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Tagged with alternate-class-feature dnd-3.5e
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How quickly can a Plant Companion of a Druid manifest new abilities through Natural Selection?
The Natural Selection of the Plant Companion ACF reads, in part:
Each new ability has a delay in levels between when you select it and when your plant companion gains it. You may select a new ability ...
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Plant Companion questions
I am playing a 4th level Druid, 3rd level Wizard (1D/1W/1W/1W/1D/1D/1D/1AH) combination going into Arcane Hierophant at 8th level through to 17th level. I chose the plant companion from Dragon ...
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Can a multiclass Beguiler/Wizard cast Wizard spells using Beguiler spell slots?
A Wizard can:
To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the wizard must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a wizard's spell ...
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Do spells cast using the Cleric's ACF Spontaneous Domain Casting qualify as casting a domain spell?
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This is a viability check for a cleric I am making with plans to move into the Radiant Servant of Pelor PrC. I'm trying to maximize the utility of a class feature and believe I found a non ...
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Is there a way to get Decisive Strike with a non-Monk weapon? [duplicate]
I'm working on a Darth Vader build for a competition. To represent the light saber, I would really like to use mind blade (from the 3.0 Soulknife prestige class, which is actually pretty cool, ...
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What are the audible and physical manifestations of the ability "Lore Song"?
Dungeonscape has an alternative class feature for bards called "Lore Song" (page 8).
The key text is:
Bardic music serves many purposes, aiding your allies or manipulating
your enemies. ...
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What happens if you no longer qualify for a Racial Substitution Level?
Racial Emulation is a lovely little feat that lets changelings (humanoid shapeshifters) count as the race they have changed into for most things, including taking racial substitution levels for that ...
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Do the cool-downs of the Invisible Fist monk alternate class features start when the ability begins, or when it ends?
Invisible Fist (Exemplars of Evil, p. 21) is a fantastic pair of monk alternate class features, and a pretty good justification for taking 9 levels of monk in a ninja-like character. The 2nd level ...
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Can you wear Bracers of Armor or an Amulet of Natural Armor with Dragonscale Husk?
Dragonscale Husk, from Dragon Magic, is a cool alternate class feature (ACF) for characters with dragon blood and proficiency in heavy armor. It's useful for a lot of reasons: decent defenses that ...
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Decisive Strike and secondary attacks
If my Warforged Monk has the Jaws of Death warforged feat (Races of Eberron, p. 119), which provides a secondary natural weapon, can I use it after Decisive Strike?
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Did a sourcebook or other reference source ever contain an error about the uses/day of the Immediate Magic ACF?
Once upon a time, I made a rules error: I believed that the Immediate Magic alternate Wizard class feature (PHB2 p. 68) was usable (3+int bonus) times/day. I was so certain of this that I didn't ...
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Does a single spell count as the ability to cast spells [plural] for prerequisites?
Thanks to an alternate class feature, I've got a Sorcerer who knows one less spell per level of spell, in exchange for the ability to get domain slots like a Cleric. A prestige class I've got my eye ...
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Does minor shape shift qualify for warshaper?
Does minor change shape, as in the changeling ability or the shaper psion ACF, qualify a character for the warshaper prestige class?
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For Shapeshift Variant Druids, what happens to gear worn by the new form?
The Shapeshift variant druid from Player's Handbook II, pp39-41, replaces wild-shape and animal companion features with a swift action shapeshift into different forms, with different capabilities.
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Does metamagic specialist let you quicken spells?
The metamagic specialist (PHB2, 61) lets you cast metamagic'd spells at normal casting time, but there is a particular phrase in the description that confused me:
This benefit even lets you quicken ...