Gotterdammerung
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Hi folks,
I almost accidentally TPK'd my group over the weekend with an Invisible Blade NPC. It was a fantastic and memorable battle, so I don't feel THAT bad about it, but I want to make sure I got some rulings right.
- Fighter4/Rogue2/InvisBlade5.
- She dual-weilded corrosive daggers +1.
- She had 10 Bluff ranks with a +2 CHA bonus and skill focus. (+3)
- She had the ability to always take 10 on bluff checks to feint in combat.
- DC for her feints was 25
Now, with her feat assortment she was attacking four times per round. Her 5th level ability gives her a free-action feint. I assumed this free action applies to each of her attacks in the round, since a free action is not limited in numbers of uses in a round.
What AC bonuses get stripped away during a feint? I know Dex gets removed. Does Dodge, Expertise, and other movement-based AC bonus get taken away?
Also, what are the "relevant modifiers" referred to in the Bluff skill's feinting description? A humanoid can add BAB to his sense motive skill, plus "relevant modifiers" does this mean wisdom bonus? does this mean strength bonus if he's weilding a melee weapon?
The way I ran it, all dodge-related bonuses were stripped off during the successful feint. Also, only BAB, wisdom bonus, and sense motive ranks could be used against the DC 25 bluff check.
due to the fairly high death rate among the party, I may have erred.
Your thoughts, please?
-eric
I almost accidentally TPK'd my group over the weekend with an Invisible Blade NPC. It was a fantastic and memorable battle, so I don't feel THAT bad about it, but I want to make sure I got some rulings right.
- Fighter4/Rogue2/InvisBlade5.
- She dual-weilded corrosive daggers +1.
- She had 10 Bluff ranks with a +2 CHA bonus and skill focus. (+3)
- She had the ability to always take 10 on bluff checks to feint in combat.
- DC for her feints was 25
Now, with her feat assortment she was attacking four times per round. Her 5th level ability gives her a free-action feint. I assumed this free action applies to each of her attacks in the round, since a free action is not limited in numbers of uses in a round.
What AC bonuses get stripped away during a feint? I know Dex gets removed. Does Dodge, Expertise, and other movement-based AC bonus get taken away?
Also, what are the "relevant modifiers" referred to in the Bluff skill's feinting description? A humanoid can add BAB to his sense motive skill, plus "relevant modifiers" does this mean wisdom bonus? does this mean strength bonus if he's weilding a melee weapon?
The way I ran it, all dodge-related bonuses were stripped off during the successful feint. Also, only BAB, wisdom bonus, and sense motive ranks could be used against the DC 25 bluff check.
due to the fairly high death rate among the party, I may have erred.
Your thoughts, please?
-eric