Is Dragon 309 out?

[Pants]

Just another note on the Shield spell:
It still blocks Magic Missiles.
Yay!

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

Also, I had heard that the shield spell grants a shield bonus which means that it now stacks with mage armor.

 

[coyote6]

Shield always stacked with mage armor, as it provided cover (pre-errata) or a cover bonus to AC (post-errata/FAQ). Interstingly, this meant that shield didn't stack with hiding behind the fighter or in an arrow slit or the like.

Now, shield stacks with hiding behind the fighter, but doesn't stack with an actual shield (or a ring of force shield).

I wonder if a ring of force shield will have any new abilities (as an essentially un-enhancable free action to store, no encumbrance to carry shield, I don't think it was really worth the 8.5k it cost).

 

[bertman4]

As always, remember that nothing is complete or final until you buy the book in the store.

Sorry, had to say it.

I agree that using Diplomacy as the base skill for Wild Empathy class ability is not the wisest choice.

Bertman

 

[Eridanis]

Andy Collins just stated over on his boards that

Dragon's wrong--the Innuendo ability to deliver a secret message has been folded into Bluff, not Sense Motive (though SM's the skill to intercept it).

This is part of our effort to make the skill system more robust, by taking little-used skills and making them part of other skills.
Andy Collins
Senior Designer
Wizards of the Coast Roleplaying R&D

That makes a lot more sense.

 

[Jesse Decker]

I agree that using Diplomacy as the base skill for Wild Empathy class ability is not the wisest choice.

Me too. It's also not true. That sentence in Dragon is an error. The wild empathy class ability works like Diplomacy (but on animals, of course). It does not require ranks in Diplomacy (or skill ranks of any kind). Sorry about the mix-up.

 

[Marius Delphus]

Mix-up corrections for my Dragon Magazine before I even notice the mix-up. I love these boards!

 

[Felon]

Thanks, Jesse!

 

[Douane]

Jesse,

thanks for the news/correction!

(Now my ranger can stay as abrasive as ever and doesn't suddenly turn into a people's person. )


Folkert

 

[Remathilis]

New Spells?

Hmmm...

Some of the Githyanki Stat Blocks are referencing spellcasters have yielded (new?) spells?

0 - Acid Splash, Touch of Fatigue
1 -
2- False Life, Scorching Ray, Bear's Endurance, Resist Energy (elements?)
3 - Ray of Exhaustion, Protection From Energy (Elements?)
5- Blight, Waves of Fatigue

Didn't stop to count if sorcerers get more spells than before.