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(double posted by the board) (It seems every post today has been doubled. I get an error message about waiting 30 seconds between posts, but when I re-submit it ends up a duplicate. I'm not even sure why I'm getting the "30 second" message, as I only have one tab open to ENworld.)

This has been an interesting thread. While I've always ruled that any attack rolls required by the spell are part of the somatic components required by the spell itself -- and thus can avoid the AOO by casting defensively -- there can certainly be an argument made that "ranged touch attack" is...

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This has been discussed to death elsewhere on the forum. The result is that there is no consensus as to how the determine the chance. It's up to the GM. I use the size-differential technique as well, using the number of squares occupied by each creature. I used to use the size modifier for...

Agreed. In addition, making an attack with a touch spell is part of the spell casting. Otherwise, you'd have a standard action for casting the spell and an attack action (part of a standard action or full attack action) for making the touch attack. You don't get two standard actions in a...

Yep, I'd allow it too. I started a thread a few weeks ago about an NPC wizard who took a lot of ranks in Bluff and the Improved Feint feat so that he could deny an opponent their Dex bonus (as a move action) and then hit them with a touch spell that was cast from a wand and delivered via...

Thanks! That means for now, the group is full. If one of the new players doesn't work out (I have three news ones so far), I'll bump this post again.

<threadjack> Sorry, this isn't directly related to increasing the DCs of poisons, but it is poison-related. I put together a web page with information on poisons from the SRD and added a few from the BoVD (I think that's where I got them from?). Follow the link and click on poison-pf.html...

The discussion in our group has taken a turn. (First, we're playing Pathfinder and not D&D 3.5, but so far the rules seem the same, except as noted below.) Let's say that we allow a Tiny creature to occupy the same square as a Medium creature, i.e. the Tiny creature can move into and remain in...

Thanks, frankthedm. This has turned out to be a more interesting question than I thought. :) When I changed the number of creatures from 300 to 299 (in relation to a swarm of Tiny creatures) I was trying to show that at some point there must be an arbitrary line drawn that says, "these are...

Thanks. Updated. Well, therein lies the rub, eh? :) Suppose that instead of Tiny, the create was Fine. Would it threaten the entire 5-foot square? If not, why not? Obviously, the grid is a method to clarify positional issues in combat, but it isn't always going to spell out exactly what...

Do Tiny creatures threaten the square they are in? First some situational background, then I'll give some quotes from the SRD (unspecified in the PF Beta, AFAICT). The party's mage sent his celestial viper familiar to attack an opponent. The viper provokes an AOO from entering the opponent's...

Aha! Yes, a very nice summary indeed. Thank you!

<threadjack> Oooo, good idea. You should start a thread about that over at the RPTools forum. :) Of course, any type of import would have to be tailored for the campaign framework you wanted to use. That might be pretty tough. I'll be thinking about this, though... :) </threadjack>

Up and running -- going online I've found some more players. Unfortunately, Gamer_Girl69 has shipped to Iraq (our thoughts and prayers go with you, Girl!). So I have two players who live locally and will be driving to the game, and one player joining us from California (we're in the Tampa Bay...

Proprietary formats are the scourge of the devil. Too bad, this sounded interesting.

Of course, it's best if the code is open source (if not free) since when the developer gets put in an insane asylum (;)) someone else can step into their shoes to keep the application up to date. Those of us here that have used DM Genie are probably familiar by now with how Mad Scientist...

It depends on how you want to rule the summoning circle. A circle is a two-dimensional shape and the marilith is a three-dimensional creature. Is there any reason that she couldn't go up or down? Since she's trapped inside the circle, that implies that she herself was summoned. If that's not...

This is your best choice for a couple of reasons. First, using a bridge doesn't require that the two computers compete for "air time" if they are both doing something network intensive. Second, if you do have wireless interference, you know which component is having the problem. :) Powerline...

The only thing that augmenting does is increase the "+10" so that if your ML is higher than 10, you get to take advantage of it. Your example 11th level psion would therefore get a +11 on their dispel check, not +20. The +20 is the maximum. On a different approach... Do your NPCs scry the...