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<blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 5447549" data-attributes="member: 25696"><p>Maybe I'm reading it wrong, or I missed something, but unless I'm mistaken the Cataclysm of Flesh of the Cataclysm mage allows you to severely incapacitate your opponents<em> at will :</em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px">[sblock=Cataclysm of Flesh (Sp)]<span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">At 3rd level, you complete </span><span style="font-size: 10px">your study of the daelkyr-Dhakaani confl ct, gaining </span><span style="font-size: 10px">the ability to tear a hole in the fabric of the planes </span><span style="font-size: 10px">and let the madness of Xoriat corrupt all it touches.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This ability has a range of 25 feet + 5 feet per class </span><span style="font-size: 10px">level, and a duration of 1 round per class level. All </span><span style="font-size: 10px">creatures within a 20-foot radius of the affect’s center </span><span style="font-size: 10px">must succeed on a Refl ex save (DC 14 + your Int modifi</span></span><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">er) or be touched by the lemon rains and mindless </span><span style="font-size: 10px">star-worms of the Realm of Madness, forced to endure </span><span style="font-size: 10px">as their own fl esh melts away and rains upward to </span><span style="font-size: 10px">patter on the ceiling as they deliquesce.</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">An affected creature cannot hold or use any item </span><span style="font-size: 10px">(including clothing, armor, magic items, and so on).</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It can ooze forward with gelatinous pseudopods at a </span><span style="font-size: 10px">speed of 10 feet. If it normally has movement modes </span><span style="font-size: 10px">other than land speed, those modes are reduced by 30 </span><span style="font-size: 10px">feet (with a speed of 0 or less meaning that the creature </span></span><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">has lost that movement mode until it regains its </span><span style="font-size: 10px">normal form).</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Pain also wracks the stressed nerves of the victim. </span><span style="font-size: 10px">To cast a spell or use a spell-like ability while in this </span><span style="font-size: 10px">oozelike form, a creature must succeed on a Concentration </span><span style="font-size: 10px">check (DC 25 + spell level) or have the spell </span><span style="font-size: 10px">or spell-like ability wasted. (In addition, because </span><span style="font-size: 10px">of its inability to hold objects, an affected creature </span><span style="font-size: 10px">cannot cast spells that require material components.)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The amorphous wretch can still attack with natural </span><span style="font-size: 10px">weapons, but it does so at a –4 penalty on attack rolls </span><span style="font-size: 10px">and with a 50% miss chance because its eyes have </span><span style="font-size: 10px">transmuted into spongy yolks. The victim regains its </span><span style="font-size: 10px">normal form when the effect ends.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span>[/sblock] </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">It's a spell-like ability, so presumably using this ability is a standard action.</span> </p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">It mentions the effect is has, the duration, and what happens to those affected in detail.</span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">What it does NOT mention is how often you can use this ability.</span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesBold'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Is there ANY rule someone knows of that limits this to less than at will, once per round?</span></p> </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: left"></p> </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: left"></p> </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: left"></p> </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: left"></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: '2MrsEavesRoman'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herzog, post: 5447549, member: 25696"] Maybe I'm reading it wrong, or I missed something, but unless I'm mistaken the Cataclysm of Flesh of the Cataclysm mage allows you to severely incapacitate your opponents[I] at will :[/I] [FONT=2MrsEavesBold][SIZE=3][FONT=2MrsEavesBold][SIZE=3][sblock=Cataclysm of Flesh (Sp)][FONT=2MrsEavesBold] [LEFT][/LEFT][/FONT][LEFT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]At 3rd level, you complete [/SIZE][SIZE=2]your study of the daelkyr-Dhakaani confl ct, gaining [/SIZE][SIZE=2]the ability to tear a hole in the fabric of the planes [/SIZE][SIZE=2]and let the madness of Xoriat corrupt all it touches.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman] [FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]This ability has a range of 25 feet + 5 feet per class [/SIZE][SIZE=2]level, and a duration of 1 round per class level. All [/SIZE][SIZE=2]creatures within a 20-foot radius of the affect’s center [/SIZE][SIZE=2]must succeed on a Refl ex save (DC 14 + your Int modifi[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]er) or be touched by the lemon rains and mindless [/SIZE][SIZE=2]star-worms of the Realm of Madness, forced to endure [/SIZE][SIZE=2]as their own fl esh melts away and rains upward to [/SIZE][SIZE=2]patter on the ceiling as they deliquesce.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]An affected creature cannot hold or use any item [/SIZE][SIZE=2](including clothing, armor, magic items, and so on).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]It can ooze forward with gelatinous pseudopods at a [/SIZE][SIZE=2]speed of 10 feet. If it normally has movement modes [/SIZE][SIZE=2]other than land speed, those modes are reduced by 30 [/SIZE][SIZE=2]feet (with a speed of 0 or less meaning that the creature [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]has lost that movement mode until it regains its [/SIZE][SIZE=2]normal form).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]Pain also wracks the stressed nerves of the victim. [/SIZE][SIZE=2]To cast a spell or use a spell-like ability while in this [/SIZE][SIZE=2]oozelike form, a creature must succeed on a Concentration [/SIZE][SIZE=2]check (DC 25 + spell level) or have the spell [/SIZE][SIZE=2]or spell-like ability wasted. (In addition, because [/SIZE][SIZE=2]of its inability to hold objects, an affected creature [/SIZE][SIZE=2]cannot cast spells that require material components.)[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman] [FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][SIZE=2]The amorphous wretch can still attack with natural [/SIZE][SIZE=2]weapons, but it does so at a –4 penalty on attack rolls [/SIZE][SIZE=2]and with a 50% miss chance because its eyes have [/SIZE][SIZE=2]transmuted into spongy yolks. The victim regains its [/SIZE][SIZE=2]normal form when the effect ends.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/sblock] [LEFT][SIZE=2]It's a spell-like ability, so presumably using this ability is a standard action.[/SIZE] [LEFT][SIZE=2]It mentions the effect is has, the duration, and what happens to those affected in detail.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=2]What it does NOT mention is how often you can use this ability.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=2]Is there ANY rule someone knows of that limits this to less than at will, once per round?[/SIZE][/LEFT][/LEFT][/SIZE][LEFT][LEFT][/left][/left][/FONT][LEFT][LEFT][/left][/left][/SIZE][LEFT][LEFT][/left][/left][/FONT][LEFT][LEFT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman][/FONT][/LEFT][FONT=2MrsEavesRoman] [/FONT] [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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