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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5984961" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Issue 288: October 2001</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 6/7</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sage advice: Can you stack soulknife and rogue sneak attack bonuses (yes)</p><p></p><p>When do soulknifes get imbed power and mind blade (2nd level)</p><p></p><p>How does embedding psionic attacks work? (exactly as it would normally)</p><p></p><p>What effect do sever life and knife to the soul have on nonpsionic creatures (Stunning. Meh.)</p><p></p><p>How does the ability bonus from animal affinity interact with the stacking rules. (It changes your base score. Other bonuses apply to that base normally.)</p><p></p><p>Can savants find and disable magic traps (Depends on your cosmological underpinnings ) </p><p></p><p>Do maximized creatures get max hit points (no)</p><p></p><p>How does body feeder work. Does it stack (It stacks with itself, but nothing else, I'm afraid.)</p><p></p><p>What psionic items require psionics to use (Ones that give points, or require you to give mental commands. No know, no show.)</p><p></p><p>How much info does druids nature sense give. Do fungi, oozes, etc count as plants. (About as much as an encyclopedia entry. No)</p><p></p><p>Can you detect evil on characters as well as creatures. (The words are interchangable. You are drawing distinctions that do not exist. )</p><p></p><p>What's mental control ( Duh. Charms and ongoing compulsions.)</p><p></p><p>Will protection from evil block mind affecting spells from other schools (no.)</p><p></p><p>Can paladins and rangers use wands of cure light wounds (yes, but not for the reason you think. Metaphysics strikes again! )</p><p></p><p>Can you memorize metamagic enhanced domain spells (Yes. Skip apologizes for the implication it is otherwise.)</p><p></p><p>What does red wizard's enhanced specialization do (See the rest of the prestige class)</p><p></p><p>If you're a multiclassed archmage, can you use the powers with both spellcasting classes (Yes. Good luck getting that high without being seriously suboptimal.)</p><p></p><p>What are the rules for clerics in the forgotten realms (Remember the one step rule. That's all folks. )</p><p></p><p>Do FR characters get all the stuff in their entries, or do they have to choose (Read the descriptions. Ed's stuff is generally pretty self-explanatory.)</p><p></p><p> Can you have multiple persistent spells up (yes)</p><p></p><p>Can you make touch spells persistent (no)</p><p></p><p>Can wizards benefit from the bloodline of fire (No. Only sorcerers. You have not grasped what bloodlines mean in 3rd ed. You'll get plenty more chances afore it's out. ) </p><p></p><p>Does thunder twin really boost all your charisma based skills (yes. Looks like FR is as munchkin friendly as ever. )</p><p></p><p>What are the benefits for having an underdark region origin. (None. Does not compute. Your depth above or below ground is irrelevant in region selection.)</p><p></p><p>How long does it take to trigger a rune (A standard action. Trigger and run.)</p><p></p><p>Are the planes in the FR book the real ones? What happened to the old cosmology. ( There is no longer one true cosmology. This is the FR cosmology and always has been. Pay no attention to where this makes the old books make no sense at all. If you don't like this one, another one'll be along in a few years to always have been, making even less sense. )</p><p></p><p>Where is the equator on torill ( In the ocean between the continent maps.)</p><p></p><p>Are the map scales right (No)</p><p></p><p>Is the riding lizard's carrying capacity right. (No. What?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5984961, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Issue 288: October 2001[/U][/B] part 6/7 Sage advice: Can you stack soulknife and rogue sneak attack bonuses (yes) When do soulknifes get imbed power and mind blade (2nd level) How does embedding psionic attacks work? (exactly as it would normally) What effect do sever life and knife to the soul have on nonpsionic creatures (Stunning. Meh.) How does the ability bonus from animal affinity interact with the stacking rules. (It changes your base score. Other bonuses apply to that base normally.) Can savants find and disable magic traps (Depends on your cosmological underpinnings ) Do maximized creatures get max hit points (no) How does body feeder work. Does it stack (It stacks with itself, but nothing else, I'm afraid.) What psionic items require psionics to use (Ones that give points, or require you to give mental commands. No know, no show.) How much info does druids nature sense give. Do fungi, oozes, etc count as plants. (About as much as an encyclopedia entry. No) Can you detect evil on characters as well as creatures. (The words are interchangable. You are drawing distinctions that do not exist. ) What's mental control ( Duh. Charms and ongoing compulsions.) Will protection from evil block mind affecting spells from other schools (no.) Can paladins and rangers use wands of cure light wounds (yes, but not for the reason you think. Metaphysics strikes again! ) Can you memorize metamagic enhanced domain spells (Yes. Skip apologizes for the implication it is otherwise.) What does red wizard's enhanced specialization do (See the rest of the prestige class) If you're a multiclassed archmage, can you use the powers with both spellcasting classes (Yes. Good luck getting that high without being seriously suboptimal.) What are the rules for clerics in the forgotten realms (Remember the one step rule. That's all folks. ) Do FR characters get all the stuff in their entries, or do they have to choose (Read the descriptions. Ed's stuff is generally pretty self-explanatory.) Can you have multiple persistent spells up (yes) Can you make touch spells persistent (no) Can wizards benefit from the bloodline of fire (No. Only sorcerers. You have not grasped what bloodlines mean in 3rd ed. You'll get plenty more chances afore it's out. ) Does thunder twin really boost all your charisma based skills (yes. Looks like FR is as munchkin friendly as ever. ) What are the benefits for having an underdark region origin. (None. Does not compute. Your depth above or below ground is irrelevant in region selection.) How long does it take to trigger a rune (A standard action. Trigger and run.) Are the planes in the FR book the real ones? What happened to the old cosmology. ( There is no longer one true cosmology. This is the FR cosmology and always has been. Pay no attention to where this makes the old books make no sense at all. If you don't like this one, another one'll be along in a few years to always have been, making even less sense. ) Where is the equator on torill ( In the ocean between the continent maps.) Are the map scales right (No) Is the riding lizard's carrying capacity right. (No. What?) [/QUOTE]
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