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2013-09-22, 02:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Previous editions are Firechanter's, Nedz's, and TuggyNE's. Oh, and the Handbook/Index, if you're into that sort of thing.
Thread number 4 of things Wizard's could have made work if they worded their rules better/ actually paid attention to splats other than they were writing, GO!Last edited by Svata; 2013-09-22 at 02:21 PM.
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2013-09-22, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Tenebrous Apostate requires Turn Undead to get in. It's a Cleric/Binder theurge class. Technically, you don't need the divine side, because Tenebrous grants Turn Undead, and that's the only requirement that comes from Cleric. This isn't even a cross-splatbook problem, it's just plain not paying attention. Oh, and there's no disqualification issue if your pact with Tenebrous ends, because the first level grantd you an eternal pact to Tenebrous.
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2013-09-22, 05:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 02:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Though of course if you use your rebuke undead granted by Tenebrous, some might say you cease to qualify for 5 rounds. Also, using Tenebrous' rebuke would cause problems when you tried to use destroy/empower undead. It requires 2 rebuke attempts, which it's very unclear if Tenebrous' rebuke lets you supply at once. If not, then that's an ability you can't use. If so, then that means you can use Tenebrous' rebuke with divine metamagic and spend an arbitrarily high number of turn attempts to pump a spell up with all sorts of things.
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2013-09-23, 02:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 06:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Those complications are just a symptom of the dysfunction. You shouldn't be able to accidentally the prestige class in the first place.
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2013-09-23, 06:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Not sure, if this was mentioned before but... shadow creatures from shadow conjuration are mentioned to do only 1/5th damage then it says any special abilities that do anything other than lethal damage has a 1/5th chance to work. This means non-lethal damage and ability damage do 1/5th damage and have an 80% chance of not working. It's also possible (probably) for disbelieving to increase the conjuration's defence if it's dexterity is in the negative modifier range
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2013-09-23, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Sort of got lost in the mishmash last thread, but:
You can fight with two weapons with no penalties without the TWF feat. You only take the penalties for TWFing when you gain extra attacks from wielding two weapons. BUT you still take penalties for wielding a weapon in your off-hand, despite handedness not being a thing.
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2013-09-23, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Don't dig yourself into the morass that is gaining and losing pre-reqs for prestige classes. It never makes sense except in the absolute simplest cases, like losing an alignment. It's always wierd, and people like to bring it up cause it seems strange and attractively odd.Jace the Mind-Avatar by Death by DM.
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2013-09-23, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Having zero uses of an ability is not the same thing as not having an ability. You can still use Turn Undead when you are out of daily uses: you just need to rest for a while before you can. Not having the ability, however: no amount of rest will allow you to recover the ability.
Mathematically, it's the difference between 0 and .Wiki - Q&A - FB - LIn - Tw
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2013-09-23, 11:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' Actually it's worse than that.
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2013-09-23, 11:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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According to the RotG games articles, you can redesignate your handedness once per round.
Off Hand, Off-Hand Weapon: When attacking with two weapons, the character must designate one of his hands as his off hand; the weapon held in that hand is treated as his off-hand weapon. The game rules dont really care about whether youre right-handed or left-handed, and its even OK to change your off hand designation from one round to the next.Wiki - Q&A - FB - LIn - Tw
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2013-09-23, 11:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 02:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 03:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' Actually it's worse than that.
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2013-09-23, 03:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-09-23, 05:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' Actually it's worse than that.
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2013-09-23, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
We can't pick and choose on articles. Either WotC-site articles aren't RAW (which means no footsteps of the divine, psychic rogue, psychic assassin, Zceryll, etc.), or they are (and we use RotG articles).
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2013-09-23, 05:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sure we can. Articles which provide new content are the rules for that content. The Rules of the Game articles, though, are just interpretations of the existing rules, and are no more authoritative than (and usually less reliable than) the Simple Q&A thread here.
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2013-09-23, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Those articles, though, are actual RAI. I think that's very valuable.
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2013-09-23, 11:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think there may be a dysfunction with some classes that present abilities as SLAs when they don't specify which spell they mimic. The problem is, I can't tell you what the DC is to cast them defensively. I'm not sure there's a rule for it. It could just be my searching has failed me.
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2013-09-24, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thrall of Orcus' death touch, which is actually what brought this up. I took the fact that nobody answered it to mean that there wasn't one, but it could be tucked away somewhere.
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2013-09-24, 02:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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There's a general rule when that happens, it starts with wizard/sorcerer, but I can't remember where it is, or what the order is.
EDIT: Here it is
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EDIT 3: According to Skip Williams in his article All About Spell-like Abilities you find a spell similar to the effect and use that for the level.Last edited by The Random NPC; 2013-09-24 at 02:18 PM.
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2013-09-24, 11:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
I may be a bit premature in posting this here, but someone asked an interesting question about spellguard rings from Complete Mage. The rings work as a pair, the caster wears one and someone else wears another. It is a free action for the caster to activate it. The bearer of the other ring is immune to spells the caster casts for the next round. the caster can activate the rings three times per day.
The weird part comes in when the other guy is immune to spells like solid fog or grease. This is probably best turned into infinite spell resistance, like what golems have. Immunity to spells just gets weird.Extended signature (Includes Giantitp regulars as... links, avatar showcase, homebrew, and other stuff.)
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2013-09-25, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Dysfunctional Rules IV- It's like a sandwich made of RAW failure!
Already covered by the definition of spell immunity; essentially, you can't become immune to SR:no spells. SRD quote:
Spell Immunity
A creature with spell immunity avoids the effects of spells and spell-like abilities that directly affect it. This works exactly like spell resistance, except that it cannot be overcome. Sometimes spell immunity is conditional or applies to only spells of a certain kind or level. Spells that do not allow spell resistance are not affected by spell immunity.
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2013-09-25, 12:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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That article is also in direct contradiction of RAW. He uses the Paladin's special mount as an example, saying it's basically the 1st level spell mount. First of all, this is very much wrong, a paladin's mount is much stronger, probably closer to Phantom Steed. Second of all, the Paladin's mount spell-like actually has a defined spell level :
"This ability is the equivalent of a spell of a level equal to one-third the paladins level."
Not to say what the article is saying is wrong, it's good advice, that implementation was just bad. I found this out while trying to figure out what level to treat the Spell-like abilities of an Acolyte of the Ego.Last edited by Harrow; 2013-09-25 at 12:09 AM.
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2013-09-25, 12:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah that is how it should work, but it doesn't say it confers spell immunity. It says:
When the rings are activated, the wearer of the bronze ring becomes immune to any spell cast by the wearer of the gold ring, as long as that spell is cast within 1 round.Extended signature (Includes Giantitp regulars as... links, avatar showcase, homebrew, and other stuff.)
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