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Jun 1, 2005
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What happens when someone casts Plane Shift in LG? How do you adjudicate whether they meet anything nasty? ...
timlagor
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Jun 1, 2005
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Here is the situation that came up in a game this weekend: 2 PCs were standing next to each other (5 feet apart)-- both were arcane casters (wizards). One...
Mike
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Jun 1, 2005
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To the best of my [limited] knowledge, the answer is yes. It is similar to passing around a wand of cure light wounds after combat. I have run games where...
Brian Eberhardt
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Jun 1, 2005
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Surely that's the Flesh Golem... ... 2 wizards standing beside each other? Does anyone else hear łAnd the evil big dumb fighter cleaves.˛? Thanks for the...
timlagor
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Jun 1, 2005
11:41 am
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First it has a spell focus that players have to find. (Page 48 of the LGCS4.2) So far my cleric has only found a fork for the Etherel Plane, but it is assumed...
Dennis Stalnaker
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Jun 1, 2005
12:27 pm
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In a word - NO. A wand can be used once per round, period. Marcia ... Knowledge Is Power. Power Corrupts. Study Hard. Be Evil! ...
Marcia Schoonover
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Jun 1, 2005
12:40 pm
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E.g. even if you get 2 standard actions in a round for some reason, you can still only use the wand once. I have always read that as a restriction on the magic...
Marcia Schoonover
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Jun 1, 2005
12:48 pm
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They had an ethereal fork. Being in the wrong place wasn't that much of an issue as they were just trying to get back to civilisation and they could cast it...
timlagor
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Jun 1, 2005
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... Is that in the rules?...
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Jun 1, 2005
1:15 pm
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I would say no; 1) because that's how several DMs in the past have rules ;-), and 2) I think the rules and the FAQ support this in several places. FAQ (I know,...
Brian Gilkison
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Jun 1, 2005
1:37 pm
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Marcia: Note that this is what I would call a non-canonical ruling--it's a reasonable restriction, but not one explicitly supported by the letter of the rules,...
FreeMage
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Jun 1, 2005
1:38 pm
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... No, it isn't. The same person cannot use a wand more than once in a round (as it is a standard action). The rules problem here is that the core rules do...
Shawn Merwin
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Jun 1, 2005
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On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 15:37, Brian Gilkison wrote: <snip> ... A Choker (MM monster) with wizard levels can and ought to be able to activate a wand twice. 3.0...
Bas Vermeulen
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Jun 1, 2005
1:43 pm
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First thoughts: I would allow it but it would provoke on both parties and the person being fed would lose a move action. I definitely think your DM was being...
timlagor
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Jun 1, 2005
1:44 pm
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I researched this last year and I was unable to find a rule preventing the use of the same wand in a single round. As far as I can tell, 50 regimented...
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Jun 1, 2005
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... I think you're DM was being _very_ kind here :-) The only relevant action is "Drink a potion or apply an oil" which is a standard action. To do so not on...
Brian Gilkison
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Jun 1, 2005
1:56 pm
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So, this is a rule in one of the 3.5 Books? "A wand can only be activated once per round"? Assuming this is just her personal rule, this does lend to a chain...
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Jun 1, 2005
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I'd say it would be a bit silly to claim that taking a held item to be a standard action - for the simple reason that the wizards could just as easily do the...
mathrons
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Jun 1, 2005
2:13 pm
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... That's what I'm trying to say. There are NO rules that cover handing an item or taking an item from another person. Come to think of it, I don't think ...
Shawn Merwin
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Jun 1, 2005
2:21 pm
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... Umm... I thought I said that ... No, but remember also that a DM is free to limit your 'Free' actions as he sees fit. "However, there are reasonable limits...
Brian Gilkison
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Jun 1, 2005
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... True - I was mainly extrapolating that, since that series of actions existed, it seemed a bit unreasonable to so complicate the action of handing off the...
mathrons
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Jun 1, 2005
3:55 pm
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However, as a GM, you can limit how many "free" actions someone gets during a round, so you could limit their passing of it that way. Also, even though we run...
Marcia Schoonover
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Jun 1, 2005
5:39 pm
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... gets ... I really don't see any legitimacy to limiting the free actions required to pull this offer. Given that the sequence can be accomplished with...
mathrons
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Jun 1, 2005
6:25 pm
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You're certainly welcome to disagree with me, but I'm still not going to allow 50 people to each spend 3 seconds in one 6 second round using the same item. I...
Marcia Schoonover
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Jun 1, 2005
6:49 pm
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Hi Marcia, May I ask the reason why, by some sort of rules citation? I totally understand and respect a DM's ruling over rules ambiguities and the gray areas...
Chris
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Jun 1, 2005
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Here's a different take: would it be okay for 4 fighters, level 5, standing around a golem, to take a standard attack and hand the only adamantium shortsword...
Rayzam
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Jun 1, 2005
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... From: "Rayzam" <rayzam@...> To: <LGDMs@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [LGDMs] Re: Can multiple people...
Rayzam
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Jun 1, 2005
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I most certainly would NOT allow 4 fighters to pass around their one adamantine weapon in this way. At best, 2 of them could share it, but when they tried to...
Marcia Schoonover
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Jun 1, 2005
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... Dual wand wielder does _not_ let you activate the wand more than once/round. It lets you activate two wands, the first expending one charge, the second...
Brian Gilkison
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Jun 1, 2005
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