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The two spells I'm thinking of (Summon Swarm and Insect Plague) don't let you direct the swarms.

I used control water last night to overflow a fountain so I could see the hellcats' footprints. "Only one round and only one creature and keep some of your miss chance" is pretty discrete. I could call it summon swarm that poorly duplicates faerie fire for a round.

The XP links aren't working right now but good point about the obscuring effect of larger swarms and I think the 20% conceal is what I'll go with now.

It would seem that covering an invisible creature with a swarm of spiders would tend to outline its form quite clearly while it was in the square. Should Summon Swarm work as an immobile Faerie Fire? How about a swarm of bats or locusts, where the form would not be as clear? And swarms are good...

I think some part of my confusion was on whether area effects work through walls. The other part was the difference between spells that work through walls, and spells that can be cast through walls. I had been confused about a lot of spells, like misdirection, where I was like "so do you and...

The impetus for this question was a faithful hound in Castle Whiterock, which the designer put inside the door so it would bite the first person through, instead of outside where it could see what was going on. The text implied the hound would function as normal. With Alarm, I guess it was all...

I know that spreads work around walls, though not through them, but bursts and emanations don't. And walls block line of effect when you initially cast a spell, but your grease and summons don't go away if you go behind a wall later. Can Mage's Faithful Hound see you through a closed door? It...

So what you're saying is that means That seems like a correct interpretation. I was making a mental analogy to Meld Into Stone, but not all walls are that thick. But that's a really big deal! I mean, basically no house, door, fence, ship, or inn has any protection against fifth-level wizards...

Blink: The question is, does shunting end your movement. If it doesn't, then if you are standing next to a wall with 30 feet of movement, you can try moving through it five times, saving five feet of movement to step to the other side. The chance you fail all five times is only 1/32, leaving...

I check the Pathfinder forums a couple times a week but rarely find any interesting questions. So this column provided a bonus service to me in that it found some interesting questions I'd missed. @Viktyr, you make a good point about the readying costing you your full attack, though I guess...

Oh, I think your readying house rule is a bad idea. Why would anyone ever take an action on their turn, when they can take it on the opponent's turn and possibly disrupt something? Readying versus a caster is a risk-vs-reward decision now, because they might not cast. You'd turn it into all upside.

All the answers are good, but all together it's just too long. So go weekly or just take fewer questions.

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This works fine if you're spending 20 levels by the Village of Hommlet, but it's useless in the more mobile campaigns that I am used to. I can't imagine wasting my skill points on a succession of knowledge (Elftown), knowledge (Dwarfville), knowledge (Capital City). Perhaps the best thing to do...

You know what, I should have known that from the Knowledge skill, but I had summarized it as identifying "NPCs." Thanks. The people I started playing with said Knowledge (local) was limited to your starting area. My own house rules say, "Knowledge (local) is basically skill at gossip. It will...

Should knowledge (nature) work on regular humanoids as well as monstrous, say if you want to identify a drow's spell-like abilities? Probably a dumb question since humanoids are pretty weak. Do you let any knowledge skill hint at a humanoid's class levels?

Hm, Enworld stopped notifying me of new posts in this thread. Among times when I've wanted to use wild shape for healing without taking two standards are when I'm hiding inside a tree with tree stride and when I'm flying around as an eagle. I don't think it would work when I'm dying, unless I'm...

I'd bring him in at +1 APL. Recruitment is hard and the barriers to learning D&D are very hard. He's going to make a lot of poor character build and play choices, and he needs an extra level to compensate for that. Your goal is for him to feel like he shines at least once in a session and all...

Thanks for answering... (xp not working again) I got a different reply on Reddit that helped me see the other point of view, though. You can look at it like this: Wild Shape lets you change from a human to an animal and back. Not from an animal to an animal and back. You might ask, what happens...

That's my question... don't wanna have to go human and back.