Subtle Rule Changes

[Twowolves]

If acid also by-passes Troll regeneration, Melf's Acid Arrow just got a lot handier.

Or the Conjuration specialist's Acid Dart ability.

If only Energy Substitution were an official Pathfinder feat, you could Ray of Frost (sub fire) all day long.

 

[an_idol_mind]

If only Energy Substitution were an official Pathfinder feat, you could Ray of Frost (sub fire) all day long.

Energy Substitution isn't an official Pathfinder feat, but a sorcerer with an elemental bloodline can pull that stunt from 1st level on.

 

[Xaaon]

Rangers get Medium Armor Proficiency again .

Mithril Full plate counts as medium armor, but you still need Heavy armor prof.

Elven Curved Blade changed since Beta. (and isn't a giant kukri any more.)

Magic item creation is a crafting check now.

Dancing items changed

Dancing
As a standard action, a dancing weapon can be loosed to attack on its own. It fights for 4 rounds using the base attack bonus of the one who loosed it and then drops. While dancing, it cannot make attacks of opportunity, and the person who activated it is not considered armed with the weapon. The weapon is considered wielded or attended by the creature for all maneuvers and effects that target items. While dancing, the weapon shares the same space as the activating character and can attack adjacent foes (weapons with reach can attack opponents up to 10 feet away). The dancing weapon accompanies the person who activated it everywhere, whether she moves by physical or magical means. If the wielder who loosed it has an unoccupied hand, she can grasp it while it is attacking on its own as a free action; when so retrieved, the weapon can't dance (attack on its own) again for 4 rounds.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

There is no in game difference between taking one round to light a torch with prestidigitation and taking one round to light a torch with flint and steel. But even way back in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, the very best weapon a low level party could use against trolls was torches and branches pulled from the campfire. Unless you were an archer with a bow. Then the best weapon was to tie flaming rags to your arrows and use those.

And trolls aside, casters in the know always have prestidigitation memorized. Its one of the most useful of the cantrips.

I mentioned Prestidigitation because it'd just be a standard action to light, without needing additional actions to start the fire. Aside from drawing the flint and steel, a PC would need longer to start a fire with it. Either way works, though. Or a tindertwig.

If only Energy Substitution were an official Pathfinder feat, you could Ray of Frost (sub fire) all day long.

Why wouldn't acid splash work?

 

[noretoc]

Things I've noticed ...

Protection from Evil cast on someone currently charmed or dominated doesn't automatically negate the effect, it allows a new save at +2.

Mind you, that won't stop item creation characters in my campaign from creating rings of protection from evil, I would imagine. Still a very handy effect...

And if the character makes the save, it is not gone, only surpressed during the time the protection is there.

 

[Twowolves]

Why wouldn't acid splash work?

It would, but in my years of DMing I nver saw anyone actually cast Acid Splash, so I forgot about it. I guess with the at-will cantrips rule, I should start paying attention again. That and sneak attack working with those spells (1d3 acid, 5d6 sneak attack, it's like a breakfast grapefruit eye-squirt on steroids!).

 

[Gnome]

Mithral weapons count as silver for purposes of overcoming damage reduction. This one I like, as it gives a good reason for mithral weapons to exist.

 

[NewJeffCT]

Hmmm, makes stabilizing much easier overall.

Paladin's bonded mount is a real mount again, not something to be put back in the Pokeball when it becomes an inconvenience. The Paladin can call the mount to his side as a full round action though, so some of the 3.5 convenience stuck around possibly allowing for some loot transporting shenanigans.

Actually like the new stabilization rule. Back in 1E and 2E, we just played you automatically stabilized a fallen companion as soon as you got to his square. 3E was much tougher, but this seems to be somewhere in between.

 

[NewJeffCT]

It would, but in my years of DMing I nver saw anyone actually cast Acid Splash, so I forgot about it. I guess with the at-will cantrips rule, I should start paying attention again. That and sneak attack working with those spells (1d3 acid, 5d6 sneak attack, it's like a breakfast grapefruit eye-squirt on steroids!).

My 3.5 campaign is going on 2 years old now (likely will switch to Pathfinder when done) and our party sorcerer actually ended up using Acid Splash fairly often at lower levels - especially when he ran out of spells.

 

[Starbuck_II]

Mithral weapons count as silver for purposes of overcoming damage reduction. This one I like, as it gives a good reason for mithral weapons to exist.

Wait, why would you use silver then if Mithral works just as well?