A few questions about magic items, the soulknife, and polymorph

[Ormraxes]

A friend of mine wants to know if he can make a Shirt of Natural Armor without paying the 50% extra body slot affinity cost. He also wants to make a Belt of Health without this extra cost. There's probably no definite ruling on this, but would you allow a player in your campaign to do it?

I'm guessing the Soulknife Throw Mind Blade ability takes a standard action to use, and the Multiple Throw is a full-round action. Is this correct?

Can a psionic creature use the Concentration skill defensively (DC 15) to Gain Psionic Focus with the Concentration skill (DC 20), so as to avoid the attack of opportunity Gain Psionic Focus normally provokes?

And finally, another friend of mine plays a druid who Wild Shapes into a large animal, and then casts Animal Growth to become huge. Am I right in thinking the multiple magical size rule prevents my wizard from mimicking this by using Enlarge Person to become a large humanoid and then Polymorph to become a huge creature?

 

[Ormraxes]

Oh, by the way. Can a monster forego its claw/claw/bite routine and make iterative attacks with only one of these attacks at -5/-10 and so on?

 

[sledged]

And finally, another friend of mine plays a druid who Wild Shapes into a large animal, and then casts Animal Growth to become huge. Am I right in thinking the multiple magical size rule prevents my wizard from mimicking this by using Enlarge Person to become a large humanoid and then Polymorph to become a huge creature?

Enlarge Person only works on humanoids, so the spell ends (or is surpressed) when your type changes from humanoid.

Oh, by the way. Can a monster forego its claw/claw/bite routine and make iterative attacks with only one of these attacks at -5/-10 and so on?

"Creatures do not receive additional attacks from a high base attack bonus when using natural weapons"

- MM, page 312, first column, under "Natural Weapons"
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I think the rules for grappling might have an exception to this rule, but I don't know for sure.

 

[Iku Rex]

A friend of mine wants to know if he can make a Shirt of Natural Armor without paying the 50% extra body slot affinity cost. He also wants to make a Belt of Health without this extra cost. There's probably no definite ruling on this, but would you allow a player in your campaign to do it?

Sure. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. (It even fits the guidelines in the DMG - both are "physical improvement" slots.)

Oh, by the way. Can a monster forego its claw/claw/bite routine and make iterative attacks with only one of these attacks at -5/-10 and so on?

No.

 

[youspoonybard]

What about Shillelagh, then?

Once the spell is cast on a valid target, it doesn't seem to care what the target turns into.

 

[sledged]

What about Shillelagh, then?

Once the spell is cast on a valid target, it doesn't seem to care what the target turns into.

If polymorph any object is used to tranform the base nonmagical oak club/quaterstaff into anything other than another club/quaterstaff of some sort (e.g. a bowl of haggis), it loses its enchantment.

Off topic: I love the example in Polymorph Any Object of "sheep to wool coat" and its duration of 2 days. What a great idea for a practical joke.

 

[Scion]

I'm guessing the Soulknife Throw Mind Blade ability takes a standard action to use, and the Multiple Throw is a full-round action. Is this correct?

Multiple throw takes whatever action it would take to throw multiple mindblades. So as a full attack action that would take the normal full attack action to use it If he has some other special ability then perhaps he could get more as a different action type.

Can a psionic creature use the Concentration skill defensively (DC 15) to Gain Psionic Focus with the Concentration skill (DC 20), so as to avoid the attack of opportunity Gain Psionic Focus normally provokes?

yep

And finally, another friend of mine plays a druid who Wild Shapes into a large animal, and then casts Animal Growth to become huge. Am I right in thinking the multiple magical size rule prevents my wizard from mimicking this by using Enlarge Person to become a large humanoid and then Polymorph to become a huge creature?

This is not a multiple size stacking problem (polymorph is not a magic that changes your size, you simply become a new creature whose size may or may not be different than your last form, but it doesnt matter ).

The wildshape + animal growth definately works.

The enlarge person then polymorph looks like it would work. At the time it is cast you are a valid target to become huge, it doesnt matter if afterwards you are no longer a valid target for such (see Shillelagh for an example of why this must be true).

If someone knows why that wouldnt work I'd like to see why.

 

[cantrip]

If someone knows why that wouldnt work I'd like to see why.

Assuming Polymorph doesn't remove the upper size limit, it wouldn't work because Alter self has the line

The new form must be within one size category of your normal size.

Otherwise I don't have a problem with the logic.

edit: And according to Rules of the Game there's no need for Enlarge Person ...

The assumed form's size can be anything from Fine to Colossal.

-cantrip