I'd definitely let a set of masterwork clothing count as armor for the purpose of enchanting it, both with armor enhancement bonuses, and additional augmentations such as Shadow and Silent Moves.
Look to the Magic Vestment spell if you need an official precedent.
Like the frog, I also see it come up quite often. Slopes, tables, countertops, stairs, big rocks, logs, wagons, etc.
Any battlefield is made more awesome by having interesting crap strewn around it to offter tactical opportunities.
Well, in that case I'd actually have to go with you keep the bonus for the full minute.
Take your swift action, apply the bonus. Bonus lasts a minute. Each round you get to choose where it applies.
The wording sounds sloppy, I'll admit.
The idea seems that you basically have a Bonus Chit...
Don't have the book, so I can only extrapolate based on what you've posted.
Until your next action, 1 minute duration: So, it triggers when you next do something, provided that you do something within the next minute.
So it's not "on your next turn" it's "the next time you perform an action...
You wouldn't be able to load the boats in time if you had to retreat because the walls had been breached.
They'd be a good option if you know the other shoe is about to drop, but a really poor one if it's already falling.
Re: the Efreet chain -
Don't forget that you need to get a Lawful Evil candle and you have to make sure to specify that you have the genie create an identical Lawful Evil candle, or the plan gets shot to hell.
In my current (FR) game, it's a toss-up.
The Seed. Back in the days of the Calim Empire there was a wizard named Akem. Akem was closely allied with the house of Calim, and founded a great library to serve as a repository for knowledge from all corners of the Empire. In time a great city...
It's also important to note for those people running away to the 'safety' of the boats...
...there arn't any boats left at this point. They're gone. Those soldiers running away are running away to nothing.
So essentially the argument boils down to this - correct me if I'm wrong -
(Pro-HiPS)
True Seeing doesn't automatically detect someone who is simply hiding. Hide In Plain Sight is a function of the hide skill, therefore True Seeing does not automatically detect someone hidden in plain sight...
Then by all means don't buy it.
I imagine that if sales of monster books drops off enough due to a broad lack of interest, they will stop making them.
The problem is that the 'do we NEED another monster book' argument also gets applied to ... pretty much everything else. Do we NEED another...
Another option could be that given that the item turns the wearer into a particular, unique form (Clark Kent instead of Any Human) how about there being no disguise check involved? Can't see thru the disguise as it's essentially flawless.
Only does one thing, but it does it very well.