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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5760625" data-attributes="member: 2710">[sblock=answers]Answers, by my reading:* A swarm counts as a single creature, so I'd apply the Large/larger creature rules to the <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat#TOC-Throw-Splash-Weapon" target="_blank">splash weapon</a>: "If the target is Large or larger, you choose one of its squares and the splash damage affects creatures within 5 feet of that square."  So, no, I don't think the swarm takes extra splash damage in that way. Swarms take 50% more damage from area attacks, though, which will apply.* The fluff of Point Blank Shot uses the word "accuracy," but nothing in the crunch actually calls the damage bonus precision based. I believe PBS is multiplied on a crit just like other damage, and poking around it looks like bombs can benefit from PBS, too, so I'd say it applies.all of which means...[/sblock]The alchemist's fire bursts in the midst of the spiders, a ball of flame filled with the tiny burning specks of the predators. The creatures scatter, survivors skittering back up the walls as their kindred sizzle in the flames. Soon there is nothing but the charred mass of burned spiders on the floor, the crackle of flames along the body of the elemental, and the quickened heartbeats of the party as the tunnel falls silent again.[sblock=ooc/options]Okay, guys, this is the second XP-granting encounter in a row where Anna's had to be an NPC. However quick both encounters were, I don't think it's fair to keep doling out XP to Anna for however long it is toasterferret may be absent. The populace of the Dunn Wright and the nature of this adventure, however, make it pretty much impossible for me to get a replacement for you. The options as I see them: 1) Declare Anna an NPC in your control, ineligible for XP/GP rewards (other than time, I suppose, since that doesn't impact any other party members), so you guys will get a larger split without having to be down to sub-minimum characters for the remainder of the adventure2) Write Anna out of any remaing conflict (I have ideas on how to accomplish this without effectively 'blowing your cover'). It means you'll only have 3 PC's to finsh this out with.In either event, I don't think it's untoward for me to make it a 3-way split for this encounter. I'm going to post a link in the General thread, too, to see if I can get a judge to make sure I'm not breaking any LPF rules doing things this way.XP awards for the the three player-controlled characters: 133 xp each.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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