Trip can me made in place of an attack. So you roll the miss chance when you try to hit the trip attempt.
Another free attack after that is its own attack and has its own miss chance.

As for Grapple: That question is a classic by now.
Its wonky to say the least. To make it easier I would say that you cant even get a hold of him to begin with. If he is grappled and then casts blink then the grappled condition ends immediately. You could rule that he gets shunned out of the other space and takes some dmg though.

Q176: Sundering -
"If you fail the sunder attempt, you don’t deal any damage. "
Does that mean I have to deal the entire amount of item HP dmg to the weapon, shield and alike in a single attack or else its completely wasted?

[Venger]

A 176 No. It means you have to successfully complete steps 1 and 2 of sundering and beat the opponent's opposed roll. If all that happens, then you deal that much hp damage to the object you're trying to destroy (applying hardness normally). If that's enough to destroy the thing outright, great. If not, then it takes that much damage and you can keep hammering at it. You do not need to destroy the item in one stroke or else your damage vanishes.

[ciopo]

Q177

Is the caster affected by his own antimagic field?

[KillianHawkeye]

A 177

Yes, it affects the entire area.

[ciopo]

Q178

Can a sha'ir select as spell known or generally use spells marked as sorcerer? Such as wings of cover

What about suel arcanamach or sublime chord or any other prestige class whose spell access is worded as sorcerer/wizard?

[Troacctid]

Q178

Can a sha'ir select as spell known or generally use spells marked as sorcerer? Such as wings of cover

What about suel arcanamach or sublime chord or any other prestige class whose spell access is worded as sorcerer/wizard?

No and no.

[Thurbane]

Q 179

Can an SLA fill in for the reqs in item creation, in place of a spell?

[St Fan]

Q 180

A) Apart from the Sun School tactical feat, is there a way to avoid the temporary disorientation (the "you can't take any other actions until your next turn" part) from using a dimension door spell or similar ability (such as the Blink Shirt soulmeld)?

B) If you use said power as a readied action, the "beginning of the next turn", where you can take actions anew, is pushed back to the new initiative count, right?

[ciopo]

A179

Yes, per complete arcane , nonperfect quote "SLA fullfills the prerequisites of being able to cast a specific spell" It is meant for qualifying for PrC and feats, but magic item creation arre prerequisites just the same

[Troacctid]

Q 180

A) Apart from the Sun School tactical feat, is there a way to avoid the temporary disorientation (the "you can't take any other actions until your next turn" part) from using a dimension door spell or similar ability (such as the Blink Shirt soulmeld)?

Cast time stop first.

B) If you use said power as a readied action, the "beginning of the next turn", where you can take actions anew, is pushed back to the new initiative count, right?

Correct.

[ciopo]

Q181

What's the max rank for a cross class skill at 2nd level for a human with able learner, 2 or 3 ?

[Nelfin]

A181

2 (technically 2.5) since able learner does not change the maximum rank of a skill.

[loky1109]

A181 add.
If it was in-class on the 1st level - it's 5.

[St Fan]

Q 179

Can an SLA fill in for the reqs in item creation, in place of a spell?

A179

Yes, per complete arcane , nonperfect quote "SLA fullfills the prerequisites of being able to cast a specific spell" It is meant for qualifying for PrC and feats, but magic item creation arre prerequisites just the same

A 179 addedum
Please note, though, that even if using a SLA to create a magic item, it is unlikely the DM will allow to wave an additional XP cost or expensive component cost if the normal spell requires them.

[AvatarVecna]

Q182

Does the "Fell Frighten" metamagic feat make the spell it modifies into a Mind-Affecting spell?

[Venger]

A182 No, but a target must be susceptible to both fear and MA effects for a fell frighten spell to have any additional effect.

[ciopo]

Q183

Are there minimum caster level to craft stat items such as headbands of intellect +4(+6), other than the default CL 8?

[Troacctid]

Q183

Are there minimum caster level to craft stat items such as headbands of intellect +4(+6), other than the default CL 8?

Only the caster level of 3 that is required to use Craft Wondrous Item.

[St Fan]

Q183

Are there minimum caster level to craft stat items such as headbands of intellect +4(+6), other than the default CL 8?

Only the caster level of 3 that is required to use Craft Wondrous Item.

To clarify: The "caster level" section of a magic item is a measure of the power of the item. It is NOT a minimal level needed by the creator of the item.

This minimum level depends on the needed item creation feat, as mentioned, and on the prerequisite spell (fox's cunning in the case of headband of intellect, thus 3rd level for a wizard or 4th level for a sorcerer).

Some magic items do require a minimum caster level as prerequisite, but again this is independent of the finalized item's caster level. (For example, bracers of armors require a caster level equal to twice their armor bonus; thus the most powerful bracers [+8] would require a 16th level creator, but they're still a CL 7 magic item.)

[ciopo]

Q184

Where (in the DMG?) is said that putting class-restriction or race-restriction reduces the cost of creating a magic item? I'm looking about page 283 of the 3.5 DMG and I can't find mention of that in the section about crafting magic item

[Troacctid]

Q184

Where (in the DMG?) is said that putting class-restriction or race-restriction reduces the cost of creating a magic item? I'm looking about page 283 of the 3.5 DMG and I can't find mention of that in the section about crafting magic item

It doesn't say that at all. The text is on page 282, but it's about inventing new magic items, not crafting existing ones. Any customized magic items are fully under the purview of the DM; by default, players do not have access to those rules, except as described in Magic Item Compendium.

[Dimers]

Q 185

Apologies in advance, I don't own the Rules Compendium so I can't check the wording regarding multiple attacks from a single spell.

I cast snilloc's snowball at CL5. My base attack bonus is +11.
Can I immediately make five ranged touch attacks as part of the same action (thereby exhausting the spell), or three with declining values based on my BAB, or does something limit me to one per round?
When the spell is not yet exhausted, what determines how often I can make melee touch attacks with it?
Let's say I spend a couple turns making melee touch attacks until I K.O. the enemy who was threatening me. Now that it's safe, I want to start throwing the snowballs. What determines the timing and rate-of-fire now that it's not the same turn in which I cast the spell?

[Beni-Kujaku]

A 185

When you first cast the spell, you can immediately make one (melee or ranged) touch attack with it, no touching six (or five) opponents, only allies. The next round, you can either make one more touch attack (standard action), or make a ranged touch attack (standard action), or make a regular melee full attack with your natural weapons or unarmed strike (not targetting touch AC) which will discharge one charge per hit on top of regular damage. No ranged full attack.

[Dimers]

Thanks. Follow-up question (and what I guess I should've asked in the first place):

Q 186

What's the phrasing that allows something like scalding touch to make all its attacks as part of the same action as casting the spell?

[Troacctid]

A 185

When you first cast the spell, you can immediately make one (melee or ranged) touch attack with it, no touching six (or five) opponents, only allies. The next round, you can either make one more touch attack (standard action), or make a ranged touch attack (standard action), or make a regular melee full attack with your natural weapons or unarmed strike (not targetting touch AC) which will discharge one charge per hit on top of regular damage. No ranged full attack.

For Snilloc's snowball, this is incorrect. The snowball is not a held charge and does not behave like one in regards to touching targets.

Thanks. Follow-up question (and what I guess I should've asked in the first place):

Q 186

What's the phrasing that allows something like scalding touch to make all its attacks as part of the same action as casting the spell?

Here it is.

Casting time takes precedence over normal rules for attacks, unless a spell’s description says otherwise. If a spell allows its caster to make multiple attacks and has a casting time of 1 standard action, all those attacks occur during that standard action. The caster uses the highest applicable attack bonus for each attack in such a case.

[Dimers]

Q 187

What does ebon eyes even DO? It seems to contradict itself. And if "see normally in natural and magical darkness" means what it'd mean in natural language, the spell is stronger than the higher-level devil's eye (30' vision) and darkvision (60', black and white only). Is the only mechanical benefit ignoring miss chance in shadowy conditions?

[loky1109]

Q189
Separate rebuke/turn pools, like from Cold domain. How do them work with Divine and Devotion feats? Have we some official RAW answer or only speculations?

UPD: I maybe asked this already. Sorry if it's repeat.

[Troacctid]

Q 187

What does ebon eyes even DO? It seems to contradict itself. And if "see normally in natural and magical darkness" means what it'd mean in natural language, the spell is stronger than the higher-level devil's eye (30' vision) and darkvision (60', black and white only). Is the only mechanical benefit ignoring miss chance in shadowy conditions?

It lets you see normally in natural and magical darkness. However, unlike more powerful effects, it does not allow you to ignore complete darkness—only shadowy illumination.

Q188

Is there any official or semi-official answer as to whether a Psychodermist Occultist qualifies for panoplies if their trophies are integrated into the appropriate item?

I think you want the PF thread.

Q189
Separate rebuke/turn pools, like from Cold domain. How do them work with Divine and Devotion feats? Have we some official RAW answer or only speculations?

UPD: I maybe asked this already. Sorry if it's repeat.

You can only expend turn or rebuke undead uses to power divine/domain feats unless otherwise noted.