[Epic] Fun with Permanent Emanation

[Ssyleia]

Thanks for making me aware of that wonderful feat

I am sure, next time my group will have a shot at "Throne of Bloodstone" I know some certain Zhegiyi guy who'll have it...

So far the record is:
Lich-King: 3
Fraz Urb'Luu: 1
Party: 0

 

[Krafen]

Krafen, read the Ward seed more carefully - you can make it's effects PERSONAL. So, while YOU would be immune to the AMF ... the fellow you were grappling woudl be fully and entirely subject to the effects of the AMF.

Wherein lay the brokenness of the combintion, and our decision to houserule it away. ^_^

Yep, you would keep all your buffs and magic item effects while your opponent would lose all magic, including, in most cases, DR. These sort of combos aren't much fun to use, but they are sure fun to find.

 

[Artoomis]

Well, "broken" and "epic" are by no means mutually exclusive...

I'm just not a fan of this feat. Like Persistent Spell, it's a very powerful feat that the designers chose to "balance" by making it applicable to a very oddball category of spells; a category that changes radically with every new sourcebook that comes out. There's a real difference between the "detect" spells and end to strife, and one that Andy Collins and Bruce Cordell probably didn't anticipate when they designed the feat.

Worst part is, I can't think of a way to fix it. Oh well...

Well, it only applies to one spell per time you select the feat, which is fairly expensive.

Note that it can first be taken at only 22nd level, and, if chosen for pure power, could be rather powerful.