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[Olgar Shiverstone]

Let's hope Andy can un-confuse us. Good catch, pech21.

 

[Quasqueton]

Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus each provide +1 to save DCs (instead of +2). [Du]

Like others have said here, this just seems like a bad idea. But then it struck me: what if this is a typo? If I understand correctly, this "rumor" came from figuring the stats of a Dungeon adventure NPC. What if the stats include the Spell Focus feat, but missed the Greater Spell Focus feat? Maybe the GSF feat was added after the initial stat write up and the editor missed the update?

Quasqueton

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Like others have said here, this just seems like a bad idea. But then it struck me: what if this is a typo? If I understand correctly, this "rumor" came from figuring the stats of a Dungeon adventure NPC. What if the stats include the Spell Focus feat, but missed the Greater Spell Focus feat? Maybe the GSF feat was added after the initial stat write up and the editor missed the update?

It's certainly possible ... but it is consistent across multiple stat blocks (unlike the sorcerer BAB thing). Heck, nothing in the original post could be ultimatly true, for that matter.

I suspect that if SF and GSF have been reduced (as 3-4 stat blocks seem to indicate), that they may have been augmented in ways we haven't yet seen. Or not. We'll know in about siz weeks, at any rate.

 

[Jaws]

Kneeling

Dragon 309
Paragons of War, The Ecology of the Hobgoblin
While reading this article I came across this little tidbit.
The last paragraph on page 57 states:

Hit the Dirt: If hobgoblin archers are giving you a hard time, try kneeling or even lying prone. Such positioning imposes a -2 or -4 penalty, respectively, on ranged attacks against you.


Peace and smiles

j.

 

[Dave Turner]

EDIT: Thought I had something, turns out I don't. Nothing to see here. Move along.

 

[pech21]

Like others have said here, this just seems like a bad idea. But then it struck me: what if this is a typo? If I understand correctly, this "rumor" came from figuring the stats of a Dungeon adventure NPC. What if the stats include the Spell Focus feat, but missed the Greater Spell Focus feat? Maybe the GSF feat was added after the initial stat write up and the editor missed the update?

Quasqueton

Actually, there is confirmation on the bonuses going to +1 on Andy's board.

 

[Skaros]

and in the new Dragon magazine that showed up in my mailbox yesterday.

 

[Grayhawk]

Re: Kneeling

Dragon 309
Paragons of War, The Ecology of the Hobgoblin
While reading this article I came across this little tidbit.
The last paragraph on page 57 states:

Hit the Dirt: If hobgoblin archers are giving you a hard time, try kneeling or even lying prone. Such positioning imposes a -2 or -4 penalty, respectively, on ranged attacks against you.

So that's basically identical to the current rules?

PH, p.132.

 

[Felon]

We've had rules for kneeling? Since when? Does it take a move-equivalent action to stand up from, just like being prone?

Hmm. Seems odd that crouching gives a -2 penalty to the attacker, while a one-step size decrease only nets a -1, eh?

 

[pech21]

We've had rules for kneeling? Since when? Does it take a move-equivalent action to stand up from, just like being prone?

Hmm. Seems odd that crouching gives a -2 penalty to the attacker, while a one-step size decrease only nets a -1, eh?

I wonder if those stack...